Do they really sit on Ivory Tower and pass judgement???

I am appalled by the judgement given by the Mumbai High Court in the Mehta abortion case. My fury may partially generate from the judgement, but more so from the report of the 3 doctors on the basis of which her abortion plea was dismissed. The three doctors who a few days ago certified a fair chance of the foetus developing a congenital heart disease at the time of birth miraculously opined today that such chances were extremely remote. Did medical science progress to this extent in a couple of days or was it an overpowering unnamed intervention???????
Well the purpose of my blog is to not analyze the rampant beaurocratic corruption but rather to gather a few responses on if the judgement was correct. Has it been taken based on a moral stance or from a practical standpoint? Or is it a sheer conservative approach preventing the judges from making a landmark judgement calling for the amendment of the 37 year old abortion clause which states that a foetus over 20 weeks old can be aborted only in case of proven fatality to the mother's life. The Mehtas argue that nothing can be more cruel than to see your child suffer from a traumatic medical condition. If the disease indeed manifests itself upon birth, the child's condition will indeed be pitiable with the infant being subject to multiple surgeries and the infiltration of a pacemaker into the infant's beautiful and innocent heart. With competition turning fierce and if I may say so ugly, this child with impaired physical abilities will indeed be at a disadvantage where "marks" and "grade" have become the only yardsticks to measure one's credibility leave alone intelligence. I can recall my mom's anxiety and prayers at the slightest of cold or fever that I developed not only as a child but even today. Imagine the parents woes to see their child battle not only physical constraints, but emotional as well as social. Despite their trauma they will have to put up a brave front to ably assist their child to brace all the challenges with courage. But the big question remains "At the end of the battle will anybody emerge victorious?????? or to put it more correctly "Is it wise to even wage such a precarious battle in the first place?????- I have no answer....
But I am also overwhelmed with the support people all over have rendered to this couple. Various NGO's, child-care organizations, the Church, hospitals that have offered to bear the consequences from monetary help upto taking custody of the child and giving him good upbringing. Now I think, this unborn child has so many well-wishers with the entire country praying for his life. Given the birth rate in India, when no one even knows about the genesis of life happening in multiple numbers all over the country, this child has the entire country eagerly awaiting to embrace him upon his arrival to the world. We do speak of advances in science and that technology has grown like never before, but I think all of this is second only to HIS Divine Power. Man cannot be clairvoyant and forsee this infant's sufferings as HIS divine power coupled with the miracle of science has the capability of surpassing every misery. But the big question is "Is all this arguement and moral principle of not killing a life (put very crudely) all rational????????
But this arguement can be defended purely by pining hopes on the hope that people do not forget their promises and do continue to extend their support to this couple even after all the euphoria surrounding this case dies out.
Now for the HC judges- It is indeed time to climb down your ivory towers and make some landmark judgement..Make a clause to provide educational and admission and monetary concessions to such children who do not fall under the conventional and almost extinct"physically challenged students Quota" who fight an acrimonious battle with life and face bigger challenges than scoring 99% in exams. These are truly the most successful candidates in this game called life. I think our educational (more so the admission) system needs some serious rethinking!!!!!

Would love to get some comments on this issue that I think is pertinent.

Donning a Butcher's hat!!!!!

I guess the "Tanhai" post made a big impact afterall-I had quite a few people calling in their concerns about my well-being and to know if that post was a subtle innuendo reflecting my state of mind. But hey am I complaining about the calls or am I secretly grinning that well wasnt such a post meant to garner attention and I cant be that juvenile and oblivious to the fact that "If I post something to this effect- it would go unnoticed........Somewhere subconsciously I needed that attention. But well I have now made a conscious decision to not reflect any overtly personal emotions on the blog directly or metaphorically.
For long I've been wanting to play a critic and review (read rip apart) a movie (I am a hugeeeeee movie buff). But never did I think that my maiden attempt at this would be reviewing the music of a movie and even more not being able to do what I set out to- rip apart. The music in question is of the movie "Bachnaa ae Haseenon" composed by Vishal and Shekhar. Since "tanhai" left a pall of gloom I tried to get off my conservative approach and made an attempt to give an ear to the latest offing of Bollywood- and at the end of this miniature musical trip- am I ready to don my critic's (read butcher's) hat???????No infact I am rather pleasantly pleased..
Coming straight to the review (Lady, you waste 20 lines before you could even type the word review and you call this coming straight to the point?????) Well guess that's my love for words (verbose nahhhhh...passion yesssssssss). The track starts off with the song "Ahista Ahista" sung by lucky Ali and shreya ghosal. Her mellifluous voice is ably and perhaps to an extent overshadowed by the uniqueness of his voice. For people looking for some "hatke stuff" this is your answer. The lyrics are fresh too. The overlapping of the male and female voices has been done beautifully- although this is not the first of its kind..has been done two decades ago by the musical maestero Illayaraja (A true tamilian I am.......)
Now the big one- the title track, the name of which has been borrowed from the movie "Hum kissise Kum nahin" and not just the title of the movie, the song itself is a remix of the original. The very mention of the song etches the memory of the faces of three people very vividly- Rishi kapoor, Kishore Kumar and R.D. Burman. With millions of remixies being churned out (despite being vehemantly opposed and criticized by self proclaimed musical legends, I would certainly agree with them at times, but opposing the entire idea of remixes is not justified I think (Debatable yes.. I think I just found the topic for my next blog...) O.K this one has been sung by Sumit Kumar- the son who has been shouldered with the responsibility of carrying forward the legacy of his father. does he do justice???????? Yes and No. Yes- coz the remix version has some interesting pieces of original club style music that takes away attention from his not so amazing voice. in addition to this again a novelty here-some original parts of the song in kishore Kumar's voice have been interspersed well that are a true delight to the ears even after 30 years from the date of composition (Well but wasnt R.D. Burman known to be ahead of his time anyways). And No- coz descendant of kishore Kumar dynasty is quite a tricky place to be in due to inevitable comparisons. Overall the song is a winner and can definitely pep up your sombre mood any time and set your feet (left feet too) grooving.
Now the bets one and the big one- Khuda Jaane- almost on the lines of Suraj Hua Madham... Has a very haunting feel to it. the credit of this song should in entirety go to K.K (my favorite and perhaps the most underrated singer). He oozes life, emotions, depth and a whole new dimension and meaning to the song. the song starts off a with a lovely humming(almost extinct these days) that sets the perfect tone to a five minute journey and at the end of it transports you to the land of mountains, rivers and beautiful landscapes (power of imagination or am I a diehard romantic? perhaps the latter). Lovely composition.... But everything cant go right in a world where Murphy's law holds good (If something can go wrong it will go wrong) and remixies have the greatest potential to go wrong and this one surely does. Remix version of this song with the fast signature remix beats is completely devoid of the original soul and gives a feeling that the singers are in a tearing hurry to hop on to the next studio for another recording. Truly a massacre.
Well the first three songs left me wanting for more (of them) and I ended up listening to them repeatedly impeding my effort to go on to the next blog (So yes now if reading this was a bigger massacre then you have Vishal Shekhar to blame, and if reading up to this point was fun but you can take no more You have Vishal Shekhar to thank to having restricted me to the first three songs....)
A final word- If I came across an interesting composition I have always recommended it to a friend and have forced the person to literally listen to the song at gun point) Unfortunately I couldnt do the recommendation bit this time. Hope my blog does the needful on my behalf...