every now and then, a time comes, when i feel i get many insights and thus grow mentally. this happens usually once a year or once in 2-3 year or so. its rare and happens on its own.
i remember such happenings during my college years, and sometimes friends getting alienated due to these changes. of course, new people become friends as well, probably all this is just a figment of imagination.
anyways, recently i saw a documentary, children of pyre, and even though it showed the weird and crazy world of child laborers who are condemned to work in funeral pyre area of Manikarnika ghat, it seemed to reflect human life in general - we all seem to go through more or less similar experiences - whether we have money or not.
then came, kai po che, a hindi movie based on chetan bhagat's novel '3 mistakes of my life' - which reflects the chaotic india and again the human life. which seem to fascinate as well as disgusted me (more fascination though ;)
then i saw this photo feature, protest against Tunisian govt embassy's in many parts of Europe by topless women activists and while watching those photos, i felt, we unnecessarily add so much moral and cultural values into nudity and human body. the more we will cover it up, the more human rights violations will be there. of course, there was amina tyler of tunisia and the group called 'femen' as well... fascinating again.
then another feature, on masks (by atlantic magazine), which was basically photos of people with various types of masks - religious, protest rally, party, festival, games, sports (protection), political, army, violence, religious (hijab or burkha), fun masks etc. etc. what all these show? - human beings create so much drama around themselves and they keep hiding and uncovering.
maybe the whole human society is playing a complex and huge hide-n-seek game ;)
of course, i should end here, with that punch line, but wait... there is another insight. why do all these marriage related web sites have bride and groom in such fancy looking clothes, and celebrations? in india especially - why do parents spend so much on their kid's marriage/wedding?
why is there such a big scale propoganda to make youngsters feel that getting married is the biggest fun and a day on which they will be totally in spot light and in bestest finery?
isn't such marketing techniques used - when the product itself isn't easy to sell? i mean, the marriage commercials - they beat all other adverts... when a bride and groom is smiling away in their shining clothes and turbans and jewelry, the viewers of those adverts would seem themselves doing that. i mean in this situation, you can rip off the face of the models and can literally put your own. in other ads, (most of them) the viewer will imagine that product (TV, Watch, mobile or whatever) with them...
so, what's the catch here? will the future be any different? gender neutral, open relationship, no value enforcement libertarian life? some might call this heaven as hell ;)
