tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386504209260507818.post7383746694914277818..comments2023-04-05T21:05:01.698+05:30Comments on A Peep into my Pensieve...: Gandhi Jayanti, Ramzaan Eid and … ?Ayyappanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03303674609374590723noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386504209260507818.post-62311471922353139872009-05-19T20:25:00.000+05:302009-05-19T20:25:00.000+05:30wow,iam waiting for that list of songs:)wow,iam waiting for that list of songs:)Meera's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09595039881196315514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386504209260507818.post-570079636315041302009-05-18T12:10:00.000+05:302009-05-18T12:10:00.000+05:30@Meera
I am a complete cry-baby.. I cried when I ...@Meera<br />I am a complete cry-baby.. I cried when I watched Swades, Gandhi, Lage Raho Munnabhai, Taare Zameen Par, Mudalvan (Nayak) .. Legend of Bhagat Singh, Rang De Basanti .. <br /><br />My maid is awesome..! Hehehe!! Yeah, I am compiling a list of my patriotic songs.. it's almost finished..!Ayyappanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03303674609374590723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386504209260507818.post-78449780748534006172009-05-18T04:40:00.000+05:302009-05-18T04:40:00.000+05:30i was thinking,your maid remebered that day!!hats ...i was thinking,your maid remebered that day!!hats off to her!<br />even though we see that movie a 100 times,every single time,we are moved by the scenes.similar thing with patriotic songs too.i cant listen to that-yeh mere vatan ki logon- without that lump in my throat and when i try to sing it,cos of this i cant sing it fully:( :)<br />i dont have a prob with celebrating imp days,as it means more school days off to kids:)so bring them onnnnnnnnnn;).Meera's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09595039881196315514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386504209260507818.post-22607824024235200052008-10-08T22:26:00.000+05:302008-10-08T22:26:00.000+05:30WoW, So it was u r maid who reminded U about " Sha...WoW, So it was u r maid who reminded U about " Shastri " Kool man..!!!![:)]Mr. Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954752534076302321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386504209260507818.post-47198452322704125642008-10-08T17:04:00.000+05:302008-10-08T17:04:00.000+05:30"Shastri National Awards to me are mere tokenisms"..."Shastri National Awards to me are mere tokenisms"<BR/><BR/> Sorry for misleading u all. Shastri national award is an honest effort at celebrating LBS. just wanted to see if people knew about it or cared enough to find out. Guess I got my answer!srikeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00836043545390590134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386504209260507818.post-83381549164670616452008-10-08T17:02:00.000+05:302008-10-08T17:02:00.000+05:30@ ayyoI guess u have both misinterpreted and misun...@ ayyo<BR/>I guess u have both misinterpreted and misunderstood what I said.<BR/>Firstly, I was never implying that ur blog was for another LBS marg!<BR/>Secondly' I hope my above post (to akash) helps clarify what I meant.<BR/>Finally, I would rather have one AYYAPPAN than 10 or 10,000 more inspired clones of Gandhi:)<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Btw People looking up to a person, film, book, etc for life altering inspiration wont find any coz inspiration comes from the collective sum of our life’s experiences.srikeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00836043545390590134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386504209260507818.post-9965260369060696152008-10-08T16:49:00.000+05:302008-10-08T16:49:00.000+05:30@ akashI am glad we understand each other. Btw I h...@ akash<BR/>I am glad we understand each other. Btw I have no problems with celebrating a leader as long as the reason for such celebrations are understood. However, when we say it’s our DUTY to eulogize a leader, the differentiation between a person and his ideals are blurred. Herein, to me, lies the problem. As I see it, no leader is perfect & many (including Gandhi) have professed ideas that are, for lack of a better word, incorrect. It is important for us to take only those ideas that we need to grow as a society while rejecting those (from whomsoever they may have come from) which are not needed. Hero-worshipping prevents this from happening. You might not equate eulogizing with Hero worshipping (depending on your definition of these terms) but I guess most people would! (Also jingoistic nationalism uses a very similar plank to prevent any criticism)<BR/><BR/>I guess it is too much ado over a single word. but I am sure u understand that a distinction between a leader and his personality w.r.t his work is a very vital one!srikeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00836043545390590134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386504209260507818.post-39334835178539828482008-10-07T20:22:00.000+05:302008-10-07T20:22:00.000+05:30@SrikiLastly, If airing Attenborough's Gandhi on e...@Sriki<BR/>Lastly, If airing Attenborough's Gandhi on every 2nd October inspires even one person out of 100 crore ... the purpose if fulfilled.<BR/><BR/>This year, I actually went about telling everybody o watch the movie. I don't know how many did, but I'll do it again.. :)Ayyappanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03303674609374590723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386504209260507818.post-71640144607438139732008-10-07T20:18:00.000+05:302008-10-07T20:18:00.000+05:30@AkashYou seem to take the words out of my mouth. ...@Akash<BR/>You seem to take the words out of my mouth. <BR/>Yes, if you , me and 10 people remember them and try to emulate them.. that'll be enough.<BR/><BR/>*A bigg Hug*<BR/>After going through what you had to say :)Ayyappanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03303674609374590723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386504209260507818.post-34416041945090704742008-10-07T20:12:00.000+05:302008-10-07T20:12:00.000+05:30@Akash"There is too much tokenism, but a LOT of ti...@Akash<BR/><I>"There is too much tokenism, but a LOT of times, not for the right people. And it is our duty to eulogize people who made this country good enough for us to stay and live a happy life and who truly deserve it.</I><BR/>No one could have come up with a better analogy!Ayyappanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03303674609374590723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386504209260507818.post-1051508007958526222008-10-07T20:06:00.000+05:302008-10-07T20:06:00.000+05:30@SrikeshAttenborough's Gandhi or the Shastri Nati...@Srikesh<BR/>Attenborough's Gandhi or the Shastri National awards are a poor reason to remember Gandhi and Shastri.<BR/>I wish the current generation get acquainted with Shastri and Gandhi. I wish they see the kind of morality our leaders espoused..Ayyappanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03303674609374590723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386504209260507818.post-63583624474570948652008-10-07T19:55:00.000+05:302008-10-07T19:55:00.000+05:30@SrikeshI feared that my post could be easily be c...@Srikesh<BR/>I feared that my post could be easily be confused with tokenism. What I meant was not for another LBS Marg or an MG Road. I was simply pained at so many of my peers being unaware of his birthday as well. And many more are subsequently unaware of his contribution to India's cause as well.<BR/>What I meant was, Remember India's only 'Homeless' Home Minister as well!Ayyappanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03303674609374590723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386504209260507818.post-86065789202559001922008-10-07T19:17:00.000+05:302008-10-07T19:17:00.000+05:30@KetkiGee, thanks! The movie is a great watch! Gra...@Ketki<BR/>Gee, thanks! The movie is a great watch! Grab a DVD ASAP!Ayyappanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03303674609374590723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386504209260507818.post-49278227047613276602008-10-07T18:58:00.000+05:302008-10-07T18:58:00.000+05:30@SidharthLeave credit aside, I am pained because p...@Sidharth<BR/>Leave credit aside, I am pained because people have simply Forgotten Shastri.<BR/>Credit is the last thing that Lal Bahadur Shastri would have wanted, but we certainly are doing him no justice ..Ayyappanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03303674609374590723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386504209260507818.post-22811238430071196412008-10-07T18:43:00.000+05:302008-10-07T18:43:00.000+05:30@SikanderTrue Jinnah is demonised a bit in the mov...@Sikander<BR/>True Jinnah is demonised a bit in the movie. It's sad and a neutral portrayal would've been better. Maybe it didn't fit the equations..<BR/>Watch the movie for Gandhi, I'd say!Ayyappanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03303674609374590723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386504209260507818.post-89637455048963032302008-10-07T09:38:00.000+05:302008-10-07T09:38:00.000+05:30@srikeshPrecisely. You understood the problem "Mer...@srikesh<BR/>Precisely. You understood the problem <BR/><I>"Mere tokenisms which hardly serve a <B>greater purpose. </B>And I am sure Gandhi himself wouldn't have wanted his birthday celebrated <B>the way it is!</B>"</I><BR/><BR/>But the solution is not to sit back at home and not remember these people. If we don't celebrate the identities of these people, they will be forgotten with time - something that is not debatable. We have the "World's AIDS Day", or "World's Women Day" for causes; for people to remember that such things exist, that we need rights for women and we need to solve the problem of AIDS (Sorry for using such distinct examples). That should be the gist of celebrating the identities of such people - a day to remember them, a day to remember their sayings, a day to remember that there existed people who gave up their lives for this country, a day to remember and emulate their teachings. That's where we fall short, as these days become mere formal tokens for everyone. But you know what? Even if you, me and 10 others could remember the reasons for these celebrations... well, I think that would be enough; that alone would justify their cause. :)Akash...https://www.blogger.com/profile/18327069465406758914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386504209260507818.post-81113650714213448252008-10-06T19:15:00.000+05:302008-10-06T19:15:00.000+05:30Loved the way ur post ended!!!I too wanted to watc...Loved the way ur post ended!!!<BR/>I too wanted to watch that film Gandhi<BR/>but exams... u know.<BR/>the last line of ur post will keep lingering in my mind......ketkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322260594992223852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386504209260507818.post-75622267731597550972008-10-06T12:44:00.000+05:302008-10-06T12:44:00.000+05:30@akashIt is not our DUTY to eulogize people.Sadly,...@akash<BR/>It is not our DUTY to eulogize people.Sadly, we end up doing just that.It would be better if we understood and celebrated what these greats stood for rather celebrating their portraits and statues.Attenborough's Gandhi, relegiously telecast every year on oct 2 or Shastri National Awards to me are mere tokenisms which hardly serve a greater purpose.And I am sure Gandhi himself wouldn't have wanted his birthday celebrated the way it is!srikeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00836043545390590134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386504209260507818.post-37901351347415880772008-10-06T05:16:00.000+05:302008-10-06T05:16:00.000+05:30Omg! Even I didn't know this. @SrikeshThere is too...Omg! Even I didn't know this. <BR/><BR/>@Srikesh<BR/>There is too much tokenism, but a LOT of times, not for the right people. And it is our duty to eulogize people who made this country good enough for us to stay and live a happy life and who truly deserve it.<BR/><BR/>True. So how was the celebration?! =|Akash...https://www.blogger.com/profile/18327069465406758914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386504209260507818.post-50796581000103841242008-10-04T19:31:00.000+05:302008-10-04T19:31:00.000+05:30"Then came her punch line. “Toh aaj uske liye kyaa..."Then came her punch line. <BR/><BR/>“Toh aaj uske liye kyaa hai?” She asked. So, how is that celebrated?<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>I was wide eyed. And My Mom Speechless".......... <BR/><BR/>i say take a ride on LBS Marg :)<BR/><BR/>seriously does it matter ain't there too much of tokenism anyways!srikeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00836043545390590134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386504209260507818.post-28642361698601902832008-10-04T13:47:00.000+05:302008-10-04T13:47:00.000+05:30shastri who?:Pshastri who?:PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386504209260507818.post-71415831321183161032008-10-04T02:12:00.000+05:302008-10-04T02:12:00.000+05:30Lal Bahadur Shastri deserves a lot more credit tha...Lal Bahadur Shastri deserves a lot more credit than he has got i feel... bas not being a part of the "Nehru-Gandhi" brigade has been his fault!! <BR/>Saala sanjay gandhi ko log zyaada pehchaante hai...<BR/>Similar is the case with Jai Prakash Narain... he is the god father of modern indian democracy but yet Rajiv Gandhi is the more famous face of modern india!!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11916834315747595001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386504209260507818.post-28045206014202374892008-10-03T22:34:00.000+05:302008-10-03T22:34:00.000+05:30I watched 'Gandhi' too. It is a wonderful movie......I watched 'Gandhi' too. It is a wonderful movie... I just have one problem....<BR/><BR/>Jinnah's portrayal in the film isn't what Jinnah was actually like. I think he has been demonized. <BR/><BR/>Gandhi was a personality par excellence... he was one of the greatest human beings sub-continent has ever seen. <BR/><BR/><BR/>And btw, about Shastri.... aaj uska ka kya?? :)Sikander Fayyaz Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11522542841667608246noreply@blogger.com