Any one who can't identify with film "taare zameen par"// plain asking...plain answers...at least i can identify with the theme...not because I was dyslexic but because of the agony a child has to undergo at the hands of teachers and peers...and his parents feel that everything is fine.
My dad was a magistrate and on promotion as civil judge,moved to a place called kanpur and admitted me in a so called good school called RK mission in gumti no 5.
I was transported from a care free life of Chaundasi( a small town near muradabad in u.p) to cruel kanpur.Those were the years 1974-75..india was reeling under the oil shock..even then India and bharat existed in separate water tight compartments.
So coming back to the "taare zameen par" theme..I wouldnt understand any english and any maths and would regularly receive the soundful of strikes of duster( the green one mounted on a wooden piece) on my palms and suffer the humiliation of standing on the bench.The whole class would make fun of me..they would refer to me as "naya ladkaa"...and make fun of me because i wouldn't recirpocate the same "gaalis" as they did. So trust me...I know The "ultaa pradesh" and its mahaan sanskriti like the back of my palm notwithstanding the fact that my dad can't take my honest criticism of his beloved state..
Any way..to cut the story short...cant remember how i told my dad about my inability to understand english grammar..but for sure, he taught me entire english grammar in one week and i could retaliate to our english teacher Mr vajpayee's snide remarks by volunteering to answer every question in the class...
Some classmates accused me of bribing subrat bose ,the mild mannered fat bong boy who used to sit behind me and like all "bhadra lok" was good in english....but i did it and not just that..I got distinction in english in high school..ulta pradesh board exam.So where was the fault..?..was this humiliation necessary?..so i sufferred the subdued tears throughout the film and thanked aamir khan for articulating the agony of so many kids and so many ex -kids who are middle aged people like me..:))
Sunday, January 27, 2008
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