This is due to a phenomenon called Bias. Humans cannot share their feelings uniformly to multiple elements. Everyone is biased towards a specific directive. This is human error, but it brings injustice to the victims. A task cannot be perfectly accomplished by a single server. It requires the team effort to get to the destination. Still this is societal limitation that neither they try to explore the work of all contributors nor do they think about it. This leads to dissatisfaction to real workers and they usually are lost inside the darkness of being neglected.
I am talking about some famous cases which address this issue.
Many songs in the Hindi film industry have been given under the banner of RK Films. The group involved Raj Kapoor (actor), Mukesh(Singer), Shankar-Jaikishan(Music) and Shailendra-Hasrat Jaipuri(Lyrics). How many people remember the songs of Mukesh other than with this banner? Hardly a few! This is called a kind of Type Casting to a certain frame. It is not true that these people have not worked individually. No, each of them has given great hits without the help of the remaining others in this group. The matter is that today’s public don’t want to find out these cases. Make sure, whenever you listen to a Mukesh special episode on Radio or TV, more than 50% of the songs are dedicated to Raj Kapoor only. That does not mean Mukesh has never sung for any other actor. He has landed has voice to nearly every actor in the Hindi Cinema and in different Indian languages, too. But still, generally we bias to link Mukesh with Raj Kapoor. Someone would think about the great and unbreakable relations between the two. The fact is that RK was totally professional. During the tragic days of Mukesh, not only he failed to support him, but he mentally tortured him and completed two films without him (Shri 420, Anadi). They were on the verge of separation, but due to some common friend’s efforts, this did not happen. When I heard this first time, I did not shock; because I had already some bad impression of RK and will always have.
Hence, no one should take it for granted whatever is displayed to one. It is the task of the person to investigate the matter and come with the self conclusion to judge people.
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Another issue is about the historical India. India, which passed its 190 years under the reign of a private British company (!), with the back support of the British government.
Whom of the following do you know?
1. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
2. Shyamji Krushna Verma
3. Madam Cama
4. Chhagan Kheraj Verma
5. Lala Hardayal
6. Madanlal Dhingra
7. Ram Prasad Bismil
Hardly one or two!
Now whom of the following you don’t know?
1. Mohandas Gandhi
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
4. SubhashChandra Bose
5. Bhagatsingh
Almost all!
It’s because these people have been over popularized. No doubt about their contributions, but we should not neglect the deeds and sacrifices by thousands of other unknown or unnamed warriors who worked for the freedom of India.
I urge all of you that please give respect to all those due to whom we are in the free India. Here is not the question of Violence or Nonviolence. The destination may come through any pathway. I hope you have grabbed the idea…!
Thanks.
