Very well written Rawat..:-) Regards Yogesh
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, V S Rawat <vsra...@...> wrote: > > 18 years fan-hood of ARR does have its few points of discord. One > recent one had meet my utter condemnation of Chiggy-wiggy. > > Since then, it has not even a full year, and ARR has given us Kata Kata. > > And Kata Kata has: > -- > Chhoto koi devar hoy to chhaati laagiye > (if there is any younger brother of the husband, keep him close to > your heart like your own son) > > Aur saas sasur ke aadar keeje paanye laagiye e e e > (and pay respect to father and mother of the husband, touch their feet) > > Re jaith jaithani samjhaave to maathe raakhije re > (if elder brother of husband and his wife teaches something, etch that > in your mind) > > Aur nandan ki saheli jaisi saath raakhiye re, o chori sun, saath > raakhijo ra > (and keep the sisters of husband with you like your friends, > listen, o girl, keep them with you) > -- > > A complete contrast the above has with chiggy-wiggy. > > Chiggy-wiggy was demeaning women, presenting them as brainless objects > to be won over by cheap, streetsmart tactics of males for their > pleasure, all this going contrary to the things that ARR stands for. > > Kata Kata has suggetions/ instructions/ tips/ prompts that every > Indian mother tells her Indian daughter on wedding when the daughter > goes to a new home for the first time - the home of her husband. It is > holding the key how to keep the family together, instead of breaking > the bonds and snatching the husband from him family and establishing a > personal home for herself. > > I can feel every Indian buzurg (elder men and women) nodding their > head in deep-felt approval on hearing it. It is nothing new, they > themselves have been told the same at their own wedding, and they > themselves have told the same to their sons and daughters at their > weddings. It is pure indianness. > > And it covers so many aspects of Indian marriages that it is like an > audio-visual summary of what all happens in Indian marriages. groom's > male friends are teasing the groom, calling him a goat getting > sacrificed, brides' female friends are teasing the groom giving him > "funde" to do physical exercise to build his body, ladies of the > bride's family are listing the great qualities of their daughter (paro > se bhi halki hai) while males of groom's side teasing their bhabhi > (khatti hai), ladies of bride's family are pleading to the groom to > safeguard and treat the bride with respect (bohari lagaiyyo na), > pandit ji is having his priorities kanya ko bulaao, muhurt nikla ja > raha hai, ladies of bride's family are abusing and mocking the groom > calling him of black complexion by negation, comparing him to crow, in > hindi belt there is a reallife ceremony called gali dena (abusing) > when ladies of bride's family do use demeaning words in songs to mock > at groom and his family. > > Kudos to ARR and Gulzar saab for creating a song that is going to be > National Matrimonial Anthem. It is going to be played at every > marriage hundreds of times, and why not, it have elements for every > occasion in an Indian marriage. > > This song is what ARR himself personifies unlike chiggy-wiggy. ARR > will be proud to be the creator of this song unlike chiggy-wiggy. > > Hope comparing Kata Kata with chiggy-wiggy will make the contrast > clear to you. > > Kata Kata redeems Indian values that were inadvertently cheapened by > Chiggy-Wiggy > -- > > Related issue: > > > I wonder what is in the song that Narendra Modi disapproved for > Gujarat. Kata Kata shows that ARR has all the capabilities to come > with a song full of Indianness, so ARR could come with a song full of > Gujarat-ness. Even Kata Kata itself represents gujarat wedding like > any Indian wedding. Instead of outright rejecting a song, they should > have told ARR individual elements that they approve and disapprove of > in the song, and let him modify according to the feedback. It would > have culminated into a great song for Gujarat and a treat for music > lovers. Sad that Narendra Modi acted so high-handedly. > > -- > Rawat >
