April 1! 'The' day of pranksters, and the world over, right? Apparently, it originates in one of the greatest comedies in the literary world, Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales'. Of all the origins awarded to this concept, this possibility, in my opinion, would be the highest!
Mocking the nincompoops, laughing at faults and foibles, gently satirising the social ills go in to the making of this fest of full freedom and liberty to laugh, surely without malice or partisanship, extremely rare in these days of showing the 'others' down in the most self-satisfied, and virtuous(o) way!
I suppose that the 'April Fool' Day custom helps us keep the child in us alive, a tough job these days, I would say, as children attain adulthood asap these days when to retain your innocence is the toughest skill!
Hence my April Fool Day would consist of curling up with the great writings by P.G. Wodehouse, Henry Fielding, Jane Austen, possibly with P.L.Despande or 'Rag Darbari' by Shrilal Shukla. If time permits, my other favourites such as 'Dennis, the Menace' may troop up, too. No, why watch the reels!?! They real make us fools the year long, right? How about you? What are your plans?
Pratima@ Hey, creating that 'Ghibili' cartoon of yourself the AI way is surefire proof of the fact that you indeed are a cartoon! What say?
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