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I found this movie to be very powerful, thought provoking and deeply moving. The plot and the perspective is simple yet out of the ordinary. The film depicts the harsh reality of everyday lives of numerous nameless, faceless men and women (read tribals) who live in abject poverty in nondescript remote villages. The protagonist of the film is a tribal housewife Nathuni (Tillotama Shome) who is saddled with a crippled husband and two growing children. She frequently undertakes a tedious dreary journey to the nearest to as a manual-labourer-cum-daily- wage earner. On that particular day (as the narrative opens) while on her way to town Nathuni accosts a stranger (another villager) by the name of Lakhua (Adil Hussein) who is also going to the same town in search off work. Since it’s a long journey over meadows fields and waterfalls the duo strike up a camaraderie. On the way they bump into a cart man named Chopatlal (Neeraj Kabi) whose carriage gets stuck in a swamp nearby. Chopatlal desperately seeks their help to dislodge the cart. Tired ed and famished they refuse. But when they discover to their horror that the occupants of the cart are a seriously ill beggar couple whom the driver is rushing to town for medical aid, they are moved. In the subsequent portion of the film we find the trio desperately struggling with the cart in pelting rain Soon after, they manage to reach the hospital and hand over the patients to the doctor on duty. By then it’s already evening and there is no scope for work. Hence the duo decide to spend the in a temporary roadside shelter after frugal refreshments. Seeing Nathuni fast asleep Lakhua gently looks after her before sinking into deep slumber himself. The following morning they are able to find work. After work and a wee bit of shopping Nathuni embarks on her overdelayed journey home. Lakhua decides to stay back (he has no family ) in hope of more income. He asks Nathuni to look for him when she comes round again. At this crucial juncture the director leaves the viewers to ponder this: Will they meet again? Or won’t they? Therein lies the master stroke of his artistic craft! The movie ends with the two of them going their separate carrying in their minds and hearts memories of some (albeit brief) emotionally charged hours.
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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