Saw the raw youthful talent that India had been brewing in the green room but was showcased in the T20 cricket series. I liked the fact that we no longer are confined to not being demonstrative when we are mad or feel crazy or wrecked. Yeah rite cricket was gentlemen’s game, but we have changed the norms. Dhoni has locks longer than anybody ever had in Indian cricket; Yuvraj yells & screams as he likes but what matters the most is they play to win, they play to rule. They may not be able to recreate the same mania again or may do better than what they just did, point here is they made India realize that we can dream to be the winners! Lets hope our boys Inshallah keep winning & recreating the same fervor in future!!
Again, getting back to the youth, Indian Idol found quite some talented faces too. All the participants were in the 17-24 age group. They certainly made me feel old. They all represented smaller towns and came from middle class families with no filmy backgrounds at all. What surprised me was at 18 they knew what they wanted from life; boy I wish I was that mature when I was 18! The best thing about these reality shows is that they have found winners among common people. No longer you have to belong to Bombay to make it big in Bollywod or know the big shot people. Today, if you are talented, yes you can make it big.
This is real India, where talent is rewarded, recognized & valued. Yes these are the changing times where being middle class is fashionable, where your kid no more has to be an engineer or doctor, where life seems a lot more promising than it ever was!
Again, getting back to the youth, Indian Idol found quite some talented faces too. All the participants were in the 17-24 age group. They certainly made me feel old. They all represented smaller towns and came from middle class families with no filmy backgrounds at all. What surprised me was at 18 they knew what they wanted from life; boy I wish I was that mature when I was 18! The best thing about these reality shows is that they have found winners among common people. No longer you have to belong to Bombay to make it big in Bollywod or know the big shot people. Today, if you are talented, yes you can make it big.
This is real India, where talent is rewarded, recognized & valued. Yes these are the changing times where being middle class is fashionable, where your kid no more has to be an engineer or doctor, where life seems a lot more promising than it ever was!
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Well said (or I should say well-written). These truly are the changing times for India. The economy is rising, the middle class is rising, education is more accessible, as is technology and infrastructure. Talent is on the rise and is getting its fair share of attention and accolades. It is a pure joy to watch the younger generation of 18-24 (yes, i too consider myself older now .. sadly) rise from the small towns and cities of our country and to the centerstage of shows like SaReGaMa and Indian Idol (though I really wished for Amit Paul to win)
Some may argue that this prosperity is not evenly distributed. All of us are well aware of the short-comings .. but hey, it is a good start. When some have it, it wont be long before the rest feel it too.
Chak De India!
yes, i wanted amit paul to win too, but hey what can we do.
I also think so.. when I just keep reading about all the things these people keep doing. :)
what i would like to add to that post is.....one thing that we are still missing is CONSISTENCY....
yes we have started doing things in the way it should be.....but doing the thing only once is not what would help us in the longer run....we have to keep that consistency going...
today we hear new people on the screen..some days later these guys are gone...for some they dont get oppourtunity ....i agree but the hardwork has to really go even after we have achieved something....either to maintain one on that level or to raise the bar higher....
secondly.....we should really distinguish between mediocrity and the actual talent....in some of the cases the actual talent is left behind and mediocrity is what wins..... that is something which i know is very much debatable according to individual views...
however yes i would say we have seen people like Shreya, sunidhi coming up...but i know many would agree with me that they are very very very talented people.
T20 when we won even i was very happy but after that today if we see the team perform again i dont think many would put their money on us....why coz of inconsistency.
well you can't stop an idea whose time has come :-)
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