Pubmo is a new word which I urge the Indian media to adopt. Soon it will find its way to the oxford dictionary, given the sheer number of them in our country alone.
Pubmos – or publicity mongers, are people who go to any length to seek media attention. Unfortunately, our media has chosen to call them “intellectuals”. Every time somebody does nonsense, these pubmos get out on the streets calling themselves intellectuals; in support of the nonsense. Intellectuals, a-la Aparna Sen and the likes. Politicians too are pubmos; but at least they do that for a living. But these pubmos gain nothing except for the sadist satisfaction of finding a place in the media; which otherwise would totally ignore them for the failures they are now.
Aparna Sen – an intellectual? Could there be a more outrageous description? When Mamata carried on her nonsense unabated, she took to the streets; now the Maoists carry on nonsense and she is out on the streets with her brigade; and to support the nonsense. Does she know that Mao’s name in his own country of birth, doesn’t evoke respect anymore? It was only after 1976, when Mao left the world, did China become what it is today.
We are a democracy. There is nothing we can do about it. But lets stop calling them ‘intellectuals’. Media decency requires that expletives are not put in print. Till then, let’s call them Pubmos.