The Solution Lies within…….
I am not
sure how many of you can actually say that your Maa is your best friend but I
am proud to say that I can. Over the years we have had our ups and downs but as
I got older I have developed a close knit feeling to this special lady. When
I'm with my Maa , I can totally just be myself. I can tell her anything and
she'll totally understand. It's like we have this bond or something.
Every day
when I came back from office, I used to switch on my tape recorder and start
narrating my daily routine before her. Maa aaj ye hua… Aaj usne ye kaha….. Usne
ye kyo kaha?? Maa sabke pas Nailpaint ke shade se lekar boyfriend/husband ka
new gift hai… but mere lie itna difficult kyo hai kisi se kuch share kar pana?
Don’t I have likes or dislikes?? Bas Maa ka fav dialogue…TU BAS GHAR KI SHER
HAI AUR HUMARI BOSS….;-)
I extremely
dislike this statement but at the hindsight I know it’ true. Just like a normal
day, few days before I was keen to share few things with her but she was on her
favorite T.V show “Sath Nibhana Sathiya”. I don’t know what good she finds in
theseunrealistic daily soaps. This is the only thing which we both have not in
common. Neverthless I was sharing my official stuff with her. But she was only
pretending to be as a good listener…At that time her GOPI BAHU was proved more
important than her daughter...I got sadden and came back to my room. I also
turned on television of my room…… I was on my favorite show….Man Vs. Wild …..Aww :-( It was an old episode…again my Maa proved to be more lucky cause
she was watching a new episode .I skipped it..and then I reached to UTV
Bindas…and so guess what was there?? Yes, the reality show “Emotional
Atyachar”.I still don’t get a single reason why people
watch these kinds of shows. It really shows what we are giving to our upcoming
generation. Sadly I turned off the T.V and thought of calling my friend to
share with her at least 20%. Her cell welcomed me with a wonderful caller
tune…TUNE MERE JANA KABHI NAI JANA….! I heard this song every now then. She
didn’t pick up my phone as expected. So finally I took newspaper in the hope
of getting something with which I can pass my time until my Maa will be free.
There was nothing in the newspaper except few more Murders, Rapes, Scams, and
RBI new policy for controlling Inflation. I was turning the pages desperately to
get something worth to read and thanks to Lord that finally I landed up on one article titled Anna’s leadership. So I recall ,Oh my God this is the only good thing which happened last year. How
could I forget him and his team’s effort?
2011 …….The
worst year of my life….Didn’t achieve anything neither on professional front
nor on personal front….Even I didn’t recall a single good thing about this
2011.I have lost my two gems in this year
only, My adorable Goofy, and the companion of my loneliness i.e. Ghazal
Maestro. In 2011 a lot happened on the political front .A heartening thing was
to see an increased and mature involvement of youth in the civil society’s
movement. From online discussion forum to Ram Lila Maidan, the voice of youth
was strong and could be easily heard. To sum it up, this anti corruption
movement increases the participation of the great Indian middle class and youth
in particular in the functioning of our democracy. Now, whether that’s the
movement hangover or a permanent change, only time will tell.
Emotional
Atyachar, Emptiness, Anna and Youth …These all in combination gave me an idea
to at least write one more blog this year.
Talking of
youth lets us talk about that song and a TV show, both a rage among the youth.
There is a song by the name Emptiness which over few months has become an
anthem for heartbroken lovers. This song a perfect example of viral phenomenon
in the online world has more than 1.5 million views on YouTube. There are many
reprise version of Emptiness on the video sharing site. Such is the popularity
of the song that even the most of the reprises have more than three lakh views.
Here is the so called tragic love story behind the song. The song was
sung by Rohan Rathore a student of premier engineering college of India .He
loved a girl but his love was not reciprocated. An unfortunately thing about
Rohan that he was suffered from cancer. The lovelorn protagonist sang the
emptiness song to share his pain with the world. Sadly, he dies within fifteen
days after recording the song. Three
strong keywords- LOVE, IIT-GUWAHATI and CANCER. ‘Love’ was enough to pull
romantically influenced people. IIT-Guwahati is a prestigious college in India,
so it again became an eye-catcher. ‘Cancer’ disabled the reasoning abilities of
the target audience and aroused a feeling of pity in them. Game Over….!!Does that
make you curious?? Some say that story is nothing but a marketing gimmick. But
that’s not the point. There is no doubt that the song is an excellent pierce of
work .A song with no bollywood connection, uploaded by someone becomes a song
loved by everyone. And it is where the song captures our youth Imagination.
In the second part of story ,let us shift focus to a TV show inspired from Bollywood song, Emotional Ataychar, a show aired on a youth channel, has been a game changer TV programme. The show allows one to conduct a loyalty test on one’s lover. Some are approaching the show to conduct a serious loyalty test on their partners, who are suspected to be cheating in their present affairs, while there are some couples who might be finding it an easy way out to call it off with their partners. Isn’t this insane?
The show plants an undercover agent (male or female, as per the
case) who won’t mind going to any damn extent getting intimate or taking up a
dirty conversation with the suspect, only to find out whether they are loyal in
their present relationship or not. The show has run three seasons and achieved
high TV rating plus thumbs up from its core audience.Though
censored, the collage drama show intimacy, infidelity and dirty fights all
sensationalized and exaggerated. Who would have thought that infidelity should
be commercialize in such a big way?? What a cheap tactic to find someone’s
truth! The show assay to the relationship woes which our youth is already
burdened with.
A generation
for which career and ambitions make it to be top priority list: Things like
trust, responsibility and loyalty automatically take a back seat.
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A society
where love happened over a cup of teas and ends on a TV show needs to be
introspects. This millennium love has very different meanings. Wo
kehte hai na ! Abhi to Jaam alag hai, Mehkhane bi alag, aur pilane wale bi alag
hai [Now the love is different , the wine is and
even the lover is different].Infidelity is one of
those faces and Emotional Atyachar personifies that.
We as a
nation have failed, since our youth today have imbibed the worst of western
culture, while retaining the worst of Indian culture — a wonderful combination.
At 14 I can imagine myself as an innocent girl, whose only wish was to go and
play badminton in the neighboring building. Today’s 14-year olds are more
worried about which girl/boy they will bed and which brand of vodka is better?
It is unclear to me who is to blame — parents, society, globalization, the
children themselves? Where is the childhood that so many reminisce about? Why
are these people not enjoying what is natural and going after things that will
become natural in due course of time?
We need a
revolution not just in political and electoral sphere but in all walks of life.
Love and relationship troubles are already making our youth weak .The solution
to this lies inside us, not outside .We need to strengthen our values and
develop our characters so that it inspires our country and the whole world to
move in the direction of progress.
Happy Reading :-)
References:
- http://in.toluna.com/opinions/777374/Impact-Reality-Shows-like-emotional-atyachar.htm
- http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Music/The-mystery-of-Rohan-Rathore/Article1-666703.aspx
- http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/130880/cover-story/secret-life-of-indian-teens.html
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