tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195806880776248541.post2943910609308951128..comments2023-08-28T14:32:47.232+05:30Comments on In Search of Sanity...: The Land Of QuestionsSiddhant Lahirihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16549922764832286846noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195806880776248541.post-22431368672330761902012-07-08T16:09:48.698+05:302012-07-08T16:09:48.698+05:30"they’ll make you laugh, they’ll make you cry..."they’ll make you laugh, they’ll make you cry, and, crucially, they’ll make you think an important point has been raised.<br />That is the fulcrum of his success. "<br /><br />It's very easy to do this is it?<br /><br />And you have completely discounted the effort that he puts behind each of his characters.<br /><br />The point that you tried to make towards the end, 'The Armchair Activism', hits the bull's eye, but the way you chose to state that - that is by denouncing Aamir's work, wholesomely - is, I think, uncalled for. <br /><br />Discussions and Debates are very important democratic tools and it's an imperative to equip citizens to make informed political decisions. When someone is using his popularity to impel such discussions, it's unfortunate that we see that, too, with scepticism.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00105291416531907738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195806880776248541.post-11703257081676911052012-07-07T07:31:36.654+05:302012-07-07T07:31:36.654+05:30you are a brilliant writer with a point of view......you are a brilliant writer with a point of view...specially agree with you that movies like Swades and Yuva who have at least attempted to provide a solution and a point of view were not acknowledged as much as the marketed Amir Khan flicks..but personally we all know that he is out their to make money..in the process he has picked up a few issues and is at least making people talk and families discuss over a cup of coffee..he is for sure making people have a mindset instead of just being told by respective(across states) parents that the old ill cultured regimens and rules should compulsively be followed..that being brought up as a national issue sure helps the few who are subdugated by the societal norms and are suppresed from forming an opinion against wrong..tyrooedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11946601353434348341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195806880776248541.post-90018219484500172782012-07-07T00:02:02.617+05:302012-07-07T00:02:02.617+05:30I used to feel something similar when I first hear...I used to feel something similar when I first heard abt the show... Have never seen it, but after my initial reactions to it, I sort of forgot abt it. Then when reading your blog, I was abt to say something to the effect of "I think so too" but by the time I got to the end of the comments, I had a new thought running through my mind... Don't you sometimes feel that it's become "populist" to be the naysayer? I feel (and this is true of me at least if not anyone else) is that we have become cynical enough to an extent where our knee jerk reaction is to be negative to anything new that doesn't get immediate results... Just a thought... <br /><br />Coming to your post in hand, whether his show is effective or not is I guess a topic subject to mixed opinion. I don't particularly think Aamir deserves such a lot of accolades for it. And yes such programming/articles do only temporarily stir public 'guilt' (not consciousness)... BUT, I think that some credit is due to the ppl who research the show and who make the effort to learn abt groups working in that area of social development. Also, there ARE indiviiduals who're trying to make a difference at the ground level... So by showcasing them on national TV, not only are you bolstering their self respect and pride but also giving them respectability and less resistance from the community, if only marginally. So if someone is working to stop female foeticide, and appears on national TV (this comes on DD as welll right?), then if she were to go to a new family to convince them against sex determination, she may have marginally more clout than before. Besides, all these things take time!<br /><br />Finally, as a lay person, I might forget abt the issue after a while, but if I were to have to experience something like say bribery or dowry or female foeticide, what I saw/read earlier may rankle my consciousness and cause me some hesitation before doing something like that.Ananyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13378664145857785669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195806880776248541.post-2956350701277604802012-07-06T17:57:36.481+05:302012-07-06T17:57:36.481+05:30I will not say that at least someone is standing u...I will not say that at least someone is standing up for these issues.<br />I will also not say that he is using his popularity merely to make the larger masses aware of the issues.<br /><br />But i will say this: You rightly mentioned that the problems like dowry,corruption etc are known to everybody.I say the solutions to each and everyone of them are also known to everybody. Its not a rocket science question that we are dealing with.<br /><br />The truth is that you,me or Aamir khan don't have the balls to do the real actionable thing. And the reason for this is that the solutions are so fucking hard to implement in today's time, that they border on being impractical.<br /><br />If he's using a medium like TV to highlight the issues, you are using internet to only criticize him. I am sorry but i don't see any difference.<br /><br />You, me, him or anybody else can only point to the garbage on the street because cleaning the garbage is not an option anymore.<br /><br /><br />All of this aside, i think the writing was indeed brilliant. You can make a career in journalism. And that will provide a scope of raising many more questions.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728594855667351502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195806880776248541.post-86655165449721505352012-07-06T15:41:10.438+05:302012-07-06T15:41:10.438+05:30Mr. Lahiri: why don't you just appreciate with...Mr. Lahiri: why don't you just appreciate with someone's effort of making a difference...sorry but I never knew Pesticides were such a big problem and like me, so many Indians. At least he is putting an effort...and I am hurt that you have placed Swades and Mela in the same league...Stop, putting few nice words together and do something which will serve the society ;)Vivek aka VVKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303536135048549400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195806880776248541.post-57873100353361875542012-07-06T15:37:17.337+05:302012-07-06T15:37:17.337+05:30I am not going to say that at least someone is voi...I am not going to say that at least someone is voicing out these problems at a much bigger platform.<br /><br />Using his own popularity to reach masses, merely to raise issues,is not an attempt to further raise his popularity. But this is also not my argument.<br /><br />My point is the fact that like issues(dowry,corruption etc) are known to everybody, so are the solutions. They are also pretty much straightforward.<br /><br />Nor i,you or Aamir Khan have the balls to do anything for these problems. If he is using TV as a medium to highlight the issues, you are using blogs by criticize him. <br /><br />None of us can do the real actionable thing because it is just too damn hard to do.It is so hard that it borders on being impractical.<br /><br />And when we say that at least someone is raising the questions, we acknowledge the fact that we can't even do the same.<br /><br /><br />All of this aside,the writing was indeed brilliant. A career in journalism is not too far. It will involve the scope of raising many more pertinent questions.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728594855667351502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195806880776248541.post-55280586620144887182012-07-06T15:28:54.371+05:302012-07-06T15:28:54.371+05:30his camera is his broom! hope we pick ours too :)his camera is his broom! hope we pick ours too :)Namitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195806880776248541.post-50024260483618345572012-07-06T15:24:20.564+05:302012-07-06T15:24:20.564+05:30his camera is his broom. time we picked ours up to...his camera is his broom. time we picked ours up too :)Bacteriumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11740280096578222315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195806880776248541.post-72609280247204580172012-07-06T14:58:14.429+05:302012-07-06T14:58:14.429+05:30@Neeraj: I can live with a 'few things'. ;...@Neeraj: I can live with a 'few things'. ;-) Thanks, sir!Siddhant Lahirihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16549922764832286846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195806880776248541.post-56317726507736942102012-07-06T14:56:28.597+05:302012-07-06T14:56:28.597+05:30I agree with few things and disagree with many...r...I agree with few things and disagree with many...rather than what I exactly disagree with I will just be vague...none the less interesting point of view and that's what matters :)Neerajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595558166201809743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195806880776248541.post-43452701751379706912012-07-06T14:54:01.790+05:302012-07-06T14:54:01.790+05:30@Jaggi: Thanks! Hope all's well with you!@Jaggi: Thanks! Hope all's well with you!Siddhant Lahirihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16549922764832286846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195806880776248541.post-9726602104353984182012-07-06T13:27:54.823+05:302012-07-06T13:27:54.823+05:30I'm impressed! This is brilliant writing!I'm impressed! This is brilliant writing!Esha Jaggihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07984100025865497434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195806880776248541.post-27884558058488169342012-07-06T13:27:06.893+05:302012-07-06T13:27:06.893+05:30I'm impressed! This is brilliant writing :)I'm impressed! This is brilliant writing :)Esha Jaggihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07984100025865497434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195806880776248541.post-20546491920374157342012-07-06T12:51:51.111+05:302012-07-06T12:51:51.111+05:30Your mind is a strange jungle!Your mind is a strange jungle!niveditahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13203698362175660544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195806880776248541.post-56467155743676512692012-07-06T12:51:27.154+05:302012-07-06T12:51:27.154+05:30You amaze me every day with your thoughts. You did...You amaze me every day with your thoughts. You did not disappoint me this time either.niveditahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13203698362175660544noreply@blogger.com