Mulgi shikel, sarvanna shikvel (Educate the girl child, and she will educate all)

I'm a girl, born in a country where men are simply not taught to respect girls. When we leave our homes, we are leched at. When we take the train or bus we are groped. When we raise our voices in protest, they send cops to protect us. Our supposed caretakers, the cops then rape us. And then more of them are sent to protect us. Its like one big irony of fate.
Where do we go with our complaints, then?
Whom do we trust to fight on our behalf?






Wait, what is that you said?


The media?


So you mean we should knock on doors of the media to try an bring about a positive attitudanal change towards women?


Interesting.


If you actually believe that, then you are incredibly naive, not to mention completely ignorant about Indian Media.

Let me for arguments sake , cite an example:
The name of the daily soap is Saat Phere, on Zee TV 9.30 p.m, Mon - Fri. Here the protagonist is a woman named Saloni, who is dark-skinned, and hence the butt of everyone's jokes and insults. Her parents want to marry her off to some rich, old man and are paying a hefty dowry for it. He misbehaves with her, and she retaliates by slapping him. Later she has to fall at his feet to apologise, and to make sure the wedding is still on. And what's more, her parents plead with her to do it.
When I saw the promos, I made thought that this programme would probably make a statement, and show the dark-skinned girl stand up for herself. Such a scene, however, is yet to come. They're probably waiting for the girl to break down completely.
Maybe, the girl will get a make-over someday, and be beautiful and successful, since they seem to be synonymous - if most Fair and Lovely ads are to be believed. Like Jassi, the queen ugly duckling herself. Or maybe the serial will fall into the usual saas-bahu trap and become, if possible, more regressive.

In a country where media shows shit like this on primetime, its not exactly a surprise that women are mistreated, is it? Our media is irresponsible and incredible - it has become a slave to TRPs, and a slave to money. Shows like Rihaaee which actually make a difference are taken off air, and replaced with another one of those damn soap operas, which show a woman to either be nosy and interfering, or an all-knowing, all forgiving saint, who'll do anything for her husband/lover.
It is time now, for the women of the country to show how disgusted they're with the way they are represented by the media. It is time , that a new generation of female media executives takes over, and transforms the present sorry state of Indian television. It is time to say Enough.
We will not stand for it anymore.

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Room 310 - College
anO and Akshy!!! using pallo's camera phone.... pretty arent we? if u ignore the foot long distance betn our heads.... hehe.






Room 310 - college
anO parading the phat book tat she had been reading then...

Colaba Causeway - taken by hyacie for JLT. Yep thats right, this pics been published. All those who think its crap, well, you arent the ones with the pics in the paper. hehe.

Colaba Causeway
Aaaaah... this one has been the cause of many a debates - some call it anu's hot pic. Some prefer 2 not comment. Some call it anO's blind french woman look. These are teh 'somes' found lying in thane creek the next day.hehe.









Room 310 - College.
Pic taken using tulsi's camera - anO givin her the "kajra re" look hehe

Conversation of the fortnight!!

AnO : ARRRRGHHH! I want revenge! I want to make that asshole experience every bit of the pain that he has inflicted upon me and then some.....
Raddy : hmmm.... you know what you should do? You should make out with him once more and then tell his girlfriend... that he is still capable of cheating on her, and given the chance, he will do it again.
Ano : ooooh I like that!
Ayesha: Raddy! I never thought you guys had such conniving, scheming minds! I'm shocked! *goes into uncontrollable fits of laughter*
Raddy: *with a scrunched up face that suggests that she is thinking hard* : but you know what will be better? If someone could somehow screw him over........
AnO: yeah , well...
Raddy : I know! GO MAKE OUT WITH THE GIRL!!!!
*all three dissappear into squeals of laughter. Last heard they were swearing loudly in the students common room, tryin really hard to play carrom. What or rather, who, anO has decided to do is still unclear*




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Get back at your !@#$%^&* ex-boyfriend... complete, unedited and unabridged!!!

How to make sure your sonofabitch ex-boyfriend has a miserable,miserable time without you!!!!

1) Go out with your mutual friends and make sure he is present. When conversation is at its peak, start telling embarrassing stories about him to anyone who’d care to listen. Then pretend that it was a faux pas and giggle nervously. Do this at least 23 times.
e.g. – Oh, did you know that Rohit* wet his bed till he was 13! Oops! *Guilty smile*
2) Pick out his ugliest naked baby pictures, and post them on your blog. Make sure that every girl he knows has a link to it. Allow anonymous comments, grab some popcorn, sit back and watch the fun.
3) If there is anything a man hates the most, it is waiting for you. Call him up and tell him you have urgent work with him on the other side of town. Sound frantic and on the verge of tears. Make him wait for at least 2 hours (“I’ll be there in a minute; I just have to run a few errands for my aunt’s best friend’s sister’s husband’s grandmother”) and then don’t show up (My cat has just been diagnosed with lymphocercoma of the intestine, gotta rush home, sorry!). If there is anything a man hates more than waiting for you, it is being stood up.
4) Call him up at 3 in the morning and sob your heart out about the receding population of the red-bellied piranhas in the Amazon. Discuss the importance of the survival of fish that have the ability of stripping a carcass to the bone for our ecosystem. Research the topic thoroughly before making the phone call.
5) Make him watch the Hindi dubbed version of Independence Day no less than 5 times. Do it on his birthday as a special birthday surprise. Insist on being inspired by a movie and start looking under his bed for aliens.
6) Convince him to go shopping with you. Try on every piece of clothing in the mall, preen in front of the mirror for at least 5 minutes per outfit and ask his opinion every single time. Ask him if it makes you look fat. Annoy him till he gives you a satisfactory reply. More importantly, DO NOT BUY ANYTHING.
7)Flirt with all his close friends; pay them compliments, notice their new hairstyles etc. Just make sure you are completely ignoring him while you are at it - its called rubbing salt on somebody’s wounds.
8) Invent an online game where you’ve to throw fart bombs at your former boyfriend’s picture, 50 points if you hit the nose, 20 if you hit the neck etc. Childish, I know. But very satisfying.
7) Last, but not the least, though definitely the most obvious, go to a party that he is sure to come to, with a really hot guy, and flaunt him in his face. If that doesn’t work, I don’t know what will!

*name changed to protect identity.....hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe