I was glued to the T.V. on monday morning the 23rd of February.It was OSCAR time.I don't watch them but this time it was special.We had a hope of winning an OSCAR.
I was out of town nd the place I was staying there there was no STAR MOVIES.So had to watch the Academy Awards on the news channel.As time went expectations went up.Slumdog Millionaire had won the 1st award nd the news channels went crazy.'Slumdog ko pehla award'.
Then an Indian 'Resul Pookutty' won the award for sound mixing.That was special.And then came his speech he dedicated the award to all the Indians and that felt nice.Then soon came the moment we all were waiting for it was 'A.R.REHMAN'.He won 2 awards nd in his speech said 'Mere paas maa hey'.The man deserved it.He is blessed.He is the best.
But my post is not about these 2 winning the OSCAR.What made me stood up that after the Awards were over, all over the news channels there was breaking news 'INDIA had won 8 OSCARS'.INDIA?????
Then a thought crossed my mind 'Ah not again'.How can we say INDIA won 8 oscars.People celebratig Rehman nd Resul winning Oscars is understandable.After all they are Indians.But taking the credit for Slumdog winning 8 oscars as if we won it is completely ridiculous.The movie was made by an foreigner,made in the slums of Mumbai (cause you would'nt get such slums anywhere else),included Indian crew cause it would have been stupid to bring people from the west for roles meant for slums,and more importantly it was meant for the Western audience.So wherein does the Indianness come in between.
I don't know why whenever a person wins something and even if is remotestly connected to INDIA we celebrate that an INDIA has won an award.Take the case of Sunita Williams.She had made an achievement by going to the space but when she did that ,ohhh our newswallas went mad.She was an Indian.Excuse me,Indian??
She had never been to India, it was if I remember some of her relatives were living in INDIA.How many of us knew that an 'so called Indian' women was in NASA.Answer none.
Another example was 'LAXMI MITTAL'.He became the europe's richest person and here we are with headlines an INDIAN has become the richest person in EUROPE.What has he done for INDIA?Nothing.Infact it is more important for him to buy an Football club then do something for INDIA then how come we claim him to be an INDIAN.
We love HERO-WORSHIPPING.But we must differentiate what belongs to INDIA and what doesn't.I myself hero-worship but there must be a line drawn on what belongs to us and what doesn't.Please guys
'WAKE UP!!!!!!!'
