Originally posted by: chatbuster
We see what we want to see. When we see certain things and ignore others, is that a reflection of ourselves? Consider:
He is another gifted person that had no classical trainning and doesnot know how to read & write music
Self-taught? To my mind, the highest kind of learning is what one learns and actualizes on one's own. But this is something i dont really expect some folks to really understand.
For those who came in late, OP Nayyar has been an eminently successful homeopath of patients as charity.
Community service. Silly! I think he would have been better served if he had begged Asha, eaten humble pie even though he had been responsible for her early successes. He shld have churned out more hits with her and continued his successes till later. Would certainly have been considered great like Asha then, all her "corrupting" remixes notwithstanding.
"God has made OP Nayyar!" he says in a ringing voice. I am at the mercy of God! "Main to Bhagwan ke gadhon mein se hoon!"
He does put himself down also, doesn't he? Consistent? Not someone who holds himself to one standards and others to another? What do we call those people? And is there a hint of the God-fearing that i detect here?
Never one to mince words, Nayyar thunders, "My learned colleagues who are running down today's music and western influences forget that there are just seven surs in the world, which have all emanated from God. Abusing these seven notes is like abusing God! Swar to Bhagwan hai! Why don't they say that it is the lyrics that have deteriorated, the costumes and choreography that are of poor standards? As intelligent men, don't they know this much? My dear friend, music cannot be spoilt!"
Doesn't mince words. What do hypocrites do? Mince words. To my mind, hypocrisy would have to be one of the worst of all traits- one is truthful neither to oneself nor to others. Kya spirituality kee baatein karte hain!
OP's healthy but unconventional attitude stems from his firm belief in two facts: one, the supremacy of destiny and two, the fact that a good song is one which appeals to the ear.
I think this part must really offend a lot of folks who think the one path to salvation is the one they know, the one achieved after a certain drill. Actually, there is a real arrogance about that thinking. Unless you can belt out those raagas in just the precise manner after a 16.000 hour drill, you are useless.
He smiles, his eyes beaming. It's been a good life. I have reached the sky!"
Content. Does not sound like someone who needs to stick a knife in others because life's been cruel to him. Somehow, the hue-and-cry with the Mumbai construction/ Lata episode does not reflect contentment and gratitude, get my drift?
Everyone here is jealous of another man's success. They run down juniors even though they know their own time is over. What will they lose if they tell a junior, 'Wah wah! Beta, kya kamaal kiya hai,' and encourage him? And it's a myth that in our time music directors were great friends among themselves. How can dogs unite? They have to bark at each other!
Encouraging others. What have we heard about the sisters? Let alone encourage, they made sure they had their competitors run out of the industry. No point trying to score technical points here and sending us on a google search for all the writings on the sisters. We've read all those articles and newspapers reports.
I was arrogant only with people who were arrogant with me.
And we know how arrogant some folks were in thinking they had the right to monopolize the industry, that they were God's gifts to mankind.
Before I married, I told my wife that I would always remain a womaniser. She took a promise that I would never marry again.
The key here is "Before i married". He did not cheat. Cheating is lying and deceiving. It might be a bad deal for both, but it's not cheating. She walked into it with her eyes open. Someone cheats, does not brag about it and that's forgiveable? Why? Because they happen to be someone whose "non-Punjabi" "cultured" ways we like?
I suppose we do not see anything redeeming in him. Still, I am not sure i want to earn non-MCP honors by giving an 80+ year old man a a virtual kick. To my mind, there are a lot worse things for which i would certainly want to give a real kick. But i dont think we want to hear about that.
Again, it's a wrong road to take when we denigrate these folks. As i said earlier, who knows the devils that drive these supremely talented people. To run down someone is easy. But ask this- if someone had a fraction of the success, fame, fortune or looks that OPN had, wld they be any better as a human being? Score 100 for arrogance if the answer is yes.
