The Blog is Dead

Last month I was quite exuberant  to write about a piece of History received in mail , a review of  a good book and thoughts on Agatha Christie . Also a bit of personal blog on relationships , Indian parents &  throwing in fiction piece for readers on  which I intend to build my book . This site always had unique visitors which is why it kept me going . Ofcourse I also  dream of being a celebrity blogger some day with 1000s of visitor per day but that for some other day. 

The issue here is inability to complete a draft & post it . I am suffering writer's block . They claim , writers in general drink a  lot of coffee to get over these blocks & also since they are insomniac , they later sleep for hours and days . I am a no coffee drinker , infact when I visit CCD I proudly order a Icetea ( their hot tea tastes terrible ) & a   plate of Samosa .   I  for that matters didn't even drink gallons of tea and I haven't written a post at night in past one year . Yet every post has remained incomplete .

I have been visiting this blog for past one month , see its visitors  count . Check on some old post , wonder about all those posts written by me ,Muse over those silly spelling & grammar mistakes and still I couldn't finish a single post . As I write this , I now remember there was even a 'sales & marketing' post in drafts , there is another on "customer satisfaction" and two days back I guiltily planned a post about 'networking without social network' (backbone of Indian culture) while returning from Nasik .

 But yesterday something alarming  happened, the blogger stats showed zero visits . By end of the day I made up my mind to pronounce -  blog is dead .  I haven't watched a movie for past three months in theatre. I haven't even visited hair dresser since past one month .Television has been what it is ; an idiot box. These are terrible signs , signs of cluttered mind , signs reading a lot of crap ,signs of work getting hectic and too much confusion. Confusion between capitalism & socialism , Confusion with ethnicity , Confusion of faith ( A post was also planned on that ) and a lot of confusion . 

Not that I know how future would shape , Atleast The blog isn't dead. 

A Few Thoughts on An Extremist

A few weeks back millions came to pay homage to Bal thackrey . If he was hated so much , then from where those millions came from . Once someone told me no one would give a f*** about thackrey , had he born in Vidarbha .  I chuckled and said no wonder Vidarbh is not a separate state yet .  Other person said , " Had I got so much love from people , I would have really worked to change life of these people ? He never stepped out of Matoshree " . I said , "The scale of influence of thackrey on an average Maharashtrian is isn't measurable."  I might be wrong , he may not changed even single person's life or he might have.

The thing about Thackrey which I envy most is the era in which he spent his teens . He was merely 20 when India got its independence & world had just witnessed the world war . I wish I was born  around same time . On the day he died , Saam TV  was broadcasted an old interview of Balasaheb . In that interview thackrey seamlessly spoke about Stalin , Churchill and Nehru . He described cartoons of those times , explained in great detail how it created impact on him those times .It wasn't surprising that when Winston Churchill's biography was published, Thackeray was asked to contribute six of his cartoons. One just have to look at  his cartoons and you will what transpired in Indian politics in 60s -80s.

For me Thackrey is introduction page to politics . Had it  not been his speeches then , I may not have taken interest in 1998  assembly elections or thereafter many  elections that took place . For me Thackrey is an example of great orator and Free speech.  All in All thackrey always had positive influence on me  . Its what I took from him .

 It rather saddened me when there was more online cynicism & hatred for him .  So , the post. 

-A Bal Thackrey Fan

Girl Child

I was trying to figure out whats wrong with " Oonch Majha Jhoka "  even though  TV serial is progressive. "Oonch Majha Jhoa" is marathi TV serial based on Ramabai Ranade's life who was wife of scholar Mahadev Govind Ranade. She was well taught by her husband and later took up the cause of women who did not lead a very good life in those days.Though the tele serial has subtly shown that almost every older male has married twice ,  the widow women are succumbed to lead a life if not in misery but alone .

To keep their entertainment value ,  "Oonch Majha Jhoka" is banking on "innocence" and 'cuteness' of young Ramabai . Oonch Majha Jhoka is yet to reach its prime. I hope they don't miss out on the content .Its a long way to go , child marriage , education of girls , widow marriage , working women .India has discovered its prime time with women. Every other Teleserial is women centric.In fact on the occasion on "women's day" I read so many TV serials are example of how men have reduced to a prop. Is that true ?

There was this video which castes "Shweta Tiwari" who is visiting a gynecologist ( as she is pregnant  and has come for sonography) whom her daughter calls from womb appealing to not kill her and  to keep her alive. She says she will live any condition , whatever be the misery of living. Yes the video says that .  The video was also virally shared on FB . Why Should you bring someone on earth whom you are not willing to offer a good life?

Recently a three month old girl was killed by her father in Bangalore and more worst in Rajasthan parents refused to accept a girl child as their daughter .In latter case , how do we trust that the parents who accepted the kid only after DNA test will offer a good living . Can't the state takeaway the daughter and own her responsibility ?. Why child welfare is so weak in India .Can nation of one billion really turn its eyes away from such incidences ?

Story of Ramabai is now 100 years old . Are we going into spiral ? Are we going to measure our progressiveness with wrong scales ? ( women president , women quota)...

Its time we equally welcome a girl child .