JG:
I remember reading that the females are made heir to properties and that females set the rules and they are considered the head of the household...
Sonu Gopi....perhaps you have more info on that one?? :wink:
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JG:
I remember reading that the females are made heir to properties and that females set the rules and they are considered the head of the household...
Sonu Gopi....perhaps you have more info on that one?? :wink:
Yesterday in the news, I came across two ghastly items.
1. A woman in Andhra Pradesh was made to walk on fire to prove her chastity :(
2. In North India, a village panchayat annulled/cancelled a love marriage because they belonged to different sub-castes! :cry: :cry:
Now we are supposed to be in 21st century.. I am ashamed.
Jaiganes...
does it really happen in this day and age??? very embarassed to hear that!! :oops: :oops:
I guess it happens only in India! :(
Good that you are 1000 KM from this holy land!!
I really thought India has improved, you know, in terms of child slavery and discriminations against women and I thought the caste system was dying....i must be really ignorant..!! :oops: :oops:
I agree w/ the earlier statements tat Tamil/Malyalam movies/serials actually glorify abuse/violence against women! And more often than not, they usually depict traditionally-clad women in vulgar ways!
I've heard of parents verbally censoring English movies, claiming tat they r "vulgar" etc. etc...
But my qsn. to our 'conservative' society is how come no-one bothers to raise their voice against Indian movies tat blatantantly depict harassing/molesting women and robbing them of the 'pure' image tat Indian women r known for, even in the so-called romantic song and dance sequences in our films, where the heroine- more often than not- clad in a Saree, and tat too provocatively, dances seductively in the rain......there goes the hero fondling/kissing her on all the 'exposed' areas, even pulling off her Saree (when married couples can't walk just holding hands in public!) and there goes ur 'tradition-bound' audience (mostly the male) enthusiastically approving and applauding all this on-screen display of kamasutra! Cute!
Not only the songs....I've heard tat in most Indian cinema theatres, whenever they see even a brief scene where a woman's Saree pallu slips & falls even accidentally, the male audience goes clapping/jeering/whistling.......worse still, I've heard of them throwing coins when a rape scene is shown! So much for maintaining our 'culture' & 'values', huh?!
I find it so ironic tat in a country w/ 2,000,000 gods (inc. female deities!), ppl. r still able to make films depicting women as cheap, alluring objects and get away w/ it! Y don't we take a look at our own society, instead of incessantly criticising Western movies??!!
NM wrote
After all that sparring in the jokes and other section, now you agreee!!!.Quote:
i must be really ignorant
Jokes apart, India has indeed improved, bcoz, five to six years ago incidents like these would have gone unnoticed. Now media(news) is projecting such stories and literate people are showing semblance of waking up. So all is not bad. But the situation is not rosy either.
Lordstanher wrote:
Yes. That is the plea for everyone. Lets not blame western influence for everything . What we need is a social reform that will not eject out the essence of ancient culture, just repair/remove that is not correct and we don't want a social revolution that will affect stability either. I guess, our human resources development minister Shri. Arjun Singh is doing something in this regard.Quote:
Y don't we take a look at our own society, instead of incessantly criticising Western movies
:lol: :lol: :lol: U got me there!!Quote:
Originally Posted by jaiganes
Anyway, yep, agree with you, India is improving now and I think, it will be a better place for Indians worldwide to consider living in near future...
Hi..
FRANKLY gAYATHRI, IF THE daughter inlaw u referred will NOT use misuse the freedom thats given to her, she has every right in the world to sie next to her MIL...pls dot mistake me...i'e seen some daughter-in-laws (My amma's friends' mother is being illtreated) illtreat their MIL to the extent that I cant desrcibe it here..
But, if DIL is good and considering the age of DIL u referred, this is the age to live to the fullest and enjoy life..after all dont we women deserve it???..
In one line, I will say the DIL should DO WHAT SHE LIKES..Iam sure we women know our limits!!!!!
May be I would say you should talk to the DIL directly ....
Mira ... Your post is in the wrong thread. It should have been in the "A joke per day.." thread. Sure it would have been the joke of the day.... :lol: :lol: :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mira24