Tuesday, October 10, 2006

The cost of love

In a stark reminder of the huge pseudo-cultural war between "supposedly-Indian" culture and "new-age western" culture, a couple were shot on the way their marriage because the girl's brothers did not approve off it. I cannot but find it ironic that the society frowns upon 'love marriage' while at the same time churning out 10 movies a day themed around "love".

Any Indian movie would not be complete without a major love story in it, but if it were to happen in real life there is hell to pay. Are we still that hypocritical in the day and age? We most definitely are!!

1 comment:

Hermit said...

No wonder its on 'reel' and not 'real'..The tragedy is that we are so used to fantasy while reality is still elusive..how can killing stop someone from loving another??? Cain tried it once and failed and so have countless others after him..How many years will it take for us to realize that too many people have died..the answer my friend is blowing in the wind..the answer is blowing in the wind..