Agreed- he is the man, he is the man who made profit out of the biggest government endeavours- the Indian railways (mind you not a lot of these goverment, I mean anywhere in the world, run organizations make profit..) I am mindful and appreciative of that facr but I still cannot tolerate it when he shows up on a TV show (yeah I watch SaReGaMaPa challenge on Zee).What I cannot tolerate much more than Laloo is the fact that we Indians can never give up being subservient. He is minister and a bad one at that...then why bother with things such as"Sir, I am fan of yours...aap yeh kaise karte ho, woh tho kamal kiya apne...apki blessings chahiye sir bas wohi kafi hai!!!!!!" Not just the contestants of the show, the judges and the spectators also had something or the other to admire about him. What can you admire in such a man- a very average person (I am being generous now!) who just happened to be a man of power. And most of all he was an hour late to the show during which we had to endure some pretty bad music.
PS Anyway this actually brings to what my next post will probably be- what is respect, when and who should it be given to? (Interestingly this was the topic of a lecture given today by Dayand Saraswati!)
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Hey please write that soon! And where was the lecture given??
lecture was at the temple ma...
I have spent quite sometime thinking about how to change the Indian attitude that profers respect on every Tom Dick and Harry and even if possible his dog. The problem lies with our 'culture' which teach us never to question 'elders' and always pay respect to them....never to question 'teachers' and pay respect to them....never to question 'swamiji's' and pay respect to them...never to question 'Pujaris' and pay respect to them....
Each one when u look at it microscopically seems 'not so wrong' and even maybe the 'right thing' to do...But therein lies the problem -- The society does not teach us that respect is for values, for integrity, a sign of trust and for skills. Instead respect is a freebie thrown at all and it just looses all value...When even Lalloo is respected what value can respect have...Really?
And I dare say the problem probably in this specific instance began with those Television station which must have had a huge practice session in which all these ppl were tutored as to what to say and what not to say...and these dumb morons were just mouthpieces to those television stations ideals. If even one of those on stage that day had any self respect they wouldnt have tagged the line of the television station...Yes I said it here--- "I have no respect for any of those who were on stage that day -- not the participants, not lalloo, not the host and not the judges who were all music directors I guess".
If you guys reading this post want to know what really irks me in that programme then just watch one show and see how the participants growel under the feet of the judges, the host and if necessary even laloo!!
Maybe this comment sounds too harsh...and maybe it is...But so be it..I am just making up for all those who would rather spend their time giving respect to all and sundry.
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