The Girl in Red Zipper!- a despicable act by a sensible girl?

 After- The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo and The Girl in Yellow Boots, it is time to get acquainted with the newly unleashed- The Girl in the Red Zipper!!!

We all know her by now...Her name is- said to be - Madhura Nagendra. She is a post graduate student from Bangalore. She was one of the many thousand performers who worked to make the 2012 Olympic Opening ceremony a success. However, unlike the rest of the thousands who did their job and left, Ms. Madhura Nagendra- The Girl in the Red Zipper- chose otherwise!

She sneaked into the Indian Contingent on the momentous occasion of the Olympic opening ceremony'2012.

On that prestigious night, amidst an entire contingent of Indian athletes uniformly dressed in yellow and navy blue, Ms. Madhura tramped in wearing a bright red zipper and faded blue jeans making sure that in no way, her brave act could be missed!!

And mind you; not only did she forcefully inflict herself on to the Indian contingent but she almost ended up 'LEADING IT'- Waving, smiling and graciously (read- shamelessly) accepting applause all the way!!!

The Indian athletes- whose moment it should have been- could only watch in shock as Ms. Madhura proudly stole their thunder!!!

The fact that a person with 'no authority' could gain such access is a matter of great concern to officials and sportsmen alike. It reflects very poorly on the much publicized security arrangements around the event. However, if we are to condemn radical fanatics and hardened criminals for breaching security (which is incidentally their job!), I wonder how we must react to this so called sensible person- Ms. Madhura Nagendra- for breaching the security, embarrassing her country, demeaning the athletes and making a mockery of the entire event?!!

Her father has said, “From whatever I learnt and presume that she being an Indian, the London Olympics Organizing Committee might also have selected her to 'take' the team inside the stadium. This might have hurt our team's feelings. I feel very sorry for that.” Wow! That still does not justify your daughters actions sir!!

Some others have attested Madhura to be a “good Neighbor”. Some friends of hers have stated her excitement as being reason for her act...But all this is beside the point! In fact- all the defending makes her act seem even more preposterous and condemnable. For she surely can be the best of people and the most competent of employees and of course the most loving of neighbors but that does not absolve her from what she did that night!

No one's asking for her to be punished or imprisoned or banned or chastised...

But Ms. Madhura Nagendra,

A graceful acceptance of your stupidity and a sincere apology from you will surely reveal how truly sensible you are. Because no matter how angelic you may be; most of us know you as the girl in a Red zipper who forcefully stormed in and waved out to the 'world' at an event where you had no business to be. To us you are the girl who has for eternity jarred the image of that night for all the athletes involved (see pic alongside) and finally as the girl who after possessing so much confidence and arrogance... has now gone into hiding.

Not cool!