The recent issue of ‘Creative Liberty’ has raised some ruckus about how people in limelight should behave. There isn’t an iota of doubt that such persons should act in an exemplarily responsible manner, because they are fashioning the lifestyles of millions.

Unfortunately a country which derives a lot of inspiration from its ‘stars’ is often let down by these very same ‘stars’ who fail to twinkle positively when the time of reckoning comes.

A natural corollary to Creative Liberty is a host of other Creatives. This article seeks a cheeky look at some of them, with reasons why they are so creative. Of course, we start with the most popular and the most recent one.

Creative Liberty:

• When questioned about smoking on screen, the actor in question mentioned that we should have creative liberties because cinema is all about make-believe.
• The star however said he agreed on the concern over an alarming increase in young people taking to smoking.

Creative Ignorance:

• The same star, when spotted smoking at a cricket match in full public view defended himself by stating that the cricket stadium where he was photographed smoking was a private club as it fell under the Cricket Club of India.
• Moreover the actor noted that there wasn't a 'No Smoking Zone' specified in the area.

Creative Evasion:

• A successful businessman, when queried about the crores of taxes which he had evaded, mentioned that creative evasion of all lawful activity should be permitted in the interest of national development and bringing India to the top.
• However, the businessman mentioned that the salaried class had a moral duty to pay taxes because they were taking all the advantages of the development ushered in by business class.

Creative Aspersion:

• A leading cricketer was interviewed on some disparaging comments that he was purported to have made. He responded that creative aspersions were a must in today’s man-eat-man world to ensure that success was never far away.
• “By the way,” he averred, “That was some confusion about the monkey thing. All I had said was – Meinu keh riya aaj raat ko menu ki hai?”

Creative Kleptomania:

·         A reputed thief of the city mentioned that creative kleptomania should not be a punishable offence since it does a lot in fostering the make-believe. Elaborating on this, he said that there are many people making money – disposing of some of that enabled them to believe that more was required.

·         Moreover the eminent thief noted that there wasn’t a ‘No Pilfering Zone’ specified in any the shops or houses he looted.

Creative Pollution:

• Vehicle manufacturers, who have been at the receiving end so far, recently in a press conference brought forth the issue of faster and affordable transport for everybody. They mentioned that increasing pollution levels are pushing the suffering pedestrians to two-wheelers and four-wheelers, making the entire development process faster.
• When it was pointed out that pollution was making life hell for the two-wheeler drivers, they said that significant progress had been made in developing an anti-smog helmet which would help significantly in reducing accidental deaths along with maintaining the lungs intact.

Creative Littering:

• There was the usual round of excuses when some people were caught on TV defecating, urinating or spitting in public, and were queried on their motives.
• Don’t you? One of them retorted back. When answered with a Not in such general view, he growled, Your problem!
• Desh ka bhavishya hamare haath mein hai, aur hum usey sudhar rahey hain! So said another, everybody laughed.
• The most respectable of them all, with a suit and tie to boot, simply pointed at the wall and the gravel below and said: See, no signs! The government should do something……

Creative Puberty:

• The group of teens too showed no qualms about the recent trends in puberty-intimacy. This is a free world, ain’t it?
• When prodded further, they said: Ya, ya, the burgeoning population – that is a cause for serious worry.

Creative Rock:

• The latest band of boys had a new weapon in their hands when they were at their best during the music concerts. You guessed right – rocks. Apart from breaking the guitars, drums and even the musical tones, they compounded everything by throwing rocks at the audience.
• Keeps the tomatoes and eggs at bay. They said caustically.

Creative Lunacy:

• That’s what you get with so many creative people around.
• May The World Survive!

These are my ten Creatives. What’s yours???