Letter to John Brain
To
John Brain, Esq.,
Top Floor, Cranium,
Human Body.
Sir,
Greetings to you on behalf of the rest of the body! We wish you good health and more brainy cells in your future to come.
As you know, we all inhabit the same locality. So, for the betterment of all of us and especially from the view of your eminence and importance in this locality, we have submitted this petition to you. In view of our good neighbourhood and friendship as well as the common stake we have in this area, we sincerely hoped that you will look into our petition with due care and take necessary actions to rectify the problems as well as to implement various steps.
First of all, since all the orders for the whole body come from you, there is always a problem. What is clear here is not so visible from your side. So, most of yours orders, that we have to execute, do not reach up to the mark. For example, only the other day you forced our member, Mr. Leg to play football to represent our area. It’s not enough that you watch Premier Leagues and World Cup; Mr. Leg has to work out not only by himself but also needs me, Mr. Heart and Mr. Knee to help him out, not to mention other neighbours. As a direct result emanating from your order, Mr. Leg complains of pain which again is a problem to the whole colony as we have to depend on him for our transport. Also, the other day, you felt that it would be good for the whole colony to go swimming knowing very well that Mr. Arm was ill. The whole colony nearly drowned because without Mr. Arm we are all at sea. Other incidents also abound but let the two examples suffice. It remains to be seen whether you will have some funny notions in the future. It is our earnest request to you to refrain from such adventures in the future unless the whole colony is with you.
The issue of multiple orders also needs to be looked into. As you know very well, since all orders come from you, we have to follow it with detriments to our safety many times. At the same time, you have this tendency to blame others for your laziness. While all physical labors are our avenues, you have no problem dumping any unfeasible plans down to our side knowing very well that you are not going to suffer. But, on those jobs which you alone have to take part like going to the bank and calculating our annual income and expenditure, you always find a way to slip out of it. At the same time you always tramp on us by boasting, “I’d have done that if Mr. S and So or the other were not so incompetent”. Learn to be on you own. In this world, we all live together. So, you better learn to live and let live.
Many more issues also abound, but let these suffice for the moment. Depending upon your performances, we may have new issues next year. Till DMZP diamond Jubilee souvenir is published, it is our earnest request that you introspect and live accordingly. No man is an island. Love thy fellow beings.
Yours truly,
James Heart,
Representative, Middle Body,
Homo Sapiens.
( P.S. I wrote this piece for the Delhi Mizo Zirlai Pawl Golden Jubilee Souvenir. Actually, its an updated article I published in DMZP annual magazine two or three years ago. I just upload it here to break the monotony of not posting for a long time.
