It is a good thing to appreciate something of high-quality. It is a kind of positive act which shares with the world the good news that something beautiful exists in this world. But is it always good to go for the best???? Especially when we celebrate beauty and waste time tracing the richest people of this world.
I have heard about many instances where the best things in the world are celebrated. For example there are hundreds of reports on the richest man on this planet. Rarely will you find an article talking about the poorest man on this planet. I am really worried about this act of singling out a man or a woman and placing them in a pedestal. This is most common when it comes to deciding on the most beautiful face or body. We have seen Indians being crowned the world beauty queens depending on their so called physical and intellectual abilities.
I would like to quote an article by R.K Narayan – The creator of the literary space called Malgudi. In his book – ‘The Writerly Life’ he talks about the concept of the Beauty and the Beast. How we create these two socio-cultural identities through the act of classification of the best and the most. He strongly suggests that if we can conduct beauty programs for the selecting the most beautiful face then naturally we can find some way of promoting the ugliest face on earth. Even they can appear in ads and they also will have some USP associated with them.
To take a literary leap into the French classic by Victor Hugo –The Hunchback of Notre Dame contains a scene where Quasimodo is elected as the ugliest man of the town
I have heard about many instances where the best things in the world are celebrated. For example there are hundreds of reports on the richest man on this planet. Rarely will you find an article talking about the poorest man on this planet. I am really worried about this act of singling out a man or a woman and placing them in a pedestal. This is most common when it comes to deciding on the most beautiful face or body. We have seen Indians being crowned the world beauty queens depending on their so called physical and intellectual abilities.
I would like to quote an article by R.K Narayan – The creator of the literary space called Malgudi. In his book – ‘The Writerly Life’ he talks about the concept of the Beauty and the Beast. How we create these two socio-cultural identities through the act of classification of the best and the most. He strongly suggests that if we can conduct beauty programs for the selecting the most beautiful face then naturally we can find some way of promoting the ugliest face on earth. Even they can appear in ads and they also will have some USP associated with them.
To take a literary leap into the French classic by Victor Hugo –The Hunchback of Notre Dame contains a scene where Quasimodo is elected as the ugliest man of the town
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I am also tempted to appreciate the efforts of the New York Times Chief Media Critic – A.O Scott’s to create a list of the worst movies in the year 2006. Interestingly the worst movie of that year is the visual version of Dan Brown’s best seller – Da Vinci Code.
So Let us check out the list of the Best and the Most
MTV most wanted – MTV least wanted
World’s Famous – World’s Infamous
The best B-schools in India – The worst B-schools
The richest – The poorest
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