Having
read some controversial comments on the lyrics of the song 'Meena', I am
delighted to present a response in accordance with my understanding, which will
still be open to any evaluation or criticism.
While
I am writing this, 1342 people have liked this video and 814 visitors have
shared the same on the facebook. This speaks a volume of success of the most
awaited number by The Sketches.
As
expected, the song is an amazing blend of despair and hope. The video starts
with a feeling of delight, true beauty of nature, innocence of the child and
human fraternity with nature, a window to God. From the moment when the girl
keeps the eggs of birds back to their nests to when she plays with the
butterflies, everything is delicate, sensitive and touchy. However, before the
end of the song, especially when the girl finds her school without any student
or teacher, it not only saddens the child in the video, but it also moves the
viewers to the same status as the reality is not much different from what is
the depicted in the song. Nonetheless, the girl doesn’t give up and takes up the
job of a teacher and teaches her friend, Meena, the doll. When the song comes
to an end, we see some students and a girl teaching to them in the same class.
This also fills the hearts of viewers with a great deal of pleasure. Broadly,
this is what the song preaches, and preaches it right. The message of the song
precisely is to reawaken the society where people can live with love, care and
harmony.
Moreover,
since I am not theoretically a right person to comment on the prosody of the
song, I will not remark on its meters, syllables and rhyming scheme. I leave
this for the experts to state their observations on. However, being a student
of literature, I would like to say that the lyrics of the song carry no controversy
with any religion whatsoever. As stated in the comments on the facebook, some
people believe that the words, ‘Where people precede religion’, contradict the
religious concepts. To my understanding and in a broader sense, it is very much
aligned with what all religions in general and Islam in particular advocate. In
fact, the line should be interpreted that the people, as humans, are of a great
value i.e. when we meet someone for the first time, we don’t ask him / her as
to what religion he / she practices. We carry on our discussion, and,
interestingly if we find the person worthy of our communication, we continue to
do so even if his /her religious ideology doesn’t match with that of ours. Just
imagine, if we find someone in a desperate need of help, would we ask him / him what
religion he practices. Of course not! We will help him unconditionally. That’s why
the song says, ‘‘Where people precede religion.’’
Therefore,
the song should not be contradicted with any religion. However, its social,
cultural and educational message may kindly be understood and discoursed
accordingly.
Please listen to the song: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10154023942620521&set=vb.299411780520&type=2&theater
