Sanchita could hardly realize that king khan had actually uttered her name as the winner of Little Champ while amateur Mona swept away the trophy in the Sony’s celebrity show. Electronic democracy was the facilitator for the normative selection of the winner. It is the mass who selects the winner; well I feel the mass is stupid at large. The mass is ignorant and decides to select or elect something out of emotions and diluting the empowerment with irrationality. Well Indians are better off at rationalizing their activities.
A recent survey found that 90% of Indians are in favor of capital punishment for a recently convicted criminal by the apex court. Indian democracy allows the rest 10% to go against the verdict of the apex court and create a ruckus all over. God of small things have decided to vow against the same and is busy hitting the headlines by creating a notional awareness against atrocities. And this very mass will switch their opinions if a celebrity stuck in a similar case is being delivered the same verdict. He will be soon made an apostle of gandhigiri and a widespread protest will be fathered by some political bloke. We will buy national magazines covering “unanswered questions” against the apex court and thereby straight way challenge the integrity of our constitution. Ironically there are people who will cast their votes in favour of a deported gangster who is set to contest the coming UP election.
Well if you think I am enraged at the final selection of both the shows, you got me wrong. What actually provoked me to ponder over this was Diwakar coming second and Sameer third. The initiation was probably by Sweta being a professional dancer found herself at the runner up position. In both the cases the casting was based on the emotional front, Diwakar being a blind child and Mona being the Jassi who had successfully turned all the eyes from Star Plus to Sony a few years back. The insight that advocates the decision to judge is based on the perception and the sentiments that easily overpower the ability of rational thinking.
Sometime back I was present in a courtroom where a minor was charged with consuming alcohol. The mother of the minor was leaning against the wall with tearful eyes. Now the punishment would have been some few months behind the bars but the judge ended up reprimanding him to a rehabilitation center. And on every date she used to extend the rehabilitation period for the guy. While I don’t remember the intricacies associated with the case but she extended her authority to make sure the mother’s suffering is wiped out. She was soon served a show-cause notice for the same. When I asked if she did something wrong, she replied that she was aware that she will get the notice. Still she went on; she explained: “I have a power; the power to change things for the betterment of the society. So even if I deviated from the guidelines laid down, this will meet the broader vision”. This is an ideal real life case for me where I found someone giving time to balance the power with responsibility.
When we are empowered to decide the best talent we seek refuge to emotional rationalization, and from God of small things we graduate to infiltrating the sanctity of the highest institution the judiciary of India.
I spent my weekend over this but had an extra burden of a curiosity of what actually did Brian Lara tell Pietersen after the latter sailed England to victory or did he end up at the receiving end of “ Don ko Pakarna Mushkil Hi Nahin Namumkin Hain”?
A recent survey found that 90% of Indians are in favor of capital punishment for a recently convicted criminal by the apex court. Indian democracy allows the rest 10% to go against the verdict of the apex court and create a ruckus all over. God of small things have decided to vow against the same and is busy hitting the headlines by creating a notional awareness against atrocities. And this very mass will switch their opinions if a celebrity stuck in a similar case is being delivered the same verdict. He will be soon made an apostle of gandhigiri and a widespread protest will be fathered by some political bloke. We will buy national magazines covering “unanswered questions” against the apex court and thereby straight way challenge the integrity of our constitution. Ironically there are people who will cast their votes in favour of a deported gangster who is set to contest the coming UP election.
Well if you think I am enraged at the final selection of both the shows, you got me wrong. What actually provoked me to ponder over this was Diwakar coming second and Sameer third. The initiation was probably by Sweta being a professional dancer found herself at the runner up position. In both the cases the casting was based on the emotional front, Diwakar being a blind child and Mona being the Jassi who had successfully turned all the eyes from Star Plus to Sony a few years back. The insight that advocates the decision to judge is based on the perception and the sentiments that easily overpower the ability of rational thinking.
Sometime back I was present in a courtroom where a minor was charged with consuming alcohol. The mother of the minor was leaning against the wall with tearful eyes. Now the punishment would have been some few months behind the bars but the judge ended up reprimanding him to a rehabilitation center. And on every date she used to extend the rehabilitation period for the guy. While I don’t remember the intricacies associated with the case but she extended her authority to make sure the mother’s suffering is wiped out. She was soon served a show-cause notice for the same. When I asked if she did something wrong, she replied that she was aware that she will get the notice. Still she went on; she explained: “I have a power; the power to change things for the betterment of the society. So even if I deviated from the guidelines laid down, this will meet the broader vision”. This is an ideal real life case for me where I found someone giving time to balance the power with responsibility.
When we are empowered to decide the best talent we seek refuge to emotional rationalization, and from God of small things we graduate to infiltrating the sanctity of the highest institution the judiciary of India.
I spent my weekend over this but had an extra burden of a curiosity of what actually did Brian Lara tell Pietersen after the latter sailed England to victory or did he end up at the receiving end of “ Don ko Pakarna Mushkil Hi Nahin Namumkin Hain”?
3 comments:
Hmmmm this was perhaps one of the better postings. Paraphasing made all the difference I feel.
Writing style is getting better.
I wud rate this as the best post both in content and in skill
Makes sense!
very well written...thought provoking...keep writing
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