I find the questions that MK has raised about Ram's existence very interesting ( in the wake of having recently seen parts of the movie 'periyar', known for his , so called, 'black shirt movement' and his mockery of the concept of God and the practice of using God as a pretext for social disriminations that were prevalent then, on kalaingar tv, launched on this sep 15.) . And i hope these qsns, that MK has raised, wld initiate a healthy debate between the believers and the non-believers and lead to a more enlightened public.
Took Mom out to another movie, 'sathumpodathey'. This time we had my br and his wife for company. I wld say that the movie was a pretty decent effort to showcase a subject that invites discomfort wen normally discussed in public and often relegated to a self-hating mind in some dark corner of a closed room - unmindful alcohol consumption and its effect on one's psyche and socialising. Vasanth, the dir., has reaffirmed his ablity to win over the modest home-maker, as was evident in the case of my mother, with his simple narrative with 'interesting' knots spaced thru out at placed at points wen u r jus abt to lose interest.
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i feel MK's comments were uncalled for..."mockery" can never lead to a healthy debate, can only infuse hatred..This unlike Bhagat singh's is a case of vanity!!
I think that he has questioned a popular faith,ofcourse,in a manner that smacks of his own 'dravidian' convictions, which makes it look like a 'mockery'.
I think, one shld look beyond the manner of his remarks and look at the substance, which should encourage ppl to think and introspect and emerge either stronger in their faith or take a new position.
To dismiss this 'oppurtunity' for a debate on the grnds that these remarks are out of vanity wld lead to making it personal with MK and forgetting the larger public interests involved in such a debate.
One shld resist the temptation to let the 'manner of the remarks' and 'making them personal' overshadow the bigger good in initiating a public debate.
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