Yet again

Yet again a girl is raped

Yet again she is blamed

Yet again her liberty curbed

Yet again her dreams crushed

She is violated

She is cursed

She is called names

The victim is culprit

The criminal innocent

She takes the blame to her grave

Yet again we fail our duty

To cherish the flower we had

Yet again it is crushed

Broken and trampled

Waiting for justice yet again

Questions

What ails you my brother-

That you cannot be friends?

Why you can’t be loving?

Why do you have to shatter dreams,

Break hearts, kill hopes?

You cannot bear another’s joy

It pains you if people smile

Their success pricks your eye

My brother open your heart

Let love and peace enter it

Be a friend

Be a mother

Have a little faith

 

 

 

 

Disappointed!

What has this world come to when a young, teenage girl is shot at for writing for girl’s education? It’s a shame that the world has become so inhuman. The innocents are butchered in the name of religion if they talk of equality. Is it a crime to stand against injustice? A crime to fight for the poor and the needy? Why is the world not ready to accept a girl with a liberal mind? Why are the so called caretakers of religion enemy of humanity?

It’s true that if the dead are given voice they will say that this world is not a place worth living. It’s really disappointing to see that human life has no value, justice and equality have no worth, love has no place. There is no place for free thinking people, for people who speak their mind, who fight for others.

Has Indian advertisement lost it?

Television today is full of advertisements that are bordering on vulgarity and disrespect. Mobile companies don’t shy away in calling a person with a simple handset uncle. They do not wince in showing disrespect to their seniors. While a soft drink company has clearly forgotten what is humorous and what is vulgar in the cricket season. Deodorants have always shown women running after guys who have used the spray.

Is it really advertisement aimed at increasing sales by showcasing the product’s qualities or is it a way of showing that it does not matter if you are disrespectful, rude or vulgar, if you use/own certain products.

Isn’t it the moral duty of the advertisers to see that what they show does not have an adverse effect upon impressionable minds? Advertisements like films affect the mind in more than one way being perceived by various senses. They have a lasting impact and hence, should be regulated.

Love?

It cannot be love

It has to be some madness

This all consuming passion

That is killing me from inside

My dreams, my hopes, my desires

Are leaving me in despair

Why cannot the past be past?

Dead and buried away

Why does it have to burn me?

To torture me endless agony

It cannot be love

It has to be some madness

Is there some demon in my head?

That is taking away my sanity

Why are my days trysts

And my nights are sufferings

Why I cannot be at peace

Why do I toil alone?

Can someone hear my cries?

Why, oh why this pain

It cannot be love

It has to be some madness

The price of privacy

One of the basic rights of an individual is that the world respects his privacy and does not interfere with his day to day life. He has the right to carry on his life activities without being scanned under the curious eyes of his neighbor.

However, with the advent of science and technology, man has abused his inventions to enter into the private world of others. Nothing is hidden anymore. And more famous the person, greater is the interference in his life. Private has changed into public and publicity involves both positive and negative aspects.

Many a times, negative publicity overshadows the positivity for the simple reason that people want to dig out the dirt, to tarnish the image of those who are famous. The price may be the complete failure of his personal relationships.

It is the moral duty of a man to respect his fellow beings privacy. One should be mature enough to know one’s limits. Otherwise it may result in complete disintegration of all relationships.

A differently flavored barfi!

Watching barfi! was a pleasure, simply on account  of the intensity of emotions ad expressions of the lead actors. Who says love needs words to be expressed when the deaf and dumb Murphy can do that with such an ease. The movie had the hilarity that make even the saddest moments light. Heartbreaks were never emphasized but hope was. Innocence lay even in the attempts to rob a bank or kidnap a friend. And an equal role was given to the landscape, the animals and buildings. The secret lies in the details and the details were beautiful.

But above all, the movie reminded me of my childhood when I used to watch Charlie Chaplin and laurel and hardy. It had the same kind of dark humor, the same intensity, the same effect of making you think beyond. It showed what is the purity of heart and that of love without being overbearing. It showed that love can never be selfish.

A different kind of plot, superb acting and amazing direction, gives barfi a pure, unadulterated and unique flavor.