Hi,
I am getting bored of doing photography with Saibaba photos, statues offering flowers and lamps. While that’s the only thing I can do as of now, I have to work on a better project. It requires some travel and better tools but certainly possible. I don’t see any really natural portrayal of Sai devotion in a documentary form. I don’t like people speaking about miracles. I like people speaking about the way they are connected with Sai. Miracles are just a very small part of the whole experience you have with this sweet heart of Shirdi.
5-6 years back, Sai blessed me with a dream to work on a Documentary film but only now I can actually think about it. I don’t like to be static. I wish to go places and do some creative project. That’s the life I aspire to be lead. I am getting sick of being in one place doing nothing.
There’s more to life than simply going to some odd work, worrying about why Sai shows some dream disconnected with reality and simply wondering how to proceed.
My other plan is to get a small camera to shoot candid shots and make a music video. Its getting too late for me to start some creative work.
Lets see how it goes.
Demonetization in India
Sometime back, I made a stick drawing making fun of people making it a big issue due to Demonetization.
When you change the way you look, You also change your mind
When I went to Tirupati, I was standing in Que to take 2000 Rs from ATM. A poor women came with two 500Rs and asked me if I can exchange it. I was too pained looking at her and told her that she must go to Bank to exchange. She replied “That’s why I came here”. I told her “This is not a Bank. Its an ATM”
That’s when I realized there are such ordinary people in India who don’t even know the difference between Bank and ATM. She left the place. Until now, I regret for not even giving 200 Rupees for her expenses.
May be, I was heartless or my sensitivity to her ignorance took too long to reach my heart that by the time I wanted to help her, she disappeared.
In the campus where I work, there’s a place where there are couple of ATM’s. One in which the cash got over and the other keeps shutting down. I learned how to restart it by keep on pressing some buttons. Though I had money, I wanted to help others take out the cash. So I spent more than an hour trying to restart the ATM. One of this old man was so happy and shook hands with me.
Some girls who stood in the que left by the time the ATM started working. I went out to call them back but they were no where. I was complaining couple of my friends saying “Girls don’t have patience. I told them to wait but they left”.
Why I took so much interest in helping someone else take money? I keep telling my friends… “I am happy. I like doing this.”
I got little happiness when I learned to restart ATM pressing some buttons like MR.Bean…he he…
I named it as ‘Lucky draw ATM’ because it works for sometime and suddenly shuts down. If you are lucky, you get cash!
Anyway.
I wanna do something creative. Life is getting very static. I must be on the move and make something beautiful.
Sai blessings,
Venkat
