Saw Omkara yesterday and wanted to compare the original plot with the ones in the movie.. So here it is for those who wander into this nook in the cyberworld...
The original plot for Othello..
Othello, a Moorish General employed by the Venetian state, has secretly married Desdemona, the daughter of a Venetian senator called Brabantio. Iago, an ensign (second Lieutenant) in Othello's army, nurses a private grudge against Othello (Cassio was promoted over Iago) and decides to destroy him.
Iago and Roderigo (a disappointed suitor of Desdemona) bring Brabantio to the Senate where, learning that his daughter has secretly married the Moor, Brabantio disowns his daughter. Othello is immediately ordered to the Venetian colony of Cyprus to repel a threatened Turkish invasion. Desdemona follows him, accompanied by Emilia (Iago's wife, now Desdemona's newly-appointed companion) and Othello's lieutenant Michael Cassio, who has recently been promoted over Iago.
Once in Cyprus, Iago plants the suspicion in Othello's mind that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him with Cassio. He engineers a drunken brawl for which Cassio is blamed. Othello dismisses Cassio from service. Desdemona intercedes on Cassio's behalf but her constant pleas to Othello for his reinstatement only serve to convince Othello that Cassio is her lover. Iago acquires a treasured handkerchief from Desdemona and uses it as 'proof' of the affair.
Increasingly maddened by jealousy, Othello orders Iago to kill Cassio and strangles Desdemona himself. Emilia discloses her husband's plot and Othello, tormented by grief and remorse, kills himself. Iago, after murdering his own wife, is left to the justice of the Venetian state.
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Friday, July 21, 2006
A Movie n some thoughts
Yesterday was watching a movie.. some typical bolywood melodrama but with a twist. Two friends, one boy n one girl.. very good friends too. Boy loves some other girl.. and Girl loves some other boy ... hehehe... its confusing.. :( well to cut a long story short the Girl from the friends duo has the engagement to her love.. Friend (boy) is very happy. The Groom to be goes to the land of opportunities to .. hmm may be get some opportunities.. and then disaster.. the girl gets raped.. Friend boy is a little late to arrive on scene .. but sees the rapist running away.. so follows.. but then accident.. and the rapist meets with an accident and goes up in flames..
The friends decide to keep the rape a secret. neways the rapist is dead.. an then like all Hindi movies disaster strikes again.. Girl is pregnant and everyone believes that the 2 friends have done it.. no one buys the rape story.. not even the Loves of both of their lives.. The friends stand by each other and decide to marry to support the other.. well with a few twists and turns.. by the end of the movie they realize they do love each other now.. and its happily ever after.. hey forgot.. Girl has an Medical complicacy n cant abort (that's the reason why everyone gets to know in the first place neways...).. so they keep the child and now they have a family.. :)
But now the burning question !!!
In reality.. i.e. in practical life.. Will some one be able to accept the fruit of the rape.. Will the child not bring in the memories of the crime.. Can the husband .. or the victim.. accept the child..
Well.. Rape is the most heinous of crimes.. You are not injuring a body.. you are maiming the mind.. being a Man and not one of the loyal kinds.. may be I will never understand the pain of the violation my body.. or the effect it has on my psyche.. but will the new life bring something to look forward to.. may be its just a personal opinion.. well to make myself clear I don't say no to abortion.. Its a matter of choice really if the child is unwanted.. if the future is not assured and the parents confident about the decision then it better be terminated. Coming back the to the case we are discussing I think any negative in life can be negated by a strong positive. A loss can only be balance with a gain. So will it not be possible for the victim to accept the child as the compensation for the wrong done to her and accept the child. Its neway her part only and its no fault of the child to be a part of a Crime. If you accept adoption as a acceptable option to have a child then why not this.
The movie really touched me .. not that the movie was that well made or can it boast of good dialogue and superb acting.. but just that the issue touched a nerve somewhere.. I was really touched by the tenacity of the guy in bring his friend back to life. The devotion, the sacrifice.. Well you could predict the movie including the dialogues easily.. usual Hindi movie stuff u know.. you have seen one.. you have seen most of them.. but the thought was good. Hey digressing from my topic now.. I really get enamored with the concept of Love Vs. Friendship.
Cant say I am clear about where each stands or what exactly defines love or what defines friendship.. but would love to argue ne day.. chalo may be someday will post my arguments on that..
The friends decide to keep the rape a secret. neways the rapist is dead.. an then like all Hindi movies disaster strikes again.. Girl is pregnant and everyone believes that the 2 friends have done it.. no one buys the rape story.. not even the Loves of both of their lives.. The friends stand by each other and decide to marry to support the other.. well with a few twists and turns.. by the end of the movie they realize they do love each other now.. and its happily ever after.. hey forgot.. Girl has an Medical complicacy n cant abort (that's the reason why everyone gets to know in the first place neways...).. so they keep the child and now they have a family.. :)
But now the burning question !!!
In reality.. i.e. in practical life.. Will some one be able to accept the fruit of the rape.. Will the child not bring in the memories of the crime.. Can the husband .. or the victim.. accept the child..
Well.. Rape is the most heinous of crimes.. You are not injuring a body.. you are maiming the mind.. being a Man and not one of the loyal kinds.. may be I will never understand the pain of the violation my body.. or the effect it has on my psyche.. but will the new life bring something to look forward to.. may be its just a personal opinion.. well to make myself clear I don't say no to abortion.. Its a matter of choice really if the child is unwanted.. if the future is not assured and the parents confident about the decision then it better be terminated. Coming back the to the case we are discussing I think any negative in life can be negated by a strong positive. A loss can only be balance with a gain. So will it not be possible for the victim to accept the child as the compensation for the wrong done to her and accept the child. Its neway her part only and its no fault of the child to be a part of a Crime. If you accept adoption as a acceptable option to have a child then why not this.
The movie really touched me .. not that the movie was that well made or can it boast of good dialogue and superb acting.. but just that the issue touched a nerve somewhere.. I was really touched by the tenacity of the guy in bring his friend back to life. The devotion, the sacrifice.. Well you could predict the movie including the dialogues easily.. usual Hindi movie stuff u know.. you have seen one.. you have seen most of them.. but the thought was good. Hey digressing from my topic now.. I really get enamored with the concept of Love Vs. Friendship.
Cant say I am clear about where each stands or what exactly defines love or what defines friendship.. but would love to argue ne day.. chalo may be someday will post my arguments on that..
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Lost
Things have changed. For the better or the worse, may be only the one above can tell. But may be he does not bother to tell us, what his opinions are. So now its all a matter of speculations. The different schools of thought promoting their theories about Life, God and everything.
What role do we really play in this change. Is this a state of Flux or just a mirage. May be its just the background which is changing and we are just stranded. A constant in the matrix of space-time continuum. But whatever it is we are simply lost. Lost for long time now and will remain so for a much longer period.
What role do we really play in this change. Is this a state of Flux or just a mirage. May be its just the background which is changing and we are just stranded. A constant in the matrix of space-time continuum. But whatever it is we are simply lost. Lost for long time now and will remain so for a much longer period.
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Reservation
After all the happenings in the different parts of the country thought I will add my two bits to the raging debate. Reservations.. Read a couple of articles for and a couple against.. Well just to make things clear I don't like the concept of reservations in Work as well as Higher education.
Well subsidizing the fees. Free Primary Education and may be Free Education till graduation is fine with me but reserving seats just so that the so called backward people can get the advantage .. sorry negate the social disadvantage seems like a mistake to correct an earlier one. There are 2 main problems with the whole idea.
1) The classification of the backward
2) The implementation of the whole idea
Classification: Lets look at the people whom we call the backward population. Are they really so. I think more than half are the landed gentry who have good social standing, have enough money to send their kids to good private schools. Do they really have the need for this reservation. Now if they are poor they may need that boost to compete, to decrease the gap between the rich and the poor. But segregating by caste alone is certainly wrong.
A comment made by someone really amused me. One of my close acquaintances was talking about getting their caste added to the list of the backwards. The logic being obvious. But then if you look at it the CASTE he was talking about is mainly into business and on an average fairly rich. So why are we giving this incentive to people to call themselves backward. Civilization (evolution) is the process of going ahead, to improve, to change.. now we are seeing this reverse trend where people don't want to potray themselves as developed but the opposite. Is it really good for the society as a whole ?
Implementation: In this country of a billion people where your age is what is mentioned in the file of a babu in some office and not necessarily dependent on your date of birth how we are going to decide who should get this benefit and how much. How are we planning to do this. Believe that the Government which just for a handful of votes will proclaim a Criminal to be God to use this scheme for betterment of people. Who decides on what basis what type of reservation should be given and when?
Many such questions have been asked but we still don't have any answers. The people who actually are implementing the scheme, promoting it all over the country don't have a clue. I am really sorry. I am a part of the system, never did anything to change it so now I should own up my mistake too.
When I didn't stop a bunch of fools.. monkeys to ahead and try govern me, I am not allowed to crib.
Change, the one word that is the true constant. So hope this too will change. Wishful thinking :)
Well subsidizing the fees. Free Primary Education and may be Free Education till graduation is fine with me but reserving seats just so that the so called backward people can get the advantage .. sorry negate the social disadvantage seems like a mistake to correct an earlier one. There are 2 main problems with the whole idea.
1) The classification of the backward
2) The implementation of the whole idea
Classification: Lets look at the people whom we call the backward population. Are they really so. I think more than half are the landed gentry who have good social standing, have enough money to send their kids to good private schools. Do they really have the need for this reservation. Now if they are poor they may need that boost to compete, to decrease the gap between the rich and the poor. But segregating by caste alone is certainly wrong.
A comment made by someone really amused me. One of my close acquaintances was talking about getting their caste added to the list of the backwards. The logic being obvious. But then if you look at it the CASTE he was talking about is mainly into business and on an average fairly rich. So why are we giving this incentive to people to call themselves backward. Civilization (evolution) is the process of going ahead, to improve, to change.. now we are seeing this reverse trend where people don't want to potray themselves as developed but the opposite. Is it really good for the society as a whole ?
Implementation: In this country of a billion people where your age is what is mentioned in the file of a babu in some office and not necessarily dependent on your date of birth how we are going to decide who should get this benefit and how much. How are we planning to do this. Believe that the Government which just for a handful of votes will proclaim a Criminal to be God to use this scheme for betterment of people. Who decides on what basis what type of reservation should be given and when?
Many such questions have been asked but we still don't have any answers. The people who actually are implementing the scheme, promoting it all over the country don't have a clue. I am really sorry. I am a part of the system, never did anything to change it so now I should own up my mistake too.
When I didn't stop a bunch of fools.. monkeys to ahead and try govern me, I am not allowed to crib.
Change, the one word that is the true constant. So hope this too will change. Wishful thinking :)
Monday, April 10, 2006
Happiness
Happy is when you are with your friends and just split ur stomach out for some ghuguni and Duhhhh....
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
People
Yesterday was having lunch at canteen with my friend. The same old routine. Buy the coupons, get food and have it at this huge place teeming with people. All crammed up, people even waiting for the tables to be free so that they can sit an finish their lunch..
There is this constant hum of the thousands of voices chatting away over lunch. And yet you can hear yourself and have a conversation there. It just hit me then..
The ppl around, each one has a story attached. The group of youngsters who were having food together laughing and discussing some funny incident, sharing the experience.. though they looked so alike.. were so different after all. They had their parents, siblings, friends, loves.. stories from different parts of their life.
As my friend suggested "a hall filled with overlapping stories".
What a way to describe ppl. The way I look at a person changed for a few moments. Instead of a human there was this whole collection of stories. Kind of an aura.. You look at the girl sitting next to you silently having her lunch. What story she has. What about the boy who was standing in the line.. what about the fellow before. Suddenly it was this flood .. instead of the people milling around u could see this halo and a image of the person they represented as the kernel.. Wanted to peek into those lifes.. the pain, the happiness, the incidents that made the person what he or she is today..
*smiles* Someday may be someone will have the power to do so..
There is this constant hum of the thousands of voices chatting away over lunch. And yet you can hear yourself and have a conversation there. It just hit me then..
The ppl around, each one has a story attached. The group of youngsters who were having food together laughing and discussing some funny incident, sharing the experience.. though they looked so alike.. were so different after all. They had their parents, siblings, friends, loves.. stories from different parts of their life.
As my friend suggested "a hall filled with overlapping stories".
What a way to describe ppl. The way I look at a person changed for a few moments. Instead of a human there was this whole collection of stories. Kind of an aura.. You look at the girl sitting next to you silently having her lunch. What story she has. What about the boy who was standing in the line.. what about the fellow before. Suddenly it was this flood .. instead of the people milling around u could see this halo and a image of the person they represented as the kernel.. Wanted to peek into those lifes.. the pain, the happiness, the incidents that made the person what he or she is today..
*smiles* Someday may be someone will have the power to do so..
Friday, January 20, 2006
Confusions
Life is a confusion. From the starting to the very end.. and may be I am the standing example of the word. Well may be its true for others too, but cant comment. So let me write about me and if others too feel the same way then can just nod their heads and say.. hmm this seems true.. well I will leave you to do that and continue to write what I feel..
Before life there is the confusion to be a Girl or a boy. someone would say "Do you have a choice"" well who knows may be I had a choice. May be the stork who delivered me gave me the choice... to be the master or the slave.. Who is the master and who the slave is an Open Question and will leave for some other time.. But the choice was huge.. In this world when the sexes are all equal, does it matter?.. but think of it.. The Power to make it all happen with a turn of ur head.. a single tear or a half smile.. and on the other hand.. hmmm well to pee where I want to... in full view of the whole world.. (well exceptions are there the other side too..) hmm and may be getting a guaranteed Orgasm everytime u manage to have sex.. :) well thats something to even out all the beauty and power of the fairer sex..
But I can certainly say it would have been a tough choice to make.. and I finally became the battered half..
After that it would be a fairly easy period of relaxing in my mother's womb.. njoying the flavours of the outside world through her fluids. Listening to the rythm of her heartbeat.. growing in the comfort and warmth of her heart.. hmm the beautiful days... but THEN
The choice of coming out.. and then the choice of How.. and then When.. huh.. confusions again. questions I would not have touched with a long pole.. Why not just leave me there in my cocoon of happiness. Why have so many choices.. If something has to happen then let it happen. Why cant life be just an mathematic equation. Well hopefully a simple one (I really suck at maths). But no there are choices and decisions to be made.
Hey did I tell you about the other choice.. To have Hair or None when I take birth. Many of you will be amused, but serious, think of it? May be my mom will like the bald look (an Umresh Puri Fan perhaps) or the long curly locks of Ronaldino .. and may be the unruly hair of Einstein.. The Son will be genius u know :)
Whew.. finally Its all over.. the choices are made. I see light... was not an pretty sight I can certainly say that.. but will not go into the details now. (May be some other day)
So the choices continue.. with Life's every step and the poor me struggling through all of it - A thoroughly confused soul.
Before life there is the confusion to be a Girl or a boy. someone would say "Do you have a choice"" well who knows may be I had a choice. May be the stork who delivered me gave me the choice... to be the master or the slave.. Who is the master and who the slave is an Open Question and will leave for some other time.. But the choice was huge.. In this world when the sexes are all equal, does it matter?.. but think of it.. The Power to make it all happen with a turn of ur head.. a single tear or a half smile.. and on the other hand.. hmmm well to pee where I want to... in full view of the whole world.. (well exceptions are there the other side too..) hmm and may be getting a guaranteed Orgasm everytime u manage to have sex.. :) well thats something to even out all the beauty and power of the fairer sex..
But I can certainly say it would have been a tough choice to make.. and I finally became the battered half..
After that it would be a fairly easy period of relaxing in my mother's womb.. njoying the flavours of the outside world through her fluids. Listening to the rythm of her heartbeat.. growing in the comfort and warmth of her heart.. hmm the beautiful days... but THEN
The choice of coming out.. and then the choice of How.. and then When.. huh.. confusions again. questions I would not have touched with a long pole.. Why not just leave me there in my cocoon of happiness. Why have so many choices.. If something has to happen then let it happen. Why cant life be just an mathematic equation. Well hopefully a simple one (I really suck at maths). But no there are choices and decisions to be made.
Hey did I tell you about the other choice.. To have Hair or None when I take birth. Many of you will be amused, but serious, think of it? May be my mom will like the bald look (an Umresh Puri Fan perhaps) or the long curly locks of Ronaldino .. and may be the unruly hair of Einstein.. The Son will be genius u know :)
Whew.. finally Its all over.. the choices are made. I see light... was not an pretty sight I can certainly say that.. but will not go into the details now. (May be some other day)
So the choices continue.. with Life's every step and the poor me struggling through all of it - A thoroughly confused soul.
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