Genius & arrogance

Last week I saw two docu film based on two iconic personalities –Jim Morrison & Salvador Dali.
Dali was kicked out of art school because when teachers asked him about Raphael Dali answered back that my knowledge about him is so much that you sum up your knowledge my knowledge will be much more than it.
Before dying in an interview the octogenarian celebrity said ‘A genius like me needs to live.
Well the other man?
Jim Morrison, the drunken buffoon? The master of dreamy poetry? The fore runner of cult rock culture-what ever you call him, people still admires him
Even though he stripped down in a full house show & veiled at his fan ‘you are a bunch of F***ing shit’

Why deny?

While India was busy dicussing Indian Election Britain was reeling under a scam !

Like all Indian I too proud of our Indian morality.
Our grandeur let us believe that and we come very hard at proving against it .that may be a big portion of us are against Agiga’s ‘White Tiger’ ,the average novel wining Bookers or ‘Slumdog Millioner’ another average movie (in the history of cinema) sweeping the Oscars. What lead to such flare of temperament?
I believe our persistent denial of the dark side of India.
And we are very much ashamed when our dark side is shamelessly exposed we are petrified. (Of the bitter truth).
But denial won’t help us removing the dark side.
Take the case of British MP scandal. It’s a shameful event in the history of one of the oldest model of democracy.
But look at the other side too, a Member of Parliament is using tax payers money for watching pornography on net or buying pet dog food. But once it has been disclosed they all said sorry (not the usual denial).and what happened when it was proved that one cow is eating food worth billions of rupees in Bihar India? Answer from the then chief minister was ‘Why are you asking me? You should have asked this question to the cow. (Yeh chawal aap gaay se puchiye Na, mujhe kyu puch rahe ho?’) No justice done .that leader is still a big shoot in Indian politics.
It’s because we deny the bitter truth
As there is non acceptance of truth, where is the chance of improvement?

Habib Tanveer

Just got the news Habib Tanveer, the eminent theatre personality of India passed away. I liked his husky voice, his style of acting, his persistent effort to for theatre. Last year I had the opportunity of reading his play ‘Agra Bazaar’ liked it a lot.
I will regret not to see his play live.

The Power of Music

I am a frustrated CMP (confused mass of protoplasm), they say.
And they are right too. Never happy with life. Never satisfied with any works be it cinema, book, music I always have my pseudo intellectual criticism over everything. As if I know everything!
But three days ago I had the fortune to attend one Indian Ocean concert by chance that too in first row, which I attended thanks to a good friend of mind who provided the information & free pass and my rare good luck. And once again I observed the power of music.
And the group as ever was original, like a demon with all the ruthless energy their kind of music requires.
I said to myself ‘what do I have to complain about'?

Here is a link of one of their unreleased album which is a fusion of original Assamese folk song, improvised in the way of rock genre.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azq0Rcr68M8