Do you guys see the link?
It made my gut wrench when I saw Toby Maguire say "Hum Makar Manav Hain, Ud kar aayab aur tohar tetua daba deb". But why I thought? Maybe my urbanite snobbery is raising its sinister head once again.
Hollywood has finally decided to woo India. The India that 'we' do not know or claim to belong. The aam admi's India. And Makad Manav is a super hit in Bihar and the cow belt.
I dont like Mayawati but she has won in UP hands down. It is the people who voted for her. People who feel left out. People who we feel are uneducated and foolish. People who make 70% of India.
People who feel that the likes of Mayawati is their best bet to rebel against 'us'.
I am convinced it is not about caste or religion anymore. It is about feeling of being denied and left behind. The way India is progressing just doesnt make sense. A growth with so much inequity doesnt look sustainable. Are we sitting on a time bomb waiting to explode?
Each day when I wait at the traffic post I cannot look straight in the eye of the beggar with a kid in tow. I never ever give a penny with the excuse 'Why doesnt she work?'. But each day she looks at my privileges and casts a sinister eye.
So where do we stand? Is the government solely to be blamed? Maybe yes. But that means there is no solution. So can we make a difference. If Ghetu's recent post is analysed I think we can.
So what the heck if Toby Maguire woos Kirsten Dunst by saying "Tum to Muzzaffarpur ki litchi ki tarah dikhti ho". Ain't the other India deserves to woo and see and live.
