Olympic opening ceremony was one
of the best in the living memory. Contemporary, elevating freedom and fun, fierce
individual assertion in a classic French way that makes it endearing and will
be remembered for a long time to come. No staid choreography -that is reflection
of authoritarian order, but lively chaos of life on river and monuments. Idea of
France is a defining idea of humanity, and to assert that in such energetic
carefree way is what defines human life. This is also what sports is all about.
Liberty and freedom are indelible hope for future that stand against limiting feudal
world and restrictive religions. Pièce de resistance was ofcourse spectacular scene
of beheaded Marie Antoinette, shocking and hilarious –a constant reminder of sinister presence of feudal values that
degrade our ideas of just world and threaten our hard-won ideals on which
humanity is hinged. French people condemned monarchy to the dustbin of history, flourished in new energy of freedom and with it breached sacred narration of feudals as status quo settled space for social progress (what it created was cesspool of ascriptive exceptionalism and exploitative value system). Emulation of last supper was counter narration that very
much reflected contemporary assertion of individual choices and a firm statement
on diversity against authority cultivated by sacred mainstream icons. It also reminds
us that how liberty and freedom is being restricted and really cannot be
counter narration but celebration. We can imagine a world without religion and
border. We can imagine diversity of lively choices that defines what it is to be
human. Longue vie à la France! May they assert their values and define humanity
for better deal and a beacon for hopeful future. My only concern was that they could
have included valuable indigenous voices from French speaking regions.
Meanwhile usual social media outrage
and rage loop of lowest denominator attention seeking industry was alive with
ridiculous and wasted. Some calling it satanic, lucifer, pagan, garbage, and
what not, ofcourse with detail analysis in well exploited template of conspiracy
theory for herd to munch on. Worst of the people were triggered. Mediocre castetva media
in India too showed its tentacles (sample herein) linking nutcases to create
narration that align with their ‘pure’ worldview. They have also found ‘pure’ allies
in feudal Britain to fight hindutva! They are charmers and movers of degraded sinister
world. Beware.
