As I sat eating breakfast today morning I realised that I’m bloody detached from the rest of the world. I have no freaking clue what is happening around the world, what milestones has Obama moved since coming into office, if there are still hundreds dying in Palestine (I think that place hasn’t improved much), what state Indonesia is in or what the environmentalists are upto now. I used to know all this and a lot more once upon a time but now I live in a blissfully ignorant world. (Not really sure if it is actually blissful)
Anywho the point being that when I realised just how hopelessly ignorant I have become I decided to do something about it and opened 5 different websites at once. And the first news I came across was the Oscar awards today. (Seriously to stress just how ignorant I have become I will add that till yesterday I didn’t know that the Oscars were today. :O yes, yes, you are allowed to ogle and exclaim at that since that’s exactly what I did!!) I learnt many important things and saw just exactly what hairdo some random actor whose name I’ve managed to forget (I was trying to find out who but then realised it’s pointless) wore. And then I read about Slumdog Millionaire and all the awards it has won. It made me feel good. You know the Indian thing that I can’t really explain (though the movie is not Indian technically).
And then I kept seeing that every other random person’s status message has “Jai ho” and A.R. Rahman in it (hence post). Rahman was always great and the song was awesome even before it got the Oscar! Then why do people suddenly go Jai Ho just because it got an award? And he has definitely composed better music so why the hype?? Why do we need an Oscar to tell us what is supposed to be appreciated and what not??? There are so many movies which would go unnoticed if not for the awards. But somebody else’s appreciation buys our own so often!!!
Well then I figured that maybe it’s not that they just started appreciating Rahman and his music but rather that they are trying to show how proud they are or maybe congratulate you know, (I know he’s not going to read it or probably know about it and it’s not exactly congratulating but.... if you know what I mean.) proud that his talent is being applauded worldwide. I don’t know whether this is true (or makes sense for that matter) since I didn’t ask anyone just why they were going Jai Ho suddenly but well these seem to be the only other reasons.
Ahh well Rahman rocks, Oscar or no Oscar!!!
PS: Sadly i dint read a single other news item after the Oscar piece but trust me I shall not be ignorant for long!!
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