My Wanderings - 89. Liberation from Knowledge

              'The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from us'  has been said by various learned men. The process of learning starts in a person right from his birth. He learns from his mother , father and siblings . Then he learns from his teacher at School ,    at college and  at various other stages .   He also learns by reading a book , by listening to discourses of  saints , seers and philosophers . This learning process never stops till his death. He also learns from his own  experiences whether good or bad . These experiences sometime form his convictions . If he has  good  experience  of  Love or friendship . His convictions about love or friendship are adorable but when he has bad experience of the same, his views are  formed otherwise or contradictory. 

              The paradox of learning is also concealed in  the first line of this write up that nobody can take away  it  from us . We live throughout our lives with our  biased convictions , ideals and experiences which may not be relevant now . We try to impose same upon our children and juniors which we think are time tested and foolproof. While doing so we forget that times have changed , the values have changed,  outlook of people has changed , priorities have changed . We ignore the fact that our outdated convictions and ideals may not have relevance in the modern times now.

                      We may live in fools paradise throughout our lives ignoring the very less impact of our thought process on our younger generation or live up-to-date with the present priorities and values. We may have to  unlearn  some ideas for the sake of new ones or choose to stop advising new generation with the obsolete ideas which may not be relevant now to them.
Most of us  have grown up in dearth and scarcity which has made us shortsighted and pessimistic  . But with the surge in economy our children have grown up in gaiety and abundance which has changed their outlook towards life. We can not guide them with our myopic  and pessimistic outlook. Let us watch their growth  like a silent spectator with their own optimistic outlook . In order to be relevant in this modern world we have to unlearn or  erase some memories on the hard disc of our memory lane and adopt new ones.
We have to approach a problem with Virgin mind i.e we have  to unlearn the knowledge or  face it with full  knowledge for which human mind has not capacity . Therefore , liberation from knowledge can be better way of approach .

                     Swami vivekananda a great monk of  India  has  once said that we should not believe a thing which we have read from a book . We should not believe a thing  if some body has said it so . We should find out the truth ourselves  and that is realisation.

                           J. Krishnamurti  , a known philosopher from India has said in his book' Freedom from known'  that you should be free from whatever has been known to you in this world through the assistance of religion, society ,ideologies and be constantly aware of yourself , of your own thoughts and actions , observing things as they appear to you , not seeing them from a prejudiced mind .

                       According  Kashmiri Shaivism also while realising self or achieving ultimate , a devotee faces various limitation or Kanchukas   which he has to overcome . One of the Kanchuka is' Vidya ' or the covering of limited knowledge . Shiva himself is all knowing , but we human beings have not the capacity to  know everything at the same time . We can perceive reality only in bits and parts according to what we are fed by our senses .

My Wanderings 88 Is Bollywood Sinking

                    2022 has been a huge disappointment for Bollywood as big budget films have failed to make a mark at the box office. Lal Singh Chaddha is currently struggling at the box office. Shamshera starring Ranbir Kapoor failed to impress the audience. On the other hand , Ranveer Singh's Jayeshbhai Jordaar , Akshay Kumar's
Prithvi Raj Chowhan and Ajay Devgan's Runway 34 also bombed at the box office. Other Bollywood films that flopped in 2022 are Attack part 1, Jersey , Heropanti 2, Dhakkad , Anek , Rashtra Kavach om, Raksha Bhandan and Dobaaraa.
        
We are all familiar  with the glorious past of Bollywood rather Indian cinema since times immemorial. How can we forget the cinemas like Muggle Azam, Mother India , Do biga Zameen ,Waqat and several others  which have left an indelible mark over the golden era of Indian cinema. Indian film songs and music have popularised various classical ragas of Indian music . Many film songs like ' Abhi na javo choddkar ki dil abi bara nahi , Lag ja gale ki phir yeh mulakat ho na ho or pyar hua Iqraar hua ... are few among millions which are still liked for their lyrics and melody . Indian cinema has given various poets like Sahir Ludhianvi, Shailendra , kaifi azami and many others who contributed much towards it.  The Singers like K.L.Sehgal , Mohd. Rafi, Mukesh , Mana dey , Kishore Kumar , Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhonsle have become legends in their field . We have lived our childhood and youth under  the influence of Indian cinema and its songs as it was the only source of entertainment available those days.

           In late seventies there was introduction of art films in Indian cinema . Several art films like 'Ankur' ' Manthan ' ' 27 Down ' and many others were made which catered only  to the  needs of a  class of viewership but still became popular because of their intellectual output .

             After nineties Bollywood came under the direct  influence of underworld  Don's like Dawood Ibrahim and  intelligence agencies of Pakistan. They started their modus operandi by directly threatening Producers , directors and actors in  of the film world by making direct telephone calls and extracting money from them . Most of the film people could not stand their threats and started giving them money . Then  they started financing the films on their  own terms and conditions .  They gave patornage to Muslim actors like Khan group of Bollywood .  The Khan actors became their blue eyed boys . They even threatened producers to give them  roles in big banner films which flourished their career from the last few decades. They also started demeaning the Indian  culture and Hinduism in films. Under their master plan they created  Hindu characters as cunning moneylenders , greedy  temple priests etc.  While as Muslim characters were   always shown as very  helpful, God fearing, honest and full of character .  Even a Muslim  underworld Don or a criminal  was  always shown as a person of character. Most of actors who did not succumb under their  pressure  were shown the door of film world  . They were  instigated and deprived of film roles , which finally stalled their career. Sony Deol ,Govinda, Sunil Shetty and Vivek obroi are few among the various examples. Then  blue eyed boys of these gangsters started their own gangs in the Bollywood . They formed groups of producers who neglected talent  and introduced nepotism and cast couching  in  Bollywood. They started blacklisting and blackmailing actors who did not come under their pressure. The roles in films were provided only to their favourites. They became the King makers of Bollywood . The actors who were at their beck and call were given roles in good films and talented actors like Sushant singh Rajput was forced to opt  for suicide.

               Some big actors of the film world who have earned lot of money and fame and have nothing to  loose , but only to gain some contribution  towards philonothropy,  remained in league with these bullies and compromised  with  the  injustice in the system , for their petty gains .

                Most of the actors who achieved  the present status by the support of people , started taking the same  people for granted . They started making immature and loose statements  in public . Amir Khan once said that he and his wife is feeling scared in India. Deepika padkone joined tukde tukde gang at J N U for monitory considerations . Karina Kapoor said arrogantly that  we do  not force the  people to watch our films , they should stop watching the same. Tapsee Punoo while making fun of viewers said that they must also bycott my films. It was really blunder on their part to challenge the people who supported them through out their careers and enabled them to achieve the heights.
Now they are  exposed and facing the resentment of people , who have really  brought them to knees .