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A getaway of sort

In today’s time we are all looking for a solution to an issue, which would have been a non-issue say 10 years back. In doing so, we have created a circle - making these known and some unknown entity part of our day to day life. Words such as terrorism, environmental issues and socio-political conflicts come to our mind when we think of challenges facing mankind. However, if we closely examine human growth, you would easily realize that we are the one who have created this vicious circle in our mad rush for a solution. We have crushed humanity in our pursuit to become a global superpower, to be the largest economy, to build the fastest car or to invent something unthinkable. What we fail to learn from our past or history of the earth is that everyone cannot think alike or behave the same way. Evolution is key but most importantly it should adhere to respective genetic and responsibilities. Whenever, we divert from our assigned capabilities is then when we invite wrath to...

Two sides of a coin

Most firms or consumers feed on something which stretches their limitation for a service to impress them or simply put tease their intelligence. For instance, take the movie industry; we literally divide it in two platforms - parallel and commercial cinemas. Parallel or art cinemas deal with subjects such as complex relationship, religion, true story, caste or issues that are taboo to a society while commercial films as it says is a potpourri of emotion, laughter and action. Most of us judge the sincerity of a director, protagonist or the technicians based on the cosmetic sincerity or its proximity to dramatic melancholy. We appreciate or feel connected to a performance when it touches a subject which we are not comfortable about. So, we try to appreciate a team who does that. Pat them on the back and say well done! We move on. However, we continue to refrain from the truth - the motive. The definition changes – a critical acclaim may just be enough for an art movie team, while sa...