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Sahar Javedani and Michael Salonius in "The Story of Devdas and Paro", an ancient Indian folktale in which two childhood friends separated for 15 years are re-united. (july 26th lunchtime performance)
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Counselors.
Shifa Haq (Psyclzotherapist, Ehsaas, Ambedkar University) .
4 Au.g Tonight Nupur Dhingra (Psychotherapist, Ehsaas, Ambedkar University) .
Shipra Mess 9.30pm .
It isn't enough to acknowledge that it's wrong to attack a woman with an axe. Or with a knife or gun Or with acid. .
After all, that is something most ofus here in JNU would acknowledge-and yet this temble incident could take place .
on our campus. .
We need to begin to talk about how we-men and women both-and our culture acknowledges the right ofwomen to .
say 'No'. Do we teach and encourage men to acknowledge a woman's autonomy with grace and with respect? .
Inthe wake oftheterrible incident ofgender violence that has shaken JNU, we all need to look within and re-examine .
our attitudes towards gender and towards our the relation between·men and women. .
Kolaveri Da? .
Remember 'Kolaveri Di', which went viral on the internet? The song has a man singing languidly about a woman's .
'killer rage' ('kolaveri'), when she rejects him. The song is about 'Soup boys', and the singer himselfexplains that .
"'Soup song' n1eans 'rejection' song. 'Soup boys' are boys who got rejected." The song has lyrics about a man nursing .
his glass ofalcohol, in the wake ofrejection by a girl who insists onEnglish, and who is 'white' but has a 'black' heart. .
This popular song accuses woman of'kolaveri' (Tamil for killer rage). But infact, is it women, or men who display .
'killer rage'?Isn't it mostly men \\those 'ego' is hurt by a woman's 'No', who indulge in acid attacks, in stalking and .
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other forms ofviolence? Doesn't our culture glorify this masculine inability to take 'No' from a won1an? Doesn't our culture have immense reserves ofsympathy and even admiration for the figure ofthe tragic, 'spurned' lover? The .
Kolaveri song is one instance. And the~ look at our obsession with the Devdas story-a story ofa man who self-.
destructs because of.his obsessive love for a woman he cannot marry. Govinda sings "kab takroothegi, cheekhegi, .
chillayegi, dil kehta hai ek din haseena maanjaayegi"-indicating to men that they should keep 'pursuing' women even whenthey shout, scream and make it amply clear that the answer is a NO. .
Howdoespopular cinema in India look at thefigure ofthe woman who rejects a man orwalks out ofa relationship? When Bollywood remakes 'Kramer vs Kramer' (as Akele Hwn Akele Tum), it has to vilify the divorce-seeking wife and subject her to lectures on herjob as wife and mother. The same when Hollywood remakes Mrs Doubtfire as Chachi420. In the Hollywood versions ofthese films, there is a fair bit ofsympathy for the wife'sfrustration with .
husbands who are insensitive to their careers and neglectful ofany domestic work, and the men concerned learn and change as a result ofhaving to bear the responsibility ofbringing up a child. But in the Bollywoodversions, as in the .
Kolaveri song, the women are lectured about their class arrogance and/or career aspirations which they place .
above maternal and wifely duty. .
What is scary is that our sympathy for the obsessive male 'lover' (and condemnation ofa woman who .
breaks/rejects a relationship) isn't confined to films. It plays out in real life. And therefore, stalking, wrist-.
slitting, erratic and violent behavior that threatens destruction and self-destruction both is rationalized as love, and natural given how hurt the man is and how deeply he loves the girl. When our friend indulges in stalking, sending .
hundreds ofSMSes ormaking incessant calls, threatening suicide orviolence to the woman they'love,' do we recognise .
it as stalking? Do we counsel him to stop and n1ake sure he does? Or do we believe this is just natuml behaviour for .
someone in 'love', and do we believe the woman is being insensitive for 'rejecting' him? Remember how Sharad .
Yadav, JD(U) 1v1P, during the qebate in Parliament over the new rape law some months back asked how men could .
persuade any woman to marry themunless they stalked her? .
Itis almost as ifthe agency ofa woman to ta]{e decisions about herlife, to decide to wall{ in orwalk out of .
teachlng men to respect a woman's autonomy and her right to take decisions, instead ofglorifying obsession andrelationships, simply does not need to be acknowledged and respected. Shouldn't we be concerned about .
violence in the name of'love'?We need to keep reminding ourselves that no matter what the Hindi ortheTamil or the .
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OMG! No film for Shah Rukh Khan with his ‘Dev Babu’ Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Much as he would like, Shah Rukh Khan is not likely to work with his ‘Dev Babu’ in the near future. That’s what SRK calls Sanjay Leela Bhansali ever since they worked together in Devdas.
After a slew of underperforming films in recent times, Shah Rukh Khan is keen to rework the Devdas magic with SLB. To everyone’s embarrassment SRK’s marketing team seems to be jumping the gun, as they are often known to do. They are putting out stories about the superstar and the super director coming together.
It all started after Sanjay Leela Bhansali paid Gauri Khan’s new showroom, a courtesy visit. The brief visit was splashed on media platforms. Says a member of Bhansali’s team, “Even the leading lady has been decided in the media. There are reports all over the place of how Mr Khan is teaming up for a film with Mr Bhansali and that Kangana Ranaut will be paired with Mr Khan. Firstly, there is no project with Shah Rukh Khan at the moment. So where is the question of Kangana Ranaut or any other heroine?”
There are also reports that Shah Rukh Khan is in consideration to play poet-lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi in a film to be produced by Sanjay Bhansali. People close to the project describe these reports as “baseless”.
Perhaps Shah Rukh Khan should just take it easy and not allow his wish-list to be made public?
OMG! No film for Shah Rukh Khan with his ‘Dev Babu’ Sanjay Leela Bhansali
A one day seminar on “self awareness and life beyond engineering” was conducted for students and faculties on 30th august 2013. Principal Dr. K.E George introduced Dr.Devdas Menon,professor, IIT Madras. He wished that the talk would be extremely beneficial for students to reflect on their duties and develop a better orientation towards life.
Studio/Jan.’53, A10d.The leader of the Iranian Press Delegation in conversation with Shri Devdas Gandhi at a reception held at the Iranian Embassy in New Delhi in honour of the Delegation in January 1953. .
Sahar Javedani and Michael Salonius in "The Story of Devdas and Paro", an ancient Indian folktale in which two childhood friends separated for 15 years are re-united. (july 26th lunchtime performance)
A one day seminar on “self awareness and life beyond engineering” was conducted for students and faculties on 30th august 2013. Principal Dr. K.E George introduced Dr.Devdas Menon,professor, IIT Madras. He wished that the talk would be extremely beneficial for students to reflect on their duties and develop a better orientation towards life.
Silsila Ye Chahat Ka - Devdas (2002) | Aishwarya Rai
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