Everybody wants to rule the world.

Why do you think the country has gone to the Dogs?


When i was watching Sanjay Dutts 'Lage Raho Munna Bhai' the other day,one thing hit me.When Mahatma Gandhi was fighting for independence,he had envisaged a utopian society that would blindly follow his principles.Well if he was alive,he would have said 'Woe is me!'
I am a big Myth geek.Apparently if you have read enough of the legends and history of India,you will gain an unassailable sense of right and wrong.Every damned Dilton Doiley from the library would be a monk.When my family made me imbibe their values on me,I was a mere blank slate.
But now as I read more crap from modernism and other progressive ideas,I begin to challenge what I knew and loath my values of my origin.I imbibe the foreign and vainly integrate them in my way of life.That,to make a statement.And now that I realise it,Its all bulls***.Whether its the Occident or the Orient,nothing is perfect.
Not even my nation.

Lets start with the youth.
Shashank Mahapatro is a 21 year old rebel.He is a wannabe techie who is looking to go for an MBA after his degree
and get out the nation.To his friends he is tech savvy,womanizing,bike riding,
bingeing sassy 'Apna dude'.
He is Sassy M.He loves his Apache RTR,he has the oomph factor.From irctc to wikipedia.org he has an account in almost every imaginable registration
enabled website.He loves watching TV shows that are broadcast in Sitar World.He also likes the booty shaking in BH1.
He is a fan of Guns and Roses and has been taking guitar lessons from tutorial videos.He also has a blog way more awesome than this one.[who am I kidding?]
He is awesomeness redefined.His family spent millions in trying to get a good son.All they get is a badass suave charmer who wants to leave the country.
This was the same kid who loved playing cricket and supported India no matter what.He has now switched allegiances to football.
He supports Barcelona.Messi is now his God.His views are now more global rather than bound by territorial lines.

Now with the Culture.
Long gone are the days when television meant good shows with good taste,and one which always were in sync with the culture of the country.Reality TV is now the name of the game.With shows that challenge the extremes.Bike and car stunts,action stunts are all rage.TV shows you can enjoy are now ones where you can be peeping Toms to celebrity lives for months.Dangerous stunts hit the gong in TRP ratings.
Baba Ramdev doing a lionsault from a pedestal after being chased by police is a big hit in News channels and in the internet streaming videos.
Satya Sai's death causes a riot in the news channels to determine who shall lead his organization.His death was saddening to one and many,
someone I knew said that part of them died when they heard it.But of course its all fodder for the press and media.They talk about accountability
when they henpeck a government official into a scam.Who is accountable for the trash they broadcast into the idiot box?
News channels pretend to be the messiah for a new world and broadcast almost anything to get attention.The rich getting richer.Poor getting poorer.
One corrupt leader follows another.The bengali idiom 'thug bachhte gaan ujaar' holds good.Millions are poured in the pockets of the greedy.A huge amount of national wealth is claimed as black money.Governments come and go,but inflation soars and so do the taxes.Not just in the constitutional machine.In sports.In business.No longer are film stars held in a Godlike status.The smallest Faux Pas is a subject of crucifixion.People love a riches to rags story rather than a rags to riches story.That because people are to jealous of each other.Much easy to tear apart the good guys rather than cherish their good work and use it for some inspirational motivation.People want the easy way.
Work less,earn more.Money is the name of the game.My way or the highway.Fundamentalism.People question everything these days - morales,values,
honesty and even God.

The name of the Tears for fears song comes to mind:
"Everybody wants to rule the world."