India is a land of wonders! A movie gets sued by an association that I never knew existed and it appears among major headlines. Where has education taken our people? An era of no-tolerance again? Why can't a movie be enjoyed in its spirit? I am talking about Golmaal 3 whose filmmakers are sued by The Indian Stammering Association (TISA), stating that it mocks at the people with stammering disability. Now, it doesn't make sense to me. I have a brother who stammers and can't even speak 5 words without stammering. We don't tag him as a handicap or disabled. He plays, he eats, he reads, he runs, he smiles, he makes sense when he talks and he is living. How can such beautiful people be mocked at or called disabled? Shreyas' character, Laxman in the movie, is incomplete without stammers. You have to follow an order when you make a sequel and that is all being done. Why is the suing done after the movie release? How is it just to demand the deletion of stammering scenes?
On the other hand, I may be told, by the TISA, that it feels bad when we are laughed at. I might as well agree to it. The remedy is not suing some filmmaker. The remedy of the mockery is to prove that people who stammer are ordinary people. Why do you give others a chance to laugh at you? You make yourselves emotionally and psychologically suppressed and people take undue advantage. It never matters what people think of you. What matters is how you stand by what you say, do or believe in.
The other case or major headline is the collapse of a building in Delhi where 61 are killed and 80 are injured. It calls for some awakening of people. The honorable CM, Sheila Dikshit, has mentioned about illegal construction and negligence. I respect that. My point of view on the matter would be that a big 'Golmaal' exists. Education for some is a means for corruption and nothing proves it better that this building collapse or the footbridge collapse just before CWG. People take degrees and make some high level mistakes! The common men, who want to live a common life with family, are the ones who suffer most. The hyped statement from every political, judicial or official source would be, 'The wrong doing will be brought to light and proper action taken against those involved'. I haven't quoted anyone but this is imprinted in my memory for as long as I remember. We, the people of India, are not in need of statements anymore. We need action against corruption and anti-law deeds. We should pledge not to help the wrong-doers too by giving in to intolerable and unreasonable demands.
The whole point of this piece boils down to the fact that if we have education then our actions should prove that. Fictional entertainment cannot be brought to resemble life. Also, education and literacy are two arguably different things. Education is when one can think rationally and one's deeds become a path for self-improvement and social benefit. Literacy is just when one can read and write, not necessarily an improvement in the mindset. Are we educated? Think about it!
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