While walking in a mall I saw a young kid wearing super cool shorts like those worn by John Ibrahim, an Ed hardy tee, Blue converse, spiked up hair and a tattoo to add that extra oomph factor and he looked pretty decent and nice I was observing him curiously when I was in a queue to buy my tickets for Y.M.I. alias Yeh Mera India he started laughing and then he bought his tickets for Daddy Cool. After curiously watching him for another minute I overheard him telling his friend about how all the Muslims are bad and then he also pushed a small boy out of his way like a bully.
I came out of the movie amazed, shocked, and happy, I had Goosebumps after watching the movie because it left me thinking and it gave me something strong to think about. I was thinking about that bully of a kid again and I realized how he picked up things from the movies which have no moral teachings, and how he also picked up the vices from different movies but where did all the hard work of the directors go, where did the base of the movie and where did the moral teaching that the movie gave go? I thought and I thought and the more I thought about it and saw the people and the kind of lifestyle around me I observed and I also saw that things have changed and so the thought process of normal people, humanity has taken a backseat and so too the country. In earlier days my people were taught about humanity, about putting your country before yourself and people used to feel for others around them but things changed the generation changed and the century also changed, earlier our country was weak and we got invaded by the Britishers, but today if u really look at it our country is weaker and this time the invasion is not only of human bodies but also of human brains and emotions by the west. We say that our country is all modern and has given up the old systems like caste, religion and race but really have we? We probably get punished by law for any discrimination but have we stopped? We keep on cribbing that out country is not developing but what is the country made of the entire population or only a few selected people in the cabinet of in the government. Alas we fail to understand the power of cinema or media and leave out the important bits of it or simply try to ignore the moral and social teachings, we curse the world of discriminating us but we continue doing the same tit- for – tat is it? And also what we fail to do is looking into ourselves before blaming others and calling names to others. What we like is what pleases the eyes and the ears but often what pleases our ears is not what is right.So I advice to people do not only look for entertainment while watching a movie and do not always pick the vices or the skimpy dressing sense but also try and pickup something meaningful so that you give back to humanity and country what they have given you.Friday, August 26, 2011
The Falll......
Make me fall in love
So i see the dove
Ive got nothing to giveCuz i don't have a heart
I see the billion stars
Up above in the sky.
Make me fall in love
In love with you
I wanna feel my every nerve
I wanna feel my heartbeat
Ive got nothing to give
Cuz i don't own a thing.
Make me fall in love
Cuz someone told me
That they are falling for me
I wanna reciprocate
But i don't know a thing
Make me believe
That I do have a heart
and know that it beats
Cuz I have nothing to give
I don't know what love is
Make me fall in love
In love with you
Ive written this song for you
And i don't know how you feel
Make me fall in love.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Impatience is the Virtue of LIfe
How funny I see has become the world around me and so the times now, we are now living in the world which is a stark contrast of what it was when the Tagores, Bapu and several other historic figures who thought and taught us that patience is the strongest and the most powerful weapon that we humans possess and it the patience and the resilience in the human being that takes him places by overcoming all the hurdles, and winning and bypassing everything that stands in their way.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Wanted
I wanted to fly,
wanted to cry,
wanted to write,
wanted to fight,
wanted to dance,
wanted to sing,
wanted to daw,
wanted to laugh,
wanted a chance,
wanted to love,
wanted to live,
wanted to change,
but the society
din't let me do
what i always wanted to,
now i am just another sheep,
in the herd,
wanting to be heard,
to change it all,
Oh! time which has gone,
now you is what i call.....
wanted to cry,
wanted to write,
wanted to fight,
wanted to dance,
wanted to sing,
wanted to daw,
wanted to laugh,
wanted a chance,
wanted to love,
wanted to live,
wanted to change,
but the society
din't let me do
what i always wanted to,
now i am just another sheep,
in the herd,
wanting to be heard,
to change it all,
Oh! time which has gone,
now you is what i call.....
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
The Fate of a Domestic Worker
I was sitting in the lobby of my house from where u keep a track of what happening in the house and then I saw my grandmother yelling on the servant we have for not listening to her in one call. It was then I wondered what is the life of a servant not only in my house but everywhere, have we gotten too used to being lazy or have we stooped so low that we inspite of being humans do not value another humans life of dignity. When I put myself in his place all I see is work, work, work and work mixed with scolding sitting on the floor and having your meals. Meals, that is the leftover of what the owner eats and when eating someone walks around the same area wearing their shoes or slippers. If that is not enough there is no off in a day and forget a weekend off rather weekends are more tiresome. If you talk to other workers who work with you in the same house u are scolded at. They do all this along with polishing your shoes and picking them up and cleaning your house and getting scolded at for petty reasons just so that they earn 2000 rupees that they can send to their parents so that their parents can sleep with full stomach, can live happily thinking that their son is working and sending them all his money for them to enjoy life if only a father could be prouder of his son and a mother admire him.
If I were to live his life I would be rebellious, I at no cost would have let my self-respect fallen and so too my dignity. Cleaning someone else’s house, washing their clothes and cooking for them and inspite of doing so much for them I get scolded at because the salt in the curry was a little less, or get someone’s dirt from the shoe fall in my food which is not fresh but leftover. I clean, cook and wash because I am being paid for my service and I have a right to be paid but have I also sold my life and soul for a mere amount of 2000, I don’t think so then why should I let my self-respect fall and I be looked down upon by people, not only my self-respect but also put my dignity at stake. I thought that we were not slaves anymore but here my own house is a live example of slavery still existing in India and not only in small villages or small towns more so in metros of the country and practiced not only in my house but almost all the dwelling in the country.Humanity has really taken a step towards destruction but not only of nature but also of its own kind, today value of products and goods is taken into consideration in terms of value for money, but the value of life and humanity has lost. We humans have reached such a point where the socio economic divide is such that no matter how hard we try we can never alter the minds of not only the owners but also the servants.There always is a choice but the thought of my parents sleeping empty stomach because I dint work because of my dignity at stake would kill me because of the guilt, so do I have any other option? Do they have any other option??
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