Why i chose to write about such an issue today is because i am feeling utterly bored with myself....and trust me when i say this, you experience love only when you are bored.Revolting?? Okay, here i go.......
When i choose to define love in this part of my argument, i choose to limit my ambit to the grossly overused form of "love" around us. Yeah yeah,the "udta hua duppatta",first kiss, deep eyes- kind of hormonally charged expressions of love.Also, i humbly embrace the next stage of this "business" where you try to "settle" with your so and so object of love or even "call off" your love and subsequently "move on".To exploit the technical jargon, i shall build on the "relationship" quotient of love.
I believe that one can think of falling or better put"rising" in love only when one is satisfied with one's personal, professional and social life to the extent that one can actually desire for more.Remember all proponents of Indian philosophy who talk about desires being limitless? A person who has the luxury of time and resources and the confidence of success in the field of inviting attention can one risk one's life in the terrain of love.Okay, let me be a little explicit...you do not risk proposing a girl before you have had a job or before you can think you have enough to wine and dine her, right?Similarly, you do not risk proposing (and i can claim 90% surety) a guy unless you have had a proper beauty care regimen and have thought the idea through like 10 times.......meaning, in both the situations , you have obscene amount of time and well resources of all kinds(will power, money,friend circle.......blah blah blah)to invest in even considering of being in a relationship.....
Well, Britain and subsequently the Western nations , especially the ones that colonised us once, are suddenly all friendly and bum chums to an alluringly indecent proportions since the past decades.Reason, the stastistics of India being the 2nd most stable economies after China(the other arguments follow this deterministic capitalist definition)..."they" saw lot of potential in "us" earlier and lo and behold! now they see a "friend" in us.....i can not but help notice the change in language......a paradigmatic shift from being a distant, self proclaimed ,authoritative observer to being a "friend" for God sake! It is remarkable how quickly(consider historical and not actual time) the hate of even talking to an Indian has turned to the love of creating........ err... "building" friendship ties. Well, the west constructs or builds on already existing structures and not creates.(Remember?the histories of colonialism and imperialism)
Hmm, i know i meandered from the fever of "love" to the euphoria of diplomatic ties......but wait! i see a connection.Is it not realistic that the idea of detesting and loathing a person from the core of our hearts takes a complete U- turn when we see the new avatar of the same individual cast in the light of success.It can be a guy transformed from a jobless graduate to a fast cash generating machine.....or a fat, dark, short girl as the new slim, 'dusky','petite' urban sophisticate??The idea behind all this chemistry is the key phenomenon-transformation.Well for what and under what circumstances and at what costs,does not really matter as long as you did transform...
Look, the point is that i am a firm believer in change....some writer said, the only permanent reality is change. I dote on these words to the extent that i do not have respect for dead roots, seized in time, proudly boasting the stench of their festered tumour of "Oh!i am still the same guy you met like 90 years ago". But the point is that i also can not stand ridiculous shifts under the compulsion of being"Oh! so cool!" The same nation which aims at putting two square meals a day on every plate in the country charges a measley amount of ten bucks to recharge your cell phone but cannot satisfy the hunger of a worker who sweats out in the open in all weather to construct the same telephone tower or office in a city.If this is how we change should not we not change and lust for more British and American industries but more "friendly" constructive conversations on scrap the air conditioned Mac Donalds and invest in cheaper food tokens for all? I am not an economist but can predict from managing my own expenses that a deal is such is possible-on the grounds that we are 'friendly' and not status conscious.
The over arching view is hate is just a cynical expression of love.We hate because we fall short of love. And we love because that is the only it that exists. We were colonised because we were loved by the west,we were hated in the process because we started to frustrate their expectations from us....and the vice versa. Same goes in relationships too..
Well, did i begin by announcing that i was bored with myself? Yes i am because i have the luxury to love and hate my life at the same time in my absolute boredom of existence....
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ReplyDeleteAaaaa...Although you started well with the topic but got disengaged with the subject and subsequently moved in the euphoria of diplomatic ties(in yer words,which apparently was unwarranted as the same took away the flavor of love from yer article....However, few things I loved in your article one of which was the thing you wrote about transformation and lill bit about hate in the 2nd last para, although, not convinced with the averment that we were colonized coz of love(this is rubbish, you dont enslave a country coz u love it..weird thoughts)....To suffice, your article was not in sync with its subject...I do like your writing skills though...very impressed...Peace..:)
ReplyDelete@novice_scribbler, To begin with the discussion, i defined love in a particular way and drew out the problematics of the same, hence my definition was a little subjective- i hope this tackles the "missing" reason why i chose to move away from "love"...well i actually didn't if you closely observe....:)
ReplyDeletePlus, the argument that we were colonised because of "love" is not rubbished by this explanation. The European world did love the "charm of the Orient", they loved wealth(they love oil even today), they loved to rule over, to make us feel inferior, to exploit without having faced resistance...i hope you see why it is not a wierd position.
Regarding if still you think the article was not in sync, humble apologies for i see a connecting irony and satire in the ideas put forth...
Nevertheless, thanks a lot for the feedback. It surely helps to improve....:) Do follow and continue to "scribble"
@Shubhra, Thanks for clarifying the doubts..I'm sure many people would have liked this Article. I too did but in bits and pieces..To be candid, I only started reading this article because the subject was quite intriguing and I really expected a beautiful romance in the offering...Anyways, you have a long way to go with such fine choice of words you use in your writing...I don't know but I believe content is way more important than decoration...That's why they say, ' It's hard to express in words, how one really feels inside', and you do it quite well. Love is only pure when its real....Have fun writing...Shiva
ReplyDelete@Shiva, thanks again for the encouraging comment(appreciation and constructive criticism).!
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with the need to add more meat to my writing...will keep that in mind and hope am able to improve upon it..regarding deflating your expectations in presenting something unexpected in the piece, well, precisely that was my motive...:).
Hope you keep reading the blog and add comments to help the blogger to improve!....:)thanks again!