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Aarakshan follows the story of Prabhakar Anand, the principal of STM college. He is a man of principles who believes in true education of all. He runs free classes for the weak at his house and is revered by all around him. He however rubs the politicians the wrong way and then they wreak havoc on his life, causing him to lose his job, his house and his reputation. He however fights back on the strength of his abilities, and his belief in real education. During this period, the issue of caste based reservation comes up but then gets lost in the host of other things shown during the movie. Aarakshan is a movie with a confused message. It starts out with trying to deal with the issues of casteism and reservation, as reflected in the title of the movie. But at some point it becomes all about the issues of education and corruption in our country, and leaves the audience confused about what the movie is trying to say (By any chance, did I see the censored version of the movie with all th...

What is right and what is wrong? And what comes in the grey? Doesn't too much come in the grey region?? These questions confuse the mind time and again.. while reading a book or seeing a television serial or a movie or any other such portrayal of life: where life's events and decisions are shown.. There are so many situations in these portrayals, when you wonder what you would do in the same place and you do not get a clear answer.. And makes you fear that if you can't decide even when not faced with the situation, what would you do when faced with it in real life? These questions came up again while watching the grand epics of epics, Mahabharat. What a story it is, with layers after layers of characterisations.. a multitude of characters all interlinked together in a complex maze.. decisions taken by people leading to unexpected consequences generations later.. Such an interesting study on karma and characters it is. What would you say about Bheeshma, a pe...

Ramdev's protest broken up by Delhi Police and the protestors beaten up..        Anna Hazare not allowed to hold a fast at Jantar Mantar.. but at JP Park..              .. and that too, for not more than 3 days and with not more than 5,000 people... What is India coming to? The largest democracy in the world but protests being stifled?? And the PM shirks any responsibility,  saying he cannot be involved.. (and turning a blind eye to things happening in his administration yet again!). Can the head of the government say that this does not fall within his purview? Can the government get away with not allowing a peaceful protest just because the protest is against the government? Such headlines coming in the papers regularly do not paint a positive picture of what des is coming to.. and worries a bit.. Lets see what it leads to?