What is up with people anyway???

One of the earliest and most innate desires of mankind has been to receive due credit to any great piece of work he does. This need for validation sometimes even encompasses the end purpose one wishes to achieve by it...

No piece of work, no matter how great it is does not become so unless a person of importance decides to give his "views" over the subject(my abject apologies Mr. Bacchan,nothing personal here)

Which brings us to the subject which these days every person has decided to give an opinion over(irrespective of whether it matters or not). After all,nothing gives us more joy than creating issues where there were none in the first place.

Coming to the subject,the furore around the Slumdog millionaire i cannot help but wonder what stand i need to take over the issue. All of a sudden every "INDIAN"(i quote it because the term is in the truest sense a convenience based title which every citizen in our country decides to adorn as and when he finds it convenient enough)decides to raise objections over the supposed depiction of a poor and miserable India. I mean,dont we admit to ourselves that India is most of these things. Just because Mr.Boyle decided to turn it into a story we decided to get offended and annoyed. Truth as it might be, but do not show us the mirror.. No sir,we're not ready to see what we already know. One very interesting fact which amuses me yet again is how nobody took notice of the fact until Mr Bacchan decided to state his opinion. And once he did we showed a kind of unity which one would have not dreamt of seeing otherwise. Its amusing how hatred and occassional bouts of patriotism bring us together.

Yes,at this point i'd like to mention a very important thing which the world ought to focus on more often now(and this one goes to all the Adigas and Danny Boyle's of the world). WE ARE A LOT MORE THAN THIS!!! There are several other stories worth telling about India.Look aroundand u will find stories of path breaking successes,sheer grit,hard work and determination.If India has a Dharavi it also boasts of an Electronic city. If u see the poverty here,u can also take heart in the number of middle class families which has risen by leaps and bounds. So all i'm saying is treat the movie as yet another piece of art. It is someone else's interpretation of "our" country.. Honestly,why should it even matter? Had the movie not won so many awards or been nominated to the OSCARS would it still be such a hype?And yet,when it was nominated to the OSCARS we did not waste a single minute to lap up the Indian conncetion(I mean,the last time i saw Danny Boyle was definitely not Indian). What is it with us and this infinitethirst to get acclaimed by an OSCAR?Is it not enough if we validate it?

In the end i'd like to wrap it up by saying it's a pity Mr.Boyle this is the only face of India you managed to see...