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A beggar woman flaunting a tiny unprotected baby in rages,at the traffic signal asking for 5 rupees to feed the baby brought a smile on face( o please don't take it as any other way).Not that i am insensate to the privation of the poor face.I smile because at least they exploit our emotions just to satisfy their hunger.

Emotional exploitation is the most powerful tool of exploitation in our country .Actually we are trained from childhood to exploit the world with emotions.

A child wailing to seek attention learns its first lesson in emotional exploitation when the mother gives attention when it cries.With these memories,the child grows in the world equipped with the deadly weapon to take on the world. And finally the pampered child grows up to become a world class exploiter.

The best thing about this kind of exploitation is it is not punishable. So it is up to the exploiter when and where and how to use this weapon.The best example i would like to quote here for emotional exploitation is Gandhiji , who used this weapon when he compelled people to join his non-violent Satyagraha by going on fast whenever peoople did not support his non-violent ways.

People supported his cause and bravely faced the the British lathi charge not because they believed in non-violence but because they loved Gandhiji.The comic side of this is that the exploited gets a high when the process of emotional exploitation is at its high. It is almost like a terrorist attack you never know when the emotional terrorist will strike.

Or should i say it like sugar coated bitter pill one only realises the bitterness when the sugar coating of blind love dissolves in the saliva of truth. I myself have been perpetual victim of emotional exploitation or more or less i call myself a scape goat!!.My friend always floored me with her emotional assault every time she said,"oh what will i do without you?"

She is older than me and knows that i love and respect her for what she is. I would instantly believe myself to be indispensable and do anything she said instantly and with enthusiasm. Poor me, not gauging depth of that petty emotional stream,dived in the stream of emotions only to get my head banged on the hard surface of reality sooner than expected.

Today i laugh at my stupidity in believing such emotional outpouring to be true and at my overlooking the meanness behind such calculated overflow of emotions. She has moved away to another country and in a way she is doing pretty good even without my help!! and without me being around. But, whenever she gets chance,she teases me about how innocently i get into her words of emotional flowery words!!! "Oh wat will i do without you!"

ps: E-motional oneliners ahead!!