Friends I have been thinking about the impact of celebrities on our thoughts and identity. I was aware of the fact that a certain proportion of our society admires and follows celluloid(70mm screen) names, but got surprised with their effect on our social behavior. My focus went to a new trend coming up in our society(and I am sure almost each one of us is aware of it), the trend of following our so called heroes and ideals when they raise an issue of public or national interest. Be it a movie star or a cricketer, once these people get involved with anything that is related to us or whole India, we just go gaga about it.
Wait a minute you may have guessed that I am now going to criticize all of this, no I not here for that. I am fully in favour of any one who joins or initiates any such cause. There is nothing harmful in following celebs and doing what we can for others, nation and ourselves. But should we be a society that is being driven by media and celebs only. The issues in India that get attention of big names are being sorted out or given due attention. But these people might not have got information about everything that occurs in different parts of our society and hence most of them are still not sorted out. They are not solved because Indians associated with these problems either don't believe in themselves or they ignore the whole issue.
May be(I am not sure) what we have learned, is to become The big big fans of the celebs and media and forgot to remain a free, responsible,Honest and alert Indian citizen.
We should have never needed to follow others had we been awake enough towards anything that surrounds us.
Let us just take an example of our this attitude, The female foeticide. We new what the situation was like in (free)India and we ignored it for ages. A sting operation occurs about seven years ago, culprits are caught red handed, cases are filed and the process just keeps multiplying for nothing for seven years. Meanwhile the journalists involved in sting get threats that they will be killed, they get cases filed against them, had to keep running from on court to the other to prove their side. And the result of this was a big zero. Suddenly there is a twist in the tale, a celeb puts up a show about the issue and within five days a state Chief Minister becomes active. He promises all his support. He along with his administration promises to set up a fast track court. The administration of health comes out with all its might in media and claims to have done everything possible to sort out the issue. was it the pressure of media, celeb or they thought this is right moment to become a hero.
Where were these people for last seven years? Will the so called actions against criminals be taken? If yes, How and When? Will everyone forget after 15 days, what the issue was and why we made all of this hue and cry? Well these are some of the questions that are in every Indians mind and may be we all know answers as well as remedies too.
There is nothing around us that we can or may change until the change begins inside us. One of main causes to the problem is our dual standard system of thinking. We set different priorities for our personal life and try to behave ideally in our social life. Education is the tool that can eradicate any myths and taboos from our society. But all of this will remain a mere idea until we change individually.
Wait a minute you may have guessed that I am now going to criticize all of this, no I not here for that. I am fully in favour of any one who joins or initiates any such cause. There is nothing harmful in following celebs and doing what we can for others, nation and ourselves. But should we be a society that is being driven by media and celebs only. The issues in India that get attention of big names are being sorted out or given due attention. But these people might not have got information about everything that occurs in different parts of our society and hence most of them are still not sorted out. They are not solved because Indians associated with these problems either don't believe in themselves or they ignore the whole issue.
May be(I am not sure) what we have learned, is to become The big big fans of the celebs and media and forgot to remain a free, responsible,Honest and alert Indian citizen.
We should have never needed to follow others had we been awake enough towards anything that surrounds us.
Let us just take an example of our this attitude, The female foeticide. We new what the situation was like in (free)India and we ignored it for ages. A sting operation occurs about seven years ago, culprits are caught red handed, cases are filed and the process just keeps multiplying for nothing for seven years. Meanwhile the journalists involved in sting get threats that they will be killed, they get cases filed against them, had to keep running from on court to the other to prove their side. And the result of this was a big zero. Suddenly there is a twist in the tale, a celeb puts up a show about the issue and within five days a state Chief Minister becomes active. He promises all his support. He along with his administration promises to set up a fast track court. The administration of health comes out with all its might in media and claims to have done everything possible to sort out the issue. was it the pressure of media, celeb or they thought this is right moment to become a hero.
Where were these people for last seven years? Will the so called actions against criminals be taken? If yes, How and When? Will everyone forget after 15 days, what the issue was and why we made all of this hue and cry? Well these are some of the questions that are in every Indians mind and may be we all know answers as well as remedies too.
There is nothing around us that we can or may change until the change begins inside us. One of main causes to the problem is our dual standard system of thinking. We set different priorities for our personal life and try to behave ideally in our social life. Education is the tool that can eradicate any myths and taboos from our society. But all of this will remain a mere idea until we change individually.
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