Art ..what is its real value in?...remembering Sanju..1993..RK Mission...railway bomb blasts and Sacred Games

Art ..what is its real value in?...remembering Sanju..1993..RK Mission...railway bomb blasts and Sacred Games

Narendra Joshi

Art its value impact and success...

keywords :
Sanju, 1993, Railway bombs, RK mission and Sacred games

Whether any art is to be seen and valued by its skill of presentation, prowess on technique and excellence in performance ... or first and chiefly by its underlying thought and philosophy, by authenticity of its data and honesty, intensity, and impartiality in its presentation, ...or even more by its impact on larger humanity and eventual forming of some stereotypes and root canaling some sensitivities.......

the question came to me, haunted in fact with Sanju and the stupendous success it received. Raju Hirani is my favourite and Ranbeer I admire right from Rajneeti and Barfi. To be honest I liked Sanjay Dutt in many movies. Including his come back no. 1 Pappu Varmas Jaan bi bazi, Sajaan and Munnabhai. I distinctly remember seeing sajaan and saudagar back to back and finding Sajaan much better than star studded ghai masala. so was the verdict of box office.

And still Sanju i am not able to see or support.
for 1993 blasts I have seen as Mumbaikar and any dilution of facts or glorification of characters is hurting.

Today is the day when Mumbai witnessed Railway bomb blasts. I was returning from office that day and somehow felt like getting down at Khar. I went to Ramakrishna mission , dont know why, i don't go there often. when i Came out it was 7 30 pm and I was told there are serial blasts in trains, i statted walking helplessly to borivali. Many killed, injured life paralysed...i checked the timings of bombs...one of them just coinciding with the train I got down from....I am writjng today because I am alive ...I got down at Khar.

Who was benefitted by this heinous act. Who was benefited by 1993 bomb blasts....just felt very much sad deep inside.

so thought of telling this.
the questuon asked in the beginning is much deeper and perpetual.

It came back but now in much more complex 'mandala' puzzle with hugely impacting way with netflix series Sacred games by Anurag Kashyap Vikramditya Nawaz Saif Radhika Jitu Girish ...all my favourites. I hv seen starting nd its really captivating...hope it is not just impacting and Captivating but also honest and giving some far reaching thought...which the team is surely capable of.....

UPSC prelims and mains DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS and options

UPSC Prelims Syllabus for Paper I – (200 marks)

Duration: Two hours (Counted for the merit rank in the Prelims)

• Current events of national and international importance.
• History of India and Indian National Movement.
• Indian and World Geography – Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.
• Indian Polity and Governance – Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.
• Economic and Social Development Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector initiatives, etc.
• General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change – that do not require subject specialization.
• General Science.

UPSC Prelims Syllabus for Paper II- (200 marks)

Duration: Two hours (Not counted for the merit rank in Prelims but a qualifying Paper; just needs 33% marks)

• Comprehension.
• Interpersonal skills including communication skills.
• Logical reasoning and analytical ability.
• Decision-making and problem-solving.
• General mental ability.
• Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. – Class X level)

Paper	Subject	Marks
Paper A	(One of the Indian languages listed below, to be selected by the candidate (from the languages listed in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India) (Qualifying)	300
Paper B	English (Qualifying)	300
Paper I	Essay	250
Paper II	General Studies I (Indian heritage and culture, history and geography of the world and society)	250
Paper III	General Studies II (Governance, constitution, polity, social justice, and international relations)	250
Paper-IV	General Studies III (Technology, economic development, biodiversity, environment, security and disaster management)	250
Paper V	General Studies-IV(ethics, integrity, and aptitude)	250
Papers VI, VII	Two papers on subjects to be selected by the candidate from the list of optional subjects below (250 marks for each paper)	500
TOTAL(WRITTEN TEST)		1750

Candidates may choose any one of the optional subjects from amongst the list of subjects given below.

• The papers on Indian Languages and English (Paper A and Paper B) will be of Matriculation or equivalent standard and will be of qualifying nature. The marks obtained in these papers will not be counted for ranking.
• Evaluation of the papers, namely, ‘Essay’, ‘General Studies’ and Optional Subject of all the candidates would be done simultaneously along with evaluation of their qualifying papers on ‘Indian Languages’ and ‘English’ but the papers on ‘Essay’, General Studies and Optional Subject of only such candidates will be taken cognizance of who attain such minimum standard as may be fixed by Commission at their discretion for the qualifying papers on ‘Indian Language’ and ‘English’.
• The paper A on Indian Language will not, however, be compulsory for candidates hailing from the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim.

List of optional subjects for UPSC Mains Examination

• Agriculture
• Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
• Anthropology
• Botany
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering
• Commerce and Accountancy
• Economics
• Electrical Engineering
• Geography
• Geology
• Indian History
• Law
• Management
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Medical Science
• Philosophy
• Physics
• Political Science and International Relations
• Psychology
• Public Administration
• Sociology
• Statistics
• Zoology

Literature of any one of the following languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu and English.

The question papers for the examination will be of conventional (essay) type. Each paper will be of three hours duration. The question papers (other than the literature of language papers) will be set in Hindi and English only.

PERSONALITY TEST: 275 MARKS

Total – (B) Main Examination – 1750 Marks + (C) Personality Test – 275 Marks = 2025 Marks.

NOTE: The objective of the interview is to test the overall orientation of the candidate towards Administrative services.