Sunday, February 22, 2026

Media Culture Lab: A Play With History? Grandpa's Diaries and Documents?

 What's so special about them?

I used to do this safaayi abhiyan of his small room and baithak, almost every year, atleast a few times. And special safaayi abhiyan used to be around Diwali. That's how it happens in most Indian homes, especially where Diwali is a special occasion. What's so special about that? That question hit the mind in last few years especially, when some documents started surfacing out of nowhere and some? I did not find them anywhere. Who did that? And why? No one had this much value for these useless documents or diaries except me in this home. And some outsiders interest in them? Is not that too much?

And answer came politics? Political parties? Especially, around some elections? Too weird? What elections or some political parties to do with that? 

This is happening with all of us. It's just that I realized it in a too inflated environment of war type hidden attacks. This was hapening in my office and MDU residences also since years. I had seen this, experienced this and even filed some complain during VC Prof Ramphal Hooda time. In 2012? And then in 2014?

Fact is such happenings are everywhere. Happening with all of us in so many different forms. But worse is when it starts happening in your own home. And starts affecting even your health. But this is also happening with all of us. Somewhere not so noticeable. Somewhere could be blown out of proportion, even beyond imagination, like some worldwide shutdown? But this shutdown opned eyes to scientific world also. 

What science is doing? 

How much science is political science? 

How much it's interwoven into our IDs? 

How these IDs are used and abused against us?

Should not we start checking this from some such example itself? 

You can also check the same about your and your near and dear ones IDs.

How our lives are so interwoven around our own people IDs? For good or for bad?

Who are exploiting our IDs for their gains or benefits?

How common people could alter that? Or atleast break that pattern?

I am in the process of trying to know this. Knowledgeable people can help in that.

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