Wow, now I'm in for a real surprise.
Anu, you know what before falling asleep last night, I was like I won't get a chance to reply cuz the topic's gonna be closed for sure tomorrow with a line of warning letters waiting for me in the inbox. But as a pleasant surprise, none of the two happened! I'm glad that virtually no one has taken the post as a personal attack on Rati - I was expecting myself to have a hard time explaining this is not what I meant.
Now as for the disagreements. Obviously, I could only scan through them and I won't reply to each one. Some of the major questions raised were why have new entries and why would the creatives invite bashing if they were on good terms with Rati behind the scenes. As to the first question, Anu has done a good job in answering it. I'd quickly add to her posts, is this new to us? Did we not witness Suhani and Adhiraaj as new entries?
As for the second question, I must talk out of personal experience. I was an art lover and saw my future as working in an auction house. I had decided to specialise in Islamic art and I was fortunate to have the opportunity of garnering experience from those around me. My father is an art dealer, so yeah I was offered a lot of help from him and his friends. I had these big ideals in the field, and fortunately again I had the opportunity to remain in their company (not that I only read about them). I was quite excited at first, but soon disillusioned with the whole thing. Let me tell you it's not as beautiful as it seems from the outside, and the people involved weren't so beautiful either. Having known about my initial excitement, my professor at university was shocked when I told him I need to find something else to do in life cuz I no longer intend to pursue a career in the art world. He tried to convince me that I can probably give it a try and see how it works. But, soon he went queit when I told him about all the corruption that goes around. I told him one thing, when the system itself is corrupted then it's almost impossible for you to remain moral and ethical. Soon we began talking about what else could I do with this life I have. The reason I have mentioned this personal experience is because art world parallels showbiz in it's corruptive nature.
I understand your sentiments behind blindly trusting actors, but I'd suggest that you also exercise your own God-gifted intellecual power. I'm saying this out of experience. I was fortunate to have the chance of asking one of my previous ideals, "Why do you have to do this?" I was told, "There's no other way out." I know some might say it's not necessary that what happened to me should happen to everyone else. And, I really hope it doesn't because it doesn't feel good. But, living in a post-modern world, we should know how the line between representation and reality has diminished. Oh it reminds me of someone on this thread who commented that Samrat-Gunjan fans get very theoretical at times - You're right. Don't know about others, but being bombarded with a series of literary theories and trained to write critiques of literature in their lights has turned me into an ultra-theoretical person. But, you know what? I'm happy about it. Because, I feel I'm more intellectually aware now.
And, Mohit's Pari (you must love me for calling you with this name, though I'm not sure if Sanaya will be very pleased about it), I also thought of 'mob' reaction before making this topic. Perhaps this is why we are always reminded, "You never know."
Edited by Sonya1986 - 15 years ago
