Words which shaped history

Words which shaped history

As a human we all love dance and music. There are songs for childbirth, childhood, love, marriage, even well-crafted songs for death, patriotic and anti war. There are songs composed for victory or grief. Use of song and dance tradition goes back to Aristotle. He started using the songs in tragedy. It was more to express the emotions and showcase the conflicts of human life. British, German drama realized the importance of music. 18th century witnessed the amalgam of music and poetry. Songs like, C’est la lute finale, Groupons-nous et demain, L’internationale and Sera le genre humain created history. Eugene Edine Pottire a poet and French socialist penned L’internationale, which later became anthem of socialist organizations.

Hitler promoted Wagner his opponents watched cabaret. Cabaret was in Germany from the beginning of 19th century. It is an art-form which offers entertainment with a satirical and political bent on social milieu. It was practiced with cutting edge artistic skills; it fueled social movements such as Dadaism, Social expressionisum, Neue Sachlichkeit (new objectivity), German cabaret influenced by French cabaret which was a vehicle for political satire.

Malika Sarabhai dance for democracy, there are many singers and dancers in our country who dance and sing for democracy. There is a famous notion about some countries in Asian continent who shun dance and music. It is a misnomer; they often dance and wave their shoulders with bollywood’s latest films and music.

Anti war singer Pete Seeger gave us two of his famous songs against injustice and war- We shall overcome, and where have all the flowers gone? In 1940 he cut his songs and they become the theme song of American labor activist party. Anti-war ballads of Seeger embarrassed Nazi.

Bankim Chandra Chattergy penned most moving composition of India Vande Mataram and most V D Paluskar sang it. Tagore composed Sri Lankan anthem- Namo Namo Mata.

            Victor Jara a Chilean teacher, poet, singer and songwriter. Víctor’s music narrates a strange and amazing story. Pinochet’s government ordered the destruction of Víctor’s records, music and writings. Unfortunately EMI Records followed Pinochet’s advice and destroyed their recordings of Víctor’s. His story, words, voice and contribution to the cultural and political Left are today an inspiration across the world. He is regarded as a hero in Chilean culture and a symbol of resistance against fascism. He was arrested and brutally murdered.

It is worth making a note how music and dance has shaped our culture, history and philosophy. The murky politics is and shrewd politicians are scared of literature. It is the wits and words of writers which shaped and cultivated generations of humans. Technology, politics, religion and fascism has lost their battle against worlds. William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, Victor Hugo, Y B Yeats, Pope, Satre, Camus to Pablo Neruda took us beyond any religion, country or any limitation.

I rest my claim with the lines of Pablo Neruda

 “I am because you are…you are, I am, we are, and through love I will be, you will be, we will be.”

Eli Wallach the chapter in Methodical Acting

Eli Wallach the chapter in Methodical Acting
Western movies have always been a point of attraction to me. Right from my childhood I heard about the cowboys and their movies. I was fascinated by their clothes, appearance and Absquatulate. Their ace-high status in life always attracted me. I made couple of attempts to compare them with Indian film heroes but it turned out to be futile attempt.
I admired his acting Eli Wallach as Mexican bandits and then many of his films in the 1960s. “The Magnificent Seven” and “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” are of my favorite. That was an age when I was fascinated by Eastman color and the cowboy lifestyle. Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford, Paul Newman are my favorite. I developed a different attraction towards Eli when I watched him die three times in Good Bad and Ugly. Once, he accidentally drank a bottle of acid which was placed next to his soda bottle; another time was in a scene where he was about to be hanged, someone fired a pistol which caused the horse underneath him to bolt and run a mile with his hands still tied behind his back; in a different scene with him lying on a railroad track, he was close to being decapitated by steps jutting out from the train. He always played a role which requires a specific attributes of character. I remember his role in Godfather. Eli played as Altobello, who even donates one million dollars so he could be a part of the Vito Corleone Foundation. Altobello is also Connie Corleone's godfather and tried to assign Michael. He being a supporting character, story revolves around him. He took audience on the edge of the seat by his riveting acting skills.
Eli Wallah took my heart for the role of Sicilian Silva Vacarro a guy who eventually reign on screen and story.  This experiment with character and story made an image of Elo Wallah who is otherwise an ordinary human but due to some circumstances he becomes a hero. This real to life character and his acting fetched him much praise.
The Magnificent Seven is a western-style remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai. Eli played a role of Calvera who lead bandits. Calvera die in gun fight be leaves a valuable question behind. This is the reason people recall him for his role of Calvera.
He grew along with Marlon Brando, Karl Malden and Jackson. He was one of the early students of Method acting, where actors draw upon their own memories and emotions to replicate the emotional conditions for their character display.

He later years of his life he acted  as a store owner in 2003's "Mystic River," directed by Eastwood, and had a part in the romantic comedy "The Holiday" in 2006. In 2010, he was featured as an old financial hand in Oliver Stone's "Money Never Sleeps," the sequel to "Wall Street."
He lived for 98 years and enjoyed 66 years of marriage and worked in 100 films. He worked more when he was post 90. As a virtuous character actor and child of postwar, Method-style Theater, Eli Wallach gave us countless faces, and character, he dissolved in to it. But he was an enduring family man, and, of course, one immortal scoundrel.
Today I recall Patrick White for his concept of ‘Mandala concept.’  Everybody has his/er own world and has certain things for bliss. They may not be shared with everyone. Eli portrayed it true to life on screen. Today when he is not there he took away the whole era with him. He crossed all boundaries of nation, language and religion. The world of cinema will always hold high regards for him.
“I never lost my appetite for acting,” Wallach wrote in his 2005 memoir “The Good, The Bad, and Me,” named after his most famous film. “I feel like a magician.”

Birth of Crass-consumerism

Birth of Crass-consumerism
               In today’s world of post globalization we are trying to find new means of marketing and communication. Every national and every company marketing person is confused with culture and the time tasted marketing strategies. We just turn the pages of A&M, Business World, Pitch and Impact relentlessly lingering on the case studies.  Every case study who talk about new media, cyber media or mobile telephony or personal touch.
               Marshall McLuhan has already insisted on the interpersonal communication and his recent theory of extension which proved to be real. What every the gadgets we use today for communication they work as our extension. They are altering our presence and making our life more dynamic. Today we think more about gadgets than the purpose of it.
               Parents seldom profess about cartoon TV channels, I never understood this stupidity. When all the cartoons are full of violence then how violence can be the entertainment of your children.  Violence is filled up with our lifestyle. The way we waste food in the dish, the way we behave with our subordinate or our servants, every where we are in the race of Alfa status.  Today when global giants come to Indian they do not face the problem of culture. They understand the Indians have adopted global consumer culture.
Let us understand what culture is?  Whenever I ask this question to students they reply Hindu.  Culture is “Every human society has its own shape, its own purposes, and its own meanings. Every human society expresses these, in institutions, and in arts and learning.” Raymond Williams has defined it.  Raymond Williams studied post industrial society.  His book Culture and Society made storms in 1958.
Edmund Burke who shows us, the individual is not simply a compendium of wants; human happiness is not simply a matter of satisfying individual wants; and the purpose of politics is not to satisfy the interests of individuals living now. It is to preserve a social order which addresses the needs of generations past, present and future.
               William Cobbett an English pamphleteer, farmer and journalist always professed that he was not a "citizen of world....” It is quite enough for me to think about what is best for England, Scotland and Ireland”. Possessing a firm national identity, he often criticized rival countries and warned them that they should not "swagger about and be saucy to England". According to him identification with the Church of England "bears the name of my country". Cobbett has been influenced  thinkers  such as Matthew Arnold, Karl Marx, Raymond Williams and Michael Foot.
Raymond William also refers William Blake for his opposition to hegemonic discourses, social order, church, and state. Although he was intensely religious and deeply engaged with the politics of his place and time. Raymond William made his vision clear
We find mention in Wordsworth’s Preface to Lyrical Ballads on historical and theoretical context of popular culture critique. While opening up the problem of the relationship between cultural reception and social behavior, and, more specifically, consumer practice, we find that what Wordsworth observed in his time a reaction to the emergence of certain practices and characteristics of popular culture, anticipating the critique of mass culture offered by modern contemporary critics; the passage also constitutes a very early participation in the debate over the privileging of high culture over low culture and the resulting conditions for the separation of the two.
             F R Leavis attacked the Victorian poetical ideal, suggesting that nineteenth-century poetry as it is the consciously ‘poetical’ and showed a separation of thought and feeling and a divorced from the real world. The influence of T. S. Eliot is easily identifiable in his criticism of Victorian poetry, and Leavis acknowledged this, saying in The Common Pursuit that, ‘It was Mr. Eliot who made us fully conscious of the weakness of that tradition’ (Leavis 31). In his later publication Revaluation, the dependence on Eliot was still very much present, but Leavis demonstrated an individual critical sense operating in such a way as to place him among the distinguished modern critics.
According to George Orwell the truth is it is all relative, in truth “Reality TV” has even less reality than does a TV show like Law and Order. The representations can only resonate and match our thoughts and feelings if they resonate with our pre-conceived notions.
           William Raymond proudly composed this question and its answer. What is culture? This is a persistent historical problem. All historians, especially cultural historians, hold a theory about culture, stated or not. This is also an intellectual historical problem in that, whereas culture is constantly theorized, perhaps over-theorized—every modern mode of thought involves a cultural theory—rarely are the origins and trajectory of the word “culture” studied historically.
Today when our life is dominated by gadgets and we are professing about technology. All we use and talk only trough social media. Which is an offshoot of mass media? Raymond Williams and his fellow think tanks have already put a light on this issue which shaped today’s crass consumerism culture.
           Today when we talk about Indian as an Investment destination and often wonder how these youngsters and some of the oldies are inclining towards new gadgets and technology, how they have altered their way of life over night. This inspired me to pen down an article on it.
          I sum up my discussion by the quote by Jackson, Nielsen & Hsu from a critical sociology of media by published in 2011.
“You are not only watching media, it is watching you.”

Golden Indian Budget of 2014

Golden Indian Budget of 2014

Year 2014 came up with a bang. Election results offered clear and strong mandate to BJP. It is a valuable sign for all Indian nationals. Years of corruption and rustic baboodom took our country back to a century.  Mobile telephony or Information technology does not mean development.

It is a surprise and blessing that all Indians have not started thinking about the future of nation and their own future which is linked to nation. It is considered to be the greatest achievement of this land. After the exposition of corruptions and scandals from road contract to bridge and school mid-day meal to daily food items, Indian nationals have shown the power of vote to all those corrupt officials and politicians.

Today when charges of rail fair and petrol price rise have raised the eyebrows and new Govt. budget is on 10^th July it is worth taking a sharp review at nation’s economy.

74.04% literacy of India is ready as we started with 12% in 1947. We have more than 7,500 large scale companies operating in India from various sectors and just 18 million people invest in share market. We always harp about being an agrarian economy. Today in 2014 agriculture yield just 15% in total national income. According to World Bank report 70% Indian stay in rural area and 58 % depend upon agriculture. Only 30% Indian stay in urban area.

            According the CRISIL survey 50 % Indian does not have bank account. It means banking which is a core sector of our economy has immense potential to grow. All foreign banks and national private banks are eager to spread their wings across nation.

Price rise and tax is a pivotal issue and I am sure this budget will have certain concert majors on it. Current price rise is due to some old government misfired policy and some uncontrollable but temporary problems. Price rise is an impact of unjust government and it is an outcome miss-management.

If we take a look at the growth of 25% in Sensex and nifty, it is a clear indication of ‘good times are coming ‘.  Many large scale company owners, their share holders and Indian, NRI and Foreign investors have waited from last 5 years for Indian economy to grow.  Along with large population we are large market as well. Any wise business man will find India as a dream destination for business.  

We need to shrug off those rustic views that if foreign company comes then they will take the money to their country. Foreign companies come and open the doors for our nationals as their employees. We have a huge working power and trained youth they will get jobs at their hands with dignity in society.

Anyone who is waiting for budget to invest may miss the train. It is better to be invested. We have witnessed the clear growth in certain scripts in share market. There are stocks which are doubled in just a month period. This budget will prove to be productive for corporate and in a way to Indian nationals. Our progress is directly linked with corporate.

Sectors like Banking, Infrastructure, IT  and Pharmaceuticals  are  going to grow in coming 3 to 5 years and do not wonder if they touch double the price within a year what they have today. This is a lucrative opportunity for all youngsters and for older people mutual fund will be the better option because as Industry will grow they will enjoy the fruits with more ease.

I personally see a very win-win situation for coming 5 years in Indian economy. This is the time when we need to increase the investment in share market. Today we have only 15% people who invest, if we increase our percentage then all will fetch better fruits and we do not have to worry about external factors as we will be self dependent.

Neologism

Neologism
Every day we interact with our family, friends and collogue. Do we realize how many new words or combinations we coin? Very easily we slide our tongue and we twist it as per our mood. Let us take an example from English. It is very liberal and straight language. The meaning of the word does not change due to stress, liberal in a sense; it has absorbed various terminologies from various languages and made its version as per the continent or country.
The credit of ‘Neologism’ word goes to David Crystal. It is the name for newly coined term, word or phrase. It must be in common use but must not be accepted in main stream. This term is borrowed from French neologisme (1734). It is first used in English in 1772. The list of neologism words is infinite. Today let us take a look at some terminologies.
India which is been their colony very wearied and wonderful connotations we as Indians have given them. You must have noticed natives most of the times coin a term “Hi-Fi’. Example ‘who log bahot hi-fi hai.’ Initially I did not realize what it means. As I grew up I realized the meaning of it as: An electronic system for reproducing high fidelity sound from radio or recordings. It should be read as High Fidelity. This term got popular in 1950 as stereo and small portable transistor radio came in to market. In India we got this term in colloquial for different meaning all together.
In this new millennium we got another desi slang painted on global horizon. WiFi- it should be written Wireless Fidelity. It is coined post 2005 and now come in vogue with all over the world. It seems all copy writers have given up or it may be their neolexia.
Now Americans have coined another terminology Li-Fi. Very recently a Mexican software company has successfully transmitted sound, video and internet across the spectrum by light emitted by LED lamps. They got 10GB speed of data transmission. Soon it will be used in public domain. This technology will illuminate a large area of office and will be connected to all devices which fall in to the range of light. This Li-Fidevice circulates data via LED which emit an intermittent flicker at a speed imperceptible to human capacity.
I recall the work of David Crystal, being a world renowned linguistic who wrote 120 books for Cambridge, Penguin and UK Government. I was stunned when I read his article in The Guardian on July 04, 2008. The article ‘2b or not 2b’- David Crystal wrote “Despite doom-laden prophecies, texting ha not been the disaster for language many feared, on the contrary it improves children’s writing and spelling

Deconstructionism of Orkut

Deconstructionism of Orkut
Orkut era will be over by September 30,2014 will be the last day of this social networking website. Very recently we witnessed the last telegraph. Once Albert Einstein  said, It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. Orkut has become our extension and made our ego flatter.
Orkut which was started in 2004 coming to an end in 2014, it was at its best when facebook was in its infant days and twitter was yet to born. Gmail was globally accepted and marketed. Google has become the best search engine. Orkut came in India soon acquired the place of Yahoo chat. It soon became popular as it offered a whole lot of place, friends list and attractive features of making groups and writing on their wall. Private conversation and a whole lot more option of searching in social network.
Youngsters of India experienced like swing. Many made their profile and they got spare time entertainment to hang on Internet connection. Many turned in to couples and many couples got separated unfortunately this social networking site could not make any ripples in Hindi Cinema.
Bollywood has songs for Telegraph it is 163 year old service and it made or mar the life of people. Easily this service turned in to symbols. People from all over the world used it as an emergency. There are many films based on the background of World War convey messages through it. Writers find it as a companion; many writers used it to give a twist to the story. The way extreme close up camera shot has potential to give a twist to the story.
Orkut failed to appeal to writers as it has a fragile seductive appeal. I remember the days of Orkut in 2006 to 2010 in India when people joined it rampant and school teachers warned parents about its dire consequences. Psychoanalysts warned the future danger but it did not materialized as it lost its own shine in the spell of facebook.
Orkut has been the heart throb of many and now holds potential to take a few to back in memory lain. What surprise me is not its end but the way this generation is reacting over it. Today when I asked some collegians they replied it in a rather cold manner by nodding their head as it is a part of course. They did not shock as the elder generation got emotional breakout at the last telegraph. People from all over the world narrated their own private memory to younger ones. I agree, Orkut never had its impact in social spear but it certainly gave a place to many. Many youngsters confessed, proposed and celebrated their moments in life. It was once a part of their life but they are not reacting, yes this is the question.
I found the answer in their sociology. In post 2000 years or in last decade of 2010 Bollywood gave no actor as hero and no actress as heroine. The generation born in the last decade on last millennium is not followed any film hero or any potentially considerable literature. This generation is just lost in the development of gadgets like digital camera, DVD player, mobile phone and their superior peers. This generation has also witnessed the end of STD or PCO booth. Today’s youngsters seem to be running short of emotions as no gadget or no parent has plugged them in to humanity.
We can certainly read it a sign of deconstructionism. I recall the lines of Albert Einstein,“The human spirit must prevail over technology”.

Modern Music events

Modern Music events
Zurich Street Parade is been a sensation in all newspaper and media houses. 2ndAugust 4, 2014. Zurich celebrated this Street Parade with participation of more than 9,50,000 techno fans  marked their presence. The wonderful part of this Street Parade is, it invite all nationals and celebrate. This year the theme was ‘enjoy the dance floor and save it.’ The political agenda of this parade was, to live together in peace and tolerance.
It is a festival full of music and dance. This year the Schumacher’s track is the official anthem. It is a deephouse beats fused with modern electro sounds. The analogue male sound adds beauty to it.
The living legend Paul Van Dyk who is known as figurehead DJ will be performing. Robin Schulz who is considered as star in analogue and digital platforms, he will leave the crowd on this confetti, glitter and bubbles. Danny Avila the youngest EDM chart’s hottest act will be a part of it. Adriatique the two guys from Zurich who have started their music from Grandfather’s turntable will be the attraction for the event. Many other DJS and music acts will leave the crowd spellbound.
Thousands of revelers flocked the streets of Zurich. 20Swiss and International DJs performed. This parade ran for 9 hours and finished at 10.00pm. I think it is a wonderful activity. We as Indian should start it on these footnotes. India being large in population and hungry for celebration will offer yet another chance to retailers and FMCG companies. Apart from religious occasions where these MNCs hardly get any chance for encroachment they will be getting a front door entry if they start this kind of festivals in our country.
Event management which was a hobby now it is considered as a serious business and companies like Wizcraft have opened their wings in India. TV is yesterday. Events and online events is a new marketing mantra. I am sure, smart phones have capacity to glue their users with screen and it appeals to Indians as well. Easy and palpable bit of knowledge make the user flatter is the reality. I can prove it with example.  2nd August is celebrated as Friendship Day, when I wished my friend, Happy Friendship Day with my close-up smile he shouted on me for asking, what about tomorrow? Are we not friends tomorrow? How this one day make sense to you. It is just a marketing gimmick. Grow up and use your brain.
I have realized however foolish we may be but everybody will love pampering. If MNCs do these kind of pampering events it will turn in to wonders.

Chacha Choudhary the most loved companion

Chacha Choudhary the most loved companion

Pran Choudhary a guy born in 1938 British India studied his BA in Political Science from Gwalior. This education of politics enables him criticisms and analysis of problem. News paper as a medium was in its prime, print journalism was practiced with sharp nose for news. Cartoon in India was new concept. Pran Choudhary a graduate in politics and art school drop-out started finding his luck in Delhi. He made cartoon strips and started convincing the potential and impact of wit. In 1960 a Delhi based news paper Milap offered him space and he created a character Daabu. He struggled till 1969 he sketchedChacha Chaudhary to a Hindi magazine Lotpot. It became a massive hit. He acutely caught the pulse of Indians. An old man with a big turban, wooden stick and a waist coat with two pockets attracted audiences and they accepted this character with pleasant surprise.

We can easily call him the father of comic in India, Limca book of records have registered his name in 1995. Phantom and Spiderman were the imported comics in India, it Chacha Choudhary which is considered to be the first comic Indian comic. Pran has lion share in Amar Chitra Katha. Every Indian parent and children learn the Indian history or moral stories through comic. Amar Chitra Katha has become a part of our childhood and upbringing. It was not in 1060 when Pran Choudhary, he initiated 1n 1060 and today we see outcome of his hard work.  Pran not only followed the Socratic principal, all arts are mere reflections but he developed it much further and left his mark.

India which is very famous for joint family and agricultural society, every house hold use to have elder people and they use to guide the youngsters and being an Indian ethos we respect them. This pattern bit changed when we got independence. Industry in India started growing and people started mobilizing from villages to town. A concept of town and nuclear family came in to being. The respected and much loved space of elderly person of home was been an issue of great concern. Super hero is an alien concept to Indian which did not digested and Pran Choudhary knocked on Indian ethos, the place of elderly man and his wisdom is the crux of this comic series.

As India started progressing in the decades of 70s and 80s metro life engulfed the readers. Corrupt officials, road side thieves, goons were the much loved stories. Chacha Chouchary has handled many day to day experiences made Indian people laugh and learn. Maurice Horn, the editor of World Encyclopedia of Comics has called him the Walt Disney Of India. It is the much awaited praise in this respect he received in 1999.

In 2002 Sahara TV Channel has launched a TV children’s first Indian comic based serial Chacha Choudhary, which successfully went till 600 episodes. Today’s generation knows it, the adaptation of comic series into TV serial is the ultimate success of Pran Choudhary. I am happy by this adaptation as it reflects the grown maturity of the Indian audience,

Pran Choudhary travels all over the world and address many cartoon artists and conferences. He always proclaimed,” humor is the base of any story, If I could put a smile on the face of poor, I would consider my Life successful" 

Super Moon

Super Moon

We just had a ‘super moon’ a popular terminology. People from all over the world enjoyed the full moon. It is true that today we hardly take a look at the moon. Being an Indian, I feel lucky to be born in a country where so many songs are written on moon. Unfortunately today we hardly see any song written on moon. This may be a reason today I am penning down this article.

In Hinduism, Chandra is described as young, beautiful, fair; two-armed and having in his hands a club and a lotus, he rides his chariot across the sky every night, pulled by ten white horses or an antelope. He is a god of fertility. May be this is the reason one of the linguistic coinage on pre-independence of India is – Chanda Mama, as a brother of our mom and not a friend or anybody. Later this coinage is added with British Policewalah as a police mama.

Roman people believe and myth, Luna is the divine embodiment of the Moon. She is often presented as the female complement of the Sun. As we move towards scandavian countries, Moon is called Máni is the personification of the moon in Norse mythology is attested in the Poetic Edda, Máni appears throughout Old Norse literature. Scholarly theories have been proposed about Máni's potential connection to the Northern European notion of the Man in the Moon, and a potentially otherwise unattested story regarding Máni through skaldic kennings.

"The Moon is made of green cheese" is a proverb and metaphor for credulity with roots in fable, this refers to the perception of a simpleton who sees a reflection of the Moon in water and mistakes it for a round cheese wheel. It is widespread as a folkloric motif or meme among many of the world's cultures. It is a part of both popular and modern culture.

In Russia by Slavic mythology the Zorja are the two guardian goddesses, German people believe on folklore – man of the moon.

Moon has its effect on animals, humans and planet. We all are aware of it. Bollywood has composed number of songs on this occasion. Mohammad Rafi’s earlier song ‘suhani raat dhal chuki’ - written by Shakeel Badayuni and music by Naushad. This song reminds us the emotional impact and singing rendition of Rafi who had Punjabi accent on singing this song is the best example. Rather it was a deliberate attempt. 1960 film Chaudhvin Ka Chand, Guru Dutt sang it for Waheeda Rehman. M. Rafi made this song immortal with his celestial voice. Ravi provided music. It became very famous and many people know Rafi and Moon due to this song.

Chand Si Mehbooba Ho Meri Kab Aisa Maine Socha Tha, film- Himalay Ki God Mein. , this song use moon as a metaphor for beauty and praising of beloved.  Hasrat Jaipuri penned a song in 1967 for movie Diwana  “Ai sanam jisne tujhe chand si surat di hai; usi malik ne mujhe di to mohabbat di hai”. Raj kapoors and Nargis in film Aawara made a song on moon as if she is the witness of their love. Moon has not only been a metaphor of beauty, it has been a companion, friend and witness.

Dev Anand in Jaal movie a song on moon as – Ye raat ye chnadani phir kahhan… a memorable song of Dev Anand. Dil Ki Nazar Se Nazron Ki Dil Se a famous song from Raj Kapoor and his another which made history, Ye raat bhiigi bhigi make us transform even today to that black and white era.

1961 Main Chup Rahungi- Rajendra Krishana lyrics and Chitragupta music Chand Jane Kahan Kho Gaya – as if moon is a witness or pal. woh chaand khila woh taare hanse yeh raat ajab matwari hai from Anaadi 1959 made moon and stars alive at least in the lyrics. 1954 Shart film gave a Geeta Dutta song Na yeh chand hoga, na taare rahenge. Chand Phir Nikla, Magar Tum Na Aaye  a song from 1957 film paying guest sung by Lata Mangeshkar made moon a companion by describing it as a pal.  Chalo Dildar Chalo Lata Mangeshkar Film Pakeezah Music Ghulam Mohammed.

Moon today is used as a metaphor in bollywood songs. As the time has changed and people are more enjoying the cyber world and mobile telephony, the concept of moon gazing or waiting is gone. Even today the film like 3 idiots which does not have great music directors like yesterday or no celestial voice like Rafi.

Even today films like 3 idiots has used moon in zoobi zoobi song, Aamir and Karina did dance merily on that song. Om Shanti Om has many songs of Vishal Shekhar and moon has played important role as a mise en scene. Very recent example of David Dhavan, who has become famous for his Govinda films. David Dhavan who definitely deserves credit for portrayal of comedy of dialogue and action based comedy. Some may say David is the director of last millennium or 90s but he has come up with bang. A song from his recent film "Main Tera Hero" Palat - Tera Hero Idhar Hai where we find moon in the lyrics. Certainly the lyrics of recent bollywood songs are not considerable but as a film professional and copy writer I become happy at least to listen it.

Todays kids are more busy with mobile or computer games, these real time gaming consoles entice them with virtual reality and do not make them think of real environment. It is an big issue today, folklores and myths make the childhood more curious and at the same time it provide strength to lead in youth. A person is made into childhood only.

I remember the lines of Juliet when she says this to Romeo in the balcony scene when Romeo is confessing his love to her. “O, swear not by the moon, the fickle moon, the inconstant moon, that monthly changes in her circle orb, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable” Shakespeare wrote it in 16th century.

Mark Twain once said “Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.” We find Khalil Gibran and Mary Haskell, Houston, 1964 reference in love letters “We are all like the bright moon, we still have our darker side.”
W.B. Yeats has a poem “The Cat and the Moon which helped him later to think on literary criticism.

Umberto Eco who is Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist, famous for his groundbreaking 1980 historical mystery novel Il nome della rosa I find a quote from it. “Sometimes I look at the Moon, and I imagine that those darker spots are caverns, cities, islands, and the places that shine are those where the sea catches the light of the sun like the glass of a mirror...I would like to tell of war and friendship among the various parts of the body, the arms that do battle with the feet, and the veins that make love with the arteries or the bones with the marrow. All the stories I would like to write persecute me when I am in my chamber, it seems as if they are all around me, the little devils, and while one tugs at my ear, another tweaks my nose, and each says to me, 'Sir, write me, I am beautiful'.”

Pablo Neruda in his poem ‘Ode To A Naked Beauty’ quoted  “As if you were on fire from within. The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”

Even the scientist like Galileo Galilei, said in 1610 "From Doubt to Astonishment" The Starry Messenger, Venice that “It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.” 

I remember the lines of Ernest Hemingway from The Old Man and the Sea, “The fish is my friend too...I have never seen or heard of such a fish. But I must kill him. I am glad we do not have to try to kill the stars. Imagine if each day a man must try to kill the moon, he thought. The moon runs away. But imagine if a man each day should have to try to kill the sun? We were born lucky; he thought” 

A line from crime and punishment novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky “It's the moon that makes it so still, weaving some mystery.” I find a great meaning in to it. It is moon which connect us from all over the world. It is the literature and hindi films which made her our friend, companion, lover and deity. Peop0le from all generations have loved it.

Poets have dried their ink and writers have invented millions of metaphors. Story tellers have always resided to moon; right from Gulliver’s travels to even today’s Gabriel Garcia Marquez. If it is not the main theme then it is in the background but the presence of moon makes the life complete.

Do we have lovers today who watch the moon and confess to her? Do we have people who stare or gaze at moon? Just do it for a minute and tell me your reply. She has power to offer you solace. You will be rejuvenated. It will be a good exercise to introspect. Give a time to yourself and love yourself as moon is a part of you.

  Writer is a media professional and has more than 14 year experience of documentary film making and copy-writing. 

Bipin Chandra who wrote a chapter in Indian History

Bipin Chandra who wrote a chapter in Indian History
Bipin Chandra mentioned this fact in his interview to Rediff, he never afraid of arguing the truth. Bipin Chandra who born in 1928, Kangra Vally(then Punjab), Himachal Pradesh, has witnessed India being formed and Governments been made.  He was educated in Lahore and Stanford University and Delhi University. He worked as a professor at JNU. Professor Arjun Dev and historian Nonica Datta of Miranda are his oldest students and they recall his style of teaching, they recall his engaging lectures. He influenced a generation of students, he more a performer in the classroom with wit and personal anecdotes,’’ we use to call him just ‘Bipin’ even in those days they conclude. He contributed with people like R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Irfan Habib, Satish Chandra and Arjun Dev.
Indira Gandhi's emergency inspired a new genre of writing in India; readers struggled for details of the black deeds, especially those of Sanjay Gandhi and his allies. Jayaprakash Narayan started "save democracy" movement, deacade of 70s was very crucial for cold and clinical analysis of politics and society. Students across the country were flamed by the galloping prices, mounting corruption. Indian political process has come up to sudden halt. Bipin Chandra’s book opens the pages from history with minute details.
His another book ‘The rise and growth of Economic Nationalism’ raise the question  If the political ideas of a people are shaped by the economic realities that surround them, then, the histories of the Indian national movement published up till now cannot fairly be regarded as either reasonable or complete. A study of the economic policies of the Indian National leadership is therefore vital to the understanding of the basis of the national movement and its development in the formative stages.
Nationalism and colonialism in Modern India he argued in detail the twin phenomena of colonialism and nationalism that has loomed large over the historical sphere of modern India. This book explores the nature of British colonialism, colonial policies and strategies of economic growth have been examined within the parameters of the colonial structure. This book offer description of the Pressure-Compromise-Pressure Strategy employed by the British to consolidate power. Probable reasons for the failure of the nationalist movement to counter disruptive colonial forces have been suggested. In effect, Colonialism has been studied as a distinct structure through its different stages. Reinterpreting this period that spanned 150 years, the book provides an alternative framework for the study of modern Indian history.
‘History of Modern India’ narrates an authoritative overview of the history of what was known as British India. Challenging and revising colonial and nationalist interpretations of history, this book talk about a social, economic and religious history of modern India. It explains how conditions in India during the eighteenth century helped the British East India Company establish its rule in India. The vital insights like colonial rule which was the economic exploitation of India through trade and investment. We approach topics thematically in order to showcase the various forces that went into the making of independent India. The detailed account of the nationalist movement and introduces us to the contributions of different individuals who were behind the nationalist movement. History of Modern India is essential reading for a broad based understanding of the making of modern India.
Indian government awarded him Padma Bhushan in 2010. He has been a stalwart figure in Indian history, sociology and political change. As a journalist his books are like ready references. One can study India and its history from bird’s eye view. We find everything crystal clear. We get all the mysterious information and unknown facts in front of us. This is Bipin Chandra who not only tells you history but make you strong in Economics and sociology which is a base of Mass Communication.

M V KAMTH AN UNSUNG HERO OF JOURNALISM

M V KAMTH AN UNSUNG HERO OF JOURNALISM

News paper of any country is the real identity of civilization. English daily in India has always had an aura. Those were the days of less population and less development and very few knew English language but the charm of journalism was at its peak. English daily was the decision maker for Indians and the editors were usually British.

It was the decade of 40s when first breed of Indian journalists were into their teens. Journalists like Frank Moraes, Khushwant Singh, M.V. Kamath, S Sadanand, T J S George, K Shivaram, M.J. Akbar, Girilal Jain, Behram Contractor alias Busybee, and Alfred D'Cruz shaped the Indian journalism landscape.

   M.V. Kamath who started his career with Free Press Journal and then worked with various news papers from India in 1946. He has been the foreign correspondence from Europe and US. He has penned more than 50books. His last book made ripples as it was the biography of Narendra Modi.  He had courage to say what he wants to say. He never compromised.

I remember once when he was working with Illustrated weekly along with Khshwant Singh. He was advised that serious journalism will not sale. He did make his point by saying journalism play its role. After Khushwant Singh he took up the responsibility and ran it successfully. The magic of his writing and precision of composition enticed audience.

M.V. Kamath reign over six-decades he never took a holiday or break. It is wonderful to note that he first time requested Free Press Journal that excuse his for a week as doctor advised him to get admitted. I call it a marvel that, the day he passed away his column has appeared in Free Press Journal.  He was conferred Padma Bhushan award in 2004. He was offered a sit of Chairman of the Prasar Bharati Board, but a man like him deserves much more.

S. Sadanand started Free Press Journal in 1927. The free Press Journal has been renowned for their support to Indian congress and demand for freedom from British Raj. S Sadanand who was a self taught journalist and trained many juniors who became legends of next millennium. S Sadanand has undeniable contribution in honing the skills of M V Kamath.

It is worh noting the fact that M V Kamat’s happy moment. He said, he was present at the function of announcing the Independence of India. He reported the same in news paper. Today after so many years he feels proud to witness the Indian independence and the growth of India.

M V Kamat will be remembered a man of principal. Who never compromised to his journalistic standards, he is an iconic example of journalistic integrity. In days of internet he always used his type writer as if it was his companion. He never gave unnecessary importance to meaningless technology. Pencil and pen were his tools.  

I suggest his last book ‘À Reporter At Large’, talks about his experiences as a journalist. It will be an intellectual treat for aspiring journalist and writers.

The year of Hybrid Media

The year of Hybrid Media

Year 2014 will be remembered for the use of hybrid media. This so far unknown terminology has now been gulped by all media pundits. Mobile telephony, social networking web sites and mobile apps have altered the user psychology.

Email was in fashion till yesterday but in 2014 the use of whatsapp replaced the email use. Communication becomes more fast, effective and flexible. To communicate with someone and to maintain privacy has become possible.

Many google lovers found their new love interest in whatsapp. Anybody and anything could get published in seconds. Youtube created a new platform for videoblogs. Many corporate and advertising agencies have explored it as a different tool.

Personal Public Relations have become a new trend. This swing of change has blessed the fortune of bloggers. Bloggers who were neglected and criticized yesterday today it has become a respectable profession.

Today reporters are considering blog as a source and news channels have noted it seriously. Blog writing has never been a profession in India but now it has become a very specialized field. Copywriters who always been a rare breed in India now suddenly is in demand.

Unfortunately Indian education system is not updated and not ready to digest this change. In a country like India where 687 universities and more than 100 mass communication colleges does exist but no college in India provide a course in blog writing or copywriting.

11,478 news papers and periodicals we have in English in India but we still not serious of usage of English.  Whenever we check in colleges students do not read news paper or they just neglect this habit of reading. Today when we feel the word is coming to an end where people do not read and write but the demand of hybrid media have paved way for all those new and young writers to explore their creativity.

Hybrid media has very niche and specialised target audience they know the cards. It needs writers who are either specialised in travel writing this is one of the best known topics on blog.

Next famous are lifestyle, baby care and health. Music and fashion are the all time favourite topics. Technology from mobile to gigantic machines is also a specially admired topic among youth.

Conventional journalism of news article and news feature or a news story is gone and new light hearted write-up is the in-vogue thing.

Hybrid media cannot replace the conventional media. Editorial and editorial writers hold the flag and their charm will never fade away. This hybrid media is for the on the move people. People who have stuck their life between mobile screen and computer screen, People who believe more on gadgets then their conscious.

These are the days of ‘15 minutes of fame’, life is there even after that and that part of life is not about fame.

Hybrid media has come like a tornado and changed the mood of complete nation. It seems the days of hybrid media are yet to be over. It will be better if media colleges adopt this hybrid media into their curriculum and update their standards.

News stories from news papers and young businessmen will support my view. 

Year 2014

Year 2014

Year 2014 came up with many ups and down. As we will be approaching the year end soon, let’s take a look at the year 2014.

Kailash Satyarthi who is born in MP and then lived in Delhi has helped over 80,000 children from various forms of servitude and made their successful re-integration, rehabilitation and motivated them for education. He actively involved in Indian movement against child labour since the 1990s.Year 2014 has noted his contribution to society. He is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2014 jointly with Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.”

Year 2014 is witness of Indian space mission success. Indian space programme as the Mangalyaan (or Mars Orbiter) will lift-off from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle or PSLV. It is the experiment praised from all over the world for using the utmost budget and being successful. We are proud on The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) team for their devotion and talent.

BJP made history in Indian Loksabha Elections by winning 334 sits and the earlier ruling party has to be satisfied with two digits. Issue of corruption, price rise, low GDP, current account deficit, economic slow down, terrorism, 2G, CWG and Coal Scams destroyed the image of earlier government. The much needed change was required by every national. Industrialists were harassed. BJP caught the pulse of the nation. The use of New Media by Anna Hazare and then by BJP in elections were the remarkable attempts of communication. This event has written the chapter in Indian Politics and Mass Communication.

India won Asian Games with a total of 57 medals, including 11 gold, 9 silver and 37 bronze. In cricket Virat Kohali gave his brilliant performance and carved a place for him.

2011 to 2013 have been the resection years for Indian economy. Coal mining was banned. Rupee was declining and no multinational Industry was opening their business in India. Indian business was frustrated for the policy paralysis. Scandals and scams were flashing in news headlines. Real estate market prices were raising sky high.  No new job generation and no growth on Industrial front. Natural disasters were taking their toll. After election of Loksabha BSE Sensex and the CNX Nifty set new records during second half of 2014. Sensex which was bogged in 23,000 to 25,000 shoot up to 28,000 and even today it is above 28,000. It is making its daily new record high. In this upswing rally business men are confident for next 5 years. The increased inflow of foreign fund inflows and falling crude prices are giving high hopes to Indian economy. 

                Bollywood was under clouds as no Shahrukh or Salman Khan Film was released in first half. Salman Khan’s ‘Kick’ and recent hit’ Happy New Year’ are beckoning the lost charm of the Industry. Kick made more than 100cr business and Happy New Year movie made 222.84 cr businesses on box-office. Very recently, we lost a veteran actor Deven Varma who passed in December. Sadashiv Amrapurkar who played many negative roles in film and in real life he was a very noble man. Today we remember his monstrous stint in the decade of 1990s films when Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan and Akshay Kumar just started their acting career. Bollywood will be always remembered for the celestial beauty of Parveen Babi. After working with Amitabh Bacchan and many others she was staying alone in tinsel town. Bollywood will always remember Parveen Babi for her equally strong but feminine portrayal of character.  Zohra Sehgal who started her career as a naughty girl character carried her charm till 102 of age. She witness Bollywood being developed and observed the changes of fashion and trends.

Khushwant Singh who witnessed the Independence of India, He wrote many books and they are considered today as holy books of journalism or sociology. I remember Khushwant Singh is the only man who lived his life on his terms. M V Kamath another senior journalist who also worked for a small time with Khushwant Singh admires him. M V Kamath is one of those legendary journalists India ever had. He wrote the headlines and editorials of The Free Press Journal. One of the oldest news papers of India started by Jai Prakash Narayan. The day M V Kamath demised, his article was printed in the paper. He had exemplary discipline; he only took 3 days leave into his entire career, as it was prescribed by medical doctor. We find best headline written only in The Free Press Journal today.

It is worth taking a look at past events, who knows we might get motivation or just nostalgia. Throughout the year we are busy with our tight schedule. Day starts with alarm and ends with nigh lamp. Dawn and evening are just the concepts lost in poetry. We do not get a time to stare at moon or a foggy bridge. We never observe the magic of seasons. Monsoon comes with green and blue shade in atmosphere. Winter is known for its orange light and mist. Summer is famous for dust, heat and yellow light.

Let us goodbye the 2014 and welcome 2015 with enthusiasm.  

2014 Nobel for Literature: Patric Modiano

2014 Nobel for Literature: Patric Modiano
“For a long time - and this particular time with greater force than usual - summer has been a season that gives me a sense of emptiness and absence, and takes me back to the past.”
By Patrick Modiano
Patric Modiano is chosen for Nobel award 2014 for Literature. Patrick Modiano has been the most favorite writer of France. He has written 25 books and very few have been translated in English. Most of his books have reflections of each other. His theme is always about Paris of 60s or the generation of WWII.
In Modiano’s books we find characters and their emotions so strong that we do not give any heed to the main plot. It needs a Himalayan skill to cast characters so strong and flourish them so well. Modiano’s characters always remember their past incomplete childhood and youth days. They are the product of uncertainty and violence.
He said in his lecture that he belong to a generation where their voices were suppressed. He was not allowed to ask many questions when he was small. When he didn’t get answer to many of his question, he got it over a period of time. There was no body to listen to him. Yes, I am talking about the generation who witnessed Second World War.
Patric Modiano born in Boulogne-Billancourt-Paris in 1945, his father a Jewish business stayed in occupied Paris and did his business. He met his mother during that period. His most of the work is focused upon Nazi occupation of France. Now he will be in league of previous winners like Rudyard Kipling, Toni Morrison and Ernest Hemingway.
In one of the press conference in Paris, he gave his frank remark, "I wasn't expecting it at all," he said. "It was like I was a bit detached from it all, as if a doppelganger with my name had won."
Peter Englund, the academy's permanent secretary shared his view by saying, "This is someone who has written many books that echo off each other... that are about memory, identity and aspiration,  this award is for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation".
He studied at Lycee Henri-IV in Paris where his geometry teacher Raymond Queneau gave a great motivation to Patric Modiano. Raymond Queneau’s 1947 book Exercices de style (Exercises in Style) it is collection of 99 stories which are the retailing of the same story but each in a different style.
Raymond Queneau is famous for his cynical humor. He is the one who has witnessed WWI and joined André Breton's Surrealist group, soon he got separated himself. Queneau's novels give an impression of huge impulsiveness; we find every small detail is meticulously conceived in his writing.
Louis Malle a French film director worked upon the book of Raymond Queneau’s book Zazie dans le metro and made a film by the same name in 1960. He also worked with Patric Modiano for his film Lacombe, Lucien (1974). This film is based up on the self experiences of director. This film is co-written by Patric Modiano who is also known from his first book published in 1968 La Place de l'étoile a war time novel.
Modiano's works focus on memory, oblivion, identity and guilt. The city of Paris played vital role in his writing. His stories are built on an autobiographical foundation, or on events that took place during the German occupation.
Truffaut, Modiano and Sirk have crafted fictions designed not to convey ideas or transmit knowledge, although Truffaut has been nailed limited, Modiano repetitive, and Sirk solid. We do not find any prestige or melodrama in their work. However they possess a unique style that reveals hidden perceptual mind and human accounts for the enduring appeal. A biographical element is vital their fictions, portraying the complex amalgam of imagination and experience in the formation of metaphors.
He once made clear his point in lecture by giving the examples of Dickens who always talked about London, Dostoyevsky who wrote about Saint Petersburg, We find Paris in Balzac’s writing, Nagai Kafue often associated with Tokyo and Hjalmar Soderberg’s passion for Stockholm. Today when we look at these masters we never in point why they have used these cities. In fact we develop memories where we live or where we pass by.  These memories over a period of time acquire potential role in our emotions. This habit of remembrance of past is gone now. The generation who are born with internet and played with mobile and tablet are cut off from this habit of remembrance. Every year new mobile phone and new gadgets, we are living in a fast lane and connected with social media. There is no chance of getting lost. There is no suspense about anything. Each and every thing of your personal live and social life is on-line. Anybody and everybody is a writer and famous.
Patric Modiano, Jean Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut belong the same generation. We find the similar themes and characters in French Nouvelle Vague films and novels of Patric Modiano. Both represent the time of 60s and 70s of Paris and its political background.
Patric Modiano expressed his curiosity to know today’s generation and today’s writers. As today’s writers also live in city and city has immense potential to offer raw material to them. Patric Modiano pointed a peculiar point of ‘fragmented reality’. Today we live in the world of on-line shopping and social networking; the boundaries of country and religion are blurred but are we truly open or we are just doing it for the sake of publicity.
The real personality of today’s citizen is lost somewhere. The solace which was once found on river bank or in jungle or may be in book rack is altered by social media. The very concept of ‘remembrance of things’ is gone in the days of touch screen reality. The gadgets have altered our life just a click away. We do not need to know or remember. Today it is a big question that is we evolved or devolved? It is the challenge to today’s writers to find an inspiration and to develop patience to observe and pen down an exact character with minute details. The emotional, social and political aura of your character should find a cord with audience.
                Patrick Modiano is very positive for today’s generation of writer and curious enough to lend his ears to you. I sum up my Modiano’s sketch with his quotation.
“When was the turning point in my life, after which summers suddenly seemed to me to be different from the ones I had known up to then?”
By Patrick Modiano

THE GLORY OF DDLJ

THE GLORY OF DDLJ

Dil Wale Dulahaniya Le Jayenge (DDLJ) a 1994 film which has recently completed 1,000 weeks. Indian cinema lovers have bestowed the warm love for this film. Today any film which is hit runs for 1 month and a super hit film runs for 2 months. Multiplex has replaced the single screen theaters. DDLJ has not only witnessed this change but reign in both times.

 I remember those days when people from nearby villages use to come to town to see films. Yes, it was 1994.Hum Aapke Hain Koyon, Rangeela, Bombay, Cooli No.1 et al. watching a film was a celebration.

Indian cinema possesses the glorious legacy of song and dance sequences. Aditya Chopra was confident to make this film. He convinced SRK and Kajol to work on this film. SRK who was in news for his successful negative roles and he was happy about it. SRK and Kajol did not know that this film will write their fate. SRK became super star after this film.

On social background Indian was on the way to globalization. Internet was yet to be rooted in Indian society. The youth was very much interested in going abroad and carving their career. It was a love story, a routine love story but told in an extra-ordinary manner.  NRI Indian young boy met a girl when they both were on Europe tour. He was enjoying his failure as being a rich spoiled brat and Kajol being an apple of daddy’s eye, which is enjoying her one and only month of her life. She is ready to sacrifice their life for their parents. 

“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies”. Said Aristotle

The sweet Europe tour gets over and Raj and Kajol come together. The journey of Europe with lot of fun and exciting bites they find the real nature of each other. This is the beauty of this DDLJ love story. Raj who try to portray how responsible and caring he is completely opposite of his screen character and Kajol who is otherwise homely who try to be high hilled and bubbly girl. This is the successful equation.

Indian people have enjoyed this film not only for its foreign locations but for the portrayal of story. 1994 onwards we have witnessed the ups and down of economy. That was the per-mobile and pre-internet era. Today’s youth who is born after 1994 are known as internet generation. They have also liked this film may be because the NRI up market families and their nostalgia for their Indian ethos and love for soil. We are not going in the question of how genuine their love for Indian ethos and love for soil   

I remember the lines of Pablo Neruda here,

“Someday, somewhere - anywhere, unfailingly, you'll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life.”

 Sudden realization of love from the by SRK and Kajol takes a twist to the story. They long for each other and then their involvement with family members and with each other takes us through many ups and downs. SRK try every possible way to win the heart of Kajol’s family. Kajol begins considering his as her future husband. The magical portrayal of first love attracts the youngsters.

This Pablo Nerudian passion which he mentioned in his100 Love Sonnets, I would like to share it now,

“so I wait for you like a lonely house
till you will see me again and live in me.
Till then my windows ache.”

Raj (SRK) and Simran (name given by Raj to Kajol) became synonyms for lovers in the decades of 90s and 2000s. I remember many people had their name Raj. They felt silver screen proud that their name is Raj. It always has been one of the famous names from India. Today it is rarely used or not used at all. Credit goes to DDLJ.  Every boy in India became Raj and every otherwise homely and average looking dusky girl is proud to be Simran.

I think DDLJ will complete more 20 years as it left the legacy for nearly two generations. The youngsters who motivated by DDLJ must be in their 40s and have small children now. There are chances; this small generation may follow the Papa’s classic DDLJ. The early teen generation of 1994 must be getting married now. The third generation of on the more lovers, who patronized DDLJ many times for its saga of love and Indian ethos many a times and enjoyed cinema experience in theater, they remember the magic of dark, AC and cinema hall experience of DDLJ. Most of the times these on the move lovers part but they have nostalgia for this DDLJ theater romance.

Many youngsters of internet generation are making their face when they hear the name of DDLJ. Smart phones that connect everything to anything, Internet offer you the leaping vision. These gadgets have not only altered the space and time but they have made us more confused about human emotions. Today when asked to a college freak about DDLJ, his reply stunned me. Connecting this love story or SRK devotion for love and courtship is beyond their intellectual periphery.

It is worth taking a look, how we have grown from 1994 an ear of landline to today’s smart phone. That was the era of letter friend columns in news paper and today with whatsapp. Chat machines and cyber café are the object of yesterday. Whatsapp has over taken the email account. The very equations of love have changed. Gone are those days when people use to praise lovers and their courtship.  DDLJ we also find the last mile stone of love story.  Today we have love story as it is the basic ingredient of Indian cinema but we do not find that charm what we find in DDLJ.