Back to the days when I was a small kid. I used to see this ad once in a while.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYgfmcwl14o
I was so small I could not understand what Nagarjuna was saying except the word 'Loksatta' in the end.
I am a great lover of folklore and socio-fantasy movies. As a child I used to die for them. Every Saturday, the night show in ETV would be of this genre. But before the show, there was a half an hour program called 'Prathidwani' The biggest challenge in my life was to not go into sleep during this half an hour. I knew that once the movie starts, I would not get sleep. Invariably, I used to go into sleep watching this boring show. There was one person standing and asking questions to some experts and the audience as well. I used to wonder, who this standing man 'Jayaprakash Narayan' was. I only remember watching one show which I could understand a little, that was related to children's studies. This show still runs in ETV2, albeit in a modified form. Today when Aamir Khan conducts 'Satyameva Jayate' millions watch it and praise him. But a show on public debate nearly 20 yrs ago when there was only one Telugu channel apart from the state sponsored Doordarshan is no small thing in my opinion.
Fast Forward to the days after I started working as a individual. I spent all my formative years, as a student, in a place that is far more perfect than the world I live in today. It advocated that it is the society's combined responsibility to provide education and health care to one and all.We had dignity of labour; caste and language barriers made no sense to us. We were taught in class and through practical living, to believe in brotherhood of Man and fatherhood of God. But, when I passed out of my college, I saw a world markedly different from where I studied. A churning process started within me and numerous questions started haunting me. I thought these questions had no answers, these problems no solutions. Then I heard this man JP once again. And, he had the solutions to most of the problems that haunted me. However, there seems to be a different problem haunting this man; the public not getting convinced of his solutions.
To be continued ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYgfmcwl14o
I was so small I could not understand what Nagarjuna was saying except the word 'Loksatta' in the end.
I am a great lover of folklore and socio-fantasy movies. As a child I used to die for them. Every Saturday, the night show in ETV would be of this genre. But before the show, there was a half an hour program called 'Prathidwani' The biggest challenge in my life was to not go into sleep during this half an hour. I knew that once the movie starts, I would not get sleep. Invariably, I used to go into sleep watching this boring show. There was one person standing and asking questions to some experts and the audience as well. I used to wonder, who this standing man 'Jayaprakash Narayan' was. I only remember watching one show which I could understand a little, that was related to children's studies. This show still runs in ETV2, albeit in a modified form. Today when Aamir Khan conducts 'Satyameva Jayate' millions watch it and praise him. But a show on public debate nearly 20 yrs ago when there was only one Telugu channel apart from the state sponsored Doordarshan is no small thing in my opinion.
Fast Forward to the days after I started working as a individual. I spent all my formative years, as a student, in a place that is far more perfect than the world I live in today. It advocated that it is the society's combined responsibility to provide education and health care to one and all.We had dignity of labour; caste and language barriers made no sense to us. We were taught in class and through practical living, to believe in brotherhood of Man and fatherhood of God. But, when I passed out of my college, I saw a world markedly different from where I studied. A churning process started within me and numerous questions started haunting me. I thought these questions had no answers, these problems no solutions. Then I heard this man JP once again. And, he had the solutions to most of the problems that haunted me. However, there seems to be a different problem haunting this man; the public not getting convinced of his solutions.
To be continued ...
