2010 and The Redemption

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2010 and The Redemption

So the new year is here. I sometimes dont understand the fuss about every "new year." It comes every year right?? Like clockwork. Whats the big deal!! But then again what would happen if the year wont change? How are we supposed to get over things of the "last year"?? :)

2009 was, in more than one way, quite an year for all of us. (If you think it wasnt significant.. good for you!!) Many things happened and many more things didnt happen last year. It was good for some of us and for some.. lets just say we are glad its over. But come to think of it. Has anything really changed except for the last 2 digits at the bottom-right corner of this screen??? Do you really feel things will change only because the year has?? Someone said, "Nothing is more depressing than optimism" and this blog seems to follow the stupid quote. So lets not harp at the gone year. Think about what comes next.

2010 thats what. Somehow it seems different. Here.. try this.. "Twenty-Ten". Sounds different. Somehow sounds good. Has quite a zing to it. (Is "zing" even a word?? Doesnt matter... the word has quite a zing to it :) ). Last year saw the arrival of "Change" and "Yes We Can" people. This is about Obama btw. Everyone thought wow this gonna be good.. but as most things of 2009, he over-promised and under-delivered. But the new year needs optimism (not pessimism or even realism). So lets talk about the most hope-filled movie ever made. One of the greatest movies of all time.

The Shawshank Redemption.

Now thats a movie to watch. Its long, slow without any action or babes. But it's superbly entertaining, interesting and above all "liberating". Most movies offer us vicarious experiences and quick, superficial emotions. "Shawshank" slows down and looks. It uses the narrator's calm, observant voice to include us in the story of men behind bars. It is deeper than most films; about continuity in a lifetime, based on friendship and hope. Let me not go into the details. If you have watched the movie you know what I am talking about. If you haven't. Just watch it.

Its said "Life is a prison, we are Red, Andy is our redeemer". Thats true.

"Hope" is the thing with feathers —
That perches in the soul —
And sings the tune without the words —
And never stops — at all —
And sweetest — in the Gale — is heard —
And sore must be the storm —
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm —

* Emily Dickinson

So dont loose Hope is the moral of the story,
Jisne seekha life main kabhi bhi na jukna..
Hot seat pe milega bhaiyaa umeed se dugna!!

* Amitabh Bachchan