'Don't criticise, don't even think, if you can't act!'
I came across this quote by Hellen Keller in one of my mails and it stuck in my head ever since. I am otherwise bad at remembering quotes. Never mind. This is exactly what the righteous Rashmi in me always tells me.
When I saw Rang de basanti, I made an important decision of my life. Now, I am usually not the person to take films eriously, but that was the time when the issue I resolved was uppermost in the debating area of my brain. So, it so happens that the gud rashmi (read righteous) and the bad rashmi (read normal) are at conflict. The bad rashmi wants to go abroad pursue an illustrious career in research and settle down with a peaceful family life and of course, not to mention, live in luxury. The gud rashmi argues that I must return to India and after a while enter into politics. I can only make a difference if I am part of the system. There was a time when both Rashmis were averse to politics....but patriotism overruled. But a plunge into politics, at whatever age, entails the end of a peaceful family life. That was the hitch. That was when Rang de basanti came to our rescue and I realise that everyone has conflicting desires and the choices are exclusive but, nevertheless, have to be made ...and that's when the rope crossed over and the gud Rashmi won the tug of war. (Hey, 'War of the Rashmis!!' ;))
The current burning issue of reservations has put me in a fix, again! I am feeling so worthless that I am not doing anything about it and yet I am very skeptical about the efforts of my friends in Bombay making any difference. I soooo want to do something but don't know what. Everyone says that the only option we have is to leave the country and not return. But, that is not what I really want to do, even now. At the same time, I am beginning to feel the frustration and hopelessness with which the common Indian looks at politics. Where has my optimism gone, I wonder! Or is it time for realism? I am so confused, I don't believe it's me!
The solution is to just give myself some time, of which I have lots here :P, and I guess, things will fall into place. Once in a while we really do need time with ourselves, don't we? So writing a blog is all about that!! Eureka!!
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gud to hear other people also caught in the same dilemma..but Ramya, I was wondering if after having a taste of success for 2-3 years will u be able to come back?
gud to hear other people also caught in the same dilemma..but Ramya, I was wondering if after having a taste of success for 2-3 years will u be able to come back? ?
Quite an interesting post.. and a late comment tho this might be, I would suggest you to go through some points of the mandal commission report..(if you havent already done so) (Wikipedia's your friend).. it paints a disturbing picture of a social structure fractured at multiple points due to a variety of factors(Caste is a prominent one, though not the only one). I guess the more pertinent point to fight against is not the immediately visible effect(that of reduced seats), but the way the government is going about trying to (or pretending to) mend the "broken bones" of this structure. @devendrapuranik , Rightly said, theres a lot of bullshit around and its no easy task to clean it up... more in my blog sometime later, maybe.
ps: removed some typos from my earlier comment and reposted, thats all.
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