Originally posted by: vickosh
I have tried to read and understand all the posts on this topic from JanetDsouzaopic, ani11 etc. It looks like we cannot agree on what is right and what is wrong. We have to look at it case by case. Experience has thought me that you cannot make an assumption or opinion on something and hope for it to true or right in every single case.
When I wrote in my earliest reply to "Diwaker being monotonous" I was just looking at his case and not generalising it for the whole population. Here is a young boy who sings well, participating in a competition with other kids of similar ages and talents. This being a competition with a hefty award to the final few, has a candidate who might benefit based on reason other than what the competition was for. The question arose should he benefit from it(his disability) or not?
I think most(not all) of us will agree that he should not have been in the final 3 based on his performance alone and this is what has erked a lot of people.
Gajji had at his disposal 30 lakhs. He sould have given prizes the following way:
No 10, 9, 8 gets 1 lakhs each - total 3 lakhs
No 7, 6, 5 gets 2 lakhs each - total 6 lakhs
No. 4, gets 3 lakhs - total 3 lahks
No 3 gets 4 lakhs - total 4 lakhs
No 2 gets 5 lakhs - total 5 lakhs
No 1 gets 9 lakhs - total 9 lakhs
This way every child is rewarded and encouraged to pursue music and nobody is sent home feeling a loser.
Well i dont think that Diwakar is in the competition for the money, I suppose his parents have enough resources to take care of him and so do the other parents, what we are looking for here is the chance to be trained by some of the best in the industry and to get an access into an otherwise close door.
This is what I hope for Diwakar, the chance to make a mark that people will not forget and based on how the voting is going, I think most people feel the same. You may feel otherwise, but most people for whatever reasons are supporting Diwakar to give him that break that he needs. Why is he more favored for this break than others, we could keep discussing and still not agree. So i will take a stand on this and say some of us can agree to disagree.
I just hope that all this discussion does not throw Diwakar away from the limelight and maybe in certain ways I may be provoking more angry remarks towards him through my posts. Hence I will stop, I believe in Diwakar and that is own feeling, and I do hope he improves a lot and he wins not only this competition but in life as well.