Idle musings

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 ...

For once, the rave reviews are justified.It is one of those rare instances when close to no promotion pays off for a film, and a socially relevant one at that.'Pink', directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury  is a slap in the face.How else do I describe the hard-hitting dialogues, the sheer bold attempt at honesty? The movie has been framed as "a courtroom drama" where three women fight for justice, the victim becomes the accused and not for the first time, society's views on women are dissected. The "girl safety manual" is ingeniously and impeccably explored. Amitabh Bachchan is undoubtedly the glorious driving force of this traumatic tale. Every single person out there, irrespective of gender, must make time to watch 'Pink', especially since we live in times of 'women empowerment' ,which has obtusely led to an appalling increase in heinous crimes and has twisted the concept of feminism, maybe even to the point that it cannot be salvaged. W...

Let's focus on the educational circle for the moment.There are teachers,and then there are students. We all have known the former breed,and there are several kinds.There are those who mug up , those who put up a charade of teaching, those who show up just to ensure their paycheck, those who constantly make excuses to bail on the students...but then,there are the Luminaries - exemplary, dedicated men of letters who put in their everything into the subject of their passion. Their love for the profession will be obvious in the way they light up from the inside while lecturing, their pure energy of a purpose being served, the happiness and knowledge they incessantly pass on to the pupils, their eagerness to be always engaged - I hope atleast most of you have come across one such tutor in your life, whom you can undoubtedly count on, perhaps on non-academic issues too.Thank your faiths for having that pedagogue touch your life. Be grateful, and keep learning. It's one way of being ...