Have you ever fallen and badly hurt yourself?
And before you recover, BANG – you get hit again.
That’s what the last week was like.
Two incidents messed with my mind.
And stimulated my neurons enough to bring me out of my Hastākshar exile.
Vikram Vedha on one side.
A manic Hrithik Roshan was cutting down people with a gun, sword, dagger, and whatnot.
But as one ‘Ek kahaani sunaaye sir?’ comes after another, you question the basis of right and wrong.
Saif’s t-shirts gradually turning from white (at the beginning of the movie) to dark grey are perhaps asking you and me:
“Are we always in the grey? Where do the lines get blurred?”
Amish Tripathi’s ‘War of Lanka’ is the other.
This adaptation of Ramayan has portrayed Raavan choosing to be cruel, unjust, adharmik in the first three books.
And some turn of events in this fourth book suddenly makes him a hero.
More selfless than Sita.
More honourable than Ram.
More far-sighted than Vishwamitra or Vashishth.
The writer can mould character arcs in fiction, but real life is often more surprising.
We see people transform and redeem themselves.
But when they are no longer the same (bad of heart), do they still deserve to be punished for their past crimes?
The law says one thing, but the heart may say another.
Is it ethical to punish them?
If yes, what is the right harshness of this consequence?
How do you make the right decision?
Is there even a ‘right’ decision/ action?
Let me know. I’m waiting for your take on this.
