Controversies
have always been a part of India whether big or small, mellow or harsh. Say in
the world of politics, sports, bollywood, economy and a lot more day-to- day
social issues , controversies do make their place no matter it’s the
media hype or the public hue and cry, they do come in the picture. It’s like
the more you chase it the more it gets plugged and sometimes no wonder today in
this era where violence predominates justice, barbarism beholds the
consequences. Prolonged debates airs the news channels with unwanted profanity
of words, where solutions go off their spot; if one inclines
towards the goal of peace no less the other waits to pull it back to the trench
of antagonism. But the question is how long it would take to fall in place and
be amended or is it the time to raise plebiscites? Opponent parties are brought
to the show, a neutral one struggles hard to balance the discrepancies and the
show ends with applauds and sometimes to mere conclusions that is so volatile
that it again gets replaced with another melodramatic tantrum. No one bothers
to know whether do their voices reach the unheard, to the unprivileged, to the
one actually awaiting justice, or they just go unnoticed, unheard and dwindle among the educated fraternity of the society, the rich and the privileged
ones. I wish rationality hones to the one who deserves, the guilty are
pinned down and results gets fairer than before. So what’s the take
today, the controversies that never ends or the controversies that bemoans due
to the contradictory perceptions that one carries or sometimes it's the belief
in one's mind which is so supreme that no matter how controversial issues are ,
no matter what reality holds , no matter how sensible the visions display
causing controversies that creates a hype, one again pins to the age old
practices and pulls it along. Is it the supreme mind that turns controversial
with ages or is it the age old beliefs that overshadow such minds?
Today,
of all the controversies, we see India really battles hard for the unsolved
mysteries related to none other than the religious conflicts; yes the indomitable religious controversies. Right from the “Ram
Janambhoomi - Babri Masjid where Hindu- Muslim disparities whiz in
the air, the controversies related to Baba Ram Singh of Dera Sacha Sauda
coercing people to castration, the controversial self-styled God
man , yes I’m talking about Baba Asuram Bapu and a lot such more that slowly
and steadily spreads the tantrums of fear, hatred, intolerance, pain and death
to certain extent in the society amid hope, belief ,trusts, faith and
sentiments which at the same time thrives to have their way. Is indulgence the
reason or the domination of the megalomaniac’s or the forced preaching or
needless public exaggeration of course backed by the big media is the sole
reason of such havoc's? I know there will be another plethora of responses if
this is again dragged into the debatable platform. By this what I want to blog
is the issue as everyone is well aware of; the most popular controversial
affair related to Rajkumar Hirani’s “PK”. It’s not about the movie solely;
rather I want to share a certain view of mine via PK. But this is something I
feel, despite being or making it the controversial cup cake, where applauds
surpassed the criticisms with inexorable whistles and bows, there is no full
stop to the mind boggling thoughts in the name of religious practices. From the
domestic land to the foreign soil it has touched the heart of many and has
ruled the box-office beyond a figure of 200 crores and still today if I ask the
one who watched - “How was it?” ; the only response I get is -
“it’s a fab”. What a marvelous job it has really done indeed!!! However
months back If I recall the concept of the movie directed by Umesh Shukla : “Oh
my God” also brought the same issues but little was it successful in leaving
its trail . If the duo is compared, concept wise I see no difference but the
innovative approach PK has reflected way elaborate and more eye-catching thoughts and perceptions maybe that has overruled the hearts of many.
In
this present society, where the paradigm of peace and harmony pledges is taken
wholeheartedly, just a tinge of it we get to see or feel its essence in
reality. Blasphemy, terrorism, violence, barbarism is all that competes among with the first come first service mantra. But again when things go unruly and
hysteric, no matter how hard we ignore, we take His name, yes the name of the
Almighty. Whether a Christian, a Hindu, A Muslim, A Sikh, a Jew, His name is
recalled and blessings are asked to save the ailing Earth at such precarious
state. So, what it reflects if you flip the other side of the coin; is the same
mindset with the age-old practices and continuation of rituals and ceremonies,
of faith and hope, of dreams and desires, of beliefs and worships to solve the
indomitable conflicts of good and evil, such that good wins over the
evil. Yes, echoes of applauds, praises and laughter, public contentment
was sensed by the very concept what PK revealed. But can you really see
something? I don’t know what is it? I
wonder if it’s the hypocrisy of some hypocrites that can exists or the set of
supreme holy beliefs one is accustomed to or it’s the controversial mindset one
is dominated so or it's the insurmountable belief's that dominates all? The other day people’s thoughts
coincide with the movie’s perception, and what we see the very next day, the
same people, some on their knees, some with joined hands enchanting the holy
mantras, some with garlands of those colorful petals, with the same decorated
puja-thali thronging in front of the temples whispering their wishes to the Almighty.
And so the process repeats with the much noticeable on 1st Jan, 2015 where devotees queued for
hours to seek blessings to start the New Year. In case of a Hindu, the pujaris
chanted the mantras for the beloved devotees, the donation box yet poured with
riches and no less the same people do their very best in covering all the
rituals unless they feel they have satisfied their Lord. So is this the
power of belief or faith of the human mind overpowering the reality? Or If I
say, they are those pragmatic beliefs or faiths that are inevitable in our
minds that reminds of their existence, unchangeable and mulish; that despite of
displaying the harsh true picture in the name of religion, one denies to give
up of what one needs to forgo.
Essentially,
I blame it to the controversial mind that can be said the creator of all such
controversies or such hypocrisy that dominates the simplistic set of beliefs
related to religion, when it comes to worshiping of God or following
some God man’s guidance in the path of searching the divine. I myself
being a theist do worship God, and by this I respect all other’s affinity
to worshiping God. But the rests that marginally adds up to the chain
of such beliefs say : donating bundles of wealth in the name of God,
blindly abiding to some God man’s astrological tactics and every
other things that follows the chain is all that is decided by the incessant
mindset of one’s. As said “it’s all in your mind”. You believe you don’t, you
follow you don’t, you continue you cease; all depends on your mind.
No matter how largely realism is aired related to the path of devotion towards the deity, no matter how aggressively commercialization have actually crept in the name of religion, one still follows and will follow the ways that sounds satisfactory to him/her in matter of adulatory and it may lasts until the beliefs in one's mind predominates the rests. So say its hypocrisy or religious controversies, the first and foremost thing is to comprehend and differentiate the do's and don’ts, to cater the mind with rational beliefs, with optimism, with pragmatism. No doubt one's innocent mind was or is catered to such historical beliefs or practices since time immemorial , in fact ,one don’t even bothers or some don’t even dare to interrogate why it' been done the way it is or why it’s been practiced the way it is, rather one abides silently and belief undoubtedly for the sake of God. But I suppose this is not the fear of God, as one might think, it's the belief in one's mind that rules thy soul when it comes to matters of heavenly abode.
Courtesy: Jupi Barkakati, thankyou for hinting the hypocrites concept.
