Thursday, December 01, 2005

Reality Bites?




World AIDS Day .. and how ironic .. it has a meaning for only a handful of people.. and to call it World AIDS day!
We had this program in our college which we were coordinating and in the process of which i happened to realize why exactly AIDS is a threat.
The simple picture I saw before my eyes was amazing..Right in the auditorium and the same people who had bought tickets ..
walking out of the auditorium due to " LACK OF ENTERTAINMENT" a term which i will be explaining after a few lines.

We had called this 'An Awareness' program .

The few reasons why AIDS is a threat -

-Unwillingness to Know
-Indifference
-Hesitation
-Lack Of Education
-Ignorance



Unwillingness to Know-

An awareness Program aims upon spreading quality information among the people who are unaware of
a situation enabling them to act accordingly.

What do you do when people do not want to know?

That is in itself a totally frustrating situation for people who want to make a difference.

Attitude is something that has to change.


So back to the scene in college .. we air a documentary showcasting the spread of AIDS among the youth and how we can make a big change

So what wud a documentary on AIDS have? Certain people dancing on top of a train to"chaiyya chaiyya"??

If u can't take the fact of two people making out(in according to me ,the most decent way possible to show making out..)
or the fact that there are homosexuals in the world , or the fact that there are brothels run in the world
or the fact that rape happens.. in real life... and no hero comes in to save the situation..

what do you know about the world?

what have you learnt in the 20 years of ur life that you have lived?

you simply walk out? when people tell u to not do the very thing and critise them for showing offensive stuff in public?

And what do u do after all this?

Go home & Watch Porn behind closed doors?

Walk out on the truth and drive away on your Boyfriends vehicle and make out in a secluded park under a tree?
Height of Hypocrisy!

yes.. one more thing.."lack of entertainment" - they want entertainment,
entertainment in the form of groups of people dancing away to 'Ishq kameena' in glittery costumes

with a piece of cloth saying WOrld AIDS DAy somewhenre hidden behing the stage..
and leave with an entertained afternoon and with ' song ontheir lips".
A change from the routine? An expose to real life ?
NO THANK U!




INDIFFERENCE-


Simply an 'I dun care attitute'!

Yes! you wont ..why would u?! A case of I Dont have it. and I'll never get it.


You will come back to us when u get it and it will be too late.- something they will not understand.


They are graduating.
They have a board in bold black letters at the entrance of the building
Proclaiming,"This College is aware of HIV/AIDS."

ANd they call themseves Educated, these women.


All this in a country with 1 billion+ population.
Too many bird and bees flying in the country??

I dont even think i can write anymore about this ..

I can only tell how difficult it is going to be to fight against AIDS.

I can only hope it wont be too late then.
But some how, to me, AIDS is worth fighting for. Now, more than earlier.


P.S. Flyers that we had used. Courtesy- Poo


Love,
The Prognosticator

Comments:
nice post
boss i can understand the helplesness that u seem to be going thru. its like u wnat to make a change but u cant
a suggestion do whatever u can
act. but restrain urself
remember humara number bhi aayega
 
beautiful... and very meaningful... i especially like the thing about indifference... it is a FACT... i dont have it and i dont want to know about it... thats pathetic...

but i am sure you can take heart in the fact that you made a difference to atleast one person's life and made him/her aware of this dangerous BIMAARI... hats off :)
 
@iyero & ganty: thanks ! yeh it does feel good.. like my leturer says .. u know uve made a difference when they show reaction.. even if it a negative one.. they might think once .before they do anythin of sorts in life.
but someothertomes.. people cant be helped at all.
 
as they say in hindi... neki kar, dariya mein daal... do the good things and forget it :)
 
yeh yeh!!:) same same!! guruji:D
 
Hats off for thinking and putting up all this for everyone 2 c
 
you know u can name this post
sex...lies...and videotape
:-P
 
@ganty: hehe .. how come i never thought of that..
@ashwin: thanks:D! just that we all need to know the situation
@kopos: hey thanks..so much! it was movie that we were showing a docu film... but then ppl never even listened to salman khan.. not that im a fan or anything .. but only a handful of ppl sensible enuff could appretiate the movie.. there were others who trashed phir milengey.
 
salman is no good ambassador for anything... you cant expect people to listen to character in a movie whose real life involves multiple relationships (sexual or otherwise)... so there is some deep-rooted philosophy in that too... but then i am GURUJI for nothing right?

neways just ignore the above point :P
 
bhailog
after this serious post u might want to read something more meaningless and useless form of writing
then visit my page

www.mysuicidenotes.blogspot.com
 
@ganty: ur advertising on my page i need the remuneration wat u think free it is aa??
@iyero: i was just trying 2 say.. salman is supp2 be a (duh) star andall.. so many fans when dey dun hear to them itz gonna be difficult fer us bolkey i meant!
 
my flyers rock..dont they :P
 
@really cool yaar:d
 
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