{"id":431,"date":"2007-10-30T09:20:22","date_gmt":"2007-10-30T03:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wokay.in\/2007\/10\/30\/i-hope-this-becomes-a-trend\/"},"modified":"2007-10-30T09:20:22","modified_gmt":"2007-10-30T03:50:22","slug":"i-hope-this-becomes-a-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aadisht.net\/blog\/2007\/10\/30\/i-hope-this-becomes-a-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"I Hope This Becomes a Trend"},"content":{"rendered":"

She calls herself Street Hero, says she is a former prostitute, knows martial arts and takes to the city\u2019s underbelly to protect women who work the streets. Her uniform includes a black eye mask, a black bustier and black knee-high boots.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Then there is Red Justice, a substitute teacher from Queens, who wears red boxer briefs over jeans, a red cape and a sock with eyeholes to mask his identity. He trolls the subways encouraging young people to give their seats to those who need them more.<\/p>\n

These were just a couple of the 13 or so do-gooders who gathered near Times Square Sunday for what was billed as the first meeting of Superheroes Anonymous.<\/p>\n

There were locals and out-of-towners. Most were in uniform and all said they were serious about helping make their communities cleaner, safer and kinder places.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not these crazy people,\u201d said one man, Geist, who traveled from Minnesota. \u201cWe just have an unorthodox approach to doing good.\u201d<\/p>\n

(NYT story syndicated on Indian Express<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is awesome. The disappointing thing here is that these are very Robin-ish or Huntress-ish superheroes, with no superpowers, but you’ve got to make a start somewhere. Hopefully, we will see technology enabled superheroes of the Batman\/ Iron Man variety soon. I am pessimistic about real superpowered superheroes coming up any time soon, but one can always hope.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, where are Bangalore’s superheroes? We could do with a masked man who fills in potholes and destroys speedbreakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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