Saturday, July 02, 2005

The Unreal Tournament -- By Sanket ‘the eye opener’ Kambli

No! I couldn’t find a better proverb; let us manage with this. Never judge a book by its cover. But in this “so called advanced society”, nobody cares about this old saying. The trade secret of the marketing world is simple, ‘packaging’; it is the key to make your product famous. What does this tell us? No! It doesn’t tell us, we should buy well packaged goods. This clearly points to the theory, that human’s often base their assumptions, on what they see, and not what really is. You still don’t get what I am talking about. Well! Why spoil the suspense, OK! Here is a hint, Recently, China hosted a beauty pageant, and so, what is so great about it, right! It is not great, it is controversial, and this beauty pageant was, for all those who had gone under the knife (cosmetic surgery for dummies). Ahaa! Now you get which book and cover I am talking about, so this brings us to initiate a mini dissection of both sides of this coin. So what do the supporters say; their logic is, in 21st century only those who have great looks are given a look at (pun intended). It is said by this group, if you cosmetically alter your looks, you unknowingly shape your confidence (VLCC motto), ultimately making you successful. The only way to make yourself acceptable, is to have perfect looks, because natural imperfections, make people ignore you, make you lonely. If you have a perfect body/face your life from all dimensions (marital to career) becomes satisfyingly happy. And if you think this is just an advertisement by a surgeon, let me clarify, this kind of thinking is finely embedded into people’s mind. But why are people opposing it, let us see; well this artificial beauty doesn’t go down well with some, saying, these surgeries ruin the whole concept of beauty, the concept being something beyond superficial/ perfect looks. They say its not the face/body but people’s mind that have to go under the knife, to eradicate this thing in their mind, which lays unnecessary importance on perfect looks and its ability to lift your confidence. I can go on, yes I can give a truck load of case-studies from both the sides, but they will still say what has already been said, so I don’t want to just put them for the sake of filling up space, instead I just want you to think (I know its tough) who is right, do a bit of research, what do you say? Bye for know! Astala Vista!

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