GANDHIGIRI in Real LIFE?????
The recent success of "Lage Raho MunnaBhai" has given raise to a new connotation, popularly known as "GANDHIGIRI". This term sounds really cool & it's creators had coined this word with an intention to market "Brand Gandhi” in a big way. The movie was good. The message of truth and non violence was delivered in a comical way.
After coming out of the movie hall, I just tried to retrospect the movie. Is it really possible to follow Gandhian values & succeed in our real life? How can we implement these utopian ideas in our mundane life??(Our moral values have come down to such a low level that honesty seems to be a utopian idea.) Is it possible??
The answer turned out to be negative. It is really impractical & foolish to always follow the policy of honesty & non violence in a country like INDIA where corruption is rampant.
Let's simulate the life of a college student, who decided to follow Gandhigiri for one day.
Scene 1:
Time 7:15 Am
Our hero gets up from the bed to find that he is late. He does his regular morning chores & starts from his house @ 7:38 Am. In normal circumstances, our hero would reach his train station by 7.43 am & would manage to board the 7:44 Am train. For a change, he decided to follow the principles of GANDHIGIRI for a day (PS: Inspiration from the movie & media buzz).
He starts from his house & finds a board stating a speed limit of 40 KMPH. Our hero, decided not to break the speed limit. He reached a junction where there is a traffic signal. This is one junction in which all the vehicles move when the signal is red. Our Hero stood like the model of caliber bike advertisement (An Unshakeable person). Few drivers complemented him with good Chennai Tamil words.
Lesson #1: There are some places in earth where you should not be different from others. Else you will be run over by the next pallavan bus. :)
Scene 2:
Finally the hero reached the station by 7:49 Am & found that he had missed the next train also (7:48 Am Train)
Lesson #2: When you know that you are not going to reach your goal due to some stupid rules, then there is no use in following it. In life, the end result matters. In a highly competitive world, you need to be little cunning to meet your ends. I still have a strong belief that Gandhiji cannot succeed in this present day scenario.
Scene 3:
Time 8:25 Am
The hero managed to reach the station near his college. He has just 5 more minutes to reach his class & he has to walk for 500 meters inside his college. He had 2 options: Cross the track & reach your class in time. Else, climb the crowded stairs & reach your class late.
As our hero was following Gandhigiri, he climbed the crowded foot over bridge & reached his class 3 minutes late. Unfortunately, the staff was before time & had finished taking attendance. Our Hero had an option to ask for his attendance. Our hero felt that he had committed a blatant mistake & silently settled in class. Some of his friends, who came after him, got attendance from the staff. Our hero lost attendance for 2 hours.
Lesson #3: There is just a fine line between being smart & stupid. The last incident comes under the latter category.
Scene 4:
Time 2:00 Am
Our hero has to attend a lab session. In his morning rush, he forgot to bring his record. It was the final day for submission. He had 2 options
1. Bunk the lab & get the record corrected the next day (In India, Deadlines are always on a relative time scale)
2. Confess the truth to staff.
Our hero did the latter. Unfortunately, the staff was in no mood to praise the Gandhian values. Our hero was asked to move out of the lab. Now, our hero is in the HIT list of the staff.
Lesson #4: Honesty doesn't guarantee success.
Finally our hero reached his home & decided that he won't practice GANDHIGIRI again.
Moral of the story: Gandhigiri sounds sexy in reel life, not in real life.
PS: The Hero of this story is a fictional character.
Warning: Don't dare to try this simulated story line.
The recent success of "Lage Raho MunnaBhai" has given raise to a new connotation, popularly known as "GANDHIGIRI". This term sounds really cool & it's creators had coined this word with an intention to market "Brand Gandhi” in a big way. The movie was good. The message of truth and non violence was delivered in a comical way.
After coming out of the movie hall, I just tried to retrospect the movie. Is it really possible to follow Gandhian values & succeed in our real life? How can we implement these utopian ideas in our mundane life??(Our moral values have come down to such a low level that honesty seems to be a utopian idea.) Is it possible??
The answer turned out to be negative. It is really impractical & foolish to always follow the policy of honesty & non violence in a country like INDIA where corruption is rampant.
Let's simulate the life of a college student, who decided to follow Gandhigiri for one day.
Scene 1:
Time 7:15 Am
Our hero gets up from the bed to find that he is late. He does his regular morning chores & starts from his house @ 7:38 Am. In normal circumstances, our hero would reach his train station by 7.43 am & would manage to board the 7:44 Am train. For a change, he decided to follow the principles of GANDHIGIRI for a day (PS: Inspiration from the movie & media buzz).
He starts from his house & finds a board stating a speed limit of 40 KMPH. Our hero, decided not to break the speed limit. He reached a junction where there is a traffic signal. This is one junction in which all the vehicles move when the signal is red. Our Hero stood like the model of caliber bike advertisement (An Unshakeable person). Few drivers complemented him with good Chennai Tamil words.
Lesson #1: There are some places in earth where you should not be different from others. Else you will be run over by the next pallavan bus. :)
Scene 2:
Finally the hero reached the station by 7:49 Am & found that he had missed the next train also (7:48 Am Train)
Lesson #2: When you know that you are not going to reach your goal due to some stupid rules, then there is no use in following it. In life, the end result matters. In a highly competitive world, you need to be little cunning to meet your ends. I still have a strong belief that Gandhiji cannot succeed in this present day scenario.
Scene 3:
Time 8:25 Am
The hero managed to reach the station near his college. He has just 5 more minutes to reach his class & he has to walk for 500 meters inside his college. He had 2 options: Cross the track & reach your class in time. Else, climb the crowded stairs & reach your class late.
As our hero was following Gandhigiri, he climbed the crowded foot over bridge & reached his class 3 minutes late. Unfortunately, the staff was before time & had finished taking attendance. Our Hero had an option to ask for his attendance. Our hero felt that he had committed a blatant mistake & silently settled in class. Some of his friends, who came after him, got attendance from the staff. Our hero lost attendance for 2 hours.
Lesson #3: There is just a fine line between being smart & stupid. The last incident comes under the latter category.
Scene 4:
Time 2:00 Am
Our hero has to attend a lab session. In his morning rush, he forgot to bring his record. It was the final day for submission. He had 2 options
1. Bunk the lab & get the record corrected the next day (In India, Deadlines are always on a relative time scale)
2. Confess the truth to staff.
Our hero did the latter. Unfortunately, the staff was in no mood to praise the Gandhian values. Our hero was asked to move out of the lab. Now, our hero is in the HIT list of the staff.
Lesson #4: Honesty doesn't guarantee success.
Finally our hero reached his home & decided that he won't practice GANDHIGIRI again.
Moral of the story: Gandhigiri sounds sexy in reel life, not in real life.
PS: The Hero of this story is a fictional character.
Warning: Don't dare to try this simulated story line.
posted by ashwin at 4:24 AM
1 Comments:
Hey
A good one
Especially lesson # 3, ‘just a fine line b/w being smart and stupid’... I completely agree with u...very true in real life
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