Who is listening anyway..

“Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.” The statement said by Paulo Coelho was merely a thought, rather a very good thought for me until few days back. However, during last few days I have begun wondering if this statement is more than a thought especially in context of the beliefs and practices being followed in the society. These days many of us talk modern values and opinions being injected into Indian society and mindsets guiding them towards a better nation. But who is listening to these, is a big question. For instance, our man the very Mr. Dependable, “AMIR KHAN” started a raging show earlier this year Satyamev Jayate with apparent conviction of putting across new thoughts on the standing societal issues. Evidently, the penultimate goal of the show was to infuse moral values in the society and appeal to the mass to do away with the wrong or may be immoral practices being followed. Apart from this touted television show, so many people, authors and speaker try to put across their point and guide people towards better social life in various forums. However, the recent honor killing of the 28 year old boy from Bulandshahr, clearly authenticates the point that no one is actually listening. From a show, (intended to influence masses) which failed to influence even the family of the people who were actually brought into the show, how can we expect a mass evolution. The truth is that for any change to happen, one first need to realize that the change is essential. This in turn underpins that the present ways being followed are wrong. So till the time you acknowledge that what you are doing is wrong, there is no scope for any change or improvement. And who will make them realize of their wrong doings? Do we really think that these shows will make any difference? I deliberated over this incident for long and realized that perhaps the audience of these shows is only the people who already know all this. They are the only ones who can relate to it and appreciate it.  The ones, who are actually involved in these evil practices, will never ever pay any head to it. They might simply change the channel rubbishing the show and its propagations and probably go ahead to watch some TV serial propagating domestic violence with ghunghat wali bahu and atyachari saas. Ironically, they don’t even learn anything from those serials as well. Had they realized what is being shown is wrong I guess the dowry, extortion and various domestic violence cases would have at least gone down. Hence, seemingly the statement “people only hear what they want to hear” holds definitely true.