वो डरे हुए हैं।

January 20, 2020 at 11:12 am · Filed under Rahul Mishra

वो डरे हुए हैं।
माथे पर पसीना है, हाथ काँप रहे हैं
देश की हक़ीक़त, देश की सोच और देश की ताकत
इस सच्चाई को वो भाँप रहे हैं
इस महान पेड़ की शाखों पर, जिसने हर एक को पनाह दी
शायद गिर जाएगा जल्दी , ये सोच के वो जड़ों को काट रहे हैं
जानते नहीं हैं कि ये जड़ें 130 करोड़ के दिल और दिमाग में फैली हैं सदियों से
हमारे पुरखों ने फैलाएँ है अमन और अहिंसा के पैगाम दुनिया भर में
चंद विदेशी एजेंटों के दम पर पलने वाले , ये बुझते हुये चंद बासी चिराग
सोचते हैं हैं कि आकाओं के हुक्म पर ये लगा देंगे आग
तुम पर तो भारी हैं हमारे छोटी छोटी लड़कियां ही, जो बिना डरे चिल्ला रही हैं
भाग मोदी-शाह , गद्दी छोड़ के जल्दी से भाग
और तुम भागोगे, क्योंकि तुम डरे हुए हो,
हवाइयाँ उडी हुई हैं, बार बार झूठ बोल रहे हो
एक झूठा होता है सब से ज़्यादा डरा हुआ इंसान
खुद ही अपनी पोल खोल रहे हो।
अब ये लड़ाई सिर्फ CAA / NRC वापस करने तक नहीं रुकेगी
हमें तुम्हें वापस करना है
ज़ुल्म की इंतेहा हो गई है
और जब आकाशी आंख ज़ुल्म से नम हो जाती हैं
अपने आप उम्र कुर्सी की कम हो जाती है

( अंतिम पंक्ति एक कविता से ली है ” जब आकाशी आँख ज़ुल्म से ॰नम हो जाती है, अपने आप उम्र पापी की कम हो जाती है “, कवि का नाम है आत्म-प्रकाश शुक्ल, कवि सम्मेलन में सुना था.)

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नकाबपोश

January 20, 2020 at 11:09 am · Filed under Rahul Mishra

कुछ ज़्यादा फ़र्क़ नहीं है 26/11 और 05/01
के आतंकवादियों में

वो भी नकाबपोश थे
ये भी नकाबपोश हैं
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उन्होने भी निहत्थों को निशाना बनाया था,
इन्होने भी निहत्थों के सर खोले.

वो भी गुजरात के रास्ते से आए थे
ये भी गुजरात के रास्ते से आये हैं

हाँ , एक फ़र्क़ ज़रूर है।

वो बोट से आए थे
ये वोट से आए हैं

इसलिए कसाब से भी ज़्यादा घातक हैं 05/01 के आतंकवादी.
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#ABVP_TERRORISTS

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The story of burning spirits of Mandal Agitation

December 30, 2019 at 8:47 pm · Filed under Indian Politics ·Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Yesterday at an NDTV program, I saw Jungle and Bhagat Singh famed actor Sushant Singh telling the audience that he participated in Mandal Commission agitation and opposed the bill, he also said that he evolved since then and sounded a bit apologetic. The other incident was when Anurag Kashyap too accepted that he came on roads against Mandal Commission and after that he received lots of flak for that on social media, some of them even touted him a BJP voter since then ( Without realizing that it was BJP who was part of V P Singh government and helped in imposing these recommendations) and doubted his credibility as a liberal. Anurag Kashyap too said that he was not evolved, he was a different person then, he is changed now and so on. Still, for some people he lost his status of fighter for social cause and he was being criticized even after that.
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Watching all this, I feel pained  because I too came on roads at the time during Mandal Commission, I confronted police and nearly got arrested, I criticized then Mulayam Singh government who was too arrogant and prohibited all the protests, I hated Lalu Yadav for opening fire on unarmed students in Bihar where many student got killed. I absolutely hated then Prime Minister V P Singh because many of the bright students self-immolated themselves because of him and he did nothing to stop them. BJP who was the biggest partner of V P Singh government, silently watched all this because with the help of the same government they were planning their next move which was going to change the electoral history of whole India forever. I kept raising the issue in my small mimicry programs in my College/ University in Allahabad and when my friend ( Raghavendra Singh)’ s father who was also a  Vice Principal/ senior lecturer warned me to stop all that as he told me that ultimately he would had to go for my bail if I got arrested, I stopped. There was no 24×7 News that time but India Today launched a video magazine where we were able to see all those horrific incidents. Yes, I do not feel apologetic for opposing Mandal Commission guidelines and still stand with the spirits of my seniors who self-immolated themselves and I have my reasons and if you have problem , you can confront me. Here, my points…
 
1. Mandal Commission report was flawed, why?
a. Report was based on data from the cost indexing of 1891 and the census of 1931. Imagine they used data of 100 years ago to create this report . How authentic it could be?
b. The Commission collected survey of only 800 villages from a third party and personally visited only 37 villages out of 5.5 lakhs villages in the country to create the report. And, they applied it to the whole country.
c. Commission itself admitted that this operation is not scientific, not technically sophisticated and it is not even academically satisfying and it is duly noted in the report itself.
2. Mandal Commission reports were imposed abruptly, without any discussion, without any debate in country just like CAB/ CAA in today’s context. I was preparing for my engineering entrance exams for last two years and was waiting to sit in test in next few months and when I came to know that after implementation of these reports, it will be nearly impossible to clear the entrance tests, I became hopeless. I too struggled hard for my studies since childhood and my all hopes were pinpointed on these exams. It happened with many other students who were preparing for civil services, IAS, IPS and PCS and many other services for years. At least, the government ( remember which includes BJP, Left and other non -Congress parties) should had given the students an ultimatum of one year or two years before implementing it because it was a big decision. I got very good marks in entrance test but obviously didn’t get a chance to enter an engineering college and I took admission in a pathetic small college near my hometown and started doing B. Sc. Fortunately, one of my friend’s  elder sister who were married in Allahabad visited my town with two forms of a college in Allahabad with B. Sc. in computer science which was about to open in next few months. I was so frustrated that I didn’t even go to Allahabad to submit the form. My friend did it for me. Reluctantly, I went to sit in exam and luckily qualified and got a chance to do a better graduation.
3. It never had an intention to give the benefit to most needed ( remember that reservation for SC/ST / OBC was already there before Mandal came), it recommended to add backward class in Hindus but it totally ignored “Socially and Educationally Backward Classes” [SEBC] in other minority religions like Muslim, Christian, Sikh etc and they never got any benefits of Mandal Commission recommendations, instead it advocated reservation for many other so called backward castes who were already economically, socially and .politically empowered. Like, Yadavs in western UP. My grandfather’s best friend and my father’s arch enemy Shri Gauri Shankar Yadav Advocate was our neighbor and he had a big house which could put any actor’s bungalow in Mumbai to shame. I never understood the logic of adding his caste in recommendations for reservation. Yadavs were Gods  even in our mythologies. Why they? This is only one example, there are many others.  ( I don’t have anything against Yadavs, my lifetime best teacher was Shri Atar Lal Yadav who taught me science and Maths in 10th class and I still respect and remember him more than any other person in my life.)
4. It was purely a political move to divide the country in different castes. It was proposed by Janta Party government in 1979 to craete this report who already had given the formula AJGAR  ( alliance of the Ahir, Jat, Gurjar and Rajput castes).The commission kept getting extension and as soon as the V P Singh ( with BJP and other non-Congress parties ) became PM, they implemented the report in hurry. VP Singh himself accepted it as a political move in one of his interview, he told a group of editors: “The report was purely a political strategy and that he was not so foolish.”.
BJP, who now pretends as a champion of forward castes and put the blame on Congress for implementing reservation, was hands in hands with V P Singh for implementing these recommendation. In fact, when Rajiv Gandhi, then opposition leader was ripping apart the report chapter by chapter and quote by quote in Loksabha, these were leaders of BJP and Left who were trying to make him silent and what were their excuse? That his speech is getting too long. Though Deputy Speaker told them many a times that it is a matter of great importance and the leader of opposition should be allowed to speak. BJP leaders like Late Madan Lal Khurana and Vijay Kumar Malhotra refused to listen. I am giving link of 2.5 hours long speech in Lok Sabha where you can yourself check what I mean.
5 The commission’s recommendations was made keeping in mind the electoral politics which helped in creating a caste-ridden society rather a caste-less society which was the purpose of reservation. Reservation was already there for SC/ ST and OBC and it was applied in a way that it never affected the harmony of society, with little discomfort, everybody was accepting this change in India. My best friend from 6th class to later in life was Yogesh Kumar who belong to a OBC caste, his father was our teacher, and I always touched his feet . I am writing all these personal anecdotes because I strongly believe that slowly and surely caste was diminishing from society.  What Mandal did, it created an electoral base for leaders like Mulayam Singh, Lalu Yadav, Nitish Kumar, Shivraj Sigh Chauhan,  Maywati, Ram Vilas Pawan and many others which depends only on one connection, the caste of the leaders. I am not saying that they were bad leaders and didn’t have a political base before that ( I respect Lalu ji a lot now ) but it is fact  that after a secure vote-bank , they became too arrogant, empowered and lazy which is bad for country. The country had many problems and still have, but caste became the supreme factor in our electoral process which lead us to the stage where we have reached today. Scattered, unfocused, Confused! The purpose of reservation is not upliftment of “Socially and Educationally Backward Classes” anymore , it is a political tool now,  everybody wants it, when Modi was CM of Gujarat, he gave his caste OBC status, now Jats want reservation, Patels want reservation, even Forward castes want reservation and leaders are playing with communities in the name of it.
Parties like ” AAP” came in picture as a hope where people thought beyond religion and caste but they had their own failings because ultimately goals are as as good as the means..
6. Why did BJP let it happen? Because they had a bigger game in their minds. BJP helped VP Singh and other non- Congress parties to divide the Hindu votes on the basis of caste and they, in return helped BJP to create the biggest and most fruitful drama of L K Advani’s Rath Yatra which polarized the country like never before. BJP took the support back from VP Singh government only when enough hullabaloo was created to make their political base in whole country and foundation for Ram Temple movement was already laid, not before that.
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Here, I also want to mention that it was the same time when few months back, Kashmiri Pandits were displaced from Kashmir. Yes, it happened  when  V P Singh with BJP and other non-Congress parties were in government. BJP didn’t do anything for them that time and saw all that silently and now they put the blame on Congress. Isn’t laughably clever from BJP and pathetically disappointing from the part of Congress  that they failed to put this fact in public domain.
L.K. Advani, BJP Leader at Rath Yatra. Express photo
7. I also have to say something to say all those social- media- social- justice warriors and liberals that they should thank privatization done by  P. V. Narsimha Rao’s government in 1992 which opened the whole world of opportunities to Indian youth and it continued till Modi came in power.  If privatization had had not happened , these liberals would be eating each other and country would have already gone into the caste-wars because if there is only one bread in a plate and 100 people are hungry, fights are inevitable because of basic survival instincts. The only only solution is to create more opportunities which P. V. Narsimha Rao’s government did precisely in 1992 with an open economy and not only saved the economy of country but also gave it a boost.
It is easy for people in metros doing private jobs in multinationals and who had no aspiration to qualify a civil service or other government jobs to pass judgment for agitators of Mandal Commission but fact remains altogether different on grounds in heartland.
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Here is the link of Rajiv Gandhi ‘s two and half  hours long  speech in Loksabha, if you have time and patience to read it, please do…
https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/breaking-up-my-country/231503?fbclid=IwAR2EzDW87ymMlvLLhJjJPbMFww7tIwdDMk3kaQLq8OFo9DkcVZek9gC3eIk

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UGLY : Because they believed that the way to heaven is through hell

December 30, 2014 at 8:42 pm · Filed under movies ·Tagged , , , , , ,

Anurag Kashyap's Ugly

Anurag Kashyap’s Ugly

Ugly is another master stroke from Anurag Kashyap and with this movie he makes it clear that as he gets more successful, he will explore more the darker side of human mind without any compromise. Don’t expect the usual optimism from his movies, go for it if you are ready to have a punch on face, ready to get hurt emotionally and ready to see some dark side of yourself in mirror. Don’t expect him to entertain you. His movies are a journey through hell and you should watch it only if you enjoy to torture yourself.

Ugly is about an innocent unwanted life surrounded by an unfulfilled self-centric ambition, a failed relationship, a broken ego which can go to any length to heal itself and some desires which starts stinking when not fulfilled on its time.

When the missing girl’s actor father is more concerned if he will ever get work after a broken face than his missing girl,  or when girl’s mother is more concerned about the money for herself ( or her beauty parlor), we know that their priorities are somewhere else. And what can you expect then?

Anurag Kashyap’s problem is that he is brutally honest with his craft and he leaves nothing  for respiration! While other directors use sex and item numbers as a marketing tool, Anurag Kashyap shows the truth of the human being behind that ultra sexy, कामोत्तोजक “item- girl”!

All the actors did a great job in the movie. Ronit Roy, Girish Kulkarni, Rahul Bhat, Vineet Singh, Tejswini Kolhapure, Surveen Chawla, all of them were superb. The background score and all of the songs were just great!

Though movie is presented like an humble effort from a director who is just trying to make his own kind of cinema but when you see the movie , you realize that they want to blast away every fucking formula of Bollywood and trying to create a new space.  What more we can ask for? So , more power to Team Ugly!

 

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Animated cartoon : Salman Khurshid ke paas Maa hai

December 12, 2013 at 8:52 pm · Filed under animation companies in India, animation in India, arvind kejriwal, revolution, salman khurshid ·Tagged , , , , , , , ,

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Tarun Tejpal Controversy: It’s time to think about the other side of sex crimes

November 28, 2013 at 9:01 am · Filed under rape, Tarun Tejpal, Tehelka ·Tagged , , , , , , , , ,

Tarun Tejpal

Tarun Tejpal

We are a country possessed by this hysterical mass madness. We are constantly busy in searching the villains so we can feel a little better for few moments when compared to him.

If this is not the case, why the gang-rape of a teenager by 4 men in the broad daylight near a crowded Borivali station, Mumbai went almost unnoticed by electronic and social media enthusiasts and TV anchors with old school acting ability who are  shouting, fighting in their own show and playing almost as a victim by using all possible voice modulations are only going after Mr. Tarun Tejpal ‘ alleged’ rape case.

Yes, I agree ,  crime against the women is most horrific and heinous crime in the world and Mr. Tarun Tejpal should face a fitting punishment for what he had done. But for a moment, stop, breathe and think again. Mr. Tarun Tejpal is not a serial sex offender like what we are hearing about Asaram  , he is not one of the rapist from the 16 December, 2012 Nirbhaya case. Stop treating him like one. Mr. Tarun Tejpal is known for his truthfulness as a journalist, he is not in this profession for mere personal gains but because of his passion and we all know that he paid a price for it .

Yes, please, I am still not saying that he has not done a crime. He might have done it and he will have to pay for it. But how the BJP machinery is going after him  and Tehelka , it clearly shows that they were waiting for a moment like this. Now, we see the former colleague writing how they already knew that Mr. Tejpal’s fall was near and other various reports are coming about him which have nothing to do with this alleged rape case.

Mr. Tejpal is no God or Godman, he is a simple human being and being a human, we all know that we face moments of weaknesses in our lives. Yes, consequences are dependent on our decision to tackle that moment and Mr. Tejpal is already facing the consequences.

But, I will say that before reaching the conclusion, we need to hear the stories from both the sides. If Mr. Tejpal is insisting that he can present the CCTV footage of elevator as a proof of his innocence, why the media and state machinery are ignoring this fact? If we are taking what victim says with 200% surety, we should also give a little attention to what Mr. Tejpal is saying.

And , what is the biggest proof against Mr. Tejpal? His own confession in writing. How many people have these guts to give it in writing that they have done something wrong. A typical criminal do not confess until the last moment but this case came into the light only after his confession in public domain.  But, I believe that he never confessed that he had committed a crime like rape.

I know that most of my readers are going to hate me for this post but I still have to write it. My only concern is that rather  led by emotions, we should give a preference to the logic and should be ready to listen to the both sides. Otherwise , it will not take much time before things may take a dangerous turn and killing absolutely what we have achieved as strong laws when it comes to the crimes against women.

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The terror of Asaram followers

September 22, 2013 at 1:35 pm · Filed under Asaram, asaram bapu, Asaram controversies, asaram kalyug, asaram kalyug 500, asaram movie, ashram, asram controversy, ATTACK ·Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Asaram who is spending his time in Jodhpur jail for the charges of raping a minor girl, was denied bail last week and after that he sent this message to his supporters to stay calm.

Since, Asaram is an expert in using code words, I don’t know what the real message was. But, the fact is that Asaram followers have become very aggressive after that and behaving like a terror wing.

I usually visit different social networking websites to know what is happening in the country and was shocked to see the language Asaram followers use against the people who want to support the minor rape victim who is allegedly sexually assaulted by Asaram.

I visited a Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Karnikakahen where a lady cartoonist makes cartoon on different social and political topics in India and was shocked to see the abuses and threats, these saintly Asaram followers were hurling at the lady.

Please check how these Asaram followers behave on social networking websites and I want to know if they could be get into the prison like their Guru Asaram for using such language…

This Asaram follower commented on each and every post on this page and threatened to rape and murder the cartoonist. He told the lady that she should be there in the place of Nirbhaya.

Waah re, Asaram’s bhakt, you are BIG Asshole.

I don’t know if the Facebook profile below is real or fake but please check the profile and abuses this man hurled at the lady cartoonist…

Some more examples..

Chintu Tiwari

You can visit https://www.facebook.com/amitsheoran7 to see Amit SheoRan Facebook id.

The language which these Asaram followers are using is so derogatory and disrespectful that the cartoonist can’t afford to publish them on her website. May be , this is what these followers learned from their Guru that abuse someone so hard that the person hides behind shame and depression. And this is not just a coincidence that numerous Asaram followers started attacking in a tandem. Its an organized conspiracy to harass the lady by abuses and threats so she stops making cartoons on Asaram.

I searched few pages of some official Asaram websites and found these messages pasted there..

This page says…” Sadhaks, please write abuses on her wall.” So it is very clear where are they coming from.

But they don’t understand that time has changed. I congratulate the minor girl and her family who dared to expose this Paakhandi and Dhongi called Asaram so the lakhs of his blind followers can open their eyes.

I would also like to tell you that I also made comments on this Facebook forum and after that since yesterday, I am receiving numerous calls on my number. Some are threatening me, some are abusing me and some of them just torturing me by telling that I am anti-Hindu.

Here is the list of mobile numbers from where I received such calls…

918092363021
918859443809
918563015638
919636919641
919199906017
919254007006
919784469998
919012351089
919649901211
919045030875
918801158290
919012351089
914649901211
917507060814
919930558470
917709577311
917893964972
918888877849
919699955853
919699955853
919852562705
919852562705
+9759917883
919772178917
917709577311
917742636364
917709577311
919693576797
917708770913
917785882688
918092056568
918860460255
917830003170
919311207277
918469210912
918092056568
919767521211
917785882688
917785882688
918960148458
917830003170
919852485559
919555653317
919799132825
918561940455

I am sure that they have spread my cell number to all Asaram followers in his every Ashram , just to torture me.

I will keep adding the numbers in this list if they wouldn’t stop.

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Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola: Let’s find the revolutionary in us

January 15, 2013 at 3:48 pm · Filed under bollywood, Democracy, Gesture Graphics & Development, humor, Indian culture, Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola, moral police, movie, movies, mumbai, Politicians, politics, Sonia Gandhi, Twitter ·Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Vishal Bhardwaj's Bhains

Life is a journey and in a journey , we leave many things behind us. In my journey, I left my small town to go to Allahabd for my graduation and then from Allahabd to Delhi for a small duration and then Bombay . After continuously living in Bomabay  for the duration of 6 months, I suddenly realized and told my friend , ” Boss, I didn’t see a single Bhains ( buffalo) in Bombay!”   Bhains and Gaay ( cows)  were quite visible in my small city Mainpuri and even in Allahabad,  but in Bombay, it is impossible to see a Bhains grazing freely in the air of of simplicity.

We didn’t realize it but watching a ” Grazing Bhains” was part of our upbringing . It was  so obvious to see  such scenes while walking around in a small town, village or city but in a big city like Mumbai we gradually lose touch from our roots and join this rat- race where greed rules and more is less.

Vishal Bhadwaj’s ” Bhains” is symbol of our roots , that touch of the soil which we have almost forgotten, the memories of the smell of those  small  streets where we played once.  Interestingly,  the color of Bhains is not black, it is pink which represents the thoughts  of Mandola ( Pankaj Kapur).

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In the very first scene when the ” Desi daaru” adde-waalaa refused to give Pankaj Kapur his ” Gulaabi Bhains” wine, he broke the whole shop by entering his Limousine in it. That first scene itself explains  the whole philosophy of movie and one will have to admit that Vishal Bhardwaj is one of the most intelligent director in this country.  Once Mandola gets his ” Gulaabo”  ,  his reality, his real self, he becomes Hariyaa from Harry. He even starts speaking in his mother tongue instead of English. His thoughts also take a turn of 180 degree and he becomes a socialist from an industrialist.

The metaphoric desi daaru ‘ Gulaabo’ is nothing else but our childhood memories , memory of our roots,  memory of  that revolutionary in us which we buried to join the rat-race of power, greed and money. Harry urf Hariya sees that pink buffalo at his palace like home where he has everything a man wants but that  ‘Bhains’ still haunts him.

What one can say about the performance of Pankaj Kapur! I love him from the days when I saw him in Pankaj Parashar’s Karamchanda. He was my childhood hero and I used to mimic him a lot.  My respect for him  grew tremendously  when I saw him in a movie on DD called ” Ek Doctor Ki Maut”.

I don’t have any words to express my feelings about his performance in this movie.  My respect for Vishal Bhadwaj knows no bounds for giving Pankaj Kapur the central role. Bravo, Sir! Please make more cinema of that kind.

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The only complaint I have is with the marketing team of this movie.  A Vishal Bhardwaj movie with such  great content and such superlative performances by Pankaj Kapur and Shabna Azmi, you are  selling it on Anushka’s Kachchha and Baniyaan ??? Baincho, Baincho!!!!

And, I will end this blog with one of Pankaj Kapur’s dialogue  by showing the middle finger to the critics who are not able to see this BIG change in Indian cinema.

” Kahaan hai, pandit? Baincho, Baincho!”

Pankaj Kapur as Karamchand

Pankaj Kapur as Karamchand

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ऐसे ही कहीं , एक काली रात में कोई रेप थोड़े ही हो जाता है !

December 29, 2012 at 2:06 pm · Filed under rape ·Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

तुम मर गयीं, चलो अच्छा हुआ ! वरना लोगों ने तुम्हे ज़िंदा लाश तो पहले ही कहना शुरू कर दिया था। तुम्हारे माँ – बाप को ‘बेचारे माँ – बाप’ का तमगा पहले ही नसीब हो चुका था। नेताओं को गाली देना, सरकार को दोषी ठहराना तो बस एक तरीका था अपने अपराध बोध को छुपाने का। राज की बात बताऊँ , तुम्हारी मौत का ज़िम्मेदार मैं ही हूँ। हाँ, मैं ! ऐसे ही कहीं , एक काली रात में कोई रेप थोड़े ही हो जाता है ! ये मेरी कायरता का नतीज़ा है कि तुम्हारा रेप हुआ और फिर ऐसा हमला कि  दुनिया का कोई डाक्टर तुम्हारा इलाज़ नहीं कर पाया।

अगर मुझ में ज़रा भी मर्दानगी होती तो मैंने तुम्हे बचपन में पिटते या गाली खाते हुए थोड़े ही देखा होता। अगर मुझ में ज़रा भी इंसानियत होती तो में उठ खडा होता उस हर हाथ के खिलाफ जिसने तुम्हे चोट पहुंचाने की कोशिश की थी। में लड़ता उस हर गाली के खिलाफ जो दोस्त-यार प्यार में एक दूसरे को देते हैं जिनमे एक दूसरे की  माँ – बहन **** कर मर्दानगी को सहलाया और दुलारा जाता है। अगर मुझ में मर्दानगी होती तो में चुप ना रहता जब भी मनोरंजन के नाम पर तुम्हे सरे बाज़ार खडा कर के तुम्हारी चोली, तुम्हारे सीने , तुम्हारे जलते बदन  और  तुम्हारी जवानी के चर्चे कर के  तुम्हे बदनाम किया जाता था।

मेरे DNA  के अन्दर ये नामर्दी कूट कूट कर भरी है और मैं  इस वजह से बेहद शर्मिन्दा हूँ, यही कारण है कि  मैं औरतो को दबा- धमका कर अपने मर्द होने का खोखला दावा पेश करता हूँ . लेकिन मौक़ा मिलते ही कभी , मन ही मन तो कभी सच- मुच  उनका बलात्कार कर देता हूँ ताकि  वो अपनी हदें ना भूलें।

क्या करूँ , मजबूर हूँ। मेरे अन्दर का जानवर, मेरे बस मैं नहीं रहता। माँ दुर्गा के चित्र जो आधा भैंसा और आधा आदमी दिखाई पड़ता है न, दरअसल मैं वही हूँ। मैं उस अन्दर के भैंसे को छिपा कर रखता हूँ इस दुनिया से लेकिन कभी कभी वो मेरे अन्दर से बाहर निकल आता है। कभी कभी तो वो तीन साल की बच्ची देख कर भी हुंकारे भरने लगता है और जब तक अपनी भूख मिटा न ले, शांत नहीं होता। 3 साल या 30 साल, मुझे तो बस एक ही चीज़ नज़र आती है।

तुम्हे क्या लगता है , ये मुझे अच्छा लगता है? नहीं! इसीलिए तो मैं मंदिरों के बाहर लम्बी लम्बी लाइन लगा कर अपने गुनाहों की क्षमा  माँगता हूँ , बार – बार आध्यात्म  की चादर ओढ़ कर अपने अन्दर के भैंसे को छुपाने की कोशिश करता हूँ।

मेरे सुधरने के तो कोई आसार नहीं है लेकिन तुम्हे क्या हो गया है। साडी के कई लपेटों में लिपटे -लिपटे, करवा-चौथ का खोखला व्रत रखते रखते, चूड़ी, बिछिया , सिन्दूर और बिंदी जैसे गुलामी प्रतीकों के नीचे दबे दबे, हम जैसे जानवरों के लिए खाना बनाते-  बनाते और उनकी हाँ मैं हाँ मिलाते , तुम भी भूल  गयी कि  तुम क्या हो?!

जब जब इंसान के अन्दर के जानवर ने  तुम पर ग़लत निगाह डाली है , वो सिर्फ तुम्हारी शक्ति से ही पराजित हुआ है।

याद करो,  उस आदमी के रूप में छिपे जानवर को मारने के लिए कोई भी आगे नहीं आ पाया था। सब पराजित हो चुके थे उस से लेकिन फिर तुमने  अकेले ही उस भैंसे का गला काट डाला। मेरा गला भी काट दो। मुझ को मुक्ति दे दो इस पाशविकता से, इस वहशीपने से। अब ये मेरे बर्दाश्त के बाहर है। बस , तुमसे ही उम्मीद है। तुम ही इस दुनिया को , इस समाज को फिर से भयमुक्त कर सकती हो। हम हारे हुए खड़े  हैं। अपने अपराध को छिपाने के लिए  इधर- उधर कौने ढूंढ रहे हैं , अपने नपुंसक क्रोध को इधर उधर उछाल रहे है लेकिन किसी से कुछ नहीं हो रहा। क्यों, क्योंकि हम उन्ही मैं से एक हैं  जिन्होंने उस रात एक अकेली लड़की का रेप किया था।

ऐसे ही कहीं , एक काली रात में कोई रेप थोड़े ही हो जाता है !

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This fear of “Gangs of meaningful movie-makers”

June 27, 2012 at 11:08 am · Filed under movie, movies ·Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Gangs of Waseeypur

Gangs of Waseeypur

Yesterday , when I went to see “ Gangs of Wasseypur” for  the second time, I found the theater almost 100% occupied.  I made a query to the gate-keeper about how the movie is running and he said that it’s a Super-HIT! Who knows it better than him!

But, its strange that I find almost a movement in media and in social networking websites to prove that it is not a success.  Who are these people? And who are people behind them?

People thought that “ Paan Singh Tomar” was a fluke. A movie without any publicity made it BIG only because there was a strong Word-of-mouth buzz for it , obviously because it was one of the well-made movie and people who paid for it , found it worthwhile. But then again Kahaani, Vicky Donor and now “ Gangs of Wasseypur”  proved that success of these unconventional and non-starrers movies are a sign of changing taste-buds of Indian audience.

Indian audience like me who grew upon the copycats of Hollywood , who never had an idea that what they were watching and loving in their movies was  a shameless  copy of something far better in quality and the stars  born out of these movies who were fortunate enough to born in a highly populated country like India,  kept enjoying their God like status.

I remember that how Amitabh Bachchan mentioned after success of Slumdog Millionaire that while he made movies for public , Satyjit Ray’s movies were appreciated in west because they showed a poor side of India. Of course that was not true because when you see Ray’s movies, you find that each of his movie was different from the other and those were not always about the poor side of India

And these so called stars who behave like that they are born-stars and the non-talented bunch of people in the industry who survive only because of this star-system are afraid. They do not want that a trend where people with writing talent, acting skills and a director with a vision will start getting successful. They fear  if public will start appreciating these kind of movies , they will lose their job. After all, many of these so called writers and directors are surviving in this industry only because they have just this one big talent and that is li**ing the ass of their stars.

These people started writing against a landmark movie like “ Shanghai” even before it was released. Director Dibakar Benaerji clearly mentioned that movie had already recovered its cost but people were adamant to prove it a flop. The fact is that Shanghai is still running in theaters , even in it’s a third week and shanghai was something the Indian audiences had never seen. A landmark! So, why there was movement to kill it?  Obviously, some people are afraid.

The same people started writing “Gangs of Wasseeypur” off even on its first day. I saw  how people in packed theater were getting crazy with each dialogue in the movie and it’s a big sign of change in the mentality of Indian audience. The truth is that Indian audience is always ready to see something better, something meaningful but a movie has to make an effort to reach it to the people. My friend who didn’t like “ That Girl in yellow Boots”  because he was too shocked was laughing continuously in the whole interval in GOW and now he is very much eager to go with his friends for a second time. He made a comment that “  Anurag Kashyap ne is movie ( GOW)  main “ Girl in yellow Boots” ka paisa bhi vasool kara diya”. Obviously, public needs a paisa-vasool entertainment and CHANGE happens gradually.

And why not? Gangs of Wasseypur is a kick-ass entertainer!

I watched it for second time but I was again moved to see a man’s struggle for survival. What a performance by Jaideep Ahlawat who played Shahid Khan.

Jaideep Ahlawat who played Shahid Khan

Jaideep Ahlawat who played Shahid Khan

Manoj Bajpai, Richa Chadda,Piyush Mishra, Nawazuddin, Vipin Sharma, Huma Quereshi all are great and they are already getting rave reviews.

I loved the subtle performance of Vineet Singh who played Daanish Khan ( Elder son of Faizal Khan),

Vineet Singh who played Daanish Khan

Vineet Singh who played Daanish Khan

I also loved aggressive Satya Anand who played JP , son of Ramdhir Singh.

Satya Anand as JP

Satya Anand as JP

Pankaj Tripathi who played Sultan was looking like an incarnation of horror.

Pankaj Tripathy who played Sultan

Pankaj Tripathy who played Sultan

Tigmanshi Dhuliya was the biggest surprise in the movie, now its tough to decide whether he is a better actor or director. I also want to know who  played the young Ramadhir Singh, he was so brilliant.

There are countless moments in Wasseypur, I keep remembering all the time and now my womaniya wants to watch it for second time, so I will go for a third round.

Hats off to AKFPL tem.

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