Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Tweets of great people



While having my tea in the morning (it’s not actually morning, but I call that morning as it’s morning for me), I often go through one of the dailies to check out my horoscope & there I sometimes happen to read 5 or 6 tweets by celebrities & others.

Anupam Kher mostly shares quotes & it’s sure fun to read them. In fact the other day I heard on TV that he has started his book with this quote: Bheega wa insaan barish say nahin darrta. I really liked it.

However, the reason why I’m writing this blog post as yesterday I read two very different kinds of tweets. Here goes the 1st one:

“If learning is available even from an unaccomplished source, or person of lesser means, never hesitate to acquire it.”

Amitabh Bachchan

Whether you practice it or not, the idea itself is sublime. You have to have a very open mind to suggest something of the sort.

Now this is the other tweet:

“Teachers call it cheating, we call it teamwork.”

Meera

Now I don’t expect much of actress Meera. She’s an illiterate & she may think cheating is one hell of a thing. Maybe that’s why she tells us that she was 10 year old when she joined the industry. You know my elder siblings who are much older than me have got these scars on their arms; at that time, a particular shot was given to prevent smallpox in children. Meera jee has that particular scar on her arm & if we believe Meera jee about her age, then she’s at the moment even younger than my kid sister. I’m sure cheating & lying for the sake of lying may not be anything in her eyes.

I’ve also noticed that many so-called educated people only try to sound smart while tweeting. This is an absurd trend & I’m sorry to say but I’ve seen this germ for the most part in Pakistanis. It’s never about saying something nice, it’s more about try to act smart & say something mean or to just belittle someone. Is smartness such a big deal? That one should forget values & morals while passing statements on others. And I think a smart person never has to try hard to give evidence about his smartness to the world. The world must be aware of it without his ever scribbling anything on twitter.