So I have to come back to the basic questions that I asked myself the last time..
Who is to blame.. what is the solution..
So I focused on .. what influenced our culture the most lately..
I have looked at the establishment(so called), so now I turn to softer things
Art is the expression of societies concern..
So our writing is not inspiring enough lately.. (not withstanding the number of Bookers we win)…
We are more concerned about extramarital relations that poverty eradication or social change..
But the popular ART in India.. so to say is Bollywood.. and on a 50 yr time frame .. I examined who made the biggest impact…
So you come to think of the BIG man… he was superhero for a decade.. the lost all of it and then re-invented himself.. to regain the glory..
Now what is the most recent example he has set as an Icon..
Oops… he is a scared man.. threatened by few local goons..
Who apologizes for unrelated stuff his better half uttered ..
(Don’t for a second think that I have any sympathy for the goons) ..
But here we have an icon who doesn’t know how to respond…
Someone whose father wrote following lines
कभी नही जो तज सकते हैं, अपना न्यायोचित अधिकार
कभी नही जो सह सकते हैं, शीश नवाकर अत्याचार
एक अकेले हों, या उनके साथ खड़ी हो भारी भीड़
मैं हूँ उनके साथ, खड़ी जो सीधी रखते अपनी रीढ़
निर्भय होकर घोषित करते, जो अपने उदगार विचार
जिनकी जिह्वा पर होता है, उनके अंतर का अंगार
नहीं जिन्हें, चुप कर सकती है, आतताइयों की शमशीर
मैं हूँ उनके साथ, खड़ी जो सीधी रखते अपनी रीढ़
Hard to believe.. a son forgetting his fathers word..
So when a local goon says “I can threaten you in a democracy, even if you are a cultural icon”
He is no different to a terrorist who say
“I will single-handedly threaten the stability the biggest democracy on planet”
Its almost the same.. it’s a difference in Degree not Intent..
But is it completely the icons fault…
Didn’t I allow it to happen.. not protesting when it was happening
Why couldn’t all Marathi’s living outside Maharashtra stand in his support??
Why didn’t we have a support rally for him??
Is it only sight of blood that moves us????
So we all share the blame…
(I was becoming too much for me.. so I have decided to share the blame..)
Somewhere unconsciously, directly or indirectly,
We allowed it to happen..
what happened in Mumbai, reflects our attitude to life…
