PD Ponders

Yesterday on Facebook had an interesting conversation with a friend, who happens to be soft, very well presented and mannered south Indian lady till she posted this picture.  I asked her on the post why is she doing such a thing & decided to message her instead of asking about her decision to do her bit for Moral Policing on Facebook.  I dont know if my conversation helped her to realise she too was Moral Policing like the goons in Mangalore,  but I felt an urge to share this story to all of you (hope you can read & understand Kannada typed in English).  The chat transcript is below the pic Actual Pic on FB which has lot of hate speech attached to it P D: Just wanted to know why did you share the ladies smoking pictures please, let me know only if you want to explain yourself S A: becoz ega tumba hudgiru e tara madtidare so avrella etara fb ge hakidanna nodi adru adu tappu anta smoking madodu bidtare anta P D: alla tappu annondu ava...

Now with the work I do listening to songs and selecting them to be air played has become quite monotonous.  I have some how developed a deaf ear for songs which keep coming on to my desk.  There are very rare moments I get to open them and EA (Emotional Atyaachaar ) from the movie Dev D was one such song.  The brass band of marriage processions which is part of most of our north Indian marriages (most because I did not get married the brass band way) and now a days slipping in our south Indian weddings too.  That sound has an immediate connect to something important to all of us. The term Atyaachaar means Rape in our modern day to day dialect.  But the thought of it being used in a Bollywood song with such power was unthinkable.   Anurag Kashyap who directs the movie too has shared a fantastic story about this song -  http://passionforcinema.com/devd-emosional-atyachar/   The influences he has shared are eye openers too.  The slightest thought of Atyaachaar gives us many ima...