Why inappropriate logic? i was asked.
Isnot logic supposed to be just that- Inappropriate?And yes, it deserves a capital.
After all, the worst fear of the educated is- ' to not sound appropriate, or , in other words- inappropriate.'
Isnot logic supposed to be 'not appropriate'? let me ask the question in a simpler way for the more appropriate human beings- Isnot being appropriate the only virtue worth considering... and installing in our children ?
Isnot the only important thing when in a crowd is- to be able to blend (bend?) in; to ensure that not one word is uttered that goes against what the crowd had decided is right.......
And what does the crowd decide to be right? Of course whatever the strongest and the most vocal said was right is right.....how appropriate...and safe for everyone.
Isnot the girl who said that she enjoys sex a 'woman of loose character'- and the guy who says that he has had a dozen girls- the eternal smart guy?
And isnot the guy who says -'kill those who say our god their god is different'- the most popular guy?
So people, the moment I talked about logic, i had to make it inappropriate.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
The true patriot
I am not considered a patriot, and I thank the heavens for that. Wasnot it Oscar Wilde who said- 'patriotism is a virue of the vice'. But who cares, Salman Khan/Amitabh Bacchan/Shahrukh Khan.....none of them ever said it...that makes it unimportant enough.
And no, it is not my being in the west that makes me a belong to the 'not patriot' category, a category of true minority.Believe me, the zeal/strength of patriotism of apna bhai/behens here is something I had never seen when was back in God's land. I amnot thought to be a patriot, because of, amongst other reasons- not expressing enough indignation at the facts that girls in the west marry more than once....and sometimes go on to have children out of wedlock......
Maybe if I had said that these girls should be made to fast on Navratri and wear Sindur like our great women back home, I would have become a patriot.
Lest you think my bhai/Behens here arenot a progressive lot, let me tell you- they drink wine openly together... no mean feat, considering my behens of course wouldnot smoke...that is something only Western women with their low morals can do.
Pre-marital sex? What is that? I probably have to go to graphic details, maybe self indulge a bit, to make my fellow bhai/behens understand what that means. These lowly western terms donot have any Deshi translation you see....
And then there are a few other silly things that I keep talking about...you know , things like about 80% of Indians subside on below 2 $ a day...and that Maoists go around blowing up bridges and killing police....that for almost every investigation that the noble Doctors order, they get/expect a commission....that the majority really/really cannot afford to go to the Apolos and the Batras......that little kids still die because their dads do not have money to get the hole in their hearts repaired, and worse still, those dads arenot brave enough to stab a millionaire and get the money that the holy doctors need to repair their children' holes in their hearts....and worse of all, that I actually say that I wish that the educated in india would realise that being educated doesnot mean ONLY getting a car/plama TV/flat....it ALSO means, caring for the people around you, for taking the weak's hand and helping him......now that is nasty of me...isnot it?
All these, and the fact that I actually keep saying that once I have trained myself well enough, I will go back to the hills in Himachal ( isnot that stupid? I mean going back...and even if I were to go back, not planning to work in the Apolos and Batras..)....all this makes me the true non-patriot.
Am happy to be branded so though......makes me know the that fire has still not died...and it probably will never die.
And no, it is not my being in the west that makes me a belong to the 'not patriot' category, a category of true minority.Believe me, the zeal/strength of patriotism of apna bhai/behens here is something I had never seen when was back in God's land. I amnot thought to be a patriot, because of, amongst other reasons- not expressing enough indignation at the facts that girls in the west marry more than once....and sometimes go on to have children out of wedlock......
Maybe if I had said that these girls should be made to fast on Navratri and wear Sindur like our great women back home, I would have become a patriot.
Lest you think my bhai/Behens here arenot a progressive lot, let me tell you- they drink wine openly together... no mean feat, considering my behens of course wouldnot smoke...that is something only Western women with their low morals can do.
Pre-marital sex? What is that? I probably have to go to graphic details, maybe self indulge a bit, to make my fellow bhai/behens understand what that means. These lowly western terms donot have any Deshi translation you see....
And then there are a few other silly things that I keep talking about...you know , things like about 80% of Indians subside on below 2 $ a day...and that Maoists go around blowing up bridges and killing police....that for almost every investigation that the noble Doctors order, they get/expect a commission....that the majority really/really cannot afford to go to the Apolos and the Batras......that little kids still die because their dads do not have money to get the hole in their hearts repaired, and worse still, those dads arenot brave enough to stab a millionaire and get the money that the holy doctors need to repair their children' holes in their hearts....and worse of all, that I actually say that I wish that the educated in india would realise that being educated doesnot mean ONLY getting a car/plama TV/flat....it ALSO means, caring for the people around you, for taking the weak's hand and helping him......now that is nasty of me...isnot it?
All these, and the fact that I actually keep saying that once I have trained myself well enough, I will go back to the hills in Himachal ( isnot that stupid? I mean going back...and even if I were to go back, not planning to work in the Apolos and Batras..)....all this makes me the true non-patriot.
Am happy to be branded so though......makes me know the that fire has still not died...and it probably will never die.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Mosquito Coast
I have always associated Harrison Ford with a particular style of acting....more so because he always seemed to play a particular sort of character- the nice but tough uncharismatic guy...leaving aside of course the Star Wars.
And then I saw Mosquito Coast- Ford plays an American, who is a genius and firmly convinced that nuclear war is going to wipe out the big countries...this and his disgust with the average American"s wasteful materialism makes him take off (with his four children and wife)for Mosquito Coast, a place which is in S.America. On way, he makes enemies with the priest who is based in that area with the aim of "LIBERATING THE LOCALS". Our hero and his family, upon reaching the place realise that it has nothing to offer...its a marshy and bleak place on the edge of the river. Not to be supressed, the whole family, with the aid of a few locals works hard, clears the jungles and makes a sort of a farm.
The movie traces the ups and downs of the family, which is linked with the fate of the locals as well....slowly, as circumstances start to become worse, Harrison Ford turns into a man so obsessed with his need to keep his family in that area, that he almost turns into a demon.
It is a great performance by Ford, I think probably his best. He is credited with having starred in nine of the twentyfive all time top earning movies.....and Mosquito Coast was his only movie that didnot recover its money.
This is what he said of the movie after it was declared a flop- It's the only film I have done that hasn't made its money back. I'm still glad I did it. If there was a fault with the film, it was that it didn't fully enough embrace the language of the book (by Paul Theroux). It may have more properly been a literary rather than a cinematic exercise. But I think it's full of powerful emotions.
And then I saw Mosquito Coast- Ford plays an American, who is a genius and firmly convinced that nuclear war is going to wipe out the big countries...this and his disgust with the average American"s wasteful materialism makes him take off (with his four children and wife)for Mosquito Coast, a place which is in S.America. On way, he makes enemies with the priest who is based in that area with the aim of "LIBERATING THE LOCALS". Our hero and his family, upon reaching the place realise that it has nothing to offer...its a marshy and bleak place on the edge of the river. Not to be supressed, the whole family, with the aid of a few locals works hard, clears the jungles and makes a sort of a farm.
The movie traces the ups and downs of the family, which is linked with the fate of the locals as well....slowly, as circumstances start to become worse, Harrison Ford turns into a man so obsessed with his need to keep his family in that area, that he almost turns into a demon.
It is a great performance by Ford, I think probably his best. He is credited with having starred in nine of the twentyfive all time top earning movies.....and Mosquito Coast was his only movie that didnot recover its money.
This is what he said of the movie after it was declared a flop- It's the only film I have done that hasn't made its money back. I'm still glad I did it. If there was a fault with the film, it was that it didn't fully enough embrace the language of the book (by Paul Theroux). It may have more properly been a literary rather than a cinematic exercise. But I think it's full of powerful emotions.
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