I haven't been back in a while, for reasons more than one.Assignments and movies have kept me busy.Thank God for that, for we all know, an idle mind is a Devil's workshop.Several things have been crossing my mind this morning;told you, an idle mind IS a devil's workshop.
Someone once said, " If we peel off enough layers, everyone is the Devil"...and yet again someone else said. "There really isn't any black or white, its all shades of grey"..I guess its only the shade that distinguishes one from the other. The other day i was watching a movie "Seven", and yet another day i was having a conversation about Ram Jethmalani, not only defending, but also vehemently insisting that Manu Sharma deserves a fair trial, in the Jessica Lal murder case.If it were upto me,things would be different. A case where an entire pub witnessed a model being shot by a man, because he was refused drinks past the closing time, should have been crystal clear. I wish it were. Justice. But thats a utopian world that i'm dreaming for. Aparently time has a different tale to tell.Thats when i asked "So are u telling me that anyone with money, who can buy off witnesses and afford a great(read cunning and clever) lawyer, will go scott free, inspite of heinous crimes ? Is justice then only for the ones who cannot afford it?"
The serial killer in the movie Seven, killed people who were, according to him, slave to one of the Seven Deadly Sins.Who gave him the right to? Maybe, the society which needs puritive practices from time to time to wake them up from the perpetual slumber we seem to be in. However in a civilized society again, this is uncalled for.It is acceptable for a man to force sex unto his wife, solely because he is the husband, but its utterly shameful for a couple to be in a live-in relationship. Strange times, stranger society...
Right and Wrong are increasingly becoming difficult to assume.I always thought that life comprised straight lines: and straight lines be it. They are somehow beginning to blur.
