S U C C E S S

Few days back my mother called me. She asked me a question which was completely unexpected for me. Mummy asked, When will you become successful? As I was not prepared to answer this question I said in next 5 years you’ll see me as a successful person.

After our conversation I thought that did I answer her question correctly or I just answered her as a formality? Is the span of 5 years enough to create my own identity in society? Sincerely speaking this is a topic of debate. Time required for becoming successful in life depends upon intensity of fire within you which doesn’t allow you to sleep until you achieve set target. I was not aware of exact answer. So I decided to ask my friends about their understanding of SUCCESS…

Rahul, a science graduate said, “I’ll call myself successful if within next 5 years I’ll be able to alleviate all problems associated with my family.”

 Ameesh, a software engineer &former employee of IBM said,” If my work appears in newspaper, television or when people recognize me after kind of work I do then I can say that I’ve achieved something in life.”  

 Lokesh, who holds a bachelors degree in agriculture said, “I would call myself successful if in next 5 years I get a class I officer job in state government which would not only make me happy but my parents will also feel proud on me. My success will also depend on marrying a girl as per wish of my parents.”

My opinion on success was that when society will start treating me as an important person or when I’ll enjoy my work then I would consider myself as a successful person.

After these views I came to a conclusion that everybody has different perception about success. Some consider themselves successful when they achieve financial stability whereas some prefer to measure their success on basis of their place in society. Or some people feel successful when they relieve pain from others life.

Finally I would like to say that Choice, not circumstances, determines your success.  

AMBAVANE's 

Don't be partial !!!!

Is there any similarity among films Wake Up Sid!, Aisha, once Upon a time in Mumbai &  Dhobi Ghat ?.....

All these films are based on different stories, actors are different, every aspect is different except one. In these movies word ‘BOMBAY’ is used instead of  ‘MUMBAI’.,

Around two years back  (year 2009) Wake Up Sid! was released. Along with film members one of the political parties in Maharashtra actively helped in making publicity of movie. The party was Maharashtra Navnirman Sena. The party was against use of word ‘Bombay’ instead of ‘Mumbai’, which was used quite a few times in that film. At that time, the issue raised by them was absolutely right. MNS tried to stop the shows of that film which were running across the Mumbai. The result of that agitation was that producer of Wake Up Sid! had to show a disclaimer in theatres before beginning of the film & apologise for hurting the sentiments of  a particular group of people.

After this issue MNS chief wrote a letter to Sharmila Tagore (Chairperson, CBFC) stating she would be held responsible for any film released containing the word `Bombay' instead of `Mumbai'.

Recently I watched two movies, Aisha & Dhobi Ghat. In the movie Aisha, actor Abhay Deol Speaks the word Bombay 3-4 times. At that time no such objection was taken by MNS. The movie did not face any kind of disturbances. Same was the case with Dhobi Ghat. In this film Aamir khan uses the word Bombay in his dialogues. Here also same thing was repeated. No action was taken. The most surprising fact was that MNS chief Raj Thackeray was present in the theatre for premier of  Dhobi Ghat.

How could MNS be partial to later two movies? It was just unacceptable. I personally admire Raj Thackeray. According to me, he is one of the most talented leaders in Maharashtra. But in this issue I am against him & his party.  

 MNS also has separate cell for monitoring all activities related to television, Bollywood & Marathi movies. And still such negligence? This is definitely going to affect image of MNS.

I think people should not use the word Bombay. Neither in day-to-day conversation nor in films. Officially Bombay became Mumbai in late 90’s. And unless we use word Mumbai, it will not become the routine word. The name Mumbai was given to the city by Indians and it was renamed as Bombay by British people. At least let’s not follow the names given by British people.

Finally I appeal MNS to be impartial in every activity. Don’t spoil your image. & I hope from today let's use Mumbai instead of Bombay.....

AMBAVANE's  

What's there in NAAM ?

These days we even don’t pay attention while interacting in our own languages. It seems English has become first language of many young Indians who sometimes speak Hindi in English way.

Today a funny incident happened with me. I was registering my name for one of the event happening in MIT campus. A girl at registration desk asked a funny question to me. She asked me that, “Please tell me  NAAMS (NAMES) of your team members.” I was shocked after listening such mixing of languages. & a thought came in my mind. Are we really progressing?

NAAMS.. is it a plural for NAAM in Hindi ? As far as my Hindi knowledge is concerned, it is certainly not. And NAAMS is also not an English word. Instead of speaking in incorrect way, she could have asked the same question in pure Hindi or in pure English. Use of English words while speaking in regional languages is acceptable. But you can’t make plural of any word just by attaching ‘S’ at its end.

I don’t want to raise language issue here. I am just emphasizing on use of correct language; whether it is Hindi or English. Various people can’t speak in fluent English because of many problems. But we speak in our mother tongue since our birth. So there should not be question of not knowing basic rules of language.

So, I just want to request all those who like to flaunt their language skills, please be clear with whatever you speak. Else you will land up in trouble. And people will make fun of you like, NAAMS…

AMBAVANE's