“Fools
were really wise men” said Joseph Baskin, a history professor at Boston
University. He further explained that
the practice of April fool day celebration was started when Constantine was the
Roman Emperor. A group of Jesters,
Professor explained, told the emperor that they could do a better job of
running the Empire. Constantine was
amused and made one of the Jesters the emperor of Rome for one day. The Jesters declared that day as the day of
absurdity. Professor concluded that “It
was really a serious day”.
Professor
Baskin’s explanation for fools day was picked up by the associated press and
the same news (article) was printed by many news papers in 1983 was turned out
to be a prank and the press after several days realised that they were victims
of April fool’s day joke. To this day no
one knows the origin of this event. It
is not just playing pranks but also making fun of ourselves. This is also a day of laughter. One can make fun of literally anybody or
anything on this day because no body takes it seriously.
After
demonetisation in the month of November 2016 (thank god it is not in the month
of April) our beloved Prime Minister gave a call to the people of India to “Go
Cashless”. A scenic exclaimed that “we
have already gone cashless long back”. A
cricket match was going on in the month of April (Year forgotten) but India was
on the verge of defeat then an Indian cricket fanatic cried that “India was all
out for no loss”. The same scenic of
cricket had us (his friends) jittery when in one of the one day matches India
needed just 3 runs in 2 balls to win the match.
The fanatics became nervous and asked us as “how to make one and half
runs in each ball”.
Well,
ignorance seems to surround us like a fog.
We seem to grow silly with age. In this bad world it is better to set
apart at least one day in a year as a lighter day or fools day to lessen the
burden and pressure on us in this age of fast life and make this day a most
light hearted day of each year and declare ourselves as……
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