What I’ve learnt in the last 18 months (actually several years) of the churn in my own life & of those around me. Only a handful of people matter, those who truly stand by you. Hold them dear. Most relish the downward spiral in lives of others. Sweep them away #MaaNamratanandMayi
Majority is of those who empathise with you for a while & then move on to fight their own battles, big or small. Like you would do vis-a-vis others. Do not judge them coz in doing so you would be judging yourself #MaaNamratanandMayi
So #MaaNamratanandMayi ka ultimate gyaan is: Don’t look for endorsement/validation from others. Live for yourself. Stay relevant for & compete with yourself. Be happy for yourself. Don’t count likes, RTs, followers, “virality” (whatever the heck that is, not virility mind you)...
Most significantly, don’t crave love when it comes to your #profession It’s not a popularity contest out there. Earn respect & that too not of every Seeta Geeta aur Meeta and Tom Dick and Harry but those respectable themselves #MaaNamratanandMayi ke is pravachan ki samaapti!
Afterthought: “Jeeyo (NOT Jio). Khush raho. Muskurao.
PS #MaaNamratanandMayi is too good
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I too have one SRK story. The special one of the many...
Nobody may want to listen but am gonna tell phir bhi... #SRKStory
So its his Eid party at Taj Lands End Bandra for the journalists where he first gives the sound bytes to the several thousands of flashing still and video cameras and then comes to our room and sits on each of our tables, one by one... #SRKStory continues ...
Sutapa Sikdar’s statement on Irrfan is so beautiful. It makes you hope through the loss...
And I quote...
“How can I write this as a family statement when the whole world is taking it as a personal loss? How can I begin to feel alone when millions are grieving with us at the moment? I want to assure everyone that this is not a loss, it is a gain... 1/n
“I want to assure everyone that this is not a loss, it is a gain. It’s a gain of the things he taught us, and now we shall finally begin to truly implement it and evolve. Yet I want to try to fill in the things that people don’t already know. .. 2/n
The real thing to look at is not why X film is there and why Y ain’t. Real issue is the prohibitive fee that producers have to pay for staking a claim at being official Oscar entry for India (Rs 70000 + 18% tax)... Many may not consider it worth it...
Even if they were to get selected there is more money needed for marketing and pitching the film to the academy members ...
And then the insane competition in what #IMHO is the most exciting Oscar category