College Docs!- The F Word...

Fear, Face, Fight- “The F Word”

“How will I fit myself in my new dress if I do not lose weight”, announced my 9 years old cousin when I offered her a piece of chocolate truffle. The chocoholic kid also added about a big No-No to chocolates and fast food, while she declared about her new diet clause. A part of me got furious at her statement, whereas a part of me was curious to know her mental analysis about being fat. (Another part of me questioned if a bar of chocolate was an end to life).

The very next day, I saw the College’s Notice Board which announced about the Open Frame Film Festival to be held at Indian International Centre. The schedule for 2^nd September said that the movie which will be first set in motion is going to be “The F Word” by Ms. Saba Rahman. Right after a couple of seconds dedicated to the discussion about the ‘F’ word, me and my batch-mates (being the contemporary icons) apprehended the theme to be something that the age group of 12-35 must be apprehending right now. (May be a movie on ‘Facebook’...?)

I went home and the media student inside me shouted out loud to do a research about the film-makers and their films that was a part of this Film Festival. While doing this job, I read about Ms. Saba Rahman and “The F Word”, and also gave a look to the youtube trailer of this film. And this was it! It was far from what I apprehended. It was a Participatory Documentary which asked a question- “why to lose weight”? May be, it was the answer behind the mental analysis of being fat. I prepared my set of questions that I would put in front of the young and youthful Rahman. During the film festival, I grabbed an opportunity to have an encounter with her as soon as possible.

After having a conversation with her, I realised it’s not all about the way we perceive ourselves, but our perception is a contribution of several other external factors and thoughts. So, if my cousin wanted to go on an anti-fat food diet, it was because the world she lives in taught her to live like that. She was conscious not about just looking good, but also about the thought that will the people around her accept her as “good looking”.

Ultimately, it’s not just about her, we all live in our own world which is meant to please the world outside. I appreciate the intelligence behind healthy living, but not for the sake of gratifying others. Everyone is beautiful and it just requires an eye (not a guy) to see the beauty. It’s better to welcome a sound lifestyle than to disallow your delights to enter in your life. It’s better to be pleased by thing that you rejoice instead of finding reasons to please others. To step out on the road, you need to step out of your shelves that you have unnecessarily created. There is no end to live, but life has one. So, cherish your life as much as you cherish your Birthday Gifts (Some category of humans like me also keeps the gift paper safe for years).

And in the end, I taught this lesson to my cousin. Now her whatsapp status says “DND- Do Not Diet”. (God! 9 years old and whatsapp. Incredibly developing India).

The 'Little' Swag B-)

Too Young, Too Sensual...

Its disturbing! Its pathetic! Its really a matter of shame! But something has to be done regarding this. I mean... how can the wifi stop working when all the bills are already paid. daaah! Silly Networks!
Anyways, that can be sort out with just a call at the service centre. But there is something more disturbing! More Painful! Something that we have either overlooked or took it as a note of trendy development in our country. Something that appears absent. Something that I find hard to re-accomplish. (and here the networks are back, long live wifi).

Loss of innocence in childhood is a complex reality. Little girls are proud to admit that they want to be "hot and sexy" too soon. Pre-teen kids dance proactively to item numbers like Muni and Shiela. I remember, when I was a kid, guests at home would ask me to dance or sing. My all time favourite at such situations used to be 'Bole Chudia Bole Kangna', from K3G. And no matter how I performed, I was always treasured for the decency and purity I performed with. Opposing to this, a 10-year younger generation prefer to ape sensual dance steps of beside the point item songs, flashing fakeness and impurity. Here I pay homage to the LOSS of INNOCENCE (for gifting us junior adults).

The present generation has too much information. These kids know everything and have experienced nothing. Young girls are dressing more like adults because the markets are overflowing with lavishing adult fashion for those little ones. Contemporary Media is declaring that all other aspects of one's personality like intelligence, artistic abilities, spirituality, community contributions are worthless. Needless to mention, this have a negative impact on young minds, including high incidence of eating disorders(as a kid, they should crave for chocolates, not 0-size figures).
Children are already being bombarded with sexual images. They are even more vulnerable, since the societal and cultural attitudes prevents such discussions. Kids who aren't a part of this feels odd. There is pressure on them to indulge in such talks. Every little innocent one wants a fit in the crew. For this, they will leave no stone unturned. Wearing make-ups like applying Pan-Cakes, Selective and standarised choice (something that their favourite actors wore in their last hit/flop) in anything and everything, is now the new defination of young and innocent. The way little ones dress up is worrying. Children today are far more cautious about their looks than their minds can handle. This also create a negative impact on their emotional lives. Through internet, music videos, and various television shows, kids are getting wrong impression.

There is a need to curb the amount of adult oriented material accessed by kids. We need the laws that are sensible enough to be practically implemented. Parents also need to indulge proactively in their kid's life. A child should always reflect his/her divine simplicity, unmatched cuteness and adorable charm.