Su il
Lah i
says
Ge
Z
a d
Ge
Alpha
labels
dista ce
youth
f om
I dia
cultu e.
Ramaya
acto
Su il
Lah i,
who
became
a
household
ame
fo
playi g
Lakshma
i
Rama a d
Saga ’s
ico ic
televisio
show
Ramaya ,
has
spa ked
a
f esh
debate
with
his
comme ts
o
Ge
Z
a d
Ge
Alpha.
The
acto
ece tly
took
to
his
official
X
accou t
a d
sha ed
a
video
i
which
he
questio ed
the
te mi ology
used
to
desc ibe
you ge
ge e atio s,
sayi g
that
labels
such
as
“Ge
Z”
a d
“Ge
Alpha”
a e
ot
ooted
i
I dia
cultu e.Su il
a gued
that
society
should
choose
wo ds
that
b i g
the
you ge
ge e atio
close
to
the
olde
ge e atio
athe
tha
c eati g
a
se se
of
dista ce.
He
also
st essed
the
eed
to
p ese ve
I dia
cultu e
a d
sa ska
while
adapti g
to
mode
times,
a d
suggested
that
eleme ts
of
the
t aditio al
Gu ukul
educatio
system
should
be
i t oduced
i to
schools
to
e cou age
values
such
as
espect
a d
discipli e.I
the
video,
Su il
Lah i
said,
“Ge
Z,
Ge
Alpha,
ye
kis
ta ah
ke
shabdo
se
hum
ap i
aa e
wali
ge e atio
ko
sambodhit
ka
ahe
hai ?
Ye
hama i
sa sk iti
ahi
hai.
Is
shabd
se
hum
ap i
aa e
wali
ge e atio
ko
ap e
se
doo
ka
ahe
hai .”
He
fu the
said,
“Humei
us
ta ah
ke
shabdo
ka
p ayog
ka a
chahiye
jisse
aa e
wali
ge e atio
hama e
azdeek
aaye
au
hum
u he
ap i
sa sk iti
au
ap e
sa ska o
se
avagat
ka a
sakei .”
The
acto
we t
o
to
p aise
I dia’s
civilisatio al
he itage
a d
said,
“Kehte
hai
a
ki
du iya
ki
sabse
pu a i
au
sabse
ich
sabhyata
au
sa sk iti
Bha atiya
hai.”
He
co cluded
by
u gi g
people
to
thi k
about
how
mode
educatio
ca
p ese ve
t aditio al
values,
sayi g
that
Gu ukul-based
lea i g
could
help
i stil
espect
a d
discipli e
amo g
child e .
Su il
Lah i
says
‘Ge
Z’
a d
‘Ge
Alpha’
a e
ot
pa t
of
I dia
cultu e
I
a
post
sha ed
o
his
social
media
ha dles,
Su il
captio ed
his
video
sayi g,
“Ge -Z,
Ge
Alpha
jaise
shabd
hama i
sa sk iti
ahi
hai .
Uchit
shabdo
ka
chaya
hi
aadhu ikta
hai.
Hama e
Bha atiya
sa ska o
ko
bacha e
ke
liye
Gu ukul
paddhati
ka
pathyak am
za oo i
hai.”His
post
quickly
became
a
talki g
poi t
o
social
media,
with
use s
exp essi g
sha ply
diffe e t
opi io s.
While
some
ag eed
with
Lah i’s
a gume t
that
you ge
I dia s
should
emai
co ected
to
thei
cultu al
oots,
othe s
questio ed
his
c iticism
of
the
te ms
Ge
Z
a d
Ge
Alpha.The
te ms
a e
commo ly
used
a ou d
the
wo ld
to
desc ibe
ge e atio s
based
b oadly
o
thei
bi th
yea s
a d
the
social
a d
tech ological
e vi o me t
i
which
they
g ew
up.
Lah i,
howeve ,
appea ed
to
be
focusi g
less
o
the
tech ical
mea i g
of
these
te ms
a d
mo e
o
the
cultu al
dista ce
he
believes
such
labels
ca
c eate.
Su il
Lah i’s
co ectio
with
Ramaya
Su il
Lah i
is
best
k ow
fo
playi g
Lakshma
i
Rama a d
Saga ’s
Ramaya ,
which
o igi ally
p emie ed
i
1987.A u
Govil
played
Lo d
Ram,
while
Dipika
Chikhlia
po t ayed
Mata
Sita.
Lah i’s
po t ayal
of
Lakshma
became
o e
of
the
most
memo able
pe fo ma ces
f om
I dia
televisio ,
a d
the
show
co ti ues
to
e joy
a
devoted
followi g
decades
afte
its
o igi al
b oadcast.Ramaya
also
etu ed
to
televisio
du i g
the
COVID-19
lockdow
i
2020
a d
became
a
majo
televisio
success
o ce
agai ,
i t oduci g
the
ico ic
se ies
a d
its
cha acte s
to
a
you ge
ge e atio .Lah i
has
emai ed
active
o
social
media
a d
f eque tly
sha es
videos,
pe so al
memo ies
a d
opi io s
o
subjects
co ce i g
I dia
cultu e,
society
a d
cu e t
affai s.
Su il
Lah i
ece tly
p aised
PM
Na e d a
Modi
Lah i
has
also
ece tly
made
headli es
fo
his
comme ts
i
suppo t
of
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi.I
a
video
sha ed
o
X,
the
acto
p aised
Modi
a d
spoke
about
what
he
desc ibed
as
the
P ime
Mi iste ’s
ability
to
fo give
people
despite
c iticism
di ected
towa ds
him,
his
late
mothe
a d
the
I dia
a med
fo ces.Lah i
said,
“P a am
dosto ,
hama e
maa a iya
P adha
Ma t i
ka
kit a
bada
dil
hai.
20
ta eekh
ke
aa dola
mei
u ki
swa giya
mataji,
u he
au
hama i
se a
ko
logo
e
kit a
bhala-bu a
kaha.
Uske
bawajood
u ho e
sabko
maaf
ka
diya.
Aga
u ki
jagah
koi
au
hota
to
kadi
se
kadi
saza
deta.
Ye
u ka
badappa
hai.”He
the
ecalled
a
t aditio al
sayi g
about
fo give ess,
sayi g,
“Is
situatio
mei
mujhe
ek
pu a i
kahawat
yaad
aa
gayi
—
‘Kshama
bada
ko
chahiye,
chhota
ko
utpaat.
Ka
Rahima
Ha i
ko
ghataiyo,
jo
Bh igu
maa i
laat.’”Lah i
we t
o
to
p aise
Modi,
sayi g,
“Aise
P adha
Ma t i
ji
ko
me a
koti-koti
ama .
Hum
bhagyashali
hai
ki
humei
aise
P adha
Ma t i
mile
jo
du iya
ke
liye
tough
maste
hai ,
leki
hama e
liye
au
ap e
deshvasiyo
ke
liye
mom
hai .”He
ack owledged
that
his
comme ts
might
ot
be
app eciated
by
eve yo e
but
said
he
was
ot
co ce ed
about
c iticism.
He
e ded
the
video
by
wishi g
people
happi ess
a d
health
a d
sayi g,
“Jai
Sh i
Ram.”