Art is something related to creativity, art is the skill
where one uses his skill to devise something new, something creative. Art is
meant to innovate, to show the world something new, art is something which have
no dimensions. It is true that not everyone is an art lover, neither everyone
has the capacity to tolerate art forms, be it paintings, writings, movies,
music or any other form.
The recent hype towards the movie ‘PK’ and Aamir Khan
portraying Hindu traditions and god men as fake and useless is utter disgust. What
I believe that Aamir Khan is an artist, the writer who wrote, Abhijat Joshi, is
an artist, and an artist is meant to show whatever he feels like. If someone is
not tolerant towards his/her idea, be kind enough either to ignore it or be
silent enough not to let him/her feel bad about his art or creativity. An artist
does a lot of hard work to present the world something new, in a new way, which
the world is unable to comprehend with normal eyes. Anything that is happening
in this world, has a different meaning in the eyes of an artist. What may be
good in your eyes might mean something else for an artist. This also means that
he/she has a different view to present the same in a way which you might never have
thought.
As a human too, everyone has one basic right, the right to
express. And art today, has a strong need to have this basic right because it
is seen in the modern times that people have turned out to be more orthodox
than before. Anything which hurt religion, or their beliefs is sure to be face
the brunt of the crowd.
Like Boman Irani said in the movie, agar is desh mein rehna
hai to, avoid everything about religion…
Nahi to bum pe trishul padega….
Then why do we say that we provide everyone the right to
express. Everyone is free to express, if you don’t feel that someone art is in
line with your thinking be humble enough to oppose in a non-violent and humble way
than to abuse the artist or the art. We have seen in the past too how MF Hussein
had to face the brunt of public or Jumpa Lahari for that case. But think once,
are we really tolerant, which we claim to be? Are we really modern, or liberal,
which we claim to be???
Either you can be modern, or you can be closed ended…. The choice
is yours… If you cannot tolerate something which is someone’s creation, then
never ever joke about any other religion, too….
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