This blogger is ready to give
everyone a chance and keeps an open mind about things, hence will not be
prejudiced by narration and counter narration, being fully aware these are same
kind of people in different outfits. Every person will have to be dealt on his or her merit and not on perception or views of obnoxious self-serving conscience keepers. Amit
Shah has crossed the line, and he will have to be dealt severely. He is holding
an extremely responsible position (as the head of largest political party as
also heading the alliance that forms the government), and arguably he has tarnished
these. The political party concerned, or its moral torchbearer RSS, should
severely curtail these kind of utterings. This is not only blatantly communal
but also brings shame to the nation for being compared to a country that cannot
even be called a proper democracy with non-existent minority rights. In his depraved
utterings he has also given credibility to sickular liberal elitist narration that
seeks to see Pakistan as linchpin of its subtle ‘minority values’. This counter
narration is a trap that seeks to polarise as also severely ridicules common
people’s sensibilities and trivialises their aspirations. Amit Shah will have to
be dealt severely by Election Commission, if they don’t show spine then SC will
have to intervene. This cannot be the new normal.
Patwardhan kriya
It goes without saying that Anant
Patwardhan is one of the most competent documentary maker around. Over the
decades he has made some incisive and path breaking documentaries; in the overwhelming
mediocrity that India is he clearly stands out as an exception. And I must admit he has been
quite an influence in many ways. His recent attics though reeks of self-indulgence
and righteousness that is quite beyond what is the need, it is very likely that
he has surrounded himself in exaggerations hence being crudely alarmist the way
of dealing. Most significantly if he is so concerned about the society then why
has he even accepted these awards from a society that symbolises discrimination
in its every acts and being? Why does he hobnobs with media that actively
promotes primitive ways? (thankfully many international columnists have stopped
contributing to these putrid pits. International community should severely scrutinise
Indian conscience keepers and their clever ways). Last but not the least what
will it take from him to spent 100R to get his casteist reference dropped and
be civilised? Clearly he cannot be part of the primitive and claim high moral grounds.
It is not allowed in civilised society. No dear not allowed.
This society seems to be built on
myths and perceptions. Common people have been treated as juvenile who could go
delinquent if not fed with bed time stories and kept under control, meanwhile the elite section claw
for the spoils. With the technological innovations society is opening up and
people are able to assert themselves (including this blogger, few decades back I would be easily stamped out and thrown into the nearest dustbin), things will
have to be opened up. Mahatmas and pundits will be open to scrutiny, as also
the degraded nature of this society that seems to be taken as way of life. Angst
is natural, so is feeling of loss for the good old days when honey dropped from the sky. That the elite section is amazingly mediocre
is given but their extent of imposition on the society is what is frightening. That
they are able to dictate terms and manipulate narration makes it sinister. They
have severely degraded the society and created misery by their incompetence. You
can disagree without being disagreeable is a nice try. The pertinent question
here is how are these primitive people at the helm of affair? It is indeed difficult
not to be disagreeable with debauched ways, ideally this blogger will have
nothing to do with these people and will steer clear of these disgraceful
presences but when they are at the helm then they will have to be dealt. Returning
awards is therefore not only opportune and an attempt at mischief but also
trying to place thyself in higher conscience that really cannot go unscrutinised.
This normal is unacceptable.
