MANY THINGS ARE BEEN WRITTEN ON 'BEING HUMAN' ,THE SALMAN KHAN PROJECTS.BUT NOW A DAYS WHO CARES ABOUT BEING INDIAN.
A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE,IN THE IPL,THE TEAM REPRESENTING THE KOLKATTA KNIGHT RIDERS WON THE TOURNAMENT.NATURALLY,IT WAS TIME OF SHOWING HAPPINESS AND PRIDE FOR WINNING THE SAME.SO THE WINNING TEAM WAS FELICITATED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL.
WELL, POLITICIANS ARE MEANT TO OVERDO EVERY THING TO GET POLITICAL MILEAGE OUT OF THE SAME SO ARE THE SILVER SCREEN STARS. BUT THE MEDIA !!!
THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA IN WEST BENGAL PERHAPS WENT MAD WHILE REPORTING THIS EVENT ALL MOST THROUGH OUT THE DAY.EVEN IN THE NEWS BYTES,IT WAS THE MAIN TOPIC.THAT DAY,WAS THE DAY ON WHICH VISHWANATH ANAND MADE ALL COUNTRYMEN PROUD BY WINNING THE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP .THAT TO,ON FOREIGN SOIL.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS SPORT EVENT CAN BE IMAGINED BY THE PRESENCE OF PRIME MINISTER/S OF ONE/TWO COUNTRY WHO WERE ANXIOUS TO KNOW A BOUT THE RESULT.
IF THIS MAN HAD WON IN ISRAEL OR RUSSIA,HE COULD HAVE BEEN WEIGHTED IN GOLD.BUT HERE IN INDIA,WE,WERE,WITNESSING THE TAMASHA CIRCUS OF THE KOLKATTA KNIGHT RIDERS VIA W.B.GOVT.
YES,WE ADMIT,THAT,LOCAL CENTIMENTS DO HAVE A CERTAIN IMPACT ON OUR MIND BUT TO OVERLOOK NATIONAL CENTIMENTS IS ,IN MY VIEW,CRIME OF RAREST NATURE.
OBSESSION WITH LOCAL CENTIMENTS WILL LEAD US TO NOWHERE. IN FACT,DUE TO THIS CENTIMENTS ONLY,WE THE INDIANS HAVE FAILED TO RISE AND FEEL COLLECTIVELY AS AN INDIAN.
BEING INDIAN IS ONE THING AND BEING HUMAN IS ANOTHER THING.IF WE CANNOT BECOME A TRUE INDIAN WE CANNOT BE BETTER HUMAN EITHER.BEING HUMAN IS TO SHOW TOLERANCE AND RESPECT TOWARDS OTHERS IRRESPECTIVE OF CASTE/COLOUR/SEX OR RELIGION.
WE CAN JUST HOPE SO THAT SOME INDIVDUAL EFFORTS WILL TAKE SHAPE OF A COLLECTIVE EFFORT TO REGAIN OUR PAST GLORY.
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