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Water is essential for life as we know it; yet we do not respect it. We misuse it in daily life, and also pollute it with impunity. How will we survive?
I occupy a third of the earth’s surface, yet there’s always a scarcity for me, people walk miles together to fetch me, respect me, and I will bless you lavishly.
You cannot live without me, and yet you abuse me, I am available for free, yet you pay to have me, you are willing to suffer the pain for me, but not willing to treat me with respect.
You dig deep in search of me, and when I am found, you wring me out, and dry me out, you make multiple punctures in the Earth’s crust, in the quest for me, yet you don’t conserve me.
I am your daily companion, from the time you wake up, till the time you go to bed, you ignore, neglect and waste me, and finally, you are desperate and you pine for me.
You don’t realize my value until you are in need of me, you yearn for me in the hot summers, I am like a cool oasis in a desert, soothing you and quenching your thirst.
Respect me and I will give you back in abundance, value me and I will serve you loyally, you will know my worth when I am completely dry, I am life, I am invincible.
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Kavitha is based in Hyderabad, India, a Civil Engineer with a Masters in Environmental Science by profession. Love for writing made her take up writing for the past fifteen years. She has published her first read more...
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Shows like Indian Matchmaking only further the argument that women must adhere to social norms without being allowed to follow their hearts.
When Netflix announced that Indian Matchmaking (2020-present) would be renewed for a second season, many of us hoped for the makers of the show to take all the criticism they faced seriously. That is definitely not the case because the show still continues to celebrate regressive patriarchal values.
Here are a few of the gendered notions that the show propagates.
A mediocre man can give himself a 9.5/10 and call himself ‘the world’s most eligible bachelor’, but an independent and successful woman must be happy with receiving just 60-70% of what she feels she deserves.
Darlings makes some excellent points about domestic violence . For such a movie to not follow through with a resolution that won't be problematic, is disappointing.
I watched Darlings last weekend, staying on top of its release on Netflix. It was a long-awaited respite from the recent flicks. I wanted badly to jump into its praise and will praise it, for something has to be said for the powerhouse performances it is packed with. But I will not be able to in a way that I really had wanted to.
I wanted to say that this is a must-watch on domestic violence that I stand behind and a needed and nuanced social portrayal. But unfortunately, I can’t. For I found Darlings to be deeply problematic when it comes to the portrayal of domestic violence and how that should be dealt with.
Before we rush to the ‘you must be having a problem because a man was hit’ or ‘much worse happens to women’ conclusions, that is not what my issue is. I have seen the praises and criticisms, and the criticisms of criticisms. I know, from having had close associations with non-profits and activists who fight domestic violence not just in India but globally, that much worse happens to women. I have written a book with case studies and statistics on that. Neither do I have any moral qualms around violence getting tackled with violence (that will be another post some day).