Saturday, March 14, 2009

The Kala Bandar vs. Zombie [Round 999~]

Delhi 6..
Kala Bandar..

So, i'm thinking..

The Kala Bandar Concept.

There is a Kala Bandar (translated as Black Monkey) inside all of us. This monkey is a metaphor for the irrational, emotional, and highly animalistic personality that we all possess, and may bring to light, as and when we like. Maybe there is no such thing, and this tanned monkey is an excuse for our tendency to look at situations, and deal with scenario's in a highly immature, and unpragmatic manner. Sometimes we like to do the 'wrong' thing. We like to scream, shout, and run about, we like to point, blame, and create all kinds of doubt. We even like to curse, damage, and proclaim ourselves superior to another. Maybe we just like the 'change'.. life can get boring. Hence we tap into this black monkey inside all of us, give him a set of plates to bang, and bang, till he can get all the attention in the world.

So the what and the why may be clear. The question is 'Can the Black Monkey' be put to sleep'?

Ans.

No he cant. Unless you take to a life of meditation, and spend the remainder of your days in Tibet. Alas.. they have their monkeys coming out of their monkey ridden closets as well.

But.. then maybe he can. (i'm assuming the kala bandar is solely a male disorder*)

Accept the monkey. attempt at taming him. train him. Ironically the monkey will cease to exist. As there will be no difference between the monkey, and your normal average pleasant zombie of a personality. hence finally your Zombie personality will overcome the Monkey personality. Yes the Zombie will overcome the Monkey. you read correctly.

But now are you better off being a Zombie?

My understanding of the Zombie personality.. is probably the opposite of the 'Howard Roark' character from the book Fountainhead. [Zombie personality = All personalities / no. of people] I'm assuming that explains it.


But this is where it gets interesting.. what if we go back to my priorly stated possibility of there being no such thing as a 'Flee monster' inside of us. It's just an excuse. An excuse for a zombie personality.. with actual zombie like tendencies which emerge over time. Watch - Land of the Dead (The lead zombie represents the present day man). I mean it makes sense. Zombie's by nature, to the best of my knowledge, desire flesh. They like killing things which are killable or better known as alive things. They dont have any fresh blood being pumped, as there is no pumping device (there is no heart - too cliche), so the brain doesnt work to the best of its abilities. Many argue it doesnt work at all.

Suddenly, the kala bandar doesnt seem like such a bad thing. Its a manfestation of the Zombie killer tendencies coming to the forefront.

What i dont understand.. and probably why im writing this piece of.. writing.. is.. why are Zombies killing Zombies? It goes against nature.

No make sense. (a feeling ive tried to potray through this collection of words)

*the assumtion has been made on account of the lack of female characters suffering from KB, in the cinematic production that inspired me to write this.

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