Watched peepli live yesterday. Quite a satire it was...leaving me depressed at the end. On the eve of the independence day, the movie challanged the belief of the "Great indian dream". I remember advocating the fact of 'India being new land of opportunity' in one of my recent GDs. Being a stock broker, I had enough facts and figures to support my words (as a SB is always supposed to have). I remember quoting indian success stories like Bharat Forge, MoserBaer etc. At the end of the GD, my boss pointed, "ever thought of the 70 odd percent of indians facing the heat?".
I, Myself being from a farmer's family have seen enough of that. The floods in Assam have many times killed our years. But then people wanted to give it one more try. Now, when I go to my village, I see young people leaving their land to go to places like Bangalore etc for jobs, mainly that of security guards or construction labor for few thousand bucks. But what else can they do? No one likes to stay away from their loved ones.
Peepli live just zoomed on this. Great movie. Sharp and mean.
Now when I look at myself, it seems my case is just a modified version of them. I migrated to get a job, to earn, to make my living.... Deep down, this emptiness creeps in slowly. Here I remember my friend Pallav's quote "Amalgamation of rustic freedom and urban boredom". Yes man. I sometimes get confused....what I am doing and. Why!!!!
This is my version of peepli live...the urban one... And no journalist thinks its a 'breaking news'!!!
