Dear Jeyamohan,
Your videos had disappeared for a while. Seeing them start to appear again gives me hope. For some reason, I had begun to think that you had stopped posting videos altogether. These videos are what I usually listen to during my morning walks. Most people listen to songs while they walk. But I can’t listen to songs for very long. Within a minute or two of listening to a song, my mind starts wandering everywhere. Before long, I end up listening to unnecessary conversations, which then drift into contemporary politics, cinema, and similar topics.
When I walk while listening to these videos, I get at least half an hour a day to engage in deep thought and develop a holistic, philosophical perspective on the world. Your videos are never about simple or casual topics. They are not about day-to-day politics or gossip. They have the quality of a writer speaking to his serious readers. I sincerely hope you will continue making such videos.
In one of your videos, you mentioned that you felt there were only a few viewers for them. In today’s environment, what spreads through social media is mostly negative content. Algorithms tend to promote negative news, so that is what receives the most attention. Because it gets more attention, more of it gets produced. Moreover, many critical or mocking videos are merely reactions to another popular video. For example, if you criticize something Vijay said, a section of those who paid attention to Vijay’s speech will notice you. This is how people move from one video to another.
Not only that, most people do not have an entry point into serious subjects like these. But they already have an entry point through politics and cinema. People can move toward the unfamiliar only from something they already know. Only after finding that initial point of connection can they enter subjects like these. Ordinary people usually talk today as a continuation of what they were discussing yesterday.
So it is only natural that talks of this kind do not immediately attract large audiences. But every single person who comes here matters. There are many people like me who cannot read much because of vision problems. For us, these videos have become precious moments of quality time. That is why I hope they will continue to be released.
Through them, I have the experience of being in an ongoing conversation with you. Having a writer, a thinker, speak to us every day is one of the greatest opportunities this century has given us. People like me should make the most of it.
With affection,
Saravanakumar.
