It's an interesting thought : how the world transformed from a time of quiet villages,monarchs and highway robbers to suburbs,democracy and active nightlife.I suppose the underlying things are the same-make money,find a way to press on,whether you lead a sedentary or rural life.From an age when people feared to venture out at night and were superstitious about going on long journeys, to a period of freedom,changed ideals and a new,golden world(atleast that is what some like to believe,eh?).Life does not change much.Over the millenia,new generations of humans find novel methods of adopting deceiving appearances,a new order of society is brought in and so on.We like to think we will endure;that we have reached the supreme level among all things living and bring silent chaos upon each other anyway.
Today, I got a chance to behold the changing art scene in my country, on attending a film festival of sorts.Filmmakers seem to be reacting to the noise on and off celluloid, through mostly silent creations.I list a few of my favourites here: A Beast Called Beauty - directed by Aakanksha Chitkara Maybe because I am a woman living at a time when India is renowned for objectification of and heinous crimes against women, this documentary film struck me the most and inspired this post.The film voices the common woes of our sex racked by the rigid concepts of beauty set by the society; a situation only worsened by the marketing techniques of fairness creams and other beauty products.However,the movie ends on a happy note, with the featured females professing to have realised that they have accepted who they are, and are content with themselves.I hope every girl out there does the same. In case your interest is piqued, here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M1kI5FNz_g ...
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