I am talking in general about us all as masses.
As humans.
It is our selfishness and misplaced self preservation that gives leeway and undue power to so called rich and powerful. Our fascination and our hope of getting benefits from them boosts and feeds those power blocs that ultimately gobble us up too.
I am watching news these days how every villager and family member came forward to expose that serial rapist in Delhi.
But have we ever seen such coming out in case of a rich and famous rapist? Have we ever seen his family, former victims, allies and privy persons come out and expose him? Not really!
Because of our hopes to gain some benefit by supporting them or our fascination with their outward persona that makes us refuse to believe that this person could have done such a vile deed.
Fans of people like Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan, Pistorius, Tiger Woods etc all come forward to support them. Even if charges are confessed. They cannot believe their glam hero might have done any crime. They feel others compelled them to do it or they were framed. They will believe every conspiracy theory than accept their hero did a crime.
In this show also,people are just in daze of Goenkas. Even getting a look from them is something of an achievement for them! And in hope of getting deals and favours from them they keep supporting them no matter what.
It's reality! Why we become beggars in front of rich and famous? I have seen even educated IAS officers look starry eyed in front of ministers and celebs! Once an IAS officer in UP, even spread his handkerchief on ground so that Mayawati did not have to step in a puddle. 😲
WHY?! Why do we commoners do this?
Our putting these people on a pedestal gives them more boost than they deserve. They take advantage of it. Sometimes their employees also do! Like SRK's driver raped a girl after luring her in promise of helping her meet SRK and land a role in films! The moony eyed girl believed him and got ravaged!🤢
In this show also, a commoner like Sakshi was too fascinated seeing rich and famous Rajnath Goenka and wrecked her marriage, became a murderer, just to be with him. And if there are ones like Nitya who don't give a damn to charms of rich men, they are made to pay for their disaffectation?
If Shauryas of this world have so much ego and cannot handle being treated like a commoner it is fault of people like his previous GFs, all journos and officials and other people who treat him like some prince just because he is a Goenka!
I've seen crazy fans of celebs even defend violence and cheating or saying they'd be honoured to be even mistress of a certain superstar. Why we put our self respect away and get this fascinated?
Commoners like us spreading ourselves like doormats for the rich and boasting about connection with the powerful are responsible for feeding the decay. It is our problem too that we often look at connections and backing of a person than his character and merit.
Our short memory also serves the damned. This is why people like Shibu Soren, Tytler, Jagir Kaur etc get to contest elections and even win them. We forgot everything and still choose either between 1984 rioters or 2002 rioters as our Prime Ministerial candidates.
As common people, we are all somehow feeding some Goenka type people around us at every level.
Let's stop getting carried away either in excitement or fear. We ought to treat everyone equally and as per their character and work. Not by their bloody name or wealth!