Tuesday, July 13, 2010

A Pernicious Trend


Both in my school life and college life, I have been a witness to the fact that glamour sustains victory. When a teacher used to ask a question, the spontaneous (but knowing less) guys used to blabber whatsoever they can vomit while the shy (yet genius) always preferred to be reserved.

Similarly, when it came to wooing girls, the shy used to just talk formally with girls while the fundoo guys with glamorous accessories and impressive (modern) style used to throw jokes, do publicity stunts solely for the purpose of making fool of the girl. Being a batchmate and having good acquaintance with both the shy and the wag, I always found the results to be other way round. The shy one was more intense and pure in his feelings. But the girl always chose to go with the smart one who can always keep her smiling and offer her a ride at his (may be borrowed) bike.

I used to empathize with the fate of that girl for having lost a true friend and may be a life partner

Same was the case I found in the recent flick – I hate Luv Stories. Sonam fell in love with Imraan for no obvious reasons. He was a liar and was no virgin, but that made little difference to her. He just made her laugh, did some publicity stunts at the pub and all of a sudden she feels that the magic has come back. It was very unclear, Which quality allured her – if she just got wooed by his stunts, showy tricks, then I really feel pathetic for her. She was ready to leave a sober, successful and above all an honest beau who was not even curious to know about her horrible past and was ready to accept her in all her forms.
The analogy and contrast set by white and red flowers was once again unclear to me, may be in this case she never told her beau and to Imraan – she did.

Once again a cultured, shy and honest guy lost against a dishonest, not at all serious but humorous guy

Let me know, what do you feel

P.S. : I find a similar situation even in professional life. If you don’t entertain others with spicy jokes, they take no time in declaring you boring and somber. Contrast this with the prophecy in Ramayana by Goswami Tulsidas where he says that in Kalyug, wags would be preferred over serious work oriented persons. So true!!!!

4 comments:

Yayaver said...

They say a woman's heart is like the Autumn sky. A woman has fluctuating beauty and changing moods. Don't reason about woman, they are irrational quite contrary to the logical way persuaded by the shy guy.

alok said...

Reasoning women is like reasoning the unreasonable .
We all have heard the story of Rabit and tortoise .
If shy guys[they shudnt be shy ] lose girls to some guy who is entertaining liar and whatever they shudnt be disappointed .
They should be happy .If there is a girl who is amazed by fooled by such acts then believe me it is better to stay away .let alone love and whaever

S J Mayank Srivastav said...

@ Himanshu bhaiya and Alok - It seems women have no brains. i was foolish to look for a logic in their acts

@ alok- sahii kaha

Pratyush Anand said...

Perhaps you consider it in the wrong light. Of course, I condemn the way good guys are portrayed in the movie, but a humorous, casanova type guy can also fall in love- pure, innocent and true love. It is for the woman to choose who they think is right for them. Virginity is not a proof of fidelity and certainly not a promise of future loyalty. I appreciate your point out the flaws; they are true to an extent, but I do not agree fully with you.