Here's a Cntrl C+Cntrl V version of the conversation I had today with my friend Thomas.
Gram-Hansen Thomas [4:45 PM]:
hola
Menon Vivek [4:45 PM]:
hola brother
Gram-Hansen Thomas [4:45 PM]:
i just watched the movie Gandhi this weekend....
Gram-Hansen Thomas [4:45 PM]:
wauw!!!
Menon Vivek [4:46 PM]:
The original one or Gandhi my father?
Gram-Hansen Thomas [4:46 PM]:
hehe the Oscar winning movie
Menon Vivek [4:46 PM]:
okie
Menon Vivek [4:46 PM]:
So wht did u think/
Gram-Hansen Thomas [4:46 PM]:
and then when i think about the stupid american wars in the middle east - Gandhi just put the right words on it:
Gram-Hansen Thomas [4:47 PM]:
"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?"
Gram-Hansen Thomas [4:47 PM]:
man that guy was sharp!
Gram-Hansen Thomas [4:47 PM]:
i really liked the movie, and think that Gandhi really was on to something
Menon Vivek [4:48 PM]:
yep. The sooner we realise his words the better for us
Gram-Hansen Thomas [4:49 PM]:
well i guess you probably heard of the guy in school or something
Menon Vivek [4:50 PM]:
yeah we were made to watch it in school itself
Menon Vivek [4:51 PM]:
the funny thing was
Menon Vivek [4:51 PM]:
at tht age we thought ben kingsley was the real gandhi
Menon Vivek [4:51 PM]:
and we were watching a documentary rather thn a movie
Menon Vivek [4:51 PM]:
all those actors became the real people for us
Menon Vivek [4:51 PM]:
nehru mountbatten
Menon Vivek [4:52 PM]:
jinaah
Gram-Hansen Thomas [4:52 PM]:
haha
Gram-Hansen Thomas [4:52 PM]:
well he was an amazing man, although i guess many people only know the most superficial facts about him
Menon Vivek [4:54 PM]:
yeah but aint tht the truth abt any famous person
Menon Vivek [4:54 PM]:
we know only superficial things abt the person
Menon Vivek [4:54 PM]:
and at the end of the day thts how ur judged
We make perceptions about people
Gram-Hansen Thomas [4:49 PM]:
well i guess you probably heard of the guy in school or something
Menon Vivek [4:50 PM]:
yeah we were made to watch it in school itself
Menon Vivek [4:51 PM]:
the funny thing was
Menon Vivek [4:51 PM]:
at tht age we thought ben kingsley was the real gandhi
Menon Vivek [4:51 PM]:
and we were watching a documentary rather thn a movie
Menon Vivek [4:51 PM]:
all those actors became the real people for us
Menon Vivek [4:51 PM]:
nehru mountbatten
Menon Vivek [4:52 PM]:
jinaah
Gram-Hansen Thomas [4:52 PM]:
haha
Gram-Hansen Thomas [4:52 PM]:
well he was an amazing man, although i guess many people only know the most superficial facts about him
Menon Vivek [4:54 PM]:
yeah but aint tht the truth abt any famous person
Menon Vivek [4:54 PM]:
we know only superficial things abt the person
Menon Vivek [4:54 PM]:
and at the end of the day thts how ur judged
We make perceptions about people
perceptions becomes reality
Life is marketing
Life is marketing
Thank you Thomas for reminding me of Gandhi's words and how pertinent they are today!
8 comments:
and i didn't watch the movie yet.
Marketting can effect the blind only, the rational one, will decide on facts.
Gandhi was egalltarian, but equality is not natural.
and the issues like reservation he raised are still a pain in indian asses.
Anyways, Gandhi is past, and we live in present.
Bush regime is a fraud at every stage, but muslim world is no less good, and is a constant danger.
No Gandhi can save anyone, niether the orphan, nor the sufferer. Yet, the illusions of sympathy can easily be marketted.
Hi.. I haven't seen the movie tooo.. but i would agree to the power of marketing... It can even turn a dead man alive.. just market it right..
another classic basic common example did the highest business in 2007.. haha.. I could not bear it for 15 min..
Marketing is the key in most of the cases!! ;)
I was talking of the movie.. om shanti om..
cool post dude .. nice narration ...
@ Anonymous - Agree on OSO - But remember if Aamir hadn't Marketed TZP would have been a dud too without a soul watching the Real Best Movie of 2007.
@Gargi- You over estimate the Rational choice in Humans. Even in theoretical Economics its found its shortfalls now.Just look around you to confirm what im saying. Was is a rational choice that Rallied the Sensex from 12k to 20k(and now back ofcourse).Will it be rational to have 200000 Nanos a year on the clogged Indian roads?? And like mentioned above if it was Rational choice OSO would never have been the biggest hit of 2007.
well i feel its the thoughts and principles that ought to take centrestage over the personality.
we ought to venerate gandhi's ideals, more than the man himself.
faces are lost in time, but ideas and thoughts linger on
good post man
chris
www.crissdude.blogspot.com
Marketting can effect the blind only, the rational one, will decide on facts.
Gandhi was egalltarian, but equality is not natural.
and the issues like reservation he raised are still a pain in indian asses.
Anyways, Gandhi is past, and we live in present.
Bush regime is a fraud at every stage, but muslim world is no less good, and is a constant danger.
No Gandhi can save anyone, niether the orphan, nor the sufferer. Yet, the illusions of sympathy can easily be marketted.
Thats my comment I did it via my another account.
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