Thursday, June 11, 2009

Is this our common crisis?

Our common criis? (See my last post).

Let's take up an easily verifiable example--the world of cinema.

Normally, people want their cine stars to be little distant, may be, even a little mysterious. But when our society produces its cine stars everybody quickly grasps up the who's who--from which leikai, whose son or daughter etc.

It's because out society is so tiny.

But, to satisfy their yearning(ie, the aura of distance or mysterious of cine stars) people start looking to Korea! They love Korean stars!!

The very fact that our society is so tiny makes people feel it normal to search for cine stars outside of our own society. In many societies, its the exception to have some overseas stars--I mean, it's an exception not the rule.

So, our society is facing a crisis in that its people is reluctant to accept the cine stars produced homeground.

We can expand this example in almost all other fields.

In politics, any political leader worth its salt should be in New Delhi. Every politicians starts looking to New Delhi for political leadership.

In religious mmatters, people start looking Vrindaban, Mathura or Chaityana's birthplace for the 'light'.

Actually, we are facing crises in every spheres of our society.

I'll repeat again---the very fact that our society is so tiny makes its people feel it normal to look for cine stars, political leadership or religious delverance outside of our own society.

In my mind,it's the common crisis facing the similarly sized society like those of Nagas, Mozos or Manipuris.

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