Chapter 9

Mr. Naman is a big fan of Quentin Tarantino. This is his homage to the great writer.

Voices

Characters:
(1)Actual
(2)Practical
(3)Diplomat
(4)Extremist
(5)Liberal.
(6)Rational


(Actual)I want to make an adult movie.

(Practical)What? You want to make a movie with sex and porn in it?

(Actual)No, that's not what i meant. I want to make a movie for mature audience. People achieve maturity when they become adult.

(Extremist) Then, you do not know children these days. They are more mature than adults. Have you not heard the DPS scandal etc?

(Liberal) I disagree completely. You should not be divisive using age as a parameter. Truth in any form should not be covered. Let the children see and accept the reality.

(Practical) Dude, have you gone crazy? You will be blown up even before you begin your casting.

(Extremist) Yeah, RSS, VHP, hindu fundamentalist, Muslim extremist, Bengali feminists and Delhi activists, they all will plot to kill you, your effigies will be burnt. Even if you are successful in making the movie, your movie will never see the light of the day.

(Liberal) What the fuck? Everyone has the freedom of expression. It is our right. One should not fear these extremist.

(Practical) (Laughing. Laughing continues)

(Liberal) Have i made a joke here? It is people like you who in your craving for security has allowed such bloody extremists to inject fear in us. It is people like you.....

(Rational) Okay, okay. So what is going to be in the movie? What is the premise?

(Actual) Thank you for allowing me to speak. It is just a movie talking about problems faced by adults like their stress life, old age, and ofcourse sex is an integral part of it.

(Practical) Yeah, no problem is bigger than the fucking sex problems of adult life.

(Rational) What do you think ? (pointing towards diplomat)

(Diplomat) I agree and disagree at the same time. I think it is a great premise but the society is not ready to see such a thing.

(Extremist) Why cant you focus on problems that are not sexual in nature?

(Liberal) Sniggers. Hypocrit, Bloody hypocrit.

(Actual) hmmm, so i need your consent before i choose. Okay. Other topics include atheism, religious fundamentalism, futility of war etc. Will you be able to digest that?

(Liberal) If you go by their terms, all that will be left is a dream.

(Practical) And if you do not then all that will be left is your ashes.

(Rational) Oh, come on, we are going around in circles. There has to be a way out. Diplomat, suggest a way out.

(Diplomat) Me? I say yes and no at the same time. Make a movie but give a spin off to these
topics so that it looks aesthetic. You have to compromise.

(Practical) Yeah, the whole fucking world is running on compromise. Why do you have to walk
differently?

(Liberal) Because it is the truth. There should not be any two ways about it.

(Practical) Let me tell you, there is no such thing as universal truth. Everything is a perception. And so is universal truth. And so is non-universal truth. Every fucking philosophy, every sentiment, every psychology is a perception.

(Rational) What about science? Is that a perception too?

(Extremist) Yes, ofcourse. Science is perception carried to its extreme. The whole science is built on axioms, things assumed to be true, thinks taken for granted. Untill 2 centuries back everyone was convinced that Sun revolved around Earth. Now you say its the opposite. Tomorrow, you will say that earth is not revolving. It is the push-pull phenomenon exhibited by this galaxy which creates this illussion. What will you do?

(Diplomat) Lets not take things out of context. There is no point in discussing what may or may not happen tomorrow. It is possible and impossible at the same time with equal odds.

(Actual) But why can not i talk about these problems? I want to. Society needs a precedent. Its
the Naman theory that is so true.

(Rational) WHat is Naman theory?

(Diplomat) Naman theory is a theory that is seen as the junction where universal truth theory and perception theory as discussed before meet each other. It satisfies both the worlds. It is hailed as the biggest theory in the world of diplomats.

(Practical) But what is it?

(Extremist) Does it satisfy the extremist ideologies as well?

(Actual) Yes, it does. It is not as big as it sounds. It is very simple. According to Naman's theory, people will think mediocre as long as they see mediocrity. You need to look beyond mediocrity to appreciate the cult. For example, consider music. People listen to the current pop music and think it is very good. What they dont listen to is classical music and hence are not exposed to the higher order bits of music. Thus they cant appreciate it and thus mediocre music becomes the best music. Naman theory also explains why super heros have such a following.
They show the mediocrity in other people and hence show that world is beyond what you percieve. It tells that all that society needs is a precedent. Someone to follow. Otherwise they will remain in a state of intertia. When the world was born, when shastras and vedas were written, there was the state of academics and learned. But now is the state of mediocrity. Future may be more dismal. Essentially Naman theory tells the perception of current state and tell how it can be changed. So it changes the perception of people and leads them to universal truth.

(Liberal) which is?

(Actual) The universal truth is that what perception you have, there is a perception to oppose
that and another perception to support that.

(Diplomat) I love this theory.

(Rational) But there is a contradiction somewhere. You see, diplomats are unequivocal about this theory which is against their characteristic. There lies a contradiction.

(Diplomat) No my friend. There lies the beauty. Naman theory supports and negates the characteristic of the diplomat at the same time. It is a higher order recursion. Beautiful, isnt it?