Thanks Gauri for sending me this link, It's a great celebration of the Mumbai spirit and of our common humanity, celebrated in dance. So here is my modest contribution a quote from the Irish poet Yeats, friend of the Indian poet Tagore,,,,,,,,,,,,
"O chestnut-tree, great-rooted blossomer,
Are you the leaf, the blossom or the bole?
O body swayed to music, O brightening glance,
How can we know the dancer from the dance?"
Are you the leaf, the blossom or the bole?
O body swayed to music, O brightening glance,
How can we know the dancer from the dance?"
it was cool and interesting to see a smile on the faces of the common indian, from almost every possible background.
ReplyDeleteThe flash mob comprised many young indians who seemed to be well educated, however, their performance attracted all kinds of people, from young children to older men and women. They all gathered around the mob and took pictures and videos of it in way to celebrate the culture and common humanity of the people of india. Its amazing how a small event like this could attract people from many different cultures in a single group.
ReplyDeleteDear Mr C, I agree that this is truly remarkable as such a "random" event is very hard to see in Mumbai. I apologize but I would like to politely disagree with Kush. Agreed that this flash mob was phenomenal and yes it was a gathering of different types of people. But I'm sorry to say but especially in India, even an accident or fight/ argument will cause a large crowd to gather around. Whats astonishing is that these people will just watch as two people will argue and even fight because of a scratch on their car. It has even gone to an extent where when someone was injured and was lying on the road, no pedestrian around the man wanted to help because probably if the man wasn't able to reach the hospital in time, they would be held responsible. So my point being that this was just an event taken place to probably promote the use of trains or promote India as a place of fun and enjoyment rather than us blowing it out of proportion by calling it "an event of different cultures gathering together".
ReplyDeleteDear Mr. C, i would disagree with Kaniel. I think that it this mob was not to promote use of trains or India at all but just to symbolize unity and celebration. I think that it would be wrong not to appreciate the immense effort that these people (most of them students) have put up... I also agree with Kush in the sense that it was nice to see the common Indian man smiling and to see different sections of society intermngling...
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