Social networking or Show of chutzpah?

Recently, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan delivered a girl. The media's frenzied and desperate attempts to catch glimpses of Beti B, were in vain.  Meanwhile, there was a completely different section of people going ga-ga over the news. Some congratulated, some were delighted (as if it were their own!), some were unperturbed, while some others went into a completely different angle- posting morphed photos, suggesting names, jokes about Salman and Viveik, fake accounts, debates regarding whether or not it was really Abhishek's daughter etc etc.The social networking sites that we log onto everyday give us, let's put it, as a a sense of security of our image of what we are, how we display it and how we handle it. Editing and changing profile pictures makes us look prettier, probably, having loads of friends posting on our walls makes us feel 'special', by changing our privacy settings, we show the world only that side that looks 'good'. If we limit it to that we become like any other person having an account on the site. But what if we crack a joke at the expense of someone else, or make a taunt, or a lot more easier- just take a dig at the latest celeb-news.

Networking- for the better or worse? 

Status: 
Aishwarya Rai gives birth to a girl! :D
Comments:
Dumb person 1: Wonder if it's even because of Abhishek! Acting to karna aata nahi hai! ;)
Dumb person 2: ^ LOL. sahi bola be! ;)

SRK-Karan friendship, Salman being spoilt brat , Viveik's press conference, Amitabh latest endorsement, Kareena-Shahid breakup- the Indian media, leaves no stone unturned in keeping the masses updated with the daily affairs of Bollywood celebs, but do we need to prod over it and talk anything we want to about them or their personal lives?Now, many might say that in the glam-business, nothing remains personal. Says who?If we have the benefit of posting whatever we want about them, why not give them benefit of having a 'little' bit of space? Their being celebrities, does not make them devoid of their rights! No, I'm not on some sort of a celebs ka hakh-mission. It just irks me beyond limit that how do literate people too, end up commenting or posting such stuff! Just because SRK is really close to Karan Johar, he is gay? Just because Abhishek can't act, we question his paternity? Seriously??!!
Once while debating about the existence of casting couch in Bollywood, one of the guys I know claimed that he did not have any respect for a particular actress as he had seen videos of her "casting couch". All the more coming from a guy, who himself had the image of a perv and flirt among girls. I wonder if we would talk the same way about "bhhudha" Amitabh Bachchan, or "gay" SRK or "wannabe" Vidya Balan, if they were right in front at that time! Gossip being posted about starlets, B-grade actor vying for media attention makes sense probably, but why actors who have made a mark and proved a point? They might have hundreds of drawbacks, but the fact remains that at they end of the day they are the ones owning a 15-crore worth vanity van while we sit in front of our laptops and post dirt about them, stuff that they might probably even never come to know. Humor is good, till it makes everyone happy. But why post stuff about someone, just because we know that they are never going to come to know about it? Is that why we even create accounts on social networking sites? Forget "Live and let live" atleast, try the ultimate Golden rule- "A man should treat others, as he would like others to treat him."


"Just because I am an actress, why should anyone dare to assume that I have no morals?" 


- Preity Zinta.


Is it just me, or has this practice indeed affected our sense of sensitivity? Do we really need to stop and think about what do we want to prove? Because if we don't put a check on it, Kapil Sibal surely will! :|
Think about it! 




Regards,
Rithika