DAY 1900
Jalsa, Mumbai June 28-29, 2013 Fri-Sat 1:33 AM
The knowledge of knowing how a certain gadget works, is eventually a pressure point that has decided to be normalised. Many a times we leave the intricacies of its functionality because it is scary to even imagine that we could ever get to understand it. The basics are to be known and that is it. But then, if it is just the basics that needs attention then what was wrong with the previous machine - they had the same basics.
But human nature is such that it competes with itself. The mind wanders about in search of proving to the other that what we have in our possession is not to be found anywhere else. My car, is the exclusive .. my clothes come from a store which no one knows about .. and no one shall … my house is decorated with objects that you shall not find anywhere else..
Surely there is the belief that if you have been to a store to buy an object of desire, it could and may well become the object of desire of another .. otherwise why would anyone have a store at all …
There is somehow the belief that what you possess, cannot and will not be available to any other than yourself. The desire and wish is to look and feel different from the other. That is what has prevailed in a capitalistic society. But that can never be possible. You do know that others may have bought the same item of glory too. The hope that rides is that the other may never be seen when you are being seen … wishful, but most of the times it works. Women have a serious issue with such occurrences … and why not, they do want to be the toast of the evening and not wish any other to be encroaching on their domain .. For men it is easier and perhaps not much of an issue … the black formal tie is a black formal tie, the kurta-pyjama and shawl is just that … there cannot be a debate on it …
Yes in the matter of other objects there can be strong reactions .. particularly in the mechanical departments … the car, the size of the swimming pool, the mobile phone being used ..
There is that famous story from Hollywood, a destination where perhaps this element exists in greater proportion than in other vocations, of the star taking great pride in having the telephone in his car ; a luxury of those times which was most unique. Riding in his vehicle and desirous of informing his rival star of his latest possession too, he calls him up in his car with the intention of showing off that his rival is not the only one that has a phone in his car. The rival a bit rubbed off by this recent development obviously does not take too kindly to this, so while he is answering his rivals phone from his car states .. “Could you hold the line please, my other phone is ringing !” … ha ha ha … just a one up technique to make the rival feel lesser ..
Since celebrities attract attention, it is always a matter of huge concern to organisers of functions when and how the other celebrity should be called, handled, treated so that the others do not feel left out or neglected. Many interesting episodes have made ground on stories of how various celebrities tackle such situations ..
Some like to enter fashionably late so all the attention is singularly focussed on them, and not the rival or the others. To be present and have all pay attention to the other star can and does cause a disturbance to the one that arrived first ..
Many a time, agents and managers are sent in advance to functions to inform their master what the terrain is like and what would be a good time to arrive so that they are able to garner the attention of the audience ..
When the focus of attention shifts from you to your rival because he or she arrived late just for this, it is difficult to handle at times .. the reason being that celebrities are used to being the focus of attention wherever they go .. if not then they feel lesser or slighted .. giving rise therefore to these oddities ..
They are hardly noticeable these finer moments, but they do exist, particularly so when it is believed that the two people involved, share the same clientele, mass adulation or whatever it is they crave for ..
No celebrity likes to feel less than the other … but there shall be equations that shall rapidly keep changing .. one could be an insignificant member of the fraternity one day and the very next, because of your commercial standing, you could altogether be another individual … it is a great joy at times to be noticed how this functions … and if you are an interested party it is a fantastic exercise in human facial behaviour … because the face never lies .. it truly describes the feelings …
Interesting na .. !!
My love
Amitabh Bachchan
