As per TAM, , Satyamev Jayate even failed
to make it to the Top 10 shows list in the Hindi speaking market (HSM). I
wonder how?? Concept of this show was simply brilliant and to my surprise I was
hooked on it from day 1.
When I saw the promos of this show, I was
eagerly waiting and thinking will this show match up to its promise and Aamir
Khan’s reputation. When I saw the first episode I was surprised how beautifully
facts were put up on this show without making it dramatic and fake. The content
was ‘Real’ and thank God, they dint even try the ‘desperate’ TRP route. At
least I dint feel it!!!
This show actually made me write this
blog.Hmmmm…
I get up in the morning, open the newspaper
which is filled with news of - corruption, politicians watching porn or justifying
their statements and policies of their respective parties, pot holes have
increased in the city, student committing suicide because dying is preferred
over competition,farmers… Oh God! I think I made my point- It is depressing.The
only good think about Newspaper is checking movie timing ( I know we have
internet for that. But I being old school, I still like doing that)
And then I have to commute in the train to
reach office. Trust me, every day I travel in fear. I’m suspicious and feel
somebody in the train is carrying a bomb.I know its sick, I don’t know how a
terrorist will look. Will he say ‘Hey Richa, I’m a terrorist- Save the people
at VT station’. But I still stare at people and am suspicious all the time.
Then you see on TV, Guhawati Kand and many other Kands. The funny part is in
all these debates, intellectual people come and talk how and why the girls are
being molested.
When I hear comments of one section of the
society saying ‘Women should not provoke men. They should dress up decently’,it
amuses me.
If you want to see how crowded Mumbai city
is you should go to Dadar station in the evening and just stand at Dadar
Station’s bridge, you will find how many fuckin people stay here. I mean there
is no place to breathe. Whom to blame for this- people who are producing so
many kids or lack of development of other states.
Statement from a Mumbaikar ‘ Rehna kaun
chatha hai yahan pe, Par kya karein paisa toh Yahin hai’.
Inflation is taking a toll on everyone and
you hear Mr Raj Thackery telling Janta ‘Stop paying taxes’. Sorry, my bad
‘ Konihi tax deu naka’ (Mind my
Marathi).I’ve no words to describe this Mahan statement of this Mahan hasti.
Few days back when I was going to Lonavala, few men stopped my car and asked
for ‘Pollution Tax’. I obviously fought and ended up not paying anything, but
what I saw was shocking , this toll tax pass was issued by Mr Raj Thackerey and
they were his party workers.
I should have shot this entire episode and
I missed a chance to earn few millions, as INDIA TV would have paid me a bomb
for such content.
So when I look around I see only problems,
fear and struggle. Democracy is killing democracy. To summarize, we are afraid
of death and we continue living in fear- This is our life!!!
I wonder when my grandparents saw freedom
fighters fighting for our mother land, they would have felt so proud and they
had a strong hope and will to see Independent India- which they saw. But who
knew Independence will just be on paper.
Unfortunately we are still struggling for
Independence. When I saw SMJ- I had ‘hope’ watching ordinary people creating a
difference. I was happy that someone is talking about solutions and not just
problems of our country. Trust me I still have hope that some day we would get
our Independence in real sense. Cheers to Aamir Khan and his teamJ
