B-Log

The land of stock photography is more coloured now. It has acquired a few new shades.
Now flooded with pictures of Indians, proliferation was never before expected to show its traits in such ways.

Wherever you search, something Indian would appear atleast once on each page of the search result. No more are we depicted through pictures of Rajasthan or roadside beggars. Our pics are as slick, classy and clean as the others’.

The country has started to make a mark at every level in the world. The world needs to cover all the developments and its effects. We are also becoming more comfortable in our skins. Realising that being an Indian isn’t such a bad thing after all. There’s a revival of national pride. Therefore brands talk to us with visuals which depict us as we are. Indians are working at par with people of other nationalities. They have more things under their control now. Therefore, commanding more respect.

It is being recognised that we have a different set of perception and identity. Our value sets and aspirations are unique.

This is, as I said… just a trait… a sign.

Another power of Yoga revealed! Past Control! Sigh… Wish they could really do that!

The one survival tactic one needs to survive in a country like India is perfecting the art of ignoring anything and everything.

We all have learnt to ignore men fertilizing any plant they can find on the street and often mistaking walls for plants. They’ve learnt to ignore the thousands of people walking by.
We ignore people living on meagre income and struggling for survival. They’ve learnt to ignore the luxuries of the cars passing by while they sleep on the pavement.
Most women have learnt to ignore that man staring at them while you wait around the bus stop. People around have also learnt to ignore their helplessness.
We have learnt to skip through the pages where they report crime and instead skip to page 3. The page 3 janta have learnt to ignore the reality of life.
Eventually you learn to ignore that you’re a human being who possesses free will… the power to bring a change! You end up becoming just another zombie walking around with a billion more like yourself.

We’ve really misinterpretted the real message behind Gandhiji’s 3 wise monkeys!

The Decision Makers

This is what he would be doing on earth… sitting in a parking ticket booth. Probably that’s what happens in heaven too :)

(Taken with my mobile phone camera. Wasn’t carrying my camera that day sadly!)