It is the season of reality shows. These days, every other
channel is airing some or the other reality show. The concept used to interest
me when it was started a few years ago. Over the years it grew popular but so
did the stories surrounding them. There have been countless stories about how
the reality shows are rigged, how everything that we see is scripted and nothing
is real in the reality shows, how it is spoiling the children who are so crazy
for the show that they are ready to put their studies at a backseat to
participate and so on. I used to feel that it is something pretty stupid and
useless.
Reality shows can be grouped into 2 categories. One in
which the so-called-celebrities are the contestants and the one which has
common people as the contestants. The other day I happen to see this particular
reality show where the contestants were the common people like you and me. One
such contestant caught my attention. He was disabled and was doing things which
were not possible even for a perfectly able person and that was pretty
inspiring. In that moment I realized that reality shows too can be inspiring. It
may be rigged and what not but the stories that it shares about common people
from various backgrounds, who, most of the time are underprivileged and are
capable of doing unimaginable things due to their strong will and determination,
are pretty inspiring. These people put in a lot of effort to develop some or
the other kind of skill/talent but their effort is restricted to a limited set
of audience but the reality shows provide them a platform to showcase their
talent to the world which is pretty cool. They get their 5 minutes of fame and
I am sure it boots up their confidence level and the will to go on and do
something good in their lives. Yes, I do believe that reality shows too can be
inspiring.
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