Aishwarya: Deconstructing the Myth

Suddenly Aishwarya is fairly conspicuous, in several international platforms. Eg. Cannes, Letterman show, Oprah’s show. The question that arises here is, has all this international appearances helped her by any means? I would think otherwise. I feel her tackiness in these appearances have only exposed her nervous foreboding side and rendered her more vulnerable.

In Cannes she made a mockery of beauty, with her gaudy and uncouth sense of dressing and make-up. And with a chipkoo Vivek oberoi all around her, it was a comedy show. Lot has been discussed about her face-to-face with Letterman. Here is my version. Laconic and impervious. She was clumsy, gauche and sounded absolutely nervous. Her giggling only made more conspicuous the nervous shudderings in her heart. I would say she messed up the whole interview. She blabbered, she chuckled, she flirted. But she hardly made any point. You can check the video @ http://www.badmash.org/videos/letterman.wmv .

That is because she thinks herself to be much bigger than she actually is. Deep down her heart, she knows she is not what she feigns to be. This amplifies her insecurity, pushing her farther into the cozy warmth of a dark cocoon, where she can hide and pretend that the world doesn’t know. So when it comes to big shows, like cannes or letterman, she falters because of the fear that the real aishwarya might be unfolded, in front of the public. This trepidation accentuates her nervousness and makes her stammer. In her Indian interviews, her pretentious intellectualism is as conspicuous as her nervous stutterings outside. Her arrogant rattlings entirely reveal her bloated sense of identity. It is just that she assumes the Indian junta to be too idiot or too star-struck to notice indeed.