Age old adage – united we stand, divided we fall. Meena’s friend experiences that in this episode. The power of collective has the potential to be used both for good, evil or for teaching a lesson Its not hard to use it for the evil, often all it takes is a week moment [...]
Power of collectives
March 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: · collective, English, India, Meena
Agism of the good kind
March 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Any age under 18 is too young to marry for both girl and boy, not just according to law but because bodies and minds are still not ready for the additional responsibilities. However the star of the episode was clearly Mithu with matchmaking at its best
There is always something to be said for [...]
Tags: · English, India, marriage, Meena
Give and take
March 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Enough has been said about dowry and abolishing the practice. So when I watched this video I liked its simple way of communicating the message, but what struck me most was the ease with which the ‘community’ reached a consensus on it. Often that is the bigger evil! Ofcourse dowry is illegal but does that [...]
Tags: · Dowry, English, India, Meena, Rights
My family name
March 9th, 2008 · No Comments
When I was born my grandmother didnt see me for my first three days. First child of her last son, a girl! How will the family name continue? But I was her favourite grandchild ‘ever’ very soon (oh thats a big status being one of 19 first cousins) ofcourse my baby brother crying [...]
Tags: · discrimination, English, gender, India, Meena
Give me some tea
March 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Curing with tea, well thats true for me or is it that I am conditioned to think so, since am a girl, hmmm. I wonder. But Meena doesn’t in this episode. Equal pay, equal medical care, equal opportunities for both male and female – in all aspects of life.
I like this episode, but [...]