Identify the Gandhi in you
Every once in a while and then comes a movie that makes you think - think really hard about the materialistic lives we live. Lage Raho Munnabhai belongs to this rare breed of cinema. It reminds you that the now redundant virtues of truth, honesty and affection still have a place in society.
Today, we live in world torn by conflict and other man-made destructions. Even as I write this piece, someone somewhere in this world must be planning an act of terror with some abstract motive in mind. And after its successful execution, he will end up feeling very proud even if all he has managed to do is commit an act of cowardice.
It may be difficult to digest but terrorism has spread its wings far and wide. You and I may well end as being the next victims of a bomb blast or some other means of attack. And so, it becomes all the more important that we introspect the way we live.
It’s an apt moment to inculcate some of the values that the Father of the Nation taught us (or having a chemical locha in tapori terms). None of us can be as great as Gandhi but in a small, each one of us can try to keep Gandhigiri alive.
Unlike what we all feel, Gandhi wasn’t killed by a certain Nathuram Godse. This is because Gandhi can never die - he was never a person but a way of life. It is we who keep neglecting him by turning a blind eye to his teachings in everyday lives.
Gandhi is still alive inside each one of us, we probably never realised it. It needed a movie like Lage Raho... to make us understand that Gandhigiri still rocks, it’s only a matter of identifying the Gandhi in you.
Hats off to Rajkumar Hirani and crew for reminding us that life’s not bad after all. It all depends on how you choose to live it…
Every once in a while and then comes a movie that makes you think - think really hard about the materialistic lives we live. Lage Raho Munnabhai belongs to this rare breed of cinema. It reminds you that the now redundant virtues of truth, honesty and affection still have a place in society.
Today, we live in world torn by conflict and other man-made destructions. Even as I write this piece, someone somewhere in this world must be planning an act of terror with some abstract motive in mind. And after its successful execution, he will end up feeling very proud even if all he has managed to do is commit an act of cowardice.
It may be difficult to digest but terrorism has spread its wings far and wide. You and I may well end as being the next victims of a bomb blast or some other means of attack. And so, it becomes all the more important that we introspect the way we live.
It’s an apt moment to inculcate some of the values that the Father of the Nation taught us (or having a chemical locha in tapori terms). None of us can be as great as Gandhi but in a small, each one of us can try to keep Gandhigiri alive.
Unlike what we all feel, Gandhi wasn’t killed by a certain Nathuram Godse. This is because Gandhi can never die - he was never a person but a way of life. It is we who keep neglecting him by turning a blind eye to his teachings in everyday lives.
Gandhi is still alive inside each one of us, we probably never realised it. It needed a movie like Lage Raho... to make us understand that Gandhigiri still rocks, it’s only a matter of identifying the Gandhi in you.
Hats off to Rajkumar Hirani and crew for reminding us that life’s not bad after all. It all depends on how you choose to live it…
2 comments:
Ekdum sahi likha hai bhai....
Bhai tension nahi leneka.. Bapu hain naa.
But do you think Gandhigiri can be followed in this world? Do u think it's a practical concept? Can u follow it urself? Those are questions to be asked after seeing the film. I liked the film myself although I don't completely follow Gandhigiri. And there are very few who follow Gandhiji's principles...
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