Monday, August 2, 2010

peek...peek a pi..peek a boo

There are times when you evolve so does the meaning of the word or perhaps words that you know…this is about such a situation
Scene 1. (In school, kidding with friends) …..Suddenly I get pissed off with a friend for her constant meddling in my business and trying to show off my vocab I term her as a VOYEUR…that was a new word for me then… having it heard from José mourinho and obviously at ‘CERTAIN’ sites…it was something that was impulsive and at that moment I felt totally right using the word…perhaps not as factually but in a way to describe the intrusion..And then they tried to see the meaning of the word and soon they were like yuck…chhhi…haw jee…etc etc…I was least bothered then but after sometime I realized that perhaps I shouldn’t have used the word just for the sake of it but still I felt that I was right in using it…I mean its not only about the carnal connotations that it emphasizes on …Its more about seeking into somebody’s privacy..But I grew more of guilty conscious that time seeing the reactions...I even apologized...And I became cautious of the power of words and their overtones and a bit uncertain …
Scene 2. (Reading Mr. Rushdie) about how the whole world in a way examined and scrutinized lady Diana’s death and the allegations and affair that surrounded it… evading somebody’s privacy , trying to get the in depth knowledge about the whole incident… in a way the whole incident was caused by this urge to know about lady Diana and her secret lover when paparazzi followed them as they took off trying to get away from the shutter bags for their eventual ride as we all saw them get trampled in their car on a highway .In fact certain claims suggest that few photographers clicked pics of the dying princess …and were arrested too …it was voyeurism at its nastiest it was the curse of being famous…for me it was a thing to be despised
Scene 3. (Now watching dimpy and rahul mahajan and the whole fracas)...I feel voyeur is a global term and quite a big trait of human race today…there is a sense of voyeurism in everyone of us….I don’t feel shame or pride confessing that I too feel voyeuristic quite a lot of time….its hard to take out voyeurism from our lives…with so much of access into everyone’s life we are all bound to be peek in others life ,sometimes for our vicarious pleasures ,sometimes to find solace of the fact that we are in a better situation than others ,sometimes to get away from the monotony of one’s own life ,sometimes just like that …because we have grown accustomed to seeking into other people’s life … its not just about the celebrity status… internet is a voyeur’s paradise… I mean with so many social networking sites it’s as easy as it gets...its more of acceptance than anything else that news channels broadcast a petty spat between a glory hunting couple and we all are more than happy to join in…...so take a peek …

2 comments:

XYZ said...

oh pleej i ws not "meddling ur business" in anyway u were just dying to show-off ur vocabulary just like that... like all the time : "oh its MOTLEY, you heard that one?"
"oh SADISM, you knoew what that means, eh?"
"oh, just so SACRILEGIOUS.....you know?"
"oh KIN is not a correct word."
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HUH.SHOW-OFF. HUH
and yes everybody does love the good gossip huh :P

aneesh said...

u were meddling...or how mean....thanx bhi nai kar rhi ....!!!!