Fame-n-life

 Yes, I have consciously written the title so as to sound like "famous life" as well as "fame-n-life". Why? Well, because I want to write about an interesting fact of life through a look at Indira Gandhi whose birth anniversary was celebrated recently.

On a group was shared a pic of her in the bloom of youth. Undoubtedly, she is 'priyadarshini' indeed. Obviously, extremely good-looking. What I liked the most about that youthful photo, must be in her late teens or early twenties, is the fact that in that pic, she is very shy and unassuming. There are absolutely no airs about her. 

That is the point I want to make in a way. Most often when it comes to famous people, most of us tend to forget that they, too, are human beings. Their 'fame' seems to blot out their 'life'. Everything about them is larger than life, rosier than the sky at the sunrise, and darker than the darkest sin. 

Actually, beyond, besides, and despite, their fame and name, they, too, lead a normal life, though this basic fact is often forgotten. On that very group was released a video of her wedding. In it, she is the typical young bride very much in love. There was this video of Rajiv Gandhi's marriage. In it, she is the typical flustered mother whose child is about to enter a new phase of life, the typical mother worried about the minutest most detail.

Yes, famous or otherwise, we are human beings first and foremost. Life, our careers therein, the often involved small or big compromises due to the chase after fame are just the same though the scale obviously is veeeery different. 

The moment we recognise this  essence, bitterness vanishes from perceptions. There IS a readiness to accept others as they are, not as what we perceive them to be. Of course, the famous, too, need to know and forever accept the boundaries of the 'normal'. Only then is true grace possible.

Pratima@The candid pics are the toughest to take, but they most beautiful 'art' to look at! My brother, Parag, is very good at such portraits, pics that portray the real self of the subject.