Thursday, July 2, 2009


It's 3.00 AM in the morning; I was browsing Internet and came across a news article that said that Michael Jackson was dead. I was shocked. I mean, he was so young. I know life is uncertain and that death is always sudden. But Michael Jackson? It was one of the cruelest twists of fate. He was scheduled to perform a comeback tour next month in U.K. which was touted to be the greatest comeback tour ever..! The fact that fate robbed him of his last opportunity of regaining his lost glory makes his demise even more painful.

I know it sounds selfish but I wish that MJ would have lived long enough to enthral his fans one last time..! He certainly didn’t deserve to die in this ignominy and loneliness. For an MJ fan, his untimely death, just before his farewell concert is devastating. Words seem to elude me and I am groping for expressions that would describe my anguish for this loss. Life has been so unfair to him. And for all the horror that he had to endure courtesy the media and the relentless paparazzi, MJ deserves more than a post from an obscure blogger.

For me, It would take some more time to come into terms with the fact that the King of Pop is no more and that he would not slide his shoes across the floor.. Ever..!

I relayed this news to my colleagues and managers in office immediately and that started a long discussion on MJ and his Jacko-Whacko lifestyle and infamous surgeries. People may give different names to his madness but for me he was a moon walker who stormed the earth by his talent.

He may have died early but he proved that life is not about the years it’s all about life in those years........May Allah bless his soul......Ameen