With under 40 days to go for the biggest extravagant sporting event in this country, The Commonwealth Games. India has already lost it, going by the series of revelations & campaigning by the media, it seems more of a curse than a matter of pride. Everything from paper rolls to colossal stadias has come under the ire of media. If you go by the media every second person in this country is a rapist, a corrupt, a thief, a goon, a murderer in short a Criminal. My problem is not with their revelations about the inadequacies in the run up to the commonwealth games, my problem is with their timing for such a campaign. Almost the world will descend upon our national capital to be a part of history, will those guest (athiti) take away those paper rolls, chairs & umbrellas with them as a memory of games?? No, what they will take back is the warmth of Indian hospitality which the world has been indoctrinated since decades, they will take back the gesture of an ordinary Delhite to make space in their homes when all the hotels are packed. But sadly, the environment around doesn’t look like it will ever happen that way, The ordinary delhite following the series of negative campaigning by the media has started to disassociate himself from the games, I am not supporting Kalmadi & his team, if anybody guilty they should face the ramifications of their actions but only after we have wished our guests a nostalgic good bye. The Media needs to understand that this is the moment India was waiting for years, this is the moment where the world will see us through the prism of our ability & stature, It is this time that we cannot do away or shy away from the games because a handful of the people have used it for their benefit, Its time we all put our shoulders together & stage the best ever Commonwealth Games in the history of sports. And how can India do that??, we Indians do not need world class Infrastructure or ostentatious grandeur. What we need is to just be our self, and rally around in numbers supporting our games. Why can’t a Normal Delhite in his capacity buy tickets & sheer for Saina Nehwal when she bears the Indian Flag at the games, Can an ordinary delhite not support Gagan Narang at the shooting ranges, and why not an ordinary Indian along with his family think of a week holiday to Delhi to be a part of the National festival. Remember only stadiums & glassy roads won’t make it the best ever, we all have to contribute with media taking the baton in its own hand, Common we don’t want to hear the Lacks & Crores being looted, that is not something new, after few days nobody will give it a Damn whether it was 10 or 1000 Crores, what we want to hear is “Mehman aa rahe hai, Swagat kijiye”. This is Our Commonwealth Games & it’s high time the Media & we all realize that!
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
MNIK is Innocently Sincere!
The thing which i believe makes MNIK outstanding from other films is that this one got a soul of its own, very few films in India have a soul attached & MNIK is one of them, At first one may get a feeling that this film is a must watch for every Muslim but i beg to differ, i suppose this film is for every one who believes he has seen enough of life, When the character in the movie 'Rizwan Khan' chants his gospel from Quran using a rather unconventional stones & lands himself in the trouble with the authorities at the san francisco airport that conveys a very welknown fact abt just how ur language & religion which is of utmost awe to you becomes suspicious for others and very importanly MNIK tears apart you when u see them happening to a man which understands rarely abt life & world.
Rizwan Khan is some one who has very simple rules to lead life which will make many of us envy, for the matter of the fact that we all tend to make our life very complicated but here Rizwan has only 1 rule i.e. Good ppl & Bad ppl thats it. No other rules nor does he understand & nor he wants to follow. wish we too could have our life sorted to such an extend, He dosent understand why ppl make fun of him, he dosen't understand why his wife hates him, why ppl all over America hate him & to add to it he is even given to understand that the President of America hates him too. Inshort the Aspergers Syndrome (AS) which the character is affected with become his greatest strength.
The Most inspirational moment in the movie is when he is out to meet the president & has no money either to feed him or travel etc, he then poses with a placard reading 'Almost Repair Anything' , that is the moment which i believe we all can take home & remember for life, coz if a man who is not even 100% mentally & physically fit dosen't give up & fights for his survival believing that he will meet the most powerful man in the world then why we individuals blessed with every right thing frm god cry foul & loose hope in pursuing our own dreams?
Rizwan & MNIK teaches us that the less number of rules u have the less complicated ur life is.
Rizwan Khan is High on ethics & character, never lies, never cheats, never manipulates even when he is an underprivileged & knows he's not normal.
The film innocence is Rizwan Khan, he impishly demands what ever he believes be it sex too. thats the innocence of the character, the film is sincere coz it never losses its plot, it was determined to show us what it takes to be a Khan or Muslim from a person who is an Autistic.
The film reiterates the fact that may be ' All Terrorist are Muslim but not all Muslims are Terrorist'. MNIK if understood & empathized will leave you numb.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
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