Where there is so much darkness that I needn't close my eyes,
Where there is light that shadows the Sun,
Where there is hush, where there is silence,
There I find you, everywhere I can't
I need this content, else I can't
Where you exist, there I do
Inseparable, Pure, Immortal I become,
I've begun to become,
To come to you…
So, everyone is into media bashing these days and everyone including the media knows that it's right! Why wouldn't the media justify itself? Or the question should be - what's the need for the media to be justifying its unfairness! Do you have an option?
When a movie like 'Rann' was made, the verdict was confusing again. Half the critics called it a 2 starrer while the rest gave it 4 stars. We all know that the movies are marketed, promoted and advertised by the media to reach out to the people well in advance and they get their due credits in the movie reels which goes – 'media partner … so n so'! If that's the case, how believable could a rating by a particular media be in case it was a partner with a certain movie? Let's say I'm your partner and I write you off later in case I find you worthless… illogical, unbelievable right? So if A has been a marketing partner with movie B and goes all its way in promoting it, doesn't A know well in advance what B has to offer? A can as well give out the rating of B even before B would be released to the world rather than acting to play a fair-game. Assuming B is indeed a 1starrer movie, why would A partner with it? And since A has partnered with B, it's also A's responsibility to make sure B does well by calling it better than what it actually is!
We still read all reviews on the release day… we still stay confused coz rediff n times gave it 4stars while ibn and naachgaana gave it 2, while the inside story could be something else!
There is much more to media than this, of course! Big B has already boycotted the Oscars of India (which is filmfare) since a part of this group badmouthed his daughter-in-law for which no apology or explanation was given despite legal notices being sent. Big B is big enough to blog the wrong news against the media and take it to the people, but can anyone and everyone do it? IBN came out with a greatly innovative, sensational section called 'Juicy Mausi' with a DISCLAIMER: Any content appearing under "Juicy Mausi" section is purely gossip. IBNMovies.com does not comply with the same. Now that's amazing, you put a disclaimer and publish whatever you want coz it's not meant to be believed to be true. In the past few days I saw some truly fanciful (even weird) headlines and when I clicked, it was all fictitious assumptive ill-humored stories! You can create such a section in your NEWS site!!!
It makes me think one day in the very near future, all the media might come out with a disclaimer like this for all its contents and would just remain like a collection of few blogs (not NEWS), which are just perceptions and innovations and inventions of its writers (aka journalists)
DISCLAIMER: whatever is written here is not intended to be what it seems to appear in case the appearance is objectionable! Any content appearing in this post is purely gossip. I don't comply with the same!
How many times haven't we heard a few or all of these?
How lucky you are to get such a wife!
He was lucky to become such a huge star!
This dumb ass became a manager just because of luck!
I bought a lucky draw ticket and lost again!
It's quite annoying when someone points a finger at you and says you're here because you're lucky! No one will feel good about it if their success is attributed solely to the luck factor but everyone wants to be lucky! People easily attribute any or all of their failures to being unlucky in life or school or profession!
Dictionary defines 'Luck' as an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon. So every day is unpredictable in few terms and predictable in few others. So everyday everyone is lucky or unlucky depending on what they won or what they lost! But hang on… did it not depend on what we did, what we thought, how we reacted or acted, what we decided to do or not do?
Instead of rubbing off a successful person for being lucky or a failed guy to be unlucky, why not look at their minds and understand what they did to be there? It doesn't mean you understand a Sachin Tendulkar and become one, at least don't call him lucky for what he's done! Everyone is born to be different from each other and hence even twins can't have 100% similar lives! Each of us is special and we have a balanced bag of failures n successes.
Let's get lucky today and not buy a ticket that promises free grand prizes for the luckiest one, instead do what it needs to be certain to earn the prize! By buying the ticket I'm not sure if I'm going to win or not but by not buying it I'm sure I'm not going to lose anything, neither the price of the ticket nor the prize!
I'm happy to be a non-luck-believer coz I don't attribute my success to some non-existent factor, nor my failures to some unknown devil called being 'unlucky'!
And as the saying goes, I am because of what I am and I am not because of what I am not!
'I said NO. Don't ask me once again. If you are my friend leave, or you won't be'
That was an adamant NO and though it had happened many times before this one's a bit difficult I thought as I was leaving the school for home. Summers being hotter than ever before making most people sick, I was feeling worse for it was my friend this time who's been sent to ask me for the favor I've resisted always. I looked boldly at the temple with my head fixed straight towards the tomb I asked, 'Don't let my son get infected'
In 30minutes I was home and looked half bathed by Sun, almost running into the room I asked her how he was and her anger was justified, 'if you don't get anything to eat, it's ok. But I can't see him die without seeing a doctor'
'You know that Dr. Ram has said he's out of danger. Why do you want to go to the city?'
'Dr. Ram could not save a single person in this village, kill me or say yes!'
Outside the house he was listening and offered a smile. I smiled back and quickly recollected my fight with him in the evening. 'My answer is still no, please leave me alone'
'Why don't you just meet him once? He's come all the way to see you and request you. Don't be so harsh, he's in the car. Can I call him?' asked my friend.
How could I say no! They became uninvited guests when my house was already a mess.
'I'm ashamed to say this teacher. But a father's biggest defeat is not able to give what his son desires.'
He continued, as my friend watched and I turned my head away…
'Your friend told me that you are a man of principles and would not do it for any cost. I shall not offer you any money, but if there's anything that you are in need of please don't hesitate.'
She gestured me to come in as my 5yr old son cried badly. Within minutes they had taken him into the car along with my wife. I wait at the doorstep for them to return from the city not knowing when they would and not wanting to follow them.
At midnight the car returned with my son being brought back with necessary medicines and a bag of fruits. She went inside the room as she uttered, 'my son is back into life. Please give them what they want'
At the door he stood with hands joined and an urge of request in his eyes, he said
'Please teacher, just give 10 marks to my son and he will pass the exam!'
I stand there indebted…
Epilogue:
All he asked for was 10 marks in a subject for which I was the re-evaluator. Such requests come from many, he was a local minister and more than that a good man. Whether he helped take my child to the city for treatment just for the sake of his son's marks or not, I don't know. I've always rejected such needs with head held high, but not anymore. I know it's wrong, but I'm now indebted. I've to repay him, should I give those 10 marks?
Lake, like a blue glowing floor reflecting sky up above stood still without waves, at the shore pebbles lay!
Forest like woven trees, closer than boys of same mother stand together flock together never move away!
Sun has run down, making all sky red to commit suicide into the water to end another day!
Colors from blue to green and red, like a millions Rainbow laid world is painted, paint thyself today!
Holi day - a holy day…
