We do celebrate our religion in a loud way and we can’t complain about that. So we have to get along with each other and be understanding to each other. When someone visits me from UK, they ask me ‘what’s that’ and I tell them, it’s Azaan that happens six times, and they ask me ‘if it happens in the morning’ and I say, ‘yeah, does it bother you’, and they’re like ‘no, we’ll get used to it.’ So you just have to get used to the fact that we live here, in a messy situation because it’s a buzzy place. I think people have stopped understanding.
I can’t have issues that are involved with anybody’s religious beliefs anyway. I can’t complain about noise pollution in this country. You can’t make an issue about noise in India because there are drills happening, music playing, honks on the roads all day long.
I live near Milat Nagar and it’s very loud over there. Be it the Azaan, Bhajans or Carols! Make your family & friends suffer, spare the rest of us. On a lighter note, please don’t sing into a microphone if you cannot hold a sur, it is traumatic to hear ‘off key’ singers belting out song after song on a PA. In this case, civilised community living, lesser noise pollution. Instead such situations should spark debate, conversations and affect positive change. In our bid to ‘live and let live’ as is the Indian way of life, we shouldn’t be scared to express ourselves about such matters? Why is everybody just waiting to get offended when it comes to religion? Why can’t we be rational and open minded to see the merit in something & discuss it like adults? Public outrage seems to be the disease of our times. No one has a right to shove it down anyone else’s throat. For me, religion & spirituality are personal matters and best practiced within one’s home. Also, any religion or anybody seeking spiritual salvation doesn’t need a PA system to reach out to God. Sona Mohapatra feels we need to become more compassionate towards each other’s sentiments.Īs humans, we tend to react instinctively, and Sonu Nigam has every right to do so even as an artist and as a citizen of this country. If somebody is doing Ganpati visarjan and playing dandiya or doing Lakshmi Pooja, some people may object to the fact that roads get occupied at the time of visarjan, but you have to accept the fact that we are living in a country that has various religions and we have to accept an respect each of them. I believe that anything that happens in any religion eventually becomes a part of our culture. I have been living in Yaari Road in Mumbai and various Muslim areas and sounds of Azaan (mosque’s call to prayers) doesn’t really bother me. I will also react the same way how others are reacting to Sonu’s tweets. So if someone writes something derogatory about Sikhism or Punjab, of course I would not like it.
We are divided into various religions in India and we are all one, but at the same time, everybody is very sensitive about their own religion. So I think that is his (Sonu Nigam) perspective that he wrote but definitely, it’s not a very positive tweet. Even if something is troubling me, I would take it in a positive stride. I am a Sikh and I have many Muslim and Hindu friends, so I will never tweet something like this of course. Everyone has the right to enjoy their festivals and practice their religion but not at the cost of disturbing others,” says the singer adding that he is also against religious processions during various festivals as that leads to conjestion and disturbs daily life. Be it Azaan or Hanuman Chalisa jaap or for any other religious practice, one must understand that noise pollution must be curtailed. People should be considerate towards each other. I support what he has tweeted, not because he is a friend but because he is right. It is also as old as hills.” Here’s what people from the music fraternity have to say about Sonu’s tweets: Shaan feels Sonu Nigam is making a point in his tweets. I refuse to be part of this silly conflict. Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt told us in a text message, “This is an ‘engineered’ affair. Actor Anupam Kher was visibly surprised to learn that these tweets were posted on Sonu Nigam’s verified Twitter page. While his tweets triggered a fresh row on social media with Twitterati slamming him, people from the film industry feel that it’s a democratic country and everyone is entitled to share their own views. Why then.? Honest? True?” He concluded saying, “Gundagardi hai bus.” Why do I have to have this cacophony after Edison?” This was followed by yet another blunt statement saying, “I don’t believe in any temple or gurudwara using electricity To wake up people who don’t follow the religion. The singer added in his next tweet, “And by the way Mohammed did not have electricity when he made Islam.
0 kommentar(er)
