There were once six blind men who stood by the road-side every day, and begged from the people who passed. They had often heard of elephants, but they had never seen one; for, being blind, how could they?
It so happened one morning that an elephant was driven down the road where they stood. When they were told that the great beast was before them, they asked the mahout to let him stop so that they might see him.Ofcourse they could not see him with their eyes; but they thought that by touching him they could learn just what kind of animal he was.
The first one happened to put his hand on the elephant's side. "Well, well!" he said, "now I know all about this beast. He is exactly like a wall."
The second felt only of the elephant's tusk. "My brother," he said, "you are mistaken. He is not at all like a wall. He is round and smooth and sharp. He is more like a spear than anything else."
The third happened to take hold of the elephant's trunk. "Both of you are wrong," he said. "Anybody who knows anything can see that this elephant is like a snake."
The fourth reached out his arms, and grasped one of the elephant's legs. "Oh, how blind you are!" he said. "It is very plain to me that he is round and tall like a tree."
The fifth was a very tall man, and he chanced to take hold of the elephant's ear. "The blindest man ought to know that this beast is not like any of the things that you name," he said. "He is exactly like a huge fan."
The sixth was very blind indeed, and it was some time before he could find the elephant at all. At last he seized the animal's tail. "O foolish fellows!" he cried. "You surely have lost your senses. This elephant is not like a wall, or a spear, or a snake, or a tree; neither is he like a fan. But any man with a par-ti-cle of sense can see that he is exactly like a rope."
After some time the elephant moved on, and the six blind men sat by the roadside all day, and quarreled about him. Each believed that he knew just how the animal looked; and each called the others hard names because they did not agree with him.
This is the simplified version of the famous story The Blind Men and the Elephant. And why I shared it here is because, after watching Shah in PB for the last few days and then evaluating the emerging discussions on different SNS including my opinion, I felt that Shah is like the elephant in the story who didn't wait for the blind men to reach a conclusion on who he was and just continued his journey majestically. While his fans, wellwishers, bashers, online mommies, friends and even family are like the blind men sitting wondered, confused and frustrated. How many of you feel so? So, let's just climb on the elephant and enjoy the ride.
Having said that, it's better ANTV keeps the Karma guy away from Shah. Otw, the day is not away when ANTV will regret a show like this. Till yesterday, I had given it a benefit of doubt that it is another gimmick show. But yesterday the way they showed Jedar all her old PB scenes with her ex, makingg her cry, I can't control myself wishing the worst for ANTV. A channel who don't have any humanistic consideration for their artist's emotions, doesn't deserve any type of good wishes.
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