Recently apolitical prime time done by Ravish Kumar is gaining a lot appreciation. I would also like to congratulate him for the same. He definitely knows how to counter his opponents and how to do it creatively. In the media world where everything is counted in seconds, keeping your creativity intact is a big and difficult thing. So, again I would like to applaud him for keeping his art alive.
I love films and I love to hear when artist talk about their craft, their struggles, how they managed to survive and make a big name in the industry. When I read about Nawazuddin Siddique, how he managed to live on parle-g for two years! I was stunned. These stories inspire us, they motivate us to dream big, do big. So, I have a question if the prime minister of India has a struggle story to share, has a story which can inspire young minds like me to dream, unlike others, how is it wrong?
When Barak Obama became the president whole world acknowledged the fact that a black man, after years of struggle became America’s president, then how come a journey of chaiwala to prime minister holds no importance?
I would also like to ask Mr Ravish Kumar, how is Rahul Gandhi’s “informal” chit chat with students before elections is justified if every conversation before the election should revolve around politics?
If political leaders are just meant to talk about politics then on what grounds do you justify apolitical interview given by Rajiv Gandhi to Simi Garewal?
Problem with India is we tend to keep people on a pedestal and forget that they too could have a human quality. We expect our parents to be always perfect because they are superior to us. But often forget they are human too. The same tragedy was faced by a simple innocent question asked by a driver’s daughter, whether prime minister enjoy mangoes. He is a prime minister for the love of god, how can he talk about mangoes!? Right?
Akshay Kumar has given numerous interviews before taking this one, all the journalists from Rajeev Masand to Ravish Kumar has one question for him reserved, “how do you wake up 4 in the morning and go to sleep by 9 in the night?” When journalists themselves have incorporated the fact that stars are meant to be asked only about their personal life, not their craft, how do you expect him to ask questions related to the craft of Narendra Modi?
The concept of detachment talked by both Narendra Modi and Ravish Kumar is a very complex thing to understand. Especially by the people who have faced Income tax raid. Loving your mother and feel that detachment from her is two very different things. One cannot overpower another. Understanding the fact that we all are travellers is a difficult thing, so, I can understand the confusion, Ravish Kumar had.
