Aakash Rohilla

Author: Aakash Rohilla

  • I am afraid

    I am afraid

    “Need a bed in New Delhi.”

    “Need oxygen in Lucknow.”

    “Please help, only 45 mins oxygen remaining in hospital.”

    “Need plasma in Gurgaon.”

    “Need two doses of Remdesivir.”

    All I see on social media is people asking for help. Be it Facebook, be it Twitter, be it Instagram, things are in pretty bad shape. The medical infrastructure of our country has collapsed, and I am afraid. Every phone call comes with a truckload of anxiety. I pray to the power (or God) that if you are there, please make this stop! But it doesn’t work like that. We should have prepared for this. Our elected leaders should have evaluated the situation instead of rallies and declaring on Twitter that we won the COVID-19 war.

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  • Killing the social dilemma

    Killing the social dilemma

    I just opened my Netflix viewing history to check when did I watch The Social Dilemma. It has been 18 days. I watched it on 10th September 2020. I have been trying to limit my social media usage for quite a while now, and to be honest, I was struggling with it.

    After watching The Social Dilemma, I followed a few steps and would like to share them (or better document them, because no one reads this blog).

    The 15 mins value

    I had made my mind that I want to quit social media. I didn’t want to delete my accounts (you know because I may need them again), so I did a little, you can call it an experiment. I opened Facebook and scrolled for 15 minutes without any break. Then I made a list of things that I found in the 15 minutes scroll that may add some value to my life OR I would learn something from it, and I found ZERO things.

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  • Cinema Lectures for COVID-19 (Raised 10 Lakhs+)

    Cinema Lectures for COVID-19 (Raised 10 Lakhs+)

    Satyanshu is a National Award-winning filmmaker and writer. He wrote the poems that you see in Udaan, he wrote lyrics for Ferrari Ki Sawari, and he directed Chintu Ka Birthday along with his brother Devanshu.

    He is conducting cinema lectures online with filmmakers, writers, cinematographers, technicians, and artists. He is not charging anything for these lectures. All you have to do is make a donation to any of the COVID-19 relief funds.
    I came to know about these lectures from Facebook. I knew for a fact that Satyanshu is a student of cinema, and he talks very passionately about cinema. I remember seeing him in AIB’s First Draft promotional videos. I remember watching Chintu Ka Birthday in a theatre which was half-full.

    If you are an aspiring maker or a film buff then I would highly recommend you to join these lectures. You will donate towards a good cause, and at the same time learn a few good things. Here is a list of the upcoming lectures.

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