Recently I stumbled upon this pretty interesting tv series 'The Last Resort'. Right from the start I liked it a lot. Almost as much as I liked 'Jericho', another similar TV series, which has become one of my favourites. Its gripping. It has an interesting plot. And most of all, just like 'Jericho' it raises some very important questions about morality, truth, deception, and military policies of the corporate-influenced profit and power hungry US government officials. Its a very brave stance for a program to take especially post 9-11...
There are only two things I did not like about it. It shows Pakistan as an innocent victim of a staged US attack. Even a kid in India knows that there is nothing 'innocent' about this country of religious zealots and terrorists. And the second thing is, it somehow portrays India as an opportunistic state, when it shows a rogue Indian General lead the Indian army towards a defenceless Pakistan... How can such an act be anything but the sanest thing in the world? For wont the world be a better place without the constant threat of a nuclear powered brat in our neighbourhood?
When I watched this episode today where they portray the Indian rogue army general trying to be opportunistic by leading the army towards Pakistan, I was so taken aback that decided to stop it right there and delete the remaining episodes. But then I remembered a conversation I had today itself, with a friend. He claims that he is a seeker of truth. ( and for the most part he really is ) But sometimes, I feel his ideas and views are not entirely true, but are his assumptions and conclusions drawn based on his ingrained prejudice against Muslims. So, today I told him that he was not really a seeker of truth, as he claimed. For one cant seek the truth if blinded by prejudice...
So I have decided to swallow the bitter pill. And watch the serial till the end. And if it is as good till the end, as it was in the start, then I will keep it in my collection of memorable TV serials. Even if I find the serial's pro-Pakistani tone pretty abhorrent. Yet, I will not allow my prejudice to rule me. Not after what I told to my friend... Isn't it said by the wise that one should practice what one preaches? I hope I will be able to do that...
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