Blindness

I started wearing glasses while I was in primary division in school.Those days ,many would ask sympathetically," Can you see without glasses ? " Really if glasses were the cure for blindness, it would have been fantastic !

Understandably ,my near sightedness is awful...I miss even  the obvious ! I have a medical problem.I fail to observe so many things...the artistry in & around me which is very much at display ! I fail to observe & wonder at the birds in the trees,the mango flowers heralding the onset of summers,the clear blue skies,sparking waters in the lakes, & so on.This  has got more to do with my attitude of  being self centered  than with my glasses !

Blindness actually makes people more observant.Those who are visually  challenged develop a sixth sense & detect the faintest of sounds.It is the perfect example of how when one door closes,another opens up.There is even an Indian Cricket team made up of visually impaired sportsmen ! This team is the winner of the current T20 World Cricket series !

Those who cannot see with their eyes can click snaps too.In fact ,there is a Blind with Camera club which has bridged the gap between those who cannot see & the world of photography !

Hence ,blindness can be overcome, as these examples show ! We  just need to  have the vision to see
beyond  what our eyes show us !

This is  my second post in the ongoing A to Z Blogging Challenge 2014.

Sharing blog posts of two fellow bloggers in this regard :

Hrishikesh Bawa

Jaibala Rao

Artist.

All of us are artists as creativity exists in each one of us.Only we have to discover or rather recover it.Pablo Picasso put it so aptly "Every child is an artist.The problem is how to remain an artist when we grow up. "

A home maker is creative as she makes use of leftovers & recycles containers,cases,etal.A child is creative when it makes innovative excuses of skipping school.Maids are being artistic when they rearrange things that they work with in a manner, that is handy to them ...it hardly matters that the things they use are detergents,soaps,dishwasher liquid etc.All arrangements have a beauty & purpose of their own.

In office,thinking out of box, is emphasized upon & yet more often than not,we frown on creativity.Artistic endeavours are supposed to  be the hobbies of the rich.This is so untrue.Even poor people are artists at work.The way they make use of their limited resources is artistry, in all its manifestations !

Nature is an artist as it is so beautiful.Artistry makes this world aesthetic !

All the progress that has been possible today is because someone thought differently about an idea & brought it to fruition despite the odds & the opposition.Moreover ,artistry promotes green action as it is recycling of ideas.Plastic recycling reduces pollution & that is  saying a lot ! There are other fringe benefits of providing jobs to the rag pickers etal & giving them a better life ! Hence ,as Picasso said ,we must try hard to remain artists throughout our lives !

This is the my first post for the  A to Z Blogging Challenge 2014.

Parading blog posts of fellow bloggers :

Aswathi Jerome. 

Ananya Kiran.

Raangoli

Film review : Sunsilk Real FM.

"Sunsilk Real FM " is a short film by Anurag Basu who directed the much acclaimed & awarded movie "Barfi " starring Ranbir Kapoor & Priyanka. This short film is directed by Akarsh Khurana & stars newcomers & some veterans like Benjamin Gilani & Akash Khurana.

The movie is the story  of a girl , whose father is running an FM radio station.The staff is demanding a raise & revenues are falling.His staff desert him.He lands in hospital as he is too stressed out.His daughter takes upon herself  to run the show at the studios.She ropes in her friends as well.They are all novices in this work of running  a radio station .Are they able to pull it off ? What are the obstacles they encounter ? Are they able to overcome  any of them ? How do they manage  or do they trip and fall ? And do they get up & start or just  hang up The broadcast is on the 15th August & they want to do something different...the by line of  generation next ! What do they do ? Do they do anything different or is it old wine in a new bottle ? And do listeners start plugging in ?

This is a feel good movie.It has all-action ,drama,emotion & good music.It tries to weave a story about music from different states of India.It does succeed in conveying  that Indian music is different for  each state & is still similar in some ways.Unity in diversity !



The film has doses  of humour & is fast paced.That makes it interesting.It has good music throughout .The songs from the numerous states of India arouse our curiosity & goad us to explore these genres of music further.Many of us  including yours truly ,did not know that each Indian state has its unique music.The actors have all acted well...the fresh faced young ones as also the veterans.Watching Benjamin Gilani & Akash Khurana is a delight ! They are such fine actors ! They make acting  seem effortless.

It has some flaws  as well.A casual remark sounding like   "Ghar mein auratein khali baithi rahti hain  " is the one which homemakers are tired of listening.A homemaker never retires unlike others & yet ,such statements  enforces stereotypes of housewives whiling away their time at home.Their contribution is priceless ! In the movie, many people come & say that they are friends of the protoganist's  brother who is studying abroad .The movie is about what happens in a single day.How did the  brother who is supposedly in London  contact his friends when the time zones are different here & there ? Maybe, through the social media.Too far fetched.

This short film is basically the road to self discovery by the girl &  her friends.By the end of the day ,it is clear that all have discovered things that they never knew they possessed ! It is a movie, about growing up & taking responsibility & how ! In short ,the plus points override the flaws.It makes us feel good as we become one with the heroine &  her chums .Superbly engrossing fare ! Thankful  to IndiBlogger for arranging for the exclusive screening of the short film for bloggers !

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