Kyunki Sas Bhi Kabhi Bahu thi – Ha Toh??

  This is an official entry for Stayfree held by Indiblogger

 I know this is a weird headline to go for the topic “Time to Change”. But then this is exactly something that I want to change. I hope you  have got the idea by now. If no, Please continue reading.

I seriously get pissed off with the male dominance in our society.We talk about equal rights to woman, woman liberation ,empowerment etc et c all the words that can be put up together from the dictionary. But then we see nothing put up into practice.

We want equal rights for men and women but even today woman cant dress the way they want. We talk about liberty but still woman aren’t free to walk alone or be alone in the cities.We talk about  woman empowerment still everyday a girl child is dumped because of the only fault that the baby is a gal. I donot blame the male society alone here , woman are equally responsible for this state of the society.We woman give birth and we ourselves be a mute spectators to our child being dumped ,aborted or killed just because the child was a girl.being a mute spectator doesnt make  you a saint, you are equally a partner in crime.

TV, newspapers , internet etc are a medium to reach people. Its  a medium via which we can spread  a message to the society. If used in the right way ,these mediums can change the society,can change the outlook. I watch a  lot of tv soaps, shows etc on television like most of the people do. I have always wondered why it is always the woman whos being shown oppressed ,depressed,suppressed.Why only woman being shown tortured gives a lot of TRP’s .Surprisingly most of this soap operas are watched by the community of house wives.Kyunki sas bhi bahu thi – ha toh? just because a mother in law underwent torture and hundreds of marriages ,the new daughter in law too should undergo the same? Why is it always that a woman is shown  tortured by her in laws,her hubby on screen?Why is it most of the times a woman is shown betrayed by her husband.Why isn’t it vice versa? Why is it that woman are always shown to be weaker section of the society?Why is it woman are shown weeping and silently bearing the torture of the society just for the sake of her family.?Wny doesn’t a show garner trps where a woman is shown a strong character and doesn’t bend down to the rules of the society? Why is it shown that a dark skinned gal is unable to find a suitable groom?Why do shows like SAS BAHU AUR SAZISH sell like hot cakes? Why a dadisa(grandma) or a Ammaji kind of character who keeps her daughter in laws to daughters under her control become famous?WHY!WHY??WHY?Its the mentality that sucks! It’s the outlook that’s gone wrong. And the most surprising fact is Most of these shows made by woman producers and directors.Why making a woman weak in reel life or real life give an unexplained satisfaction or contentment?

I believe this is a thing which may have happened ages ago or may still be happening in  a lot of places. Why cant we bring about a change in the outlook of the people by bringing up shows or advertisements where woman are not being treated as a substance, a sex symbol,rather woman are depicted as a symbol of respect. Every house owns a TV color or black and white .People in India follow the television trends or the movie trends or whatever is shown on the big screen blindly. Egs of that are during the shaktiman days,people tried to enact and jumped from their roofs. When we live in such a  TV frenzy world,why not use the medium in a  proper way.

One thing I would love to change is the way the TV portrays woman.I would want woman to be shown as a strong character not  the ones who bend down to the torture of their inlaws or husbands.I want a character to be etched out which fights against the injustice done ,which sets up an example for the millions of woman watching these shows.I want a change in the characters that the makeup clad woman play.I want those characters to encourage woman  not to remain silent and fight back against the injust ice done to them.I want TV to reduce the male dominant serials to be brought down and come up with shows which shuns domestic violence rather propagates it.

We do not want reel life villains to come into life and give birth to real life ones every single day.We want our society to be a heaven to live in. We donot want our coming generations to be racist- the one who shuns dark skinned gals,rapist- the generation where in every gal wearing a mini skirt becomes entitled to rape,wife beater- the generation where thrashing a girl gives a lot of relief to the male ego,murderers- the generation which aborts evey gal child being born.etc.

This is the right time to bring in the change Pen is mightier than sword and so  I have used this medium in the smallest possible way to bring in the change. What are you waiting for?

 Wanna be the change you wish to make..Go the Stayfree way

My Gadget Speaks For Me

 

This article is an official entry for the Dell Change Is Easy Contest on indiblogger.

Technology has changed lives. We have come a long way with new developments and technologies springing up every single day. Apple was just a fruit when I was born and now so many years later my phone is called an apple. Similarly blackberry was a fruit for all of us once upon a time and now it’s the name of a mobile phone that people crave for. Things have changed and Change has been easily accepted. People have moved on with change. today when I say “ I brought a blackberry” , the thought that would come to every single mind would be of a blackberry phone rather than the fruit, and no one would even ask “fruit or the phone?”

Guess that’s the impact gadgets and technology has had on human lives. Whatever gadgets have been invented , they have been created with human beings,and their comfort in mind. Or we can say gadgets have been built by man for the human race and have a humane touch to it. For eg. Nokia phone –connecting people or Iphone which screams out “Touching is Believing” .Somewhere it has qualities which we have ; touching or connecting people,in some or the other way where it does have a striking resemblance.

The moment I saw the topic “how gadgets reflect your personality “sponsored by DELL I really had to think hard as to which gadget would represent me. I asked my friends as to which gadget reflects my personality.I was amused by the answers. Some said you are like a bread toaster ; u just cant keep things to yourself they keep popping out. Someone said you are like a coffee vending machine; one press of a button and there you go on and on. A cleanliness freak friend said you are like a vacuum cleaner “you eat all the garbage ie.street food” I was like Whoa! look at the way they are dropping subtle hints  J

The gadget that I frequently use these days more than any other gadget is my hurricane lamp with usb .Thanks to the frequent power cuts that forces us to stay armed with gadgets like these specially during the rainy season. I think I would rather let my gadget talk what they think is common among both of us till the time I am winding up with my important work.

Hurricane Lamp With USB says:                                                                           

Hurricane Lamp With USB

I guess you all know what I am and what I am used for. I was brought in by my master ; your fellow blogger because she stays in a place where load shedding  is  quite common.

I have been living with her since a long time and I have known her really well. Ah!! she is such a sweetheart.

Talking about sweetheart I feel she does have some of my characteristics *Glows with pride*   

Same Same Inch pinch!!

1) Consistent: We both are consistent .Just like my flame is consistent and doesn’t flicker I have seen her being consistent with her studies and whatever she has done in her life.She has always studied keeping me close to her and she has been consistently  clearing the exams with flying colors.

2) Helpful: I have spent my life adding lights to the life of people. I realized she is helpful when she kept me out of the house at night during one of such load shedding sessions so that others could find their way.I didn’t like staying out with so many mosquitoes howering over but then the motive behind her this action made me happy

3) Temper: Just like the way I get hot, she too loses her temper easily.

4) Mood Swings : I have this special ability to glow in different colored flames.My color changing flames are just like her frequent mood swings; sometimes happy ,some times angry and sometimes sad. Her mood just keeps fluctuating.

5) Naughty:

She is one of the brats in the colony who keeps on hiding toys of children, scaring oldies in the dark, teasing guys, I must tell u she’s an Adam Teaser. I have been silent witness to many of her pranks. I too be naughty at times and I refrain from glowing many a times when she presses the knob and specially when she needs me the most.I like to see the naughtiest gal being frustrated.

No Way! We Are Not The Same !!

1) Curvaceous Figure: Yeah this is what my fellow gadgets envy me for. I have got a body that I can flaunt and that is something she lacks. But yes the change is easy and she can easily attain my body type. .I hope she is reading this *Giggles*

2) Jealousy:  I know her little secret; She is jealous of the next door Pinky(shhh!! Keep it a secret) and yeah this is something I can never be.Its these qualities that make a human, a human.

3) Charging: I need to be constantly charged to work properly or I feel damn low at times *Sulks* But my memsahib isn’t like this. She is all charged up for every occasion. She just wants a reason to step out of the house no matter what time of the day it is.

4)Chatterbox - She is one helluva chatterbox.Whenever i try grabbing my forty winks ,she starts chitchatting over the phone.She switches me off and then sits next to me chitchatting,gossiping. Don't I have a life??!!! *Sigh! Rolls eyes*(voice from the background-"that Varun Sharma from Citibank was so handsome..blah blah blah!!!)I guess she is coming.

And Shhh!!! Let all this be a secret!!! Ohh !! there she comes…and I think she would switch me off.. No!! No!!! (Switched off)

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