Thursday, July 23, 2009
Truth behind the Sach
Its interesting.. watching Sach Ka Samna.. rite there on the couch.. curled up under a warm blanket in the midst of Mumbai's most unpredictable monsoon.. I chuckled at every question.. so intimate.. marvelling at the bravery of those who sat to justify their 'bedroom lies' and 'shaded lives' .. not so different from the west after all! ..Watching the particpants baring their souls to the shows host .. giving new depth to ' honesty pays '.. and how literally.. I wondered if India could really handle the sach ? No surprisingly, the show sparked up controversy.. not suprisingly it entailed criticism .. become the subject of political debate.. But why? why the pretense? why are we so afraid to show that we are no longer the culture of fidelity? why the hyprocracy? why the debate? ... Everyone knows India has traded itself .. Everyone agrees we are the west in Indian skin! Do our malls not re-affirm this change? .. does our language not speak a universal code? .. Do our laws not permit gay mariages? Nothing of what we do is Indian anymore... and what really is Indian? .. but all the irony is found in this .. the politican outburst against the show .. perhaps instead of finding fault with the shows daring act to potray the vicious moral decay of the once proud Indian culture and banning the show itself.. these self proclaimed upright law holder can awaken to the reality of how dreadfully close we are .. as a culture.. as a community .. as a country.. to being nothing but a souless people of corrupt principle !
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The concept of the show as rightly put by you very daring. However the first thing that came to my mind is India is not ready for this. You and I can justify this, but we Indians are prejudiced race and pretty much judge a person from what he shown as. So let the truth be told but also be ready for the brick bats because this is not the West.
ReplyDeleteI dont disagree.. I dont want the truth to be told so that we can prove how western we have become in our principle.. there is no pride in that.. however I do feel we should live with less hyprocracy.. If ever there was a time for us to face the truth.. it is Now!! Come brick bats and all!!
ReplyDeleteI feel sad for the people who come on Sach ka Saamna ... what good can it possibly do for them other than showing themselves in the worst light ever?? Its not that we are more, or less deviant than any other country... problem is we have too much pride in our 'morals' (whatever they may be) to accept that it can happen in India. Still... parading people's dirty linen in public aint the solution!!
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