The picture of a model of an ancient church built on the river bank for film shooting appeared damaged a few days back. There are photos of some men pulling down the panels with axe and showers. There seems to be a religious intolerance behind this vandalism.
Whither we go as humanity!
The president of America seems to be an example of this version of narcotic behaviour. The latest being, the president is now after the Twitter for having exposed his distortion of facts.
The language of arrogance and intimidation one union minister, hailing from Kerala, used against the Chief minister of Kerala while referring to the COVID 19 status in Kerala was offensive and unbecoming of a union minister, to say the last.
Where does the language of arrogance or violence originate from! Is it possible the cinema has a large contribution to this. I asked a regal film viewer as to whether he remembers watching a film without ugly romance between a man and woman or acts of violence in word and deed. In fact some scenes are murderous or bordering to it. He was silent and felt that the film actors are stars with much more acceptance and role model appeal than the sports person or politicians !
We can see the replica of violent behaviour even in our roads.
Yesterday, I stopped at a four road junction as I normally do before crossing. The car behind me honked and honked for that thirty seconds. When he overtook me he came in front of my car and drove slowly to harass me. I felt pity for him.
What do we have as a value except our conduct and behaviour! We seem to accumulate financial wealth at the expense of losing our moral wealth!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo from a news paper, Malayala Manorama, 26 May, 2020)
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