Chamach, Chela and Chamchagiri

Jonathan Swift quoted

“Tis an old maxim in the schools, that flatter’s the food of fools; yet now and then your men of wit will condescend to take a bit.”

Chamach, chela and chamchagiri is one hell of a love triangle. You guys don’t agree?? You think am nuts?? Come on ....!!!

There goes a famous saying “Born with a silver spoon (Chamach) in one’s mouth” that implies to people born and brought up in wealth with all kind of privilege. These people with silver chamach with their shitload of wealth and perilous aura (aamiri) draft a lot of chelas from Aam Aadmi, who make deliberate attempt to turn into chamcha, start practise chmachagiri and sought solace. Yes, my dear Chamchagiri is where the comfort is in this mad mad world. Chamchagiri can get you money, wealth, fame and what not, you name it, you get it, may be momentarily but you will get for sure. Even our PM turned chamcha of developed nations to gain favour as he turned into taiko drummer to woo Japanese investment and rest is history....!!!

                                                                     

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Chamachagiri emanates from culture our childhood, kids become chamcha of fragile school system, teenagers become chamcha of even brittle college system which only guarantees placement (only to make one literate not educated), who in turn become employees and chamcha of their boss to climb the corporate ladder and as they turn executive they become chamcha of CEO, when they become CEO they become chamcha of market capitalization, than chamcha of politics and than chamcha of.......... it goes on...!!!

Is there anything wrong being a chamcha or to practise chamchagiri.?? Well, I think there is nothing wrong because in some way or somewhere we all are chamchas of something or someone. There is maa ka chamcha, teacher ka chamcha, patni ka chamcha, boss ka chamcha, paise ka chmacha, bhookh ka chamcha, netaji ka chamcha (pun intended).... and many more chamchas around us. But as someone has rightly said “Mother of excess is not joy but joylessness. Excess of anything can destroy one. Too much darkness could kill but too much light could blind.” The culture of sycophancy or chamchagiri has reached all new level in recent times and trickled down in our blood streams such that it has shaken the very edifice of our human existence. Terrorism, Naxalism, Chauvinism, Bigotry and Casteism are chamchas of religion, insecurity and poverty. Such is the effect of chamchagiri that a cartoon can lead to mass killing, a work of entertainment can lead to large scale violence, a statement can lead to riots all over country and death of thousand innocent lives.

Image Credit- Cartoonist against terrorism (http://www.londonstimes.us/cat/cat_toons_05.html)

This sycophancy was the reason British ruled on India for 100 years, and Hitler led the world to verge of extinction with Second World War. There is a very thin line that distinguishes good from bad. Being chamcha/chamchi to gain silver chamach is not bad, but don’t let your heart & soul be chamcha of anything or anyone because from there starts the journey to hell. Chamchagiri at cost of lives is certainly a wrong number.

This write up is an entry to the Great Indian Blogging Contest, as a part of Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival 2015. 

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