Archive for November 2014
A very sensitive issue today is discrimination based on gender. I agree, both men and women should be treated equally. And the government too is supporting female empowerment, to some extent.
Let's think logically for a second. What is equality?
In terms of status, I agree, women were quite lacking. But that was the previous generation. If anything, women are more in control today. We've all seen TV shows that have a whipped guy or even real life examples (I know I have) So, they are in fact equal.
In terms of rights, they actually get more rights than men. Women haven't been deprived of rights for decades now.
In terms of opportunities, I'm not equally sure. Truth is, in India, as far as I can see, most of the girls are hardworking and study a lot. And they do get the opportunities that they have worked so hard for. Some guys would say women get more opportunities but that's just because we guys are lazy and never work as hard as women to get an opportunity...argument for another day.
So, as far as I can see, our society is equal.
Some would argue that there is a lot of abuse against women, including molestation, statutory rape, rape etc. Whereas men are never raped or molested. That's not entirely true, but, let's assume it is.
Men, on the other hand, are also being abused by women, in terms of money and power. It's a pretty common fact that almost 50% marriages end in a divorce and most guys don't go for a prenuptial agreement. Which means, the wives (or ex-wives) can figuratively rob their ex-husband.
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So, both genders are getting fucked by each other. So, equality does exist.
But, recently, feminism has been a huge joke on the internet. Of course, women are to be blamed.
There is a limit to how many rights you can fight for. Besides, the way these women think, they're not fighting for equality, they're fighting for female domination.
I often hear female student complaining after being hit by a guy and saying "He can't hit me, I'm a girl."
Do you know what that sounds like?
"I'm a weak, fragile but beautiful thing that should not get hit even if it's my fault."
When you say stuff like that, you are essentially proving the fact that men are better than women. I'm not saying that men are better, I believe in equality but you women have taken things too far.
Even at home and school, we're taught not to hit a girl. Why not? If it's okay for girls to hit boys (and they do) it should be okay for us to hit a girl.
Only major difference is, when we are hit by girls, we don't fucking cry on the spot and make a big deal out of it. But you so much as touch a girl, she cries enough to solve the water crises around the world. And naturally, you have to apologize even though it wasn't entirely your fault, of course, it doesn't work and teachers will always side with the crying girl and punish you. Even though, deep down, the teacher knows both of you were at fault.
And we're living in a society of double standards. If a girl cries, whoever hurt her must be punished. If a guy cries, he's a fucking disgrace to the entire male race and must be hanged.
Stop being a fake-feminist. Fight for equal rights if you have to. At least don't make feminism a bigger joke than it has already become.
But, recently, feminism has been a huge joke on the internet. Of course, women are to be blamed.
There is a limit to how many rights you can fight for. Besides, the way these women think, they're not fighting for equality, they're fighting for female domination.
I often hear female student complaining after being hit by a guy and saying "He can't hit me, I'm a girl."
Do you know what that sounds like?
"I'm a weak, fragile but beautiful thing that should not get hit even if it's my fault."
When you say stuff like that, you are essentially proving the fact that men are better than women. I'm not saying that men are better, I believe in equality but you women have taken things too far.
Even at home and school, we're taught not to hit a girl. Why not? If it's okay for girls to hit boys (and they do) it should be okay for us to hit a girl.
Only major difference is, when we are hit by girls, we don't fucking cry on the spot and make a big deal out of it. But you so much as touch a girl, she cries enough to solve the water crises around the world. And naturally, you have to apologize even though it wasn't entirely your fault, of course, it doesn't work and teachers will always side with the crying girl and punish you. Even though, deep down, the teacher knows both of you were at fault.
And we're living in a society of double standards. If a girl cries, whoever hurt her must be punished. If a guy cries, he's a fucking disgrace to the entire male race and must be hanged.
Stop being a fake-feminist. Fight for equal rights if you have to. At least don't make feminism a bigger joke than it has already become.
Everyone knows Mario as one of the most popular games ever. But, many fail to realize how a game of Mario is EXACTLY like our life.
In the beginning, it's very easy.
But, as you grow older, it gets tougher.
Once you go ahead, you can never go back.
It sends a lot of obstacles our way.
We can either jump over them
or jump on them and solve them.
Some problems hurt you
and some might come back.
But, you will always get over it
Sometimes, you have to let go
But, you will always get twinkling opportunities
You always find some time to be away from the world
But, there might be an unexpected surprise
There are ups and downs.
There are shortcuts.
And there are "stairways to heaven"
There is even a God.
And he sends his blessings ("Dene wala jab bhi deta, deta chappar phad ke")
But, most important of all, it has the same romance.
We work hard to win a girl's heart and when we do, we our greeted with
a scary monster, commonly known as "The Father", it is also known as "The Sanskaar" in some Indian cases.
But, we don't give up,
we jump past the monster, and get the girl,
only to find out, after spending quite some time with her, that she's not "The One"
After a lot of problems,
overcoming these problems,
celebrations,
depressions,
good surprises,
not-so-good surprises,
loneliness,
praying to God,
getting shit in return,
encounters with Father and Sanskaar
and a lot of Stairway to Heaven for inspiration,
we finally reach the final, deadly, long encounter with Sanskaar, the wedding,
But, problems don't leave our backs, even when we reach the fire of ritual
the words of the pandit go on and on, in an infinite loop,
unless, you know how to get out of it,
and you reach The Father, who you will face for the last time,
and you fight the last sanskaar, to start an amazing life with The One
but now, she is completely devoted to sanskaar, and you wait for the sweet release death.
Eventually you die, and,
you are reborn,
in a tougher world, because you were a jerk in your past life and this is karma saying
We all know it as the idiot box. Something that keeps us addicted all day long, with multiple channels and hundreds of ways of attracting us. TVs today have reality shows from all over the world, educational shows, daily and weekly soaps from all over the world, movies (national and international), news, music and miscellaneous.
In India, we have different DTH providers (Satellite TV, in case you don't know) and some of them provide games through their set-top boxes.
A lot of DTH services also have a recording feature now. Which means, you can record your favourite shows and watch it again and again, like a VCR (which, I think, never came to India)
Serials are a BIG part of any Indian household. It is one aspect where parents are more addicted than children. And these serials are down to the earth stupid. These directors, they know how addictive their serials are and how many viewers they will get.
Because, in all fairness, Indians are a bad judge for movies. There are a few good critics, and teens nowadays have started hating some bollywood movies. But, parents, no. They will hate every movie, song, serial their kid watches but whatever shit they put on their Hindi serial channel, they will watch it.
That's how an average Indian household is. All day long, the mom does her chores, dad goes out to work. Then, when the first serial starts airing, she will glue herself to the couch while waiting for the dad. And when he comes home, after missing 1 or 2 serials, she will tell him what happened. She only tells him 50% and he only understands 25% but he's still excited about the serial no matter how shitty it is.
So, they don't discriminate, they could put ANYTHING on that channel, as long as it doesn't have nudity and constant swearing, parents will watch it. Something educational, something that spreads awareness about a sensitive issue, something citizens should know about the country or stuff like that.
But, no.
You know what they show?
Typical Hindi serials:
Guy is richer than God. Marries a pretty girl who doesn't have a job (hence spreading the message that girls are gold diggers) then she just works in the kitchen all day (Yes, another stereotype that needs to change now)
Huge family in one house. The most elder person in charge of everything however, the male adult often goes against the elder, and ends up getting slapped, in slow motion, 5 - 6 times, depending on the director.
All have dinner together (which fucking encourages parents to call their kids to have dinner with them, while they watch this shit and give excuses like "As a family, we should spend more time together") and naturally, the women are just serving food to the men. Then, there's a discussion going on, usually something to lighten the mood, or sometimes overly serious based on some recent problem in the house. But when a woman voices her opinion, the men shut her down. (promoting a male dominated society)
Discrimination against women is a serious issue in India, and very very sensitive. Even I don't joke about it. I was just on a class trip to a city far from home and I saw first hand what the females go through in public places.
And these serials just encourage the crowd. Yes, I know, TV serials are for entertainment and they aren't to be taken seriously, but, that's the thing, they are taken seriously here. If you watch some reality shows where celebrities from these soaps are called for talking, you'd find out. I was watching one of these shows and a lady, who played the villain in a serial, was talking.
She said that she and her husband went to a house in their neighbourhood where someone had just passed away to pay their respect. And when they reached, the women of that house called her to a room inside. Inside, it's all private, all the relatives of the dead person were gathered and then one of them says "why do you trouble the main character so much?"
A person is dead, and all they can think about is a serial, plus, they even think that she's a real villain.
This is the kind of hold that TV has on Indians, why don't they use it to spread some good message? It'd be a lot better than the drama they spread to every house.
