Politics and Camel Story : A view through Delhi Election Polls

Finally, Campaign of Delhi Assembly is over but politics and fate of politicians are not closed yet, still there are much scope for them(Though unacceptable to Election commission but very well within the established political custom ) till  last voter casts his vote on 4th December,2013.

This time every Delhiites have felt a wave of change but it's not merely because a strong anti-incumbency rage against the ruling Government in view of 'price rise' or 'corruption' ( thanks to forgettable approach of life of we "AAM JANTA") or not merely because Opposition Party at Center has projected a powerful leader (Subject to interpretation) as its Prime-Ministerial Candidate for upcoming Loksabha Election or  not merely because of Speculation of 'Third Front' ( void collaboration among  supremo of various political parties in context of their individual Dreams to be Prime Minister of Nation ( I seriously find no wrong with such Dreams) and their passion to stretch and be flexible enough to welcome politicians with similar dreams from every corner (Classical Example of Integrity in political Diversity) but more than above it's because of a newly born political party who claims its history  from "Jan-Andolan" ( No matter it has support of  its mentor or not , rather doubted by its mentor himself ) and who claims to be a game changer( They very well adhere to principle that to change a rule of a game , one has to first master it) with their only capital i.e. honesty( subject to interpretation) but also having laud vocal cord (which may go in favor or against also ).

Anyway focusing at present, its interesting to watch the Delhi Assembly Polls due to this third player and more interesting to see the results and its subsequent impact as a whole. During the last month, Delhiites have witnessed claim of 'Honesty' by this Third Player, Claim of 'History' to preserve Delhi in well experienced Hands by Ruling Party and Claim of Opposition Party taking a middle path and  digging at both ruling and newly aspired party. Delhiites did also saw revelation of the Honest Party by way of Sting Operation and subsequent clarification to come clean (in its own terms) and cover-up (in terms of other existing Players) and dirty game of accusation , cross-accusation and Re-accusation. Even the newly born Party also seems getting good points in terms of understanding the rule of game( without any damage to their only capital i.e Honesty : subject to interpretation).

However, without going in detail of the rule of game,  this third player/newly born Party( Who managed to catch eyeballs and got  place in reports of the Newyork Times  ) reminds me an old and famous  "which side the camel sits" story. I hope you remember the story , if not, just Google it.

 Although both existing players(Ruling and Opposition) are denying the very root and prospect of this third player but  even ready to laugh at other if other's share is bitten by this third player. In fact, it cannot be ruled out that which player is not in reach of this new player rather  both are within reach of this third player and it can harm either of them or both of them in substantive way( again substantive loss to other does not guarantee numbers in terms of sits for them.)

We have to  wait and watch for only couple of days and we will able to see which side this camel finally have sit.

 By Then my prayer will be with Delhiites.

Note: The View Expressed by the Blogger is personal and without prejudice to any person or organization or  parties.
Thanks
Shashank Shekhar 

Bombay Talkies : Mere Reflection or Mirror of Indian Cinema

A Much Hyped Movie not only among Indian Cinema Lovers but among Film fraternity as well and which is projected as Tribute to 100 Years of Indian Cinema; but is it worth watching or stands in words as "Tribute" to 100 years of Indian Cinema ???

Cinema for Indians is not a source of Entertainment but is  passion, Love, madness of Indians( We viewers)  who once used to live in "Amarvhitra Katha " and has been grown up by listening to bed time stories........ and now in absence of that try to find the same in Cinema.

We try to co-relate ourselves with Drama and Emotions of Cinema or craftsman of Cinema takes the same from our life. Here, whatever I am stating is in context of 'moderate cinema' which identifies with us or vice a versa. 

Here, it is important to mention the so called "Filmi Songs" which are like healer of Our Soul or atleast we feel the same healing or co-relate it with situational scene of cinema where songs have magical affect on life of protagonist of Movie. Probably by looking at this character of ourselves, it is been said that Cinema and Cricket (Lets skip it at the moment and stick to Topic of Cinema right now) are in Blood of Indians.

So, this movie in its Four Segments try to focus on madness of Cinema Viewers and its effect on their life  though the darker side of this addiction (in better word "Love for this form of Art" and Popular word "Filmi Keera" ) is effortlessly avoided but not at the cost of Cinematic Liberty or prerogative of our Filmmakers and the same cannot be questioned.

Therefore, This is surely a movie which must be watched, applauded and encouraged ..... But on issues of it being called as  "Tribute to 100 years of India Cinema" I disagree..... I better term it as "Four Connected Compartment of Indian Cinematic Rail" which has much more compartments not connected with this Rail.       

By

A Viewer 

SHASHANK SHEKHAR

A Girl of tender age and Indian Culture

Festive days are on its high, and you can feel the same, no matter where you go and for what purpose. In comparison of other metros, Delhi has opened its arms wider, you strongly feel the spirit of festiveness in spite of falling from any religion. Diwali is one of such festival which cause to affect everybody in their own way.

But spirit of festive effect of Diwali is not the reason behind my writing but one incidence which prompted me to share the same with you all.

I was waiting for 'life of Delhi commuters' for my destination and I saw a father and his 5 year old daughter sitting at bench of metro station Platform. The daughter was properly dressed like a school girl on a non-school day. I was sitting next to them and had to wait for my metro and was wondering to pass the unbeatable wait of the my destination metro. In the mean time I heard her asking her father that she wants to talk to her mother, father dialed his mobile and gave it to daughter, she spoke to her mother and method of her talking clearly signifies that her mother is out of city and she was narrating things about her place of residence at Delhi and narrating what has she done in morning. I was amazed to listen to her as she was talking so responsibly like a newly married Indian girl who gives each and every details of her work to her mother and asks if mother suggests anything more.  After few minutes of talk with her mother in which mother gave some additional instructions to her for the home, conversation ends. Thereafter, I came to know that they were waiting to receive somebody as the daughter was being inquisitive to know and father was telling that somebody from their hometown is coming and she suppose to “Pranam”(greet) him like her own uncle, and daughter nodded. I was amazed to see the behavior of the daughter and her maturity at her age. For a moment I was very happy and feel proud of our culture but my thought diverted and questioned myself that do we expect the same courtesy and manner from a boy of her age, and answer is in negative. Sorry but I don’t want to offend our male chauvinistic society but the basis difference between the upbringing where we expect the girl more courteous and mannered and I take it positively as it benefits girls in general as its always good to be so and helps in every walks of life. Here I don’t say that boys are ill mannered etc. but certainly they use to be careless or in better words carefree which has its own negative impact on him for future run. This may be the main reason which caused to result in many surveys saying that women are better employer or manager or can work good in team for herself as well as for team etc.

Though all Indian festivals irrespective of any religion, teaches us to be more respectful and courteous to all but girl either willingly take it more seriously or asked to take it so, but certainly it works well for her and society and everyone especially boys also should learn it from them.

            

An encounter with an endangered emotion cum feelings

I got urge to write this Blog when I was.........or better I should narrate the same to you and leave it up to you whether it was worth writing and reading or not.
So, I start herein.... It was a day when I had nothing to do or had no intention to do anything or was too tired after a long day  than to surf channels of T.V. and suddenly had to pause my remote button, which (Remote) would have been suffering from unbearable pain due to its merciless exploitation by me since last few minutes. Anyway I am not here to tell you Tragic biography of Remote Control of T.V. and its unbearable pain due to merciless use of it by viewers and sense of  ownership over it by whoever having control of it, no matter for how much time.
Coming on subject of this writing, My fingers stopped to do more service to unending thrust of my eyes to watch something more worthy or pleasing like an imperialistic king who never gets satisfied and want to swallow everything.
Coming on the subject...So, I  felt compelled to pause on a Movie channel showing a Hindi Movie. You may wonder ...what is so uncommon about a Hindi Movie being shown on Hindi Movie Channel, which they do so repeatedly. Here, I am not going to write about Policy of Entertainment Channels of showing Movies repeatedly, no matter it is in Hindi or dubbed in Hindi from Hollywood or South Indian Movies or Bhojpuri Movies and Loyal viewers like us.
Coming on the subject, I paused the channel because  there was something which touched me. But it was not content of the movie which was as usual very common and not novel but the repetition or lifting of the stories from here and there. Anyway I am not going to tell you the remarkable talent of our filmmakers who instead of getting inspired from others (which is ok) but just copy the same and sell it among real appreciator of novelty and creativity i.e. we the Audience.
Coming on the subject, I was touched by the Title of the Movie, and it compelled me to remember the feeling which is already in category of endangered emotions of Human beings. This title or rather Word or rather a feeling in itself forced me to think, when the last time I encountered with it, and I really felt terrible that I don't remember my experience with it lately. We have got so busy in the worldly things and collecting the same for the Happiness that we have started forgetting the very gifted emotions to every Human being by Nature. Again I am not going to discuss the the irony of us, who have created and living in the virtual societies and being so addicted in virtual social networking that we have no time for people around us, rather we get busy in updating our status or framing status to update and checking notifications of comments at the cost of extinction of true emotions. Here, I am afraid to tell you that soon this emotion may be left out by Dictionary due to its ignorance and non-applicability in these days. I feel terrible that slowly we are becoming so mechanical that we are missing the small happiness which lies in such emotions.
I feel go on and on ....but do not feel to conclude it , but it need to be done....so I summarize it merely by revealing that TITLE which compelled me to pause my Remote  and write this Blog. This word  is mixed effect of innocent feelings and its subsequent pure action. It connects the Internal Purity with Mechanical Actions and resultant is abrupt but innocent reaction of people, who still have not lost the purity of their emotion but only keep forgetting it connect with Life................................................the Title or Emotion was "गुदगुदी"               

मुझे मालूम नहीं : Just a thought to Pen down

मुझे मालूम नहीं 

अब ये राहें कब मुरेगी , कब तक ये धुप रहेगी 
कब छाँव मिलेगा , मुझे मालूम नहीं l

कब तक नींद के आगे कोसो दूर वो चैन मिलेगी 
कब वो ख्वाब बसर होगी ,मुझे मालूम नहीं l

कब तक ये कारवां यूँ ही चलता रहेगा 
कब पनाह मिलेगी आस को साँझ की, मुझे मालूम नहींl

पर मुझे मालूम है की आगे जाना, और आगे जाना है
आँखों में मंजिल और खवाबो में साहिल ले, और आगे जाना है
मुझे मालूम है ll
.........शशांक शेखर ...

My Learning of/from Mahatma: Father Of Nation

Since Childhood, I have been listening about The Great Gandhi: Father of Nation. Like every other children who think always high of his father and never think or imagine any flaw in character and acts of father, I gave Gandhi a place near to God and not ready to listen and always ready to argue with anyone who had to say low about Gandhi.I can recall number of incidence when I feel like defending and did so on number of topics like Gandhi Vs. His dream of Complete Swaraj or Gandhi Vs.his act of not defending Bhagat Singh, Gandhi Vs.his indifference with Subhash Chandra Bose,Gandhi Vs.his favoritism towards Nehru,  Gandhi Vs.his attitude or method to get independence and most particularly Gandhi Vs.attaining divided freedom and consequential loss to nation etc.

Slowly with time and  being able to differentiate facts and perception and able to access  Books and information about him etc. my approach of defending Gandhi or rather being irritated while listening low about him, got diluted. Now I feel more liberated or in other words persistent with any talk about Gandhi. Now, I can answer or argue or laugh or ignore, any loose talk about Gandhi. The change in my approach is because now I understood that no body could defend Gandhi because he never defended himself ... because being defensive make other feel right of what they do. He always believed in carrying his work by his own or at least try to do by himself and trying to find happiness of all by way of truth. This approach has helped me in my own experience of my life till date.

Now, as growing youth of Nation , I understand or able to understand that our elders may have flaws or have done mistakes, which could not be defended or defense may not be right approach  but the best way...show our love or  to admire their statute is to follow the right path shown by them.

Now with help of  Gandhi's perspective of life ..I understood that we have to answer or respond to challenges put before us by people or  life...but  by our own method with believe in us rather than just copying other's method without any logic. 

I need not say why Gandhi was great , but I only want to say that he never projected his greatness or never hid his flaws or mistakes....and as far as him as  father of Nation is concerned .. irrespective of  flaws or mistakes of him , if any (Even Father is 'God like' not 'God' but 'human being' , so may have some flaws)....he still is Father of Nation and he gave people of India a daring to think about freedom and personal strength to act for the same.

A LETTER TO/FOR WOMEN

A Day which signify the strength of women, a day which signify the tolerance of women, a day which signify various facets of love and affection which can only be shown by women, a day and its light which can be sensed and felt by us only because of women, a day which is not enough to salute a women because in absence of her, there was/is/will no question of life, hope and happiness.

Women spread happiness due to her ability to get into different shoes easily at a time. It is established truth that behind every successful man, there is a woman. So, this is perfect time to repay at least some, by giving contribution, even a small, for the upliftment of them. Women don’t need much of our help, they are self sufficient, only assistance what they expect from us , is a smile with sense of proud for them. If one cannot support , at least should not cause any hindrance for the sake of pseudo-manhood. Why can’t we men break the myth of “weaker sex” and support women to spread their wings which finally cause to strengthen the society and nation.

But the ‘greatness of women’ also confer accountability and responsibility on women to maintain their dignity and respect, which is being diminished by few in name of pseudo-sense of freedom. We must remember no freedom is so important which is attained at the cost of very elegance and respect of women. Women should also be cautious from the wrong projection of women freedom and women empowerment by setting wrong example or icon. It must be noted that a wrong role model or/and wrong path can never lead you to right end. You should also be clear at your heart that at what cost you want your dreams to fill your eyes and this is only in your hand. What you feel about yourselves is reciprocal with what you let other feel about yourself. Today’s women are so strong that no body dare to let you feel inferior unless you let them do so.

You don’t need a day to cherish your achievement , you are competent enough to let world to admire your ability. Therefore, I can only say to you that you are source of strength , power and all positivity, and you are capable to do whatever you intend to, you hold the whole world in your hands. I salute for your past, admire and cherish your present and confident of your future.