“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes”- words from Mark Twain

I was watching this new “reality show” on cable the other day called “Saach ka Samna ( Facing the truth), inspired from the even popular show called ” The moment of truth” ,an interesting concept where participants have to keep their pride and perhaps even their peaceful lives at stake all in the quest to face the truth and of course in the process pocket as much of the prize money as possible.When the truth begins to crush them and it becomes to much for them to handle they run with whatever pride and money they have. Questions about sexuality, Chasity, modesty, honesty in marriage, work, troubled pasts, disturbed relationships all that you wished the world should never know is all on display on this 1 hour show.

I guess the biggest selling point of the show is the question we all ask our selves at least once in a while “IS TRUTH, HONESTY AND TRANSPARENCY REALLY WORTH IT??” is there space in this world for an completely honest individual. Could one get all that he or she desired if she had chosen to be honest at some stage of life?..Isn’t it best to just keep that mask we have on us, mix a pinch or maybe a teaspoon of lies with the other ingredients in our life ? The way where you can keep all happy and at the same time get all you want. Would we ever be able to digest the truth that the individual has to say, no matter how much we love or care them? are we as humans really prepared to face the truth?.. I guess not and perhaps we may never be because how much ever we may accept the sad facts of life and move on.. the thought of ” if only”, “but why” will continue. We are just not programmed to accept that what we thought we knew is not what is and what we thought we saw was just a mirage.

I guess we all in some stage of our life accept that some truths are best left untouched unseen and unheard.. its best to believe that not all in life is not as it may seem on paper.. the more you search for the truth the more you hurt your selves. Choosing between whats right and whats true is a difficult choice. Being right is never the same as being true.. What we do and say in certain circumstances and situations in life may be right but its never the truth. At the end of the day, if a lie can bring a smile, a hope, a dream.. If a lie could make you believe what you wish for.. don’t you think it ok to mix a little?..

But then to face the truth an a million viewers worldwide in a quest to earn a quick buck is altogether a different story. Perhaps just like cliff hanging, its not everybody’s ball game.