Sunday, January 02, 2005
Swades
Swades is one movie which has stirred my thoughts after a long time. Have always felt a desire to do something for my country ie India being inside it. Its easy to live outside and support financially which is fine but for me I ca'nt see my children grow up with foreign values. This movie symbolises both what is wrong with our film industry as well country.
People are very pessimistic including the young generation and don't want to do their bit. Whether it be encouraging good movies by going to the theatre or voting or voicing opinion at a crucial juncture. This is something which should change. Unless we are ready to watch good movies in theatres there by supporting it, we should stop crying about creativity in Indian films and unless we are ready to shout at the govt when it goes wrong we should not blame it for all the wrongs. One thing should be remembered ki "even a mother does feed the child till it cries".
Then there is "Rang de Basanti" which has truly revolutionzed an entire generation. When I was in IIT I always perceived this bias against anything to do with politics which is fine to an extent. Even if it may affect ones future then there would be a feeling that we are elites and we dont need national politics. You might not want to indulge in it but it will surely affect you. No one is asking you to go and fight an election but why shy from voicing your opinion peacefully but forcefully. IITians can safely be called elites and hitherto they did not want to give voice to anything but US economy as if India's economy was not their concern. I feel that somewhere there is a lack of cultural foundation in our schooling system which lends this bias. Even now in the quota protests they joined at a very later date. The doctors led the way , "all the way", WHY?????????????
I believe this is because most of the IITians do not see their "long term bread" in India. So they dont bother with what is happening inside India. They There is nothing wrong in going outiside for studies and you might stay back by accident but if the thinking is that it would take an accident to go back is to put it plainly "unfortunate and deplorable".
People are very pessimistic including the young generation and don't want to do their bit. Whether it be encouraging good movies by going to the theatre or voting or voicing opinion at a crucial juncture. This is something which should change. Unless we are ready to watch good movies in theatres there by supporting it, we should stop crying about creativity in Indian films and unless we are ready to shout at the govt when it goes wrong we should not blame it for all the wrongs. One thing should be remembered ki "even a mother does feed the child till it cries".
Then there is "Rang de Basanti" which has truly revolutionzed an entire generation. When I was in IIT I always perceived this bias against anything to do with politics which is fine to an extent. Even if it may affect ones future then there would be a feeling that we are elites and we dont need national politics. You might not want to indulge in it but it will surely affect you. No one is asking you to go and fight an election but why shy from voicing your opinion peacefully but forcefully. IITians can safely be called elites and hitherto they did not want to give voice to anything but US economy as if India's economy was not their concern. I feel that somewhere there is a lack of cultural foundation in our schooling system which lends this bias. Even now in the quota protests they joined at a very later date. The doctors led the way , "all the way", WHY?????????????
I believe this is because most of the IITians do not see their "long term bread" in India. So they dont bother with what is happening inside India. They There is nothing wrong in going outiside for studies and you might stay back by accident but if the thinking is that it would take an accident to go back is to put it plainly "unfortunate and deplorable".
