The Slumdog Mania, Vandalism at its best.........

Hi folks. It has been a long time since i wrote a blog। Well, can say i was bit busy in other avenues. But happy to write again.... :) :) Few daysback i watched the movie SLUM DOG MILLIONAIRE. Actually i couldn't resist myself from watching, after hearing that it has got 4 Golden Globe awards. But the kind of expectation i was having from the movie, i am sorry to say it never touched that. It may be my perception about the movie, different from the acclamation it is receiving. Though i admit that the direction was mind blowing, the star cast, the art direction and most importantly Rehman's Music. It was awsome!!!!!

But the point i want to raise is that why is it that we never got a Golden Globe for a movie directed by an Indian!! Not only getting it, it was so difficult even to get a nomination.
There are lot many examples of Indian movies which went for Oscar but were returned empty handed. Swaas, Rudali, Bandit Queen, Black etc were never seen as movies which could win an Oscar. Though lot of hopes were shown by Lagaan and Elizabeth, but still they couldn't make it to the Top. What does this show!!! Aren't the Indian directors capable enough to get an Oscar or a Golden Globe! Is it that a person from Britain or US would come to India, and showcase the poverty stricken slums and win an award! Why, we have lot many films showcasing slums, poverty, backwardness, but we never ever got a chance to win an award!!To add more salt, one more documentry SMILE PINKY directed by Maegan Mygon of USA has been nominated for the Oscars. Though its theme is quiet different from SM.
What an irony!!! If an Indian director directs a movie on British background( Elizabeth ), he won't get an award, but Vice Verse gets all the praises in the world.
If you by any chance get to read the blog of Mr. Bachhan, you'll get to know why there has been so much of an outrage in British media on his comments.He has very correctly said that the movie portrays a very de motivational outlook of India. Slum and Slug have always been a part of India. But they are their in Developed nations also. So why is it that Satyajeet Ray gets lifetime achievement for his idolisation of the poor; why not the great directors like V Shantaram, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Gurudutt and the contemporaries!!
This i guess is the vandalism created by the west to damage the image of India. India is portrayed as a land of snake charmers, poor and hedieous people who can't live without the support of west. This is what they want to see.
Even more, our great artists, who never give a damn on indian awards, run completely bonkers for acclamations given abroad. I guess this proves that we still consider ourselves as underdogs infront of the west.
India is an ocean of talent which needs no recognition from the west. But still, the Oscars being considered as Mother of all Awards of entertainment, it is most unlikely that we won't win it oneday. Our master of music, Reheman will win it for us and proove to the west that we still are the best, whether they like it or not........:):):)

PEACE

Peace!!!!

Well what's that!! Never heard of this word. Ok, it might be another word in the Oxford dictionary. Well i know about piece, when i see a DAMN HOT girl (lol), but whats peace!!!

Sometimes i think that we human beings have completely forgotten this word. Or atleast its meaning and value. We know how to make a 'piece' of heart but don't know how to find 'peace' of heart. Its really a disheartening thing for me that the ultimate aim for which humans run or should run has been completely lost in the thick fogs of desires,ambitions, greed, power,ego, esteem and other human made emotions. Why i say human made emotions because i don't think god made them. God only gave us brains and let us decide how we use it. And instead of using it to achieve peace we occupied our brains with these emotions and started ruining ourselves. 

But the question still remains that what the hell is peace!! Well for me it is a state of total emptyness in my mind. A state where i am thinking of nothing but myself. When there is a blackhole in my thoughts. Not even a single thought is hindering my mind. When there is a kind of purity in my behaviour. Sounds so hypocritical!! As if i am the perfect follower of Osho or Asaram Bapu or the contemprories. But thats true. I guess everyone wants to feel that emptyness. But our nature is such that if we get that we'll be afraid. We don't want to be empty.We don't want to be alone. We need to be recognised, praised. Who will recognise me if no one is around! If i am all alone! And this tussle goes on and on. Atleast with me.

So finally i still don't know how will i get my piece of peace. But hey!!! Its very easy. Just go to Google.com and type peace and you'll get 313,000,000 pages in .22 seconds. Its so simple. Just read them and wowwww!! you will find peace. Or you can go to Ramdev Baba and do all kinds of criss-cross and hip-hops with your body. Or you can go to a cool hill station with your beloved wife or Girlfriend( Most likely) and spend thousands of rupees and lots of energy( lol) and get that relaxation and peace.

Ain't that easy!! Well except the third one i have tried literally everything for that one piece of peace. But frankly speaking i have been in such a mess that i just threw the thought of getting peacefull from my mind. I agree that i am not peacefull right now. Well there's a long list of dormant and active volcanoes going through my mind which makes it virtually impossible to find peace. This might be everybodies condition. 

Feeling lost in the Alps, wanting to get something, don't know what. And then feeling restless for not getting that. Sometimes i just ask God that why did you gave us so much of brain. Why are we adults! Why not kids. Just look at those cute faces and you'll find them richer than Warren buffet and Bill Gates. So peacefull( Though no peace for us while they are around). But really after seeing them i remeber my old days when i used to just play, play and only play. No constant worries, no responsibilities, no ambitions, and yeahhhhhh no work!! A complete peacefull mind. Wow if God could fulfill my one wish i would have asked him to make me a kid again. But alas!! It can't happen. We have to live and screw ourselves daily to fight for our bread, for our survival. After all this is the law of nature. Survival of the fittest. So who would care for those five minutes of emptyness. Those five minutes when you are interacting only with youself. 'cos you will be wasting your important five minutes where you could have earned 1000 bucks more or could have ventured into a new business idea. And even if we care we can do nothing but simply moan on our condition. 

"Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for." -- Viktor E. Frankl 

Sounds so correct in the present context. Everybody is running for something. I am running for my career. After achieving that i would be running for something else. It seems like we are running in a marathon in which distance is measured in time. Endless. The end being our death. 

But can we do something for it!! Why not. We can. I don't think its that difficult. I don't  know the solution yet but i am positive that some day i'll achieve my peace and definetly before dying.

Kudos to those who have achieved it and best of luck to those who are thriving to get it.

AM I AN INDIAN!!

Hey guys....whenever i read or hear about the recent happenings in mumbai, i seriously doubt whether i am a maharashtrian or an Indian!! What Raj thakrey has done in these months really makes me think over this. The kind of secularist ideas he is spreading makes me wonder sometimes that are we living in a country or a state!!

I just want to ask him that who is he to decide whether maharashtra belongs to marathi's or indians as a whole! I am also a maharashtrian living in madhyapradesh. No one questioned my caste since the day i was born. Just imagine how would you feel if tommorow all the non maharashtrians come to you and say go away from our state. You don't belong here.

I think what Raj is doing is not only immoral but also unconstitutional. You cannot force anybody against his fundamental rights to live where he wants to live.

The Mumbai we see today good or bad, is a result of the people living there from centuries and decades. How can one person or caste say that its there land!  I have also serious disregards for Mr. Bachhan. Why is that everytime he asks for an apology and be it too any one. Being modest is ok sometimes. But modesty should not take place of self respect. It seems that he just wanted his movie to be released with ease and thats why he apologised to Raj so that he won't come in between the movie release.

And what is our government doing!!! Why is it that people of bajrangdal, shivsena and now MNS simply rome around freely, destroying public property and our great cops just wave there so called dandas in the air, as if they are waving the national flag.

Its a real pity that after being independent for 61 years, we are still not independent in our thoughts. We are still the same as we were when britishers ruled, and even worst. I guess Nepolean once said that democracy is a government of fools, and yes we are proving it. 

You all will also agree that normal indians just don't care about whats happening. They are too busy in solving there own problems. Who bothers about whether a bihari is being beated or a poor UP guy's bread and butter is being destroyed by the barbarians.

But if we can't control this we can atleast pray to god to give some intellect to the politicians.

We can atleast change our mindset and start accepting every body as an indian instead of  of a particular state.

Rest about Mr. Thakarey, if he's not answerable here, he'll have to answer above. May god take some brain from him so that he won't be able to apply too much of his mind.

FIGHTING WITH YOURSELF

Hey Guys, This is the first blog i am sharing with all of you. Well i just wanted to know your thoughts about how do you people fight with yourself!!!! Well talking about me i have never had a big fight with anybody on this planet, but FIGHTING WITH ME!!!!!ohhhh God!!!! daily, every second. Do you think it comes naturally to we people that we all r constantly thinking about something then wondering whether it was right or wrong! Whether what i am doing is correct or the other person is correct! Why is it that we all are so skeptical about everything? Does it show that we have lack of confidence in ourselves or its something else we are missing. 

I have seen so many friends of mine who are successfull in some or the otherway but still are not satisfied with themselves. Well personally i think that it's all about fighting with yourself. Its all about fighting with your mind. One may be of any age,caste,sex or cult and whatsoever may have been his upbringing. Its all about the way he pursues things. I agree that one's society, parents, friends etc have a lot of impact on one's thought process, but the person who even after having so much of forcefull thought injections has the courage to do what he likes and what he believes is the winner. 

I personally have not yet won and thus i say that i am still fighting with myself. Sometimes it becomes tougher and tougher, but then i think whats the big deal.

Everybody is unsatisfied, every body finds his friends wife more beautifull. Then why the hell should i care. Why should i be my own slave!!! Yaa; thats true. The scariest feeling i have is to be my own slave. 

So then i think how do people fight with themselves!!!! How they approach to new things!! You will find thousands of books on personality development, mind control etc. I know these books do help a lot...but is it that we have to be dependant on some XYZ author to solve our problems!!! But i confess that whenever i am down i read lots of articles.....it really gives me a boost in my tough times.... i don't know what i wanted to share in the first place and where i finally went in the last.... 

But just wanted to know your views on how do you fight with yourself!!! 

Do reply...........