RIFLE RANGE BOY

The Hater (Hejter, Polish; 2020) It is not something that we do not already know. The cyberspace has become where everything is made possible; a false narrative can be oft-repeated the gospel truth. Truth can be bent to suit the flavour of the day. A non-issue can be made the next game-changer. Deepfakes can change the path of one's career or fate. Destiny is determined by the trolls and influencers. There is a concerted effort by news spreaders to mould one's thought process in sync to the agenda of their paymasters.  The modern world, it seems, is divided into the right conservatives who yearn for the good old times when the world was a place of milk and honey, where politicians were honest, policemen cared for the public (not look at them as perps) and outdoors were healthy. At the red corner is the leftist who basically plays devil's advocate aim for anarchy and pushes the boundary to the point of entropy.  The leftists, outwardly seem to have the dow...

The whole nation has been hit by a spate of bullying, of late.Youngsters, without batting an eyelid, have no remorse to resorting to violence to assert their authority over the others whom they perceive as weak, disadvantaged or just different. perhaps, they are just apeing their role models, their parents or even leaders. In the latest incident, the nation is reeling from the death of a 19 old boy who never gained consciousness after being hit on and sodomised for being effeminate. Although the information is patchy, the gist of the string of events is that a quarrel ensued over a heckling which progressed to a lopsided fistfight and bashing of the victim and his friend by four other teenagers. Looking at the faces of the helpless relatives, one can just wonder at the meaning of this violence. Forget the fact that we should all live within our boundaries, live and let live.There are people that who are different from us for us to learn and appreciate but not to c...

Look around the world! There is much so of hatred all around us. There is division all around us. Even amongst apparently homogeneous appearing societies, there is suspicion and desire to dominate over the other clan. There is the West and East, North and South, Muslim and Christians, the fair skinned and the dark skinned, Sunnis and Shiates, indigenous people and immigrants, moderates and conservatives, between differing political ideologies and the list goes on. Left in desperation with the will to survive against a common enemy, people will flock together and put their resources together. This is evident from scenes from major catastrophe like earthquakes and tsunamis. Even then, there would be people with economic reaping on their mind rather than helping the downtrodden. Maybe, we are waiting for Armageddon or attack from an alien civilization to take over Earth like in 'War of the World' by H.G.Wells. After the dust has settled from the tu...