The suppressed cries; the boiling anger; the aggregation of
frustration are no unknown variables in the lives of a Homo sapien.
And if you belong to that economically and socially challenged class, these
variables are like a parasitic leech that won't leave you nor would do any
good.
When I saw the movie Bol, I did not know how to react. I was speechless.
On one hand I knew the "dark matter" like everybody else. On the
other hand, I was completely shell shocked and wondered how rotten if it was
true and happened to me. But again it was the dirty stark truth. It (well
almost) was "Kahani Ghar Ghar ki" (Story of every household). There
was nothing new about the story. Everybody knows and practices "racial and
sexual discrimination" (on scale of 1-10) just like they know and sing
"Twinkle twinkle little star".
The protagonist at the end leaves the "audience" with a set of
questions and mainly why isn't it a crime to give birth to a child when you
can't afford to raise the child economically and socially. A very valid
point. Why do people not understand that getting extra help on wages
(Child labour is criminal act by the way) also means extra expenses? And if its
not for wages but wait for male child (sex determination and abortion is
against law, supposedly) like in the movie, then you are extremely
atrocious.People out of their desperation to make it to the top of Maslow's
pyramid of a developing entity or sheer madness are strangely blinded of the
impeding disaster to themselves, their family and to the society at
large. They fail to understand the basic law of nature, the basic law of
life-its all loopedy -loop. In western countries especially the US, if it
is found that parents are unable to keep their children in a happy and stable
environment, the children are taken away from them and are sent for open
adoption or foster care!
I ask...How many laws and law keepers, reforms and reformists, civic
lessons and social workers, articles and journalists, poems-songs and lyricists,
movies and movie-makers et.al does it take to ring in the change? Are we those
who simply applaud a certain someone for showing the ugly truth on paper and
screen? Or are we those who in ourselves truly believe in flushing away the
crap we and our homo sapien ancestors have been extruding
till date?
If all these were one thing, then fight against terrorism is another
disgusting pie. Though this is not part of the movie BOL; terrorism in every
sense is linked to discrimination by discrimination itself. The recent terror
attacks in the country again point out the same issue .... Are we too easy a
target? Why are we a target in the first place? Did we knowingly or unknowingly
leave the wood and grass to dry and start an unwanted forest fire? Are we ready
for a Phoenix act? And if yes, are we willing to volunteer and implement the
solution ?
PS: I have purposely omitted the story of the movie, though you could
find it anywhere on the net. However, I recommend you see the movie at least
once. If you are one of those who are an adherent fan of Golmaal like
movies and nothing else, you may feel a sprint of Emotional torture but again
as I said it is the Ugly truth.
