Monday, July 17, 2017



Hey everyone. I started on this journey about a year ago and somehow I got distracted and couldn't and didn't continue writing for some time. I'm going to do my best to keep this momentum going, there's not going to be much exciting issues I'm afraid, just daily musings of things that's happening to me and around me.

I've been hooked to this recent reality show. It's a Tamil reality show. It's based on the show called Big Brother. This Tamil show is called Bigg Boss. For those of you who are not familiar with this, the show is about 15 people (celebrities in their own right) who live in a house with controlled environment, with cameras watching them for 100 days. No phones, no internet, no contact with the outside world. Every week, they are given tasks and they have to successfully carry them out in order to earn points to get their luxury grocery supply. I started off watching it to see the kind of tasks given and who is doing well, you know, much like how we watch a dance competition or something of that sort. Plus, my favorite Tamil actor Kamal Haasan is hosting the show, so that's kinda a plus point for me. However, over the course of a few weeks, so many behavioral issues and gossips and complaints seem to be surfacing that it has now become "who is saying what about whom" kind of show.  We witness the participants split into different groups, all having varying opinions about one another, to the extent of ostracizing some of them. I guess this show allows one to reflect on his or her own attitude and reactions to certain topics or people in general. When people are placed together in a space without any other distractions such as social media and technology, people tend to comment, criticize, complain and gossip about one another, is that a norm ? Can't people live under one roof in peace at all ? Is there no sense of tolerance towards another human, be it someone you like or not ? Just thinking out loud.


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