The movie that is making rounds now days among the Marathi speaking population is “mi shivaji raje bhosle boltoy”. I have always loved seeing Marathi movies. They are simpler, less glamorous, and most importantly they make me feel closer to my mother tongue “Marathi” the same feeling is there when I read marathi books. and they are many, and wonderful. What I loved about this movie is that it tacked one of the core issues. This was what one of the political parties is obsessed about. And that is regionalism. I distinctly remember one of the dialogues exchanged when the hero and Shivaji maharaj (I should say THE Shivaji maharaj, since anyone well versed with Maharashtra history would know Shivaji maharaj) where the hero says that all business owned by various communities of India, with no contribution of maharshtrians. At that time maharaj says” who has stopped you from doing so…” etc etc. the bottom line was that one shouldn’t complain about the success of some community if one has equal opportunity to go ahead and one does not. I distinctly remember a real life incident that stayed in my memory for very long. An acquaintance of mine said that where she stayed some years back there were two persons from a community who were studying for MPSC UPSC exams. They knew only two roads one that took them to the college and another which took them to market. All they stayed locked up in their room studying and studying. I honestly wondered how many natives of Maharashtra would have done that. This movie also taught me many other things. One is being proud that I am a maharshtrian. Being proud to speak the language. I remember in my French classes we had a “sample” who was anglicized maharshtrian. Who could barely speak an ounce of Marathi and that too with that silly English accent. Who she thought she was fooling? Or even here parents, who thought that Marathi was just too LS (low style) and speak in English. Well I am proud, that I can speak fluent Marathi, without accent and I take every available opportunity to speak in Marathi with a person who speaks Marathi. It brings me closer to other brethren speaking Marathi. But yes. I always stopped from making a clan like many of my TDP or gurjar colleagues, as I always hated the alienated feeling they created in me. When they non stop spoke in their native language. It made me feel just so out of place.
Excellent star cast with sachin khedekar (netaji subhashchandra Bose) playing the lead and actor/director Mahesh majrekar playing Shivaji maharaj’s role. Wonderful music by ajay-atul, especially the “afzal khan” powada (a kind of song sung in favor of a king, and his bravery), was absolutely rocking. And the back ground electric guitar tunes, simply foot tapping.
What more can I say…I loved it. Maybe because it didn’t propagate anything but just said…”be proud to be a maharshtrians”
Saturday, May 2, 2009
I voted finally…
Voting. A thing I always believed in. I remember when I was for my legal studies course, a professor of ours had given this statement. “if you don’t vote, you have no right to comment”. This statement had deeply impacted my views somewhere.
This time the voting was difficult as we had planned to be out of town at that time. Somehow the things didn’t materialize and I was able to vote. Secondly, the place where I stay after the marital status change is quite a bit distance from the place to vote aka. Mom’s place. But I passed that hurdle too. Last and the biggest hurdle was who to vote for. Now this was the big and nasty question. I followed the usual tracks, of using the negative technique, we use in just so many exams. I ruled out the parties propagating any kind of division of caste and creed, regionalism, language and religion. I have always hated those who propagated all this. Why should a person from another region pose a threat to us. Does that mean that we shouldn’t go to US or UK? We are also in a way posing threat to the residents there. Talking about Hinduism etc. I guess Hinduism is one of the most flexible religion I have come across.why should this just so amazing religion become a cause for campaigns? These and such became the “voting out” criteria for me. And I finally voted with a mark as “voted” on my left hand third finger. I was happy. Maybe I didn’t vote a good party.But I voted the bad among the worse and worst. For that reason I was relieved.
This time the voting was difficult as we had planned to be out of town at that time. Somehow the things didn’t materialize and I was able to vote. Secondly, the place where I stay after the marital status change is quite a bit distance from the place to vote aka. Mom’s place. But I passed that hurdle too. Last and the biggest hurdle was who to vote for. Now this was the big and nasty question. I followed the usual tracks, of using the negative technique, we use in just so many exams. I ruled out the parties propagating any kind of division of caste and creed, regionalism, language and religion. I have always hated those who propagated all this. Why should a person from another region pose a threat to us. Does that mean that we shouldn’t go to US or UK? We are also in a way posing threat to the residents there. Talking about Hinduism etc. I guess Hinduism is one of the most flexible religion I have come across.why should this just so amazing religion become a cause for campaigns? These and such became the “voting out” criteria for me. And I finally voted with a mark as “voted” on my left hand third finger. I was happy. Maybe I didn’t vote a good party.But I voted the bad among the worse and worst. For that reason I was relieved.
My Friday treat
I have since some days back started this Friday treat. its fun, its one thing that I am doing my self…enjoying the solitude . What do I do is I go and have a sandwich.
A sandwich vendor near my home sells OKish sandwiches. I like a sada without butter. Garnished with sev.since I don’t have next day hassle since next day is Saturday, I manage to savor each piece. Bite by bite. It is not much but my mind becomes absolutely fresh. Sometimes treating my self also with a chocolate slice cake of mogenis…Maybe it’s not much but it ends my Friday and starts my weekend with real good enthusiasm.
The moment I bite into the first piece of sandwich my mind realizes…”weekends here”
A sandwich vendor near my home sells OKish sandwiches. I like a sada without butter. Garnished with sev.since I don’t have next day hassle since next day is Saturday, I manage to savor each piece. Bite by bite. It is not much but my mind becomes absolutely fresh. Sometimes treating my self also with a chocolate slice cake of mogenis…Maybe it’s not much but it ends my Friday and starts my weekend with real good enthusiasm.
The moment I bite into the first piece of sandwich my mind realizes…”weekends here”
Of mefuz etc
"mehfuz" or safe in urdu. when ever I hear this song from "euphoria" band, I simply fall in love with the way the song unfolds slowly. The way Palash sen the lead singer of the band has actually made this song full of emotions. I am amazed by the way the emotions flow in every word of the song. the video is made similarly, just so soft."tere aakhon ke chupe dard mein ...yaadon ki tarah mehfuz hoon" the song itself talks about importance of a person, death of a close person ,how it shatters us, and this dead person is trying to console you saying that, "hey...I am not dead yet...I am safe ...in you". It brings just so much optimism in a pessimistic life of living after a loved person who is no more. We want that person to be with us. But that which is not possible any more. For you to understand how do I feel when I hear this song…full blast on Mp3 or low key on laptop. What I would like to do is hear it on a nice record player…whatsay…full volume EKDUM lapchik
Some things fascinating…
Some days before, I came across these and such concepts. Blame it on Paolo Coelho’s Brida or my love for Greek mythology in general, that I felt like noting down. A friend of mine had once told something about soul mates and in one of Greek mythology google hunts I came across this …interesting and logical concept given by Plato in “Symposium”
[Primeval man] could walk upright as men now do, backwards or forwards as he pleased, and he could also roll over and over at a great pace, turning on his four hands and four feet, eight in all, like tumblers going over and over with their legs in the air; this was when he wanted to run fast…Terrible was their might and strength, and the thoughts of their hearts were great, and they made an attack upon the gods... Doubt reigned in the celestial councils. Should they kill them and annihilate the race with thunderbolts, as they had done the giants, then there would be an end of the sacrifices and worship which men offered to them; but, on the other hand, the gods could not suffer their insolence to be unrestrained. At last, after a good deal of reflection, Zeus discovered a way. He said: 'Methinks I have a plan which will humble their pride and improve their manners; men shall continue to exist, but I will cut them in two and then they will be diminished in strength and increased in numbers; this will have the advantage of making them more profitable to us. They shall walk upright on two legs, and if they continue insolent and will not be quiet, I will split them again and they shall hop about on a single leg.'
—Aristophanes, Plato’s Symposium, [1]
Humans originally consisted of four arms, four legs, and a single head made of two faces, but Zeus feared their power and split them all in half, condemning them to spend their lives searching for the other half to complete them
Interesting isn’t it?
[Primeval man] could walk upright as men now do, backwards or forwards as he pleased, and he could also roll over and over at a great pace, turning on his four hands and four feet, eight in all, like tumblers going over and over with their legs in the air; this was when he wanted to run fast…Terrible was their might and strength, and the thoughts of their hearts were great, and they made an attack upon the gods... Doubt reigned in the celestial councils. Should they kill them and annihilate the race with thunderbolts, as they had done the giants, then there would be an end of the sacrifices and worship which men offered to them; but, on the other hand, the gods could not suffer their insolence to be unrestrained. At last, after a good deal of reflection, Zeus discovered a way. He said: 'Methinks I have a plan which will humble their pride and improve their manners; men shall continue to exist, but I will cut them in two and then they will be diminished in strength and increased in numbers; this will have the advantage of making them more profitable to us. They shall walk upright on two legs, and if they continue insolent and will not be quiet, I will split them again and they shall hop about on a single leg.'
—Aristophanes, Plato’s Symposium, [1]
Humans originally consisted of four arms, four legs, and a single head made of two faces, but Zeus feared their power and split them all in half, condemning them to spend their lives searching for the other half to complete them
Interesting isn’t it?
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