November 2020 in THIS ISSUE BEYOND the PAPERS CONTENT

November 2020 IN THIS ISSUE BEYOND THE PAPERS CONTENT

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Behind The Scenes 53 & Safarnama 1. Celebrating Nature and the Divine 2. Carnivals and Other Celebrations of Creativity 3. Culture Cruising 4. My Favourite Cultural Wonderlands 5. Festivals amidst a Global Pandemic 6. Celebrating (Eco-) Consciously 7. Two festivals you need to know if you love animals 77 Insight 1. Humanity 2. One among millions 3. Selflessness 87 OP-ED 1. Changing face of Technology in Propoganda and Politics a. Introduction b. History and Impact 2. Upcoming - Bihar and Us Presidential Elections 96 Open Forum 1. The Gandi Baat in Cinema 2. It’s the Victim’s Fault 3. Understanding Female Oppression : We Need a Namami Ganga 2.0 116 Tech-Tricked 1. How to Feel Like a Genius - Billionaire - Playboy - Philanthropist - Using Your Cell Phone and Internet 2. A New Ace Against Aging 127 Fictionally Yours 1. Does love reflect? 2. Old Man 139 Credits

Disclaimer: The views expressed belong to the authors and it does not reflect the official policy or position of The Ruiaite Monthly in any manner. Lastly, keeping the festival spirits high, we explore folk festivals around the world and the new ways of celebrating festivals during the pandemic. Do write to us about how you Hello there! Welcome to the November plan to celebrate festivals this year - our edition. email ID’s ruiaiteprgmail.com. Looking forward to hearing from you! The festival season has begun throughout the country. Diwali has brought new hope and Here’s to a great read. excitement. With this new optimism, we are hoping that everything returns to normalcy very soon. The Editorial Team

This month we explore a variety of topics. Check out Buzz and Open Forum for a thorough understanding of the Hathras rape case and the different aspects of sexual violence. In the midst of The United States presidential elections, Op-Ed analyzes the impact of the changing face of technology with relation to political propaganda. For all the photography enthusiasts, we also have an exclusive interview with Mr.Vipin ole, promoter of ‘The Focal’. Lastly, keeping the festival spirits high, we explore folk festivals around the world and the new ways of celebrating festivals during the pandemic. Do write to us about how you Hello there! Welcome to the November plan to celebrate festivals this year - our edition. email ID’s ruiaiteprgmail.com. Looking

The festival season has begun throughout the forward to hearing from you! country. Diwali has brought new hope and Here’s to a great read. excitement. With this new optimism, we are hoping that everything returns to normalcy very soon. The Editorial Team

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Mrs. Niyati Khambete commenced the virtual meet He stated that sustainable development is the need by thanking the chief guest of the event, Prof. Sunil of the hour. With modern problems of pollution and Bhagwat, for accepting the invitation. Dr. Manish energy usage due to the ever-increasing Hate then gave a formal introduction about the population, the solution is not going back to the speciality of the event, provided insight on Mr. A. P. Stone Age but developing modern methods. The use Rao, and his journey from being a student to of solar energy increased in India to 2 W but still, becoming the first Ruiaite to hold the position of India has a long way to go since the European principal after being a faculty in the college for four countries with much less solar energy are doing decades and two years as the vice principal. Under much better in solar power production. 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The RUSA, and Dr. Pramod Pabrekar, the former dean of unique skills of the students, and the extensive use Drawing the session close, she finally stated, webinar concluded with a formal vote of thanks Mumbai University, for being a part of the of technology. The best point he put forth was the Policy may be new, but we are all for education. Dr. Vaibhav Wagh gave the introduction of the given by the convener of the Ruia Science workshop. She stated that the most crucial factor ‘shelf life of credits’. The concept of a credit bank The national anthem was sung and that session on esteemed guest lecturer Prof. Sunil Bhagwat. The Association Dr. Madhavi Badole. The event ended for the transformation of the current education will enable a multiple entry-exit point. He spoke of NEP was officially concluded. speaker initiated the lecture by formally up being a success with everyone getting insights system is commitment and a change in mentality. how one should draft the curriculum with such introducing the audience to ICT and its Dr. Sujata Suvarnapatki took over the stage to give a creativity that it embraces the certificate courses On the 23rd of September 22, The Department Of from how times transformed from discovering fire wide-spread recognition. Moving on to the topic of brief introduction of Prof. Kulkarni, the initial effortlessly. In the same context, he stressed the Chemistry and Ruia Science Association organized a to now, finding how to use natural resources, and the hour- Science, Society, Industry, and You he speaker for the day. Prof. Kulkarni highlighted the importance of research-based speciality. The webinar named, Science, Society, Industry and biogas for sustainable development. started by asking about human life, from its most need for NEP by addressing the lag of ten years in certificate course is expected to benefit and You, as a tribute to our former principal, the late significant victory, the fire, to the development of the curriculum, and further emphasized on the complement what they have already been learning. Mr. A. P. Rao, where teachers from various fields tools in 13th -14th BC and then the wheel in the 17th need to provide opportunities to the students to And hence, the Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) like philosophy, music, and chemistry delivered BC. He illustrated how aristocrats from France, learn subjects which will benefit their career as well comes to application, wherein one can store credits lectures on th September, his birthday. Due to the ermany, and other European countries found the as facilitate their interest. Moulding the students and use for later. On a sincere note, he stated that difficulties caused by the pandemic, the memorial Educational Reforms Stone Age in the modern world. He then talked into productive citizens is one of the objectives of academic changes can occur and be embraced, but lecture was hosted on the 23rd and not on the th of Arya Nair | SYBSc about how generously Indians supplied wheat to Vaishnavi Kulkarni | TYBSc NEP. It focuses on dissolving the categorization of administrative changes are tough. ‘Faculty is at the September on the platform of oogle Meet. 4 minutes read the US during the famines. Dr. Sujata Suvarnapatki later welcomed Dr. Vijay higher education into Science, Arts, and Commerce. heart of change’, he explained. And with oshi, chief consultant of RUSA, to continue with Mrs. Niyati Khambete commenced the virtual meet He stated that sustainable development is the need On the 3rd of October 22, Ruia College, R. A. It also aims at providing equal access to everyone compliments came constructive criticisms too, like the workshop. He discussed the timeline of by thanking the chief guest of the event, Prof. Sunil of the hour. With modern problems of pollution and Podar College, and Mumbai University organized an regardless of their background. As a result of NEP, where will 6% DP come from, dilution of the Right different education programs right from the Bhagwat, for accepting the invitation. Dr. Manish energy usage due to the ever-increasing online workshop on the New National Education by 23, there will be one multidisciplinary to Education, etc. University Education Commission (14) to the Hate then gave a formal introduction about the population, the solution is not going back to the Policy 22 via oom. Dr. Devayani anpule, the university near every district, and the gross National Education Policy (22). He illustrated A brief &A session answered questions like dealing speciality of the event, provided insight on Mr. A. P. Stone Age but developing modern methods. The use host of the event, commenced the workshop by enrolment ratio is expected to rise by %. He NEP as an integrated, comprehensive, with philosophical changes and new opportunities Rao, and his journey from being a student to of solar energy increased in India to 2 W but still, discussing the agenda of the meeting - to handed over the mic to Dr. Sujata Suvarnapatki student-oriented, futuristic, and India centric for aspiring teachers. It’s always a pleasure becoming the first Ruiaite to hold the position of India has a long way to go since the European familiarise the stakeholders with the action plan of after quoting the famous lines of Dr. Albert policy. 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She thanked him saying, The audio-visual room and contributed immensely to India itself. Indian plastic use has seven lives, but Ruia Autonomous College, to give the opening inheritance so that you may receive it, honour it, developing individuals with intellectual, aesthetic, passion he has is contagious due to which all are his favorite field sports, and his subject chemistry. western countries have only one. reen energy speech. Dr. Lokur expressed her gratitude to Prof. add to it, and one day faithfully hand it on to your social, emotional, and moral capabilities. Then, he interested in this talk on NEP. She further opined Mr. Sathe went on to explain how graduates, who usage will be better and promising with R.D. Kulkarni, Pro-vice chancellor of Mumbai children. University, Dr. Shobhana Vasudevan, principal of R. focused on the fundamental principles of the new that due to the time-off as a result of COVID, we A. Podar College, Dr. Vijay oshi, chief consultant of policy like flexibility, life skills, identifying the were able to integrate technology and education. RUSA, and Dr. Pramod Pabrekar, the former dean of unique skills of the students, and the extensive use Drawing the session close, she finally stated, Mumbai University, for being a part of the of technology. The best point he put forth was the Policy may be new, but we are all for education. workshop. She stated that the most crucial factor ‘shelf life of credits’. The concept of a credit bank The national anthem was sung and that session on for the transformation of the current education will enable a multiple entry-exit point. He spoke of NEP was officially concluded. system is commitment and a change in mentality. how one should draft the curriculum with such Dr. Sujata Suvarnapatki took over the stage to give a creativity that it embraces the certificate courses brief introduction of Prof. Kulkarni, the initial effortlessly. In the same context, he stressed the speaker for the day. Prof. Kulkarni highlighted the importance of research-based speciality. The need for NEP by addressing the lag of ten years in certificate course is expected to benefit and the curriculum, and further emphasized on the complement what they have already been learning. need to provide opportunities to the students to And hence, the Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) learn subjects which will benefit their career as well comes to application, wherein one can store credits as facilitate their interest. Moulding the students and use for later. On a sincere note, he stated that into productive citizens is one of the objectives of academic changes can occur and be embraced, but NEP. It focuses on dissolving the categorization of administrative changes are tough. ‘Faculty is at the Dr. Sujata Suvarnapatki later welcomed Dr. Vijay higher education into Science, Arts, and Commerce. heart of change’, he explained. And with oshi, chief consultant of RUSA, to continue with On the 3rd of October 22, Ruia College, R. A. It also aims at providing equal access to everyone compliments came constructive criticisms too, like the workshop. He discussed the timeline of Podar College, and Mumbai University organized an regardless of their background. As a result of NEP, where will 6% DP come from, dilution of the Right different education programs right from the online workshop on the New National Education by 23, there will be one multidisciplinary to Education, etc. University Education Commission (14) to the Policy 22 via oom. Dr. Devayani anpule, the university near every district, and the gross National Education Policy (22). He illustrated A brief &A session answered questions like dealing host of the event, commenced the workshop by enrolment ratio is expected to rise by %. He NEP as an integrated, comprehensive, with philosophical changes and new opportunities discussing the agenda of the meeting - to handed over the mic to Dr. Sujata Suvarnapatki student-oriented, futuristic, and India centric for aspiring teachers. It’s always a pleasure familiarise the stakeholders with the action plan of after quoting the famous lines of Dr. Albert policy. He stated that a change in philosophical talking to teachers and students.- expressing his NEP 22, and also thanked Prof Sachin Einstein, Bear in mind that the wonderful things approach is needed instead of a location one. He heartfelt thanks he thus concluded his talk. Dr. Rajagopalan for his active assistance. She welcomed you learn in your schools are the work of many discussed that Higher Education will not be about Shobhana Vasudevan then took over to convey the Dr. Anushree Lokur, the principal of Ramnarain generations. All this is put in your hands as your rote learning anymore instead, it will focus on vote of thanks. She thanked him saying, The Ruia Autonomous College, to give the opening inheritance so that you may receive it, honour it, developing individuals with intellectual, aesthetic, passion he has is contagious due to which all are speech. Dr. Lokur expressed her gratitude to Prof. add to it, and one day faithfully hand it on to your social, emotional, and moral capabilities. Then, he interested in this talk on NEP. She further opined R.D. Kulkarni, Pro-vice chancellor of Mumbai children. University, Dr. Shobhana Vasudevan, principal of R. focused on the fundamental principles of the new that due to the time-off as a result of COVID, we A. Podar College, Dr. Vijay oshi, chief consultant of policy like flexibility, life skills, identifying the were able to integrate technology and education. RUSA, and Dr. Pramod Pabrekar, the former dean of unique skills of the students, and the extensive use Drawing the session close, she finally stated, Mumbai University, for being a part of the of technology. The best point he put forth was the Policy may be new, but we are all for education. workshop. She stated that the most crucial factor ‘shelf life of credits’. The concept of a credit bank The national anthem was sung and that session on for the transformation of the current education will enable a multiple entry-exit point. He spoke of NEP was officially concluded. system is commitment and a change in mentality. how one should draft the curriculum with such Dr. Sujata Suvarnapatki took over the stage to give a creativity that it embraces the certificate courses brief introduction of Prof. Kulkarni, the initial effortlessly. In the same context, he stressed the speaker for the day. Prof. Kulkarni highlighted the importance of research-based speciality. The need for NEP by addressing the lag of ten years in certificate course is expected to benefit and the curriculum, and further emphasized on the complement what they have already been learning. need to provide opportunities to the students to And hence, the Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) learn subjects which will benefit their career as well comes to application, wherein one can store credits as facilitate their interest. Moulding the students and use for later. On a sincere note, he stated that into productive citizens is one of the objectives of academic changes can occur and be embraced, but NEP. It focuses on dissolving the categorization of administrative changes are tough. ‘Faculty is at the Dr. Sujata Suvarnapatki later welcomed Dr. Vijay higher education into Science, Arts, and Commerce. heart of change’, he explained. And with oshi, chief consultant of RUSA, to continue with On the 3rd of October 22, Ruia College, R. A. It also aims at providing equal access to everyone compliments came constructive criticisms too, like the workshop. He discussed the timeline of Podar College, and Mumbai University organized an regardless of their background. As a result of NEP, where will 6% DP come from, dilution of the Right different education programs right from the online workshop on the New National Education by 23, there will be one multidisciplinary to Education, etc. University Education Commission (14) to the Policy 22 via oom. Dr. Devayani anpule, the university near every district, and the gross National Education Policy (22). He illustrated A brief &A session answered questions like dealing host of the event, commenced the workshop by enrolment ratio is expected to rise by %. He NEP as an integrated, comprehensive, with philosophical changes and new opportunities discussing the agenda of the meeting - to handed over the mic to Dr. Sujata Suvarnapatki student-oriented, futuristic, and India centric for aspiring teachers. It’s always a pleasure familiarise the stakeholders with the action plan of after quoting the famous lines of Dr. Albert policy. He stated that a change in philosophical talking to teachers and students.- expressing his NEP 22, and also thanked Prof Sachin Einstein, Bear in mind that the wonderful things approach is needed instead of a location one. He heartfelt thanks he thus concluded his talk. Dr. Rajagopalan for his active assistance. She welcomed you learn in your schools are the work of many discussed that Higher Education will not be about Shobhana Vasudevan then took over to convey the Dr. Anushree Lokur, the principal of Ramnarain generations. All this is put in your hands as your rote learning anymore instead, it will focus on vote of thanks. She thanked him saying, The Ruia Autonomous College, to give the opening inheritance so that you may receive it, honour it, developing individuals with intellectual, aesthetic, passion he has is contagious due to which all are speech. Dr. Lokur expressed her gratitude to Prof. add to it, and one day faithfully hand it on to your social, emotional, and moral capabilities. Then, he interested in this talk on NEP. She further opined R.D. Kulkarni, Pro-vice chancellor of Mumbai children. University, Dr. Shobhana Vasudevan, principal of R. focused on the fundamental principles of the new that due to the time-off as a result of COVID, we A. Podar College, Dr. Vijay oshi, chief consultant of policy like flexibility, life skills, identifying the were able to integrate technology and education. RUSA, and Dr. Pramod Pabrekar, the former dean of unique skills of the students, and the extensive use Drawing the session close, she finally stated, Mumbai University, for being a part of the of technology. The best point he put forth was the Policy may be new, but we are all for education. workshop. She stated that the most crucial factor ‘shelf life of credits’. The concept of a credit bank The national anthem was sung and that session on for the transformation of the current education will enable a multiple entry-exit point. He spoke of NEP was officially concluded. system is commitment and a change in mentality. how one should draft the curriculum with such Dr. Sujata Suvarnapatki took over the stage to give a creativity that it embraces the certificate courses brief introduction of Prof. Kulkarni, the initial effortlessly. In the same context, he stressed the speaker for the day. Prof. Kulkarni highlighted the importance of research-based speciality. The need for NEP by addressing the lag of ten years in certificate course is expected to benefit and the curriculum, and further emphasized on the complement what they have already been learning. need to provide opportunities to the students to And hence, the Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) learn subjects which will benefit their career as well comes to application, wherein one can store credits as facilitate their interest. Moulding the students and use for later. On a sincere note, he stated that into productive citizens is one of the objectives of academic changes can occur and be embraced, but NEP. It focuses on dissolving the categorization of administrative changes are tough. ‘Faculty is at the Dr. Sujata Suvarnapatki later welcomed Dr. Vijay higher education into Science, Arts, and Commerce. heart of change’, he explained. And with oshi, chief consultant of RUSA, to continue with On the 3rd of October 22, Ruia College, R. A. It also aims at providing equal access to everyone compliments came constructive criticisms too, like the workshop. He discussed the timeline of Podar College, and Mumbai University organized an regardless of their background. As a result of NEP, where will 6% DP come from, dilution of the Right different education programs right from the online workshop on the New National Education by 23, there will be one multidisciplinary to Education, etc. University Education Commission (14) to the Policy 22 via oom. Dr. Devayani anpule, the university near every district, and the gross National Education Policy (22). He illustrated A brief &A session answered questions like dealing host of the event, commenced the workshop by enrolment ratio is expected to rise by %. He NEP as an integrated, comprehensive, with philosophical changes and new opportunities discussing the agenda of the meeting - to handed over the mic to Dr. Sujata Suvarnapatki student-oriented, futuristic, and India centric for aspiring teachers. It’s always a pleasure familiarise the stakeholders with the action plan of after quoting the famous lines of Dr. Albert policy. He stated that a change in philosophical talking to teachers and students.- expressing his NEP 22, and also thanked Prof Sachin Einstein, Bear in mind that the wonderful things approach is needed instead of a location one. He heartfelt thanks he thus concluded his talk. Dr. Rajagopalan for his active assistance. She welcomed you learn in your schools are the work of many discussed that Higher Education will not be about Shobhana Vasudevan then took over to convey the Dr. Anushree Lokur, the principal of Ramnarain generations. All this is put in your hands as your rote learning anymore instead, it will focus on vote of thanks. She thanked him saying, The Ruia Autonomous College, to give the opening inheritance so that you may receive it, honour it, developing individuals with intellectual, aesthetic, passion he has is contagious due to which all are speech. Dr. Lokur expressed her gratitude to Prof. add to it, and one day faithfully hand it on to your social, emotional, and moral capabilities. Then, he interested in this talk on NEP. She further opined R.D. Kulkarni, Pro-vice chancellor of Mumbai children. University, Dr. Shobhana Vasudevan, principal of R. focused on the fundamental principles of the new that due to the time-off as a result of COVID, we They planned a series of nine virtual travel events everyone could get on board with the theme of the shared by the guest speakers. The event actually The next slide came in with a disclaimer warning A. 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Sakshi eisii e ar, the last event, commenced with tourism also has a side named ‘dark tourism’! The the 26th of September. Many volunteers shared Vala briefly explained the Textile and fabrics a brief introduction by Huzaifa Ansari.The first last destination was the most unexpected one -- with the participants some of the lesser-known industry of Mughal era. Yash, another team online destination was ‘Nuclear Tourism’, ‘cemetery tourism’. It explored the possibility of facts about Ladakh. member, shed light on Perfumeries of the great exemplified by Hiroshima. ‘War Tourism’, cemeteries being a potential tourist destination on The next event, ai asa, was held on the 2th Mughals and gave a detailed account of Mughal presented by Aditya Tandel, was the next segment. basis of its architecture or the person buried of September. Ankahi Dastan promoted the perfumeries from the origin of the word Ittar. It dived into devastating human history. The spots beneath it. Apart from these, a strange Mummy un-highlighted events from our freedom struggle visited included the Dunkirk port, Pearl Harbour Museum and the Sedlec Ossuary also attract The Department then organized a session titled and the destination. and Manipur’s Imphal War Museum. The barbarity tourists. iels elemes on the 4th of October to take of the Holocaust was also touched upon. From Anne The next event iccle rism e a less the participants on a journey of discovering some After a trip to these contrasting destinations, a Frank’s house to Yad Vashem, erusalem, to the eale was held on 2th September. The members not-so-common tourist destinations. The event quick &A session was conducted. ewish Museum at Berlin, the online guide Huzaifa discussed what Bicycle Tourism is all about. The shed light on the Uros floating islands, Dallol (the Ansari explained in detail the tourism potential of Dark tourism is not wrong, but empathy is key. various ways and precautions of bicycle tours were hottest place on earth), Coober Pedy in Australia, La those three places. With this closing image, the Dark Field Illumination brought up. Later, two guest speakers, both shared Rinconada in Peru, and the coldest residential city, session came to an end, and thus marked the Travel – this one word is enough in itself to evoke their years worth of experiences and also solved Oymyakon, Russia. successful conclusion of the day long online thoughts related to peace, beauty, nature, journey, some of the doubts of the audience. The event on the 6th of October was purely focused series. wander, wildlife, and memories. The 4th tourism event, cal r lcal ie ems on trekking and titled Off the road we go. The The third-year students of B.Voc Tourism and ia, was held via oogle meet platform, on 1st department conveyed various dimensions to Travel Management from Ramnarain Ruia October. It emphasized the importance of Vocal for trekking by the esteemed guest speakers – Mr Autonomous College did not let Covid -1 rule out Local, where he talked about buying local products, Vivek from the uardian iripremi Institute of the charm and fun associated with travelling. promoting local stuff etc. Mountaineering and Ms Neha Satheesan from India Hikes. The essence of the entire session was to Since virtual platforms gained immense On the 2nd of October 22, the next event, a bring about awareness in context to trekking. India momentum amidst the lockdown, the department iis, was held via oogle Meet at 11 AM. Vrinda has comparatively poor network ranges and a came ahead with an initiative to spread the Tarkar started the event off with a brief display of signages. Many precautions and tips were enchantment of Travel electronically. introduction to the Scandinavian pirates so that They planned a series of nine virtual travel events everyone could get on board with the theme of the shared by the guest speakers. The event actually The next slide came in with a disclaimer warning starting from 26th of September that ended by 1th meet. With the help of a short video from the film gave a right shape and direction to our the audience of utterly gory content ahead. of October. Noah, the audience was able to get a glimpse of the understanding of the word trekking. ‘enocide Tourism’ was bravely talked about by Vikian villages. To give you a look over all the events- Choosing an unconventional topic as the main Vamshika Nandi. The details of this explained the The 6th tourism event in the series of is dedicated theme for the last of the nine-day long series, gross tortures incurred on its victims. No wonder The event aai e re la was held on to the theme of i ales on 3rd October. Sakshi eisii e ar, the last event, commenced with tourism also has a side named ‘dark tourism’! The the 26th of September. Many volunteers shared Vala briefly explained the Textile and fabrics a brief introduction by Huzaifa Ansari.The first last destination was the most unexpected one -- with the participants some of the lesser-known industry of Mughal era. Yash, another team online destination was ‘Nuclear Tourism’, ‘cemetery tourism’. It explored the possibility of facts about Ladakh. member, shed light on Perfumeries of the great exemplified by Hiroshima. ‘War Tourism’, cemeteries being a potential tourist destination on The next event, ai asa, was held on the 2th Mughals and gave a detailed account of Mughal presented by Aditya Tandel, was the next segment. basis of its architecture or the person buried of September. Ankahi Dastan promoted the perfumeries from the origin of the word Ittar. It dived into devastating human history. The spots beneath it. Apart from these, a strange Mummy un-highlighted events from our freedom struggle visited included the Dunkirk port, Pearl Harbour Museum and the Sedlec Ossuary also attract The Department then organized a session titled and the destination. and Manipur’s Imphal War Museum. The barbarity tourists. iels elemes on the 4th of October to take of the Holocaust was also touched upon. From Anne The next event iccle rism e a less the participants on a journey of discovering some After a trip to these contrasting destinations, a Frank’s house to Yad Vashem, erusalem, to the eale was held on 2th September. The members not-so-common tourist destinations. The event quick &A session was conducted. ewish Museum at Berlin, the online guide Huzaifa discussed what Bicycle Tourism is all about. The shed light on the Uros floating islands, Dallol (the Ansari explained in detail the tourism potential of Dark tourism is not wrong, but empathy is key. various ways and precautions of bicycle tours were hottest place on earth), Coober Pedy in Australia, La those three places. With this closing image, the Dark Field Illumination brought up. Later, two guest speakers, both shared Rinconada in Peru, and the coldest residential city, session came to an end, and thus marked the Travel – this one word is enough in itself to evoke their years worth of experiences and also solved Oymyakon, Russia. successful conclusion of the day long online thoughts related to peace, beauty, nature, journey, some of the doubts of the audience. The event on the 6th of October was purely focused series. wander, wildlife, and memories. The 4th tourism event, cal r lcal ie ems on trekking and titled Off the road we go. The The third-year students of B.Voc Tourism and ia, was held via oogle meet platform, on 1st department conveyed various dimensions to Travel Management from Ramnarain Ruia October. It emphasized the importance of Vocal for trekking by the esteemed guest speakers – Mr Autonomous College did not let Covid -1 rule out Local, where he talked about buying local products, Vivek from the uardian iripremi Institute of the charm and fun associated with travelling. promoting local stuff etc. Mountaineering and Ms Neha Satheesan from India Hikes. The essence of the entire session was to Since virtual platforms gained immense On the 2nd of October 22, the next event, a bring about awareness in context to trekking. India momentum amidst the lockdown, the department iis, was held via oogle Meet at 11 AM. Vrinda has comparatively poor network ranges and a came ahead with an initiative to spread the Tarkar started the event off with a brief display of signages. Many precautions and tips were enchantment of Travel electronically. introduction to the Scandinavian pirates so that They planned a series of nine virtual travel events everyone could get on board with the theme of the shared by the guest speakers. The event actually The next slide came in with a disclaimer warning starting from 26th of September that ended by 1th meet. With the help of a short video from the film gave a right shape and direction to our the audience of utterly gory content ahead. of October. Noah, the audience was able to get a glimpse of the understanding of the word trekking. ‘enocide Tourism’ was bravely talked about by Vikian villages. To give you a look over all the events- Choosing an unconventional topic as the main Vamshika Nandi. The details of this explained the

The 6th tourism event in the series of is dedicated theme for the last of the nine-day long series, gross tortures incurred on its victims. No wonder The event aai e re la was held on to the theme of i ales on 3rd October. Sakshi eisii e ar, the last event, commenced with tourism also has a side named ‘dark tourism’! The the 26th of September. Many volunteers shared Vala briefly explained the Textile and fabrics a brief introduction by Huzaifa Ansari.The first last destination was the most unexpected one -- with the participants some of the lesser-known industry of Mughal era. Yash, another team online destination was ‘Nuclear Tourism’, ‘cemetery tourism’. It explored the possibility of facts about Ladakh. member, shed light on Perfumeries of the great exemplified by Hiroshima. ‘War Tourism’, cemeteries being a potential tourist destination on The next event, ai asa, was held on the 2th Mughals and gave a detailed account of Mughal presented by Aditya Tandel, was the next segment. basis of its architecture or the person buried of September. Ankahi Dastan promoted the perfumeries from the origin of the word Ittar. It dived into devastating human history. The spots beneath it. Apart from these, a strange Mummy un-highlighted events from our freedom struggle visited included the Dunkirk port, Pearl Harbour Museum and the Sedlec Ossuary also attract The Department then organized a session titled and the destination. and Manipur’s Imphal War Museum. The barbarity tourists. iels elemes on the 4th of October to take of the Holocaust was also touched upon. From Anne The next event iccle rism e a less the participants on a journey of discovering some After a trip to these contrasting destinations, a Frank’s house to Yad Vashem, erusalem, to the eale was held on 2th September. The members not-so-common tourist destinations. The event quick &A session was conducted. ewish Museum at Berlin, the online guide Huzaifa discussed what Bicycle Tourism is all about. The shed light on the Uros floating islands, Dallol (the Ansari explained in detail the tourism potential of Dark tourism is not wrong, but empathy is key. various ways and precautions of bicycle tours were hottest place on earth), Coober Pedy in Australia, La those three places. With this closing image, the Dark Field Illumination brought up. Later, two guest speakers, both shared Rinconada in Peru, and the coldest residential city, session came to an end, and thus marked the Travel – this one word is enough in itself to evoke their years worth of experiences and also solved Oymyakon, Russia. successful conclusion of the day long online thoughts related to peace, beauty, nature, journey, some of the doubts of the audience. The event on the 6th of October was purely focused series. wander, wildlife, and memories. The 4th tourism event, cal r lcal ie ems on trekking and titled Off the road we go. The The third-year students of B.Voc Tourism and ia, was held via oogle meet platform, on 1st department conveyed various dimensions to Travel Management from Ramnarain Ruia October. It emphasized the importance of Vocal for trekking by the esteemed guest speakers – Mr Autonomous College did not let Covid -1 rule out Local, where he talked about buying local products, Vivek from the uardian iripremi Institute of the charm and fun associated with travelling. promoting local stuff etc. Mountaineering and Ms Neha Satheesan from India Hikes. The essence of the entire session was to Since virtual platforms gained immense On the 2nd of October 22, the next event, a bring about awareness in context to trekking. India momentum amidst the lockdown, the department iis, was held via oogle Meet at 11 AM. Vrinda has comparatively poor network ranges and a came ahead with an initiative to spread the Tarkar started the event off with a brief display of signages. Many precautions and tips were enchantment of Travel electronically. introduction to the Scandinavian pirates so that They planned a series of nine virtual travel events everyone could get on board with the theme of the shared by the guest speakers. The event actually The next slide came in with a disclaimer warning starting from 26th of September that ended by 1th meet. With the help of a short video from the film gave a right shape and direction to our the audience of utterly gory content ahead. of October. Noah, the audience was able to get a glimpse of the understanding of the word trekking. ‘enocide Tourism’ was bravely talked about by Vikian villages. To give you a look over all the events- Choosing an unconventional topic as the main Vamshika Nandi. The details of this explained the The 6th tourism event in the series of is dedicated theme for the last of the nine-day long series, gross tortures incurred on its victims. No wonder The event aai e re la was held on to the theme of i ales on 3rd October. Sakshi eisii e ar, the last event, commenced with tourism also has a side named ‘dark tourism’! The the 26th of September. Many volunteers shared Vala briefly explained the Textile and fabrics a brief introduction by Huzaifa Ansari.The first last destination was the most unexpected one -- with the participants some of the lesser-known industry of Mughal era. Yash, another team online destination was ‘Nuclear Tourism’, ‘cemetery tourism’. It explored the possibility of facts about Ladakh. member, shed light on Perfumeries of the great exemplified by Hiroshima. ‘War Tourism’, cemeteries being a potential tourist destination on The next event, ai asa, was held on the 2th Mughals and gave a detailed account of Mughal presented by Aditya Tandel, was the next segment. basis of its architecture or the person buried of September. Ankahi Dastan promoted the perfumeries from the origin of the word Ittar. It dived into devastating human history. The spots beneath it. Apart from these, a strange Mummy un-highlighted events from our freedom struggle visited included the Dunkirk port, Pearl Harbour Museum and the Sedlec Ossuary also attract The Department then organized a session titled and the destination. and Manipur’s Imphal War Museum. The barbarity tourists. iels elemes on the 4th of October to take of the Holocaust was also touched upon. From Anne The next event iccle rism e a less the participants on a journey of discovering some After a trip to these contrasting destinations, a Frank’s house to Yad Vashem, erusalem, to the eale was held on 2th September. The members not-so-common tourist destinations. The event quick &A session was conducted. ewish Museum at Berlin, the online guide Huzaifa discussed what Bicycle Tourism is all about. The shed light on the Uros floating islands, Dallol (the Ansari explained in detail the tourism potential of Dark tourism is not wrong, but empathy is key. various ways and precautions of bicycle tours were hottest place on earth), Coober Pedy in Australia, La those three places. With this closing image, the Dark Field Illumination brought up. Later, two guest speakers, both shared Rinconada in Peru, and the coldest residential city, session came to an end, and thus marked the Travel – this one word is enough in itself to evoke their years worth of experiences and also solved Oymyakon, Russia. successful conclusion of the day long online thoughts related to peace, beauty, nature, journey, some of the doubts of the audience. The event on the 6th of October was purely focused series. wander, wildlife, and memories. The 4th tourism event, cal r lcal ie ems on trekking and titled Off the road we go. The The third-year students of B.Voc Tourism and ia, was held via oogle meet platform, on 1st department conveyed various dimensions to Travel Management from Ramnarain Ruia October. It emphasized the importance of Vocal for trekking by the esteemed guest speakers – Mr Autonomous College did not let Covid -1 rule out Local, where he talked about buying local products, Vivek from the uardian iripremi Institute of the charm and fun associated with travelling. promoting local stuff etc. Mountaineering and Ms Neha Satheesan from India Hikes. The essence of the entire session was to Since virtual platforms gained immense On the 2nd of October 22, the next event, a bring about awareness in context to trekking. India momentum amidst the lockdown, the department iis, was held via oogle Meet at 11 AM. Vrinda has comparatively poor network ranges and a came ahead with an initiative to spread the Tarkar started the event off with a brief display of signages. Many precautions and tips were enchantment of Travel electronically. introduction to the Scandinavian pirates so that Buzz Around Why caste and gender matters

Gayatri Madhusudan | TYBA Ishita Narvekar | TYBA 4 minutes read

While India was grappling with an increasing number of COVID-1 cases, a rapidly shrinking economy, and rising tensions at the border, an incident rocked the country. The Hathras rape case sent waves of fear, shame, and outrage throughout the country. The Hathras rape case refers to the brutal rape of a 1-year-old girl belonging to the Valmiki community in Boolagarhi, Uttar Pradesh, on the 14th of September. The alleged cause for this inhumane violation seems to be that the girl, who belongs to a Scheduled Caste, had set foot into the ﬁelds owned by an upper caste Thakur family to collect fodder. Enraged by this, four men of the Thakur family dragged her into a ﬁeld, violently assaulted her, slashed her tongue and left her grievously injured. The girl eventually succumbed to her injuries at Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi.

The incident sparked outrage and severe criticism was directed towards the Hathras police for refusing to lodge an FIR post the incident. The murmurs of criticism transformed into shrill cries seeking justice when the victim’s body was whisked away by the local police and cremated in the dead of the night without the consent of her family.

Unfortunately, the Hathras case is not a statistical anomaly. According to the National Crime Records Bureau, four Dalit women are raped every day. A pattern of particularly brutal violation of Dalit women can be traced all across India- from Katra in Uttar Pradesh, where two teenage girls from the Dalit Mourya community were kidnapped, raped, and hung from a tree for asking their upper caste employer for a 3 rupee increase in their wages to Khairlanji in Maharashtra, where two women of the Scheduled Caste Bhotmange family were paraded naked around the village before being raped and murdered, over a land dispute.

Following the Hathras incident, several anti-caste activists posted about why caste matters in the above incident. anti caste activists emphasizing caste may seem paradoxical when taken at face value, but it makes perfect sense when one realises that caste annihilation is not equivalent to caste erasure. In fact, the ﬁrst step towards annihilating caste is acknowledging the role it plays in cases of assault against Dalit women. Dalit women face a duplicity of marginalization- on the basis of their gender and on the basis of their caste. In his essay

Castes in India, Dr. Ambedkar notes that women are the gateways of the caste system as the concept of caste purity is linked to women’s bodies. Rape of a Dalit woman, therefore, involves not only the physical violence committed on her body but also the symbolic violence against her caste identity. The heavy-duty vehicles of Patriarchy and Casteism therefore, frequently collide over the bodies of Dalit women who sit at the intersection between the two, often with horriﬁc consequences for them.

Unfortunately, we have no easy answers or solutions to offer our readers through this article, mainly because there aren’t any easy, ﬂawless solutions to caste-based sexual violence. But we would like to leave our readers with a simple question-

“Katra ho ya Khairlanji, kya kahin par bhi surakshit hai dalit naari”

References: 1. Understanding sexual violence as a form of caste violence

2. ‘Four Dalit Women Raped Every Day’: Why Caste Matters In Sexual Assault. RUIA BUZZ

Shravani Mhaisale | FYBA 4 minutes read

In conversation with Harshita, Samip and Pavan - fellows at Praja Foundation.

Can you tell our readers more about 'Praja Foundation'?

arshita - Praja is a non-partisan organization which is closely associated with the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM). Since 1999, it has been working in the ﬁeld of urban governance.

Samip - Praja keeps an eye on the 227 corporators and 36 MLAs of Mumbai along with providing a helping hand to the local governments.

Paan - Praja ranks corporators and makes the list available in the public domain. It also assists the BMC in releasing the white Paper which covers the status of civic issues.

What inspired you to apply for the fellowship?

arshita - One day, the manager of the Capacity Building team came to our class and informed us about the fellowship interview. I went there for a free lunch and the Marine Drive.

Samip - My UPSC aspirations drove me to take up the fellowship. Praja helped me to acquaint myself with the practical workings of administration.

Paan - My interest in politics was the main reason behind joining Praja. They conducted two rounds - questionnaire and interview. Surprisingly, I qualiﬁed for both.

What work did you undertake during this fellowship?

arshita - I was allotted 'L' (Kurla) and 'N' (Ghatkopar) wards. With the help of the white paper released by Praja, we framed questions on civic issues and provided it to the councillors who would raise them during the General Body Meeting (GBM).

Samip - I was allotted 'G North' and 'G South' (Dharavi to Byculla). We were the communication bridge between Praja and corporators. For e.g., There are only two dispensaries in 184 wards. However, according to the Municipal Health Committee report, there should be two dispensaries in one ward. We would explain these reports to the corporators.

Paan - The main challenge was to explain the BMC schemes to the councillors as most of them were unaware. I learnt that half of the budget allocated to urban governments remains unused.

What was your experience while working with councillors?

arshita - Amazing! My approach towards the councillors has changed considerably. Praja gave me a chance to get involved in the localised model for COVID-19, being developed by a UK ﬁrm.

Samip - I developed a close bond with the corporators. It helped me understand the practical problems of administration.

Paan - Unfortunately, the women councillors remain puppets of male hegemony. The BMC mechanism is extremely complicated. Our perception about the councillors being unpunctual is wrong. I salute the work done by the councillors.

How will the fellowship help in your future endeavours?

arshita - As I am a UPSC aspirant, it helped me to improve my communication skills, time management, presentation and my English accent. (Thanks to the UK collaboration). Samip - It enhanced my personality and communication skills. I learnt the language of the Constitution. The main lesson I learnt was that English is not everything.

Paan - Praja improved my self-conﬁdence, practical reasoning, and time management. बेिटंगची बॅिटंग

िमिहर देसाई | TYBA 3 minutes read

यंदा आयपीएल जरी �बईम鵍ये सु� असली तरी भारतातले वातावरण ��केटमय झाले आहे. सायंकाळ� ७:३० नंतर लहानांपासून ते मोठ्यांपय�त सव셍जण आपाप쥍या आवड配या संघाचे सामने पाह赍यात गक셍 असतात. अशातच नवनवीन बे�ट�ग अॅꥍस डोक� वर काढू लागली आहेत. आधीच ��केटचे वेड आ�ण 配यात झटपट पैसा कमाव赍याचे व�! यामुळे अनेक त�ण �वद्याथ� या सट्टेबाजी楍या ��नयेत दाखल होऊन �तथेच हरवतात.

बे�ट�ग 륍हणजे काय? बे�ट�ग 륍हणजे एखाद्या गो�ीबद्दल भाक�त क�न 配यावर पैशांची पैज लावणे. खेळांम鵍ये बे�ट�ग मोठ्या �माणात चालते. ट�-२० ��केटसार奍या खेळात काहीही होऊ शकते. शेवट楍या क्षणापय�त अ�न��तता असते. यामुळे ��केट楍या संभा� �नकालांवर पैशांची पैज लावली जाते. ��केट ��त�र� घोड्यांची रे�स�ग, कुती सार奍या इतर खेळांवर तसेच �नवडणुकां楍या �नकालांवरही मोठ्या �माणात बे�ट�ग केले जाते.

भारतात बे�ट�ग कायदेशीर आहे का? नाही. भारतात बे�ट�ग बेकायदेशीर आहे. जुगार ��तबंध अ�ध�नयम, १८६७ नुसार लॉटरी व घोडे शय셍ती ��त�र� इतर कुठ쥍याही �कार楍या जुगारास कायद्याने मनाई आहे. पण ऑनलाईन बे�ट�ग संदभा셍त अद्याप कोणताही ठोस कायदा कर赍यात आलेला नाही.

इतर देशांत बेटिंग संदर्भात काय कायदे आहेत? दक्षिण आफ्रिका, ऑस्ट्रेलिया, युनायटेड किंग्डम, श्रीलंका या देशांमध्ये बेटिंगला मान्यता आहे. तर युएई, कंबोडिया, उत्तर कोरिया, जपान, सिंगापूर, कतार, पोलंड या देशांमध्ये बेटिंग कायदेशीर गुन्हा आहे.

बेटिंग अॅप कशाप्रकारे तरुणांना आकर्षित करतात? बेटिंग अॅप्सचा जास्तीत जास्त भर हा त्यांच्या जाहिरातींवर असतो. झटपट करोडपती होण्याचे आमीष ते तरुणांना दाखवतात. अत्यल्प शुल्क भरून संभाव्य विजेता संघ, सर्वोत्तम खेळ खेळणाऱ्या खेळाडूवर बेट लावली जाते. होरा अचूक निघाल्यास भरघोस बक्षिसाची लालुच दाखवली जाते. कमीतकमी पैसे गुंतवून जास्तीत जास्त नफा कमावण्याचे साधन म्हणून तरुण अशा फसव्या जाहिरातींवर डोळे झाकून विश्वास ठेवतात. अनेकवेळा आजी-माजी क्रिकेटपटू या अॅप्सच्या जाहिरातीत काम करताना दिसून येतात. यामुळे हा विश्वास अजूनच जास्त अढळ होतो.

बेटिंग कशाप्रकारे समाजाची हानी करत आहे? बेटिंग हे एक मृगजळ आहे. जो हरतो तो जिंकण्यासाठी खेळतो. तर जो जिंकतो तो पुढच्यावेळी अजुन जास्त जिंकण्यासाठी खेळतो. जुगारामुळे अनेक घरे उद्ध्वस्त झाल्याची उदाहरणे आहेत. २०१३ साली बेटिंगमध्ये पैसे हरून उधारी झाल्यामुळे एका उच्चशिक्षित तरुणाने खंडणीसाठी स्वतःच्या १३

वर्षाच्या चुलत भावाचे अपहरण केले. नंतर पोलिसांपासून वाचण्यासाठी त्याने चुलत भावाचा खून केला. याच प्रकरणानंतर २०१३ साली आयपीएलमध्ये होत असणाऱ्या बेटिंग आणि मॅच फिक्सिंगचे प्रकरण उघडकीस आले.

ऑनलाईन बेटिंग ऍप्सवर बंदी घालणॆ शक्य आहे का? हो. राज्य सरकार किंवा केंद्र सरकारने या बाबतीत लक्ष घातल्यास अशा बेटिंग अॅप्सवर बंदी घालणं सहज शक्य आहे. डान्सबारमुळे तरुणवर्गावर विपरीत परिणाम होत आहे असे लक्षात येता महाराष्ट्राचे तत्कालीन गृहमंत्री श्री. आर.आर.पाटील यांनी महाराष्ट्रात डान्सबारवर बंदी घातली होती. तसेच नजीकच्या काळात केंद्र सरकारनेही अनेक चिनी अॅप्सवर बंदी घातली आहे. बेटिंग अॅप्समुळे ऑनलाईन फसवणुकीच्या प्रकरणांतही वाढ झाली आहे. या धर्तीवर कायदा करून या बेटिंग अॅप्सवर सहज बंदी घालण्यात येऊ शकते. पण याकरता राज्यकर्त्यांची याबाबतची इच्छाशक्ती महत्त्वाची आहे.

आपण वैयक्तिक पातळीवर यासाठी काय करू शकतो? आपण वैयक्तिक पातळीवर असे बेटिंग अॅप्स आपल्या मोबाईलमधून अनिंस्टॉल करू शकतो. तसेच आपण आपल्या मित्रांना अशा प्रलोभनांपासून परावृत्त करू शकतो. तसेच, ही आई वडिलांचीही प्रमुख जबाबदारी आहे की त्यांनी आपली मुले मोबाईलवर काय करत आहेत यावर लक्ष देणे. Careerwise and Art Wall “Photography is a skill of ﬁnding beauty in everything you see.” - Somya Rakshit

Do you love capturing the memories? Are you the camera-person of your group? Is photography your Careerwise and passion? If yes, let us explore how to convert this Art Wall passion into a great career. PHOTOGRAPHY IN A BUDGET

Ankita Mukherjee | TYBSc 3 minutes read

The thought of buying costly DSLRs, lenses, ﬂash- es, tripods and other instruments seems quite daunting and is often seen as a setback for the aspi- rants of photography. The complete set of equipment usually does not have a cap to the upper limit in terms of costs and can go up to rates as high as 12 to 15 lakhs or even higher, however, neither , having the best equipment guarantees a top photographer, nor does the lack of equipment call for a loser. Here are some tips to maximize your potential as a photographer without digging a hole in your pocket: BY SED EAR

I can understand the desire to have a model with the most megapixels, best image sensor, highest ISO, fastest autofocus, and coolest bells and whistles. However, thanks to the advancement in technology and competitive spirits of marketers in the competing companies, a new model would probably be launched within a month and your brand new model would feel old. Moreover, the most famous pictures of all times including ‘The man facing down a row of tanks’ and ‘The young women from Afghanistan’ were all captured using ﬁlm cameras whose capabilities were far limited even when compared to the cheapest digital cameras available today. It is you who captures the image, not the camera, so trust yourself. While writing this article, I came across a website called click.in that sells used cameras at cheap rates, it contains some of the best cameras including Nikon, Canon etc.

AE YOR O EAR

Some common equipment needed for photography can be made by you in the comfort of your home; these include DIY tripods and lighting kits. Further, camera bags, light panels, reﬂectors and inexpensive light tents can be made very easily. EAR TO ISAIE

Go all out, explore places and shoot, try not to re- strict yourself to conﬁned spaces. You might not be able to travel to the most exotic locations, but you certainly can visit your nearby parks, lakes, ponds, mountains and even drains or isolated cities, the possibilities are endless. You can also buy all- access passes to wildlife sanctuaries and national parks as these are usually cheaper than buying tickets separately.

References 1. 4 tips for doing photography on Budget

2. Starting Photography on a Tight Budget INSTITUTES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY

Prachiti Jadhav | FYBMM 2 minutes read

Nowadays, photography is emerging as a popular career choice among all the age groups, especially youngsters. Photography is both a science and an art. It is a form of expression of art, pen or paintbrush replaced by a camera. Just clicking pictures does not make you a photographer. The pictures clicked must speak certain emotions and depict something. Photographer needs to create a good composition on any subject. It could be scenery, a kid’s smile, some machinery, portrait, beauty of the human body etc. The picture should say something which words cannot. The photographer requires a natural observation power, training, discipline, practice, an eye for detail, intelligence and a curious mind.

There are different types of photography. It helps to broaden your photography horizons and inspire you to try something new. Some of the major types are:

Portrait Photography, Fashion Photography, Landscape Photography, Product Photography, Wedding Photography, Macro Photography, Sports Photography, Street Photography, Travel Photography and Food Photography, Press/Journalism Photography, Commercial/ advertising Photography, Scientiﬁc Photography, Wildlife Photography, Freelance and Feature Photography and more.

To study photography there are no specific full- time courses. However, there are certain diploma and certificate courses. The candidates must have cleared 10+2 exams to be eligible for them. Photography is offered as an optional subject for a bachelor's degree in fine arts.

Top Institutes for Photography Courses in India

Film and Television Institute of India- Pune Sir J.J Institute for Applied Arts - Mumbai Mass Communication Research Centre (MCRC), Jamia University- New Delhi University of Delhi- New Delhi Osmania University- Hyderabad The Indian Institute of Digital Art and Animation (IIDAA)- West Bengal National Institute of Design- Ahmedabad Light and Life Academy- Ooty YMCA Centre for Mass Media- New Delhi Academy for photographic excellence (Apex)- New Delhi

References: 1. http://www.indiaeducation.net/

2. http://pressphoto.com/ STEPPING INTO THE SHOES (Interview)

Shriya Hadavale | SYJC Vaishali Kanekar | TYBA Tapasya Iyer | TYBA Shruti Kanekar | FYBA 12 minutes read

Introduction: Column Careerwise and Colum Artwall collaborated for an exclusive interview with Mr. Vipin Goje to discuss passion and career prospects in the ﬁeld of photography and cinematography. The Focal has been promoted by DOP/Photographer Vipin Goje. He has more than 20 years of experience in Cinematography / Pphotography for Film and Advertising Industrial. His productions have been exhibited in a variety of national & international photography symposia, newspapers & magazines. Since last 15 years, he has been successfully exhibiting his entrepreneurial skills through The Focal, which is a Creative, Film & Advertising ﬁrm, catering to top national and international companies. Mr. Vipin Goje is also the promoter of “The Focal'' a Cinematography and Photography Training Institute in Mumbai, & has also authored a text book on photography which is part of the curriculum at Yashwantrao Chavan University at Nashik.

Here are the excerpts from the interview: What are some essential qualities for a photographer?

The two main qualities you must possess can be termed as 2Ps- Patience and Passion. It takes a lot of time to get established in the ﬁeld of photography. Along with that, you need to have complete knowledge of the equipment you use. A proper sense of judgment is needed to capture the right click at the right time. Finally, you need to put in a lot of effort. Nothing comes easy!.

Does having background knowledge of a subject, help in making the subject-speciﬁc photography for any documentary?

Photography needs complete focus and dedication. It is better to hire a specialist or just Google the information needed while making a documentary. It is always better to have a Bachelor degree in photography than divert your focus by engaging in other subjects.

How long does it take to get established as a reputed photographer?

It may take up to 10 years but if you get the right guidance you may succeed in 2 years as well. There are many online courses available. It can upgrade your skills. From my experience, it will be better for youngsters to join some groups or any organization for ﬁrsthand experience. Internships are always are always good for your skill development as well as CV. A lot of practice is needed to develop your clicks and editing techniques.

How has social media aided the young photographers?

Social media is a great platform to start a career. It can be used to showcase your skills and get public opinion too. But, you cannot earn much money. Today, the competition has soared in this ﬁeld as well. To earn more and succeed in this ﬁeld, you can always start a website. A website presents your identity and speciality. Unlike social media platforms, there is no crowded audience. However, the quality of your audience will be high. Through this, you can reach the clients. Social media is good for publicity not for business.

When it comes to photography as a career, many people have a critical point of view on it. They think that it isn’t a very stable job. How true is this perception?

This is the last generation’s view. Today, with the advent of technology, every ﬁeld has developed. There are a variety of opportunities available in every profession. Photography offers a wide scope. There are numerous genres to choose from. Due to the increasing importance of advertising and modeling, the demand for photographers has increased. It is no more just freelancing but a stable career option for all.

A lot of photographers/ﬁlmmakers have started their journey along with you, how did you start your trajectory?

Well, many members from my family had cameras. It wasn’t something new to me. I practiced two hobbies during my early teen years -hunting and camera shooting. Since hunting at that time wasn’t illegal (it was a sport), my brother and I used to assist my uncle during his trips for hunting. One day in Shantamou forest, when I was sitting alongside a pond, with my brother, I was mesmerized by the beauty of the scene with ducks ﬂoating on the still water. Suddenly a gunshot was heard, all the ducks ﬂew away while some lay dead. It was dreadful, I gave up hunting from that episode. Since then, I began capturing the beauty of nature through my camera.

Being an expert in the ﬁeld you have mentored a lot of artists, tell us something about your mentors.

I learnt my basics of photography on my own from popular American magazines. I used to spend time converting negative photo ﬁlms. My elder brother and my friends used to help me a lot. They

What does photography mean to you? modelled for my each and every practice shoot. They were my muses. Also, I used to roam in the jungle for some good snaps

What does photography mean to you?

For me, Photography is planning the future, capturing the present for past memories. It’s all about capturing the moment. If the moment is lost it won’t return, so all you have to be concerned about is planning your actions to capture a perfect moment.

“Patience is the key”: Some of my friends and government bureaucrats working in this field, and who loved the Jungle and wildlife photography, formed a group called the Battle beholders. Once we all went to Cama National park to capture tigers through our lenses. In this field, sometimes you have to be a lot patient and resilient as you don’t find good scenes to click photos of. We nearly spent the day waiting 2.5 hours for a tiger to appear, so that we could click this amazing photo. On the last day, a jeep composed of tourists was passing by. They said they wanted to see the tiger, and suddenly our team member said you wait here itself; the tiger will soon cross the road. It happened just like he said, in a couple of minutes and the tourists were amazed. That was the gift of our patience.

A ﬁlm making comprises many components. According to you, what is the one thing that makes a ﬁlm complete?

Story makes the ﬁlm complete. Just capturing moments without a background doesn’t make sense. The story doesn’t need to have dialogues compulsorily. However, it is the cinematography that must convey the dialogues and present the stories appropriately.

How do you deal with unprofessional colleagues or clients? In the field of photography, there are many unprofessional colleagues. As this isn’t a one-day profession, this takes place repeatedly. So by the end of the day, everyone learns his or her part of skills. However, in Filmmaking and cinematography, you have unprofessional people who are difficult to tolerate. You have to work with them and cover for their mistakes. It is a day- on- day procedure, and you have to use the best of the other person while hiding his weaknesses. For example, in a film shoot, if the Male lead is unprofessional, but chosen by some other authority (producer maybe) then you will have to teach him and adjust with his par of excellence in the field. In the end, the work of a professional is only appreciated when the unprofessional go unseen.

It is not just the younger generation that you have mentored but also people that are actually pursuing careers in a completely different ﬁeld. Like the Battle Beholders Group, they are a group of government officials. How did they develop an interest in photography and how did you get in touch with them?

The Battle Beholders group mainly consisted of Government bureaucrats who were MPSC AND UPSC batch mates. I was the new member there. I met one of the officers who worked as an SP in Aurangabad, while I was working there. Our ideas and instances matched and we began to be known as the group of photographers, who were very passionate about their skill. Unlike me, their skills were very raw. We put forth our ﬁrst exhibition on Political Campaign in Mumbai. It was a grand success.

Photography then vs Photography now: When I started getting indulged in cinematography, I used to make ﬁlms or recordings and developed a series of Photographs. There were 36 images, some with medium format were 12 images and they were extensive in nature. The 36 images used to cost 500-600 Rs of 1970s. Comparatively, now digital technology has evolved the very nature of photography and cinematography. It is easy, fast and takes less time to develop. It’s easier to control the focus and the lens targets have increased. However, today digital photographers have forgotten the importance of the moment. Thus, they are less sceptical about technicalities and rely more on editing to rectify their mistakes.

Your advice to a student aspiring to become a photographer.

Throughout this journey, I have believed in hard work and efforts. You should have a great vision and exceptional creativity. You should practice a lot to improve your self-conﬁdence. While taking photos you must always ask yourself ‘why am I capturing this?’ This will upgrade your vision and judgment. Finally, you must read books related to photography to improve the theoretical knowledge of the subject and widen your scope.

Conclusion:

This interview gave lot of insights about the underrated ﬁeld of photography. It gave us knowledge about the experience of life in the shoes of a cinematographer. We were able to transcript the various experiences, intellect requirements and most importantly perseverance in the sub-text of technicality and generational evolution.

Acknowledgement:

Ruiaite Monthly is grateful to Vipin Goje sir for this interview. His insight and experiences are truly valuable to us. Artwork Of The Month

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A Mother’s journey of becoming a crochet artist

Maitreyee Sonawane (TYBA) 4 minutes read

The ﬁrst person that came into my mind when I was asked to interview an artist, is Mrs. Sarala Sonawane, my mother, who is a crochet artist. Let's hear about her journey as a crochet artist !

hen and how did you learn the art of crochet

When I was a child, it was a societal norm to make girls learn sewing, cooking skills, and other things related to household-decor. My elder sister had to learn sewing and knitting. But we couldn't afford art supplies for all three of us, so I made my own knitting needles by grinding bicycle-spokes on a stone. I made a small square and showed it to a neighbour who knew both crochet and knitting. She was impressed, and started teaching us small patterns. Later, our school taught knitting and crocheting in the curriculum of Home science.

ow did you proceed further with it

As time passed, my studies became increasingly intensive and I couldn't follow my hobby. After ﬁnishing my B.Sc. B.Ed., I came to Mumbai for a job as a teacher, and started teaching in King George's school at Dadar. There I found a famous book shop named 'Ideal', and while exploring the lane I saw a store for art and crafts supplies - "Mahila Vastu Bhandar". I bought wool, needles and crochet hooks from there and started again. After I got married, my husband would bring supplies for me from there. LBut later, when we got shifted to New Panvel, which is far from Dadar, there was again a long gapso again there was a gap. I almost forgot about it!

ow did you rediscoer crochet then

When my daughter introduced me to Facebook, I explored and joined a lot of art and craft pages and groups on it. A few groups were about crochet, where people would teach each other various patterns and decide a theme for a time period and share their creations based on that. I started participating in these activities.

hat hae you achieed through your hoy

Women from South Africa had a world record for making the world's largest crochet blanket in 2014. On one of the FB groups named "Mother India's Crochet Queens", we decided to set a new one. And gathered to decide our strategy and blanket pattern. Each of us contributed by making blankets of 1 metre square and then joined them together. In January 2016, we set a newthe world record by making a 11,148.5 m blanket. Later we dismantled the blankets again and donated them to charity. All the participants got a certiﬁcate from the Guinness Book committee. It gave me conﬁdence and I started sharing my crochet artwork on my own instagram and Facebook page. hat is your relationship with crochet

Crocheting has become an inseparable part of my life. Each day is incomplete without crochet. Crochet is like meditation for me.

hat are your future plans for crochet

There are an inﬁnite number patterns one can make in crochet, I want to learn as much as I can. Also, I am planning to turn it into a small business, I already take orders and make crochet artifacts and accessories. Recently I have also started a YouTube channel "Saral Crochet" where I'm planning to share various patterns and tutorials.

Safarnama and Behind The Scenes "The greatness of a culture can be found in its Festivals are a crucial dimension of our culture, festivals." in that they represent hope, happiness and --- Anonymous. make the world a better place to live.

For any culture to actively flourish in modern society, it has to keep reliving it's story. The experiences stored in its rituals are to be This festive season, Column Safarnama and re- enacted, myths recited, narratives retold, Behind The Scenes, bring you a variety of vibrant events of importance celebrated. And these and wonderful festivals from dierent places and enactments, recitals, retellings are what our cultures around the world. festivals are all about. Read on to know about some unique festivals Celebration of various festivals, be it religious, and celebrations and how we can enjoy it all, in art or of any other kind, helps the people to an eco-friendly manner. re- experience the heritage and history of their culture. And at times, create history of their own. There are other reasons we love to celebrate, the most important one of them being we don't really need a reason to celebrate! As human beings, our brains are wired to get excited, even at the prospect of celebrations. Be it celebrating our age-old traditions, the gods we worship, the art we admire, or the heroes of the society, festivals oer, though transient, an escape from the monotony of daily life. More importantly, they help to create and nurture social bonds. Also, on this day, the 10th Guru, Guru Gobind introduced when Christianity was introduced Celebrating Nature Singh founded Khalsa, and therefore, Sikhs to the Saxons. Prior to these days, Saxons held celebrate it like a collective birthday. They visit an annual feast in the honour of the ancient and the Divine: Gurudwara, and listen to Kirtans and Teutonic Goddess of spring, Eostre. discourses. The day ends with a langar, a Hiya Shah | FYBA Mahavir Jayanti 3 minutes read fantastic feast, collectively for the entire Sikh It’s commemorated to be the clan, served by the Sikh volunteers. birth anniversary of the Religions regularly celebrate the anniversaries Ladakh festival founder of Jainism. associated with their gods or founders, holy Ladakh, a melange of Buddhist and Muslim According to Digambaras figures, or other related mythological events. cultures celebrates a festival of its own in the he was born in 615 BC. Some festivals having ancient origins stem month of September. The fabled city springs People of Jain community from nature worship or ancestor worship. alive with celebrations, with the inhabitants participate in processions Festivals celebrating nature are particularly adorning typical ornaments and turquoise with Lord Mahavir’s idol found among nomadic tribes and agricultural head gears, monasteries flags displaying riots on a chariot and recitation of religious songs communities. of colours and hermits dancing around on the way. Celebrations also include charity, India has a vast diversity of religions and wearing colourful masks representing the very visiting temples, saying prayers and observing regions, with each of them having some unique grounded elements of the festival avec an array fasts. The event holds special significance in festivals of their own. of sumptuous ladakh meals. Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan. Here are some of them : Easter Baisakhi A Christian festival that’s A Punjabi festival that signifies becoming increasingly new year in Punjab, popular throughout various celebrated with festive countries, Easter pop and music, it generally celebrates the falls on 13th April. It is a resurrection of Jesus Christ, which symbolises harvest festival. the victory of life over death. It falls in the month of March or April. The term was first Also, on this day, the 10th Guru, Guru Gobind introduced when Christianity was introduced Singh founded Khalsa, and therefore, Sikhs to the Saxons. Prior to these days, Saxons held celebrate it like a collective birthday. They visit an annual feast in the honour of the ancient Gurudwara, and listen to Kirtans and Teutonic Goddess of spring, Eostre. discourses. The day ends with a langar, a Mahavir Jayanti fantastic feast, collectively for the entire Sikh It’s commemorated to be the clan, served by the Sikh volunteers. birth anniversary of the Religions regularly celebrate the anniversaries Ladakh festival founder of Jainism. associated with their gods or founders, holy Ladakh, a melange of Buddhist and Muslim According to Digambaras figures, or other related mythological events. cultures celebrates a festival of its own in the he was born in 615 BC. Some festivals having ancient origins stem month of September. The fabled city springs People of Jain community from nature worship or ancestor worship. alive with celebrations, with the inhabitants participate in processions Festivals celebrating nature are particularly adorning typical ornaments and turquoise with Lord Mahavir’s idol found among nomadic tribes and agricultural head gears, monasteries flags displaying riots on a chariot and recitation of religious songs communities. of colours and hermits dancing around on the way. Celebrations also include charity, India has a vast diversity of religions and wearing colourful masks representing the very visiting temples, saying prayers and observing regions, with each of them having some unique grounded elements of the festival avec an array fasts. The event holds special significance in festivals of their own. of sumptuous ladakh meals. Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan. Here are some of them : Easter Baisakhi A Christian festival that’s A Punjabi festival that signifies becoming increasingly new year in Punjab, popular throughout various celebrated with festive countries, Easter pop and music, it generally celebrates the falls on 13th April. It is a resurrection of Jesus Christ, which symbolises harvest festival. the victory of life over death. It falls in the month of March or April. The term was first Also, on this day, the 10th Guru, Guru Gobind introduced when Christianity was introduced Singh founded Khalsa, and therefore, Sikhs to the Saxons. Prior to these days, Saxons held celebrate it like a collective birthday. They visit an annual feast in the honour of the ancient Gurudwara, and listen to Kirtans and Teutonic Goddess of spring, Eostre. discourses. The day ends with a langar, a Mahavir Jayanti fantastic feast, collectively for the entire Sikh It’s commemorated to be the clan, served by the Sikh volunteers. birth anniversary of the Religions regularly celebrate the anniversaries Ladakh festival founder of Jainism. associated with their gods or founders, holy Ladakh, a melange of Buddhist and Muslim According to Digambaras figures, or other related mythological events. cultures celebrates a festival of its own in the he was born in 615 BC. Some festivals having ancient origins stem month of September. The fabled city springs People of Jain community from nature worship or ancestor worship. alive with celebrations, with the inhabitants participate in processions Festivals celebrating nature are particularly adorning typical ornaments and turquoise with Lord Mahavir’s idol found among nomadic tribes and agricultural head gears, monasteries flags displaying riots on a chariot and recitation of religious songs communities. of colours and hermits dancing around on the way. Celebrations also include charity, India has a vast diversity of religions and wearing colourful masks representing the very visiting temples, saying prayers and observing regions, with each of them having some unique grounded elements of the festival avec an array fasts. The event holds special significance in festivals of their own. of sumptuous ladakh meals. Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan. Here are some of them : Easter Baisakhi A Christian festival that’s A Punjabi festival that signifies becoming increasingly new year in Punjab, popular throughout various celebrated with festive countries, Easter pop and music, it generally celebrates the falls on 13th April. It is a resurrection of Jesus Christ, which symbolises harvest festival. the victory of life over death. It falls in the month of March or April. The term was first Carnivals and Other extreme fun kind. 2. Film Festivals: Cinephiles unite for Celebrations of celebration of the art, with special midnight Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade: New York screenings and panel discussions afloat with City Creativity: raw admirations and critiques. St. Patrick’s Day Parade: Dublin, Ireland Esala Perahera: Kandy, Sri Lanka Malvika Bhardwaj | SYBMM. 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Pre Lenten Festivities: Ever since medieval Coachella: Indio, California Harbin Ice and Snow Festival: times, the period of Lent is preceded by Tomorrowland: Boom, Belgium Heilongjiang, China extreme festivities, called “Carnivals”, most Glastonbury: Glastonbury, Scotland prominent ones are: Fuji Rock: Naeba, Japan Here’s to hoping this list didn’t hit you with a Sunburn: Vagator, Goa wave of yearning to travel far, far away, Mardi Gras: New Orleans cheers! Carnival: Rio De Generio 4. Parades: Who doesn’t love a good parade, Patras Carnival: Greece with larger than life floaties and tons of food, Sitges: Spain parades are mostly communal aairs of the Carnival: Trinidad and Tobago extreme fun kind. 2. Film Festivals: Cinephiles unite for celebration of the art, with special midnight Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade: New York screenings and panel discussions afloat with City raw admirations and critiques. 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Are you someone who loves to know about the festivals of various regions and participate in them? Are you interested in knowing how people in various regions of the world live, what they eat, how they dress? If your answer is yes, then cultural tourism is something you'll surely want to hear about. Cultural tourism basically means travelling to know the cultures of people from dierent parts of the world. Let it be their food, dressing style, language, festivals, etc.

Nagaland: While talking about cultural tourism, Nagaland is the place which first comes to my mind. There are a total of 17 distinct tribes with their varied way of living. Nagaland is known as the 'Land of Festivals' where festivals are lined up throughout the year. Everyone might be aware of the famous Hornbill Festival which is celebrated to preserve the rich traditions and culture of Nagaland. People from all over the world come to dance and sing with the tribals. Another such festival is the Moatsu festival with an interpreter to help translate their celebrated around May by the Ao tribe after the language which is Herero - a Bantu language seeds are sown. (Bantu is a language spoken by majority of Homestays are the best options for South Africans). The Himba tribals prefer accommodation to fully experience the culture. minimal clothing - one can see men wearing Are you someone who loves to know about the Ah and talking about the food, one will get a loincloths with sandals and women go for goat festivals of various regions and participate in chance to relish on freshly cooked vegetables skinned skirts. As the temperature is usually them? Are you interested in knowing how straight out of the farm. The king chillies are a high in that part, everyone applies red ochre people in various regions of the world live, speciality of Nagaland and it is included in and fat (Otjize) to save their skin from the what they eat, how they dress? If your answer almost all the meals, also the red rice is scorching sun. The women braid their hair is yes, then cultural tourism is something frequently consumed. with a mixture of cow dung, animal hair and you'll surely want to hear about. Cultural The Khonoma village in Nagaland is the first otjize, taking upto 12 hours to complete the tourism basically means travelling to know the green village in India and the secret behind its process. Otjize is known for keeping the skin cultures of people from dierent parts of the greenery is quite interesting. There are soft and smooth. A lot of importance is given to world. Let it be their food, dressing style, competitions between school children on every the chiefs of the tribe and their hairstyle is a bit language, festivals, etc. Saturday and the children, who'll collect the dierent. In the centre of the village there is a maximum garbage, get rewards. holy fire which is kept continuously alight and Nagaland: With nearly 36 languages being spoken in this all the events of the tribe take place around While talking about cultural tourism, Nagaland region, one will probably notice a change of this fire. If you ever get a chance to visit this is the place which first comes to my mind. language often, after crossing a few place do not forget to wish them 'moru moru' There are a total of 17 distinct tribes with their kilometers. (good morning) . varied way of living. Nagaland is known as the 'Land of Festivals' where festivals are lined up Namibia: These are the two places I found culturally throughout the year. Everyone might be aware Secondly, I'm going to talk about the Namibia interesting. Of course there are many more of the famous Hornbill Festival which is region located in southwest Africa where the such places one can explore. But overall celebrated to preserve the rich traditions and distinctive Himba tribe resides. The culture of cultural tourism gives you an in depth idea of culture of Nagaland. People from all over the these people is really fascinating and unique. the place you visit. world come to dance and sing with the tribals. One can visit these people in their village along Another such festival is the Moatsu festival with an interpreter to help translate their celebrated around May by the Ao tribe after the language which is Herero - a Bantu language seeds are sown. (Bantu is a language spoken by majority of Homestays are the best options for South Africans). The Himba tribals prefer accommodation to fully experience the culture. minimal clothing - one can see men wearing Are you someone who loves to know about the Ah and talking about the food, one will get a loincloths with sandals and women go for goat festivals of various regions and participate in chance to relish on freshly cooked vegetables skinned skirts. As the temperature is usually them? Are you interested in knowing how straight out of the farm. The king chillies are a high in that part, everyone applies red ochre people in various regions of the world live, speciality of Nagaland and it is included in and fat (Otjize) to save their skin from the what they eat, how they dress? If your answer almost all the meals, also the red rice is scorching sun. The women braid their hair is yes, then cultural tourism is something frequently consumed. with a mixture of cow dung, animal hair and you'll surely want to hear about. Cultural The Khonoma village in Nagaland is the first otjize, taking upto 12 hours to complete the tourism basically means travelling to know the green village in India and the secret behind its process. Otjize is known for keeping the skin cultures of people from dierent parts of the greenery is quite interesting. There are soft and smooth. A lot of importance is given to world. Let it be their food, dressing style, competitions between school children on every the chiefs of the tribe and their hairstyle is a bit language, festivals, etc. Saturday and the children, who'll collect the dierent. In the centre of the village there is a maximum garbage, get rewards. holy fire which is kept continuously alight and Nagaland: With nearly 36 languages being spoken in this all the events of the tribe take place around While talking about cultural tourism, Nagaland region, one will probably notice a change of this fire. If you ever get a chance to visit this is the place which first comes to my mind. language often, after crossing a few place do not forget to wish them 'moru moru' There are a total of 17 distinct tribes with their kilometers. (good morning) . varied way of living. Nagaland is known as the 'Land of Festivals' where festivals are lined up Namibia: These are the two places I found culturally throughout the year. Everyone might be aware Secondly, I'm going to talk about the Namibia interesting. Of course there are many more of the famous Hornbill Festival which is region located in southwest Africa where the such places one can explore. But overall celebrated to preserve the rich traditions and distinctive Himba tribe resides. The culture of cultural tourism gives you an in depth idea of culture of Nagaland. People from all over the these people is really fascinating and unique. the place you visit. world come to dance and sing with the tribals. One can visit these people in their village along There is a Sanskrit Pathshala in this village Duryodhan’s conspiracy to ablaze ‘Lakha’ i.e. My favourite Cultural where anyone can learn the language without the wax palace. There is a Pandu Gufa a few any caste discrimination. All children learn kilometres away which is believed to be the Wonderlands: Vedas from the age of 10. Everyone in the place from where they escaped. But, according

Samruddhi Amrutkar | SYBA village wears traditional clothes and has a to the historians they haven’t found any 3 minutes read ponytail. The villagers are committed to remains to prove this as the Lakshagraha. practicing Gamaka, a unique form of singing Pandav Nritya performances i.e. re-enactment There are 7 Wonders of the World, but India is and storytelling native to Karnataka. of stories from Mahabharat, are the cultural a country full of its own Wonders. Today, I will Sanskrit enthusiasts from dierent parts of the highlights of this place. These performances take you to two such culturally significant world visit this village. If guests wish to stay in last for days and draw a large crowd. places that I consider wonderlands. Mattur and the village for a couple of days, they are This serene remote village is a perfect mix of Lakhamandal! allowed to stay in the Pathshalas. It’s an cultural and nature tourism. obeat place with relaxing surroundings, Mattur: perfect for those who seek a change in Mattur, also known as ‘The Sanskrit Village’ is environment. a village on the banks of River Tungabhadra in the Shimoga district of Karnataka. It is the last Lakhamandal: and only village where Sanskrit is spoken for Lakhamandal in Dehradun is a beautiful place everyday conversations. The village is majorly in the middle of the mountains and on the inhabited by Sankhetis, an ancient Brahmin banks of river Yamuna. The Graphite Lingam of community that migrated from Kerala over the main Shiva temple is a major attraction 600 years ago. which shines when water is poured upon it. Being a countryside destination, it helps us There are lakhs of Shivlingas excavated here understand the culture, beliefs, and lifestyle of thus the village has been listed by ancient rural India. Surprisingly, people here Archeological Survey of India. don’t hate English and most of them are fluent This place is mythologically significant due to English speakers. They believe it is a need of its relation with the Lakshagraha story of current times. Mahabharata where Pandavas ran away from There is a Sanskrit Pathshala in this village Duryodhan’s conspiracy to ablaze ‘Lakha’ i.e. where anyone can learn the language without the wax palace. There is a Pandu Gufa a few any caste discrimination. All children learn kilometres away which is believed to be the Vedas from the age of 10. Everyone in the place from where they escaped. But, according village wears traditional clothes and has a to the historians they haven’t found any ponytail. The villagers are committed to remains to prove this as the Lakshagraha. practicing Gamaka, a unique form of singing Pandav Nritya performances i.e. re-enactment There are 7 Wonders of the World, but India is and storytelling native to Karnataka. of stories from Mahabharat, are the cultural a country full of its own Wonders. Today, I will Sanskrit enthusiasts from dierent parts of the highlights of this place. These performances take you to two such culturally significant world visit this village. If guests wish to stay in last for days and draw a large crowd. places that I consider wonderlands. Mattur and the village for a couple of days, they are This serene remote village is a perfect mix of Lakhamandal! allowed to stay in the Pathshalas. It’s an cultural and nature tourism. obeat place with relaxing surroundings, Mattur: perfect for those who seek a change in Mattur, also known as ‘The Sanskrit Village’ is environment. a village on the banks of River Tungabhadra in the Shimoga district of Karnataka. It is the last Lakhamandal: and only village where Sanskrit is spoken for Lakhamandal in Dehradun is a beautiful place everyday conversations. The village is majorly in the middle of the mountains and on the inhabited by Sankhetis, an ancient Brahmin banks of river Yamuna. The Graphite Lingam of community that migrated from Kerala over the main Shiva temple is a major attraction 600 years ago. which shines when water is poured upon it. Being a countryside destination, it helps us There are lakhs of Shivlingas excavated here understand the culture, beliefs, and lifestyle of thus the village has been listed by ancient rural India. Surprisingly, people here Archeological Survey of India. don’t hate English and most of them are fluent This place is mythologically significant due to English speakers. They believe it is a need of its relation with the Lakshagraha story of current times. Mahabharata where Pandavas ran away from There is a Sanskrit Pathshala in this village Duryodhan’s conspiracy to ablaze ‘Lakha’ i.e. where anyone can learn the language without the wax palace. There is a Pandu Gufa a few any caste discrimination. All children learn kilometres away which is believed to be the Vedas from the age of 10. Everyone in the place from where they escaped. But, according village wears traditional clothes and has a to the historians they haven’t found any ponytail. The villagers are committed to remains to prove this as the Lakshagraha. practicing Gamaka, a unique form of singing Pandav Nritya performances i.e. re-enactment There are 7 Wonders of the World, but India is and storytelling native to Karnataka. of stories from Mahabharat, are the cultural a country full of its own Wonders. Today, I will Sanskrit enthusiasts from dierent parts of the highlights of this place. These performances take you to two such culturally significant world visit this village. If guests wish to stay in last for days and draw a large crowd. places that I consider wonderlands. Mattur and the village for a couple of days, they are This serene remote village is a perfect mix of Lakhamandal! allowed to stay in the Pathshalas. It’s an cultural and nature tourism. obeat place with relaxing surroundings, Mattur: perfect for those who seek a change in Mattur, also known as ‘The Sanskrit Village’ is environment. a village on the banks of River Tungabhadra in the Shimoga district of Karnataka. It is the last Lakhamandal: and only village where Sanskrit is spoken for Lakhamandal in Dehradun is a beautiful place everyday conversations. The village is majorly in the middle of the mountains and on the inhabited by Sankhetis, an ancient Brahmin banks of river Yamuna. The Graphite Lingam of community that migrated from Kerala over the main Shiva temple is a major attraction 600 years ago. which shines when water is poured upon it. Being a countryside destination, it helps us There are lakhs of Shivlingas excavated here understand the culture, beliefs, and lifestyle of thus the village has been listed by ancient rural India. Surprisingly, people here Archeological Survey of India. don’t hate English and most of them are fluent This place is mythologically significant due to English speakers. They believe it is a need of its relation with the Lakshagraha story of current times. Mahabharata where Pandavas ran away from Chaturthi in seventeen years. that unique ability to reach out, reclaim our Festivals amidst a A pandemic-induced ways of celebration and revolutionise them, all change dramatically while maintaining a six-feet distance. global pandemic: brought down noise and water pollution Janhavi Sathe | TYBA 3 minutes read levels. Janmashtami, a festival that includes Festivals everywhere are synonymous with human pyramids and several accidents per pushing, kneeing, jostling; or rather: touch. In year, also witnessed a transformation. Mandals a transformed world, how did people get that usually organised these local dahi handis, together to celebrate traditions that sometimes instead carried out plastic-free campaigns, went back hundreds of years? At home, Onam, blood donation drives and broke the dahi handi Eid-Ul Fitr, Easter were just a few of the symbolically, with some placing a young boy festivals impacted. Festivals of all kinds, the on a table to do so. Eid Ul-Adha, which counts ones celebrating cinema, arts and music were on mass prayers, had Muslims all over the suspended or postponed worldwide. Perhaps world pray from home, and saw reduced the biggest festival of all in modern history, instances of open slaughter of goats and sheep. the Olympics, was also dealt a blow. Necessity, Elsewhere in countries like Sri Lanka and however, is the mother of invention. In times Singapore, elections, great spectacles of when people had to stay apart, they sought human cooperation, and modern festivals in unique ways to band closer still, albeit virtually their own right, were celebrated with masks and with great precautions. and sanitisers. One of the biggest elections in Ardent devotees of the god Ganpati, logged in the world, that of the United States of America to live streams of aartis, preferred to immerse will also undergo a major overhaul with the their idols at their own homes, and did not opt postal ballot. for the customary dhol-taasha while stepping The pandemic has only gone on to show that out. While these may have been forced choices, even while a microscopic pathogen terrorises this was the quietest recorded Ganesh our lives, human beings are characterised by Chaturthi in seventeen years. that unique ability to reach out, reclaim our A pandemic-induced ways of celebration and revolutionise them, all change dramatically while maintaining a six-feet distance. brought down noise and water pollution levels. Janmashtami, a festival that includes Festivals everywhere are synonymous with human pyramids and several accidents per pushing, kneeing, jostling; or rather: touch. In year, also witnessed a transformation. Mandals a transformed world, how did people get that usually organised these local dahi handis, together to celebrate traditions that sometimes instead carried out plastic-free campaigns, went back hundreds of years? At home, Onam, blood donation drives and broke the dahi handi Eid-Ul Fitr, Easter were just a few of the symbolically, with some placing a young boy festivals impacted. Festivals of all kinds, the on a table to do so. Eid Ul-Adha, which counts ones celebrating cinema, arts and music were on mass prayers, had Muslims all over the suspended or postponed worldwide. Perhaps world pray from home, and saw reduced the biggest festival of all in modern history, instances of open slaughter of goats and sheep. the Olympics, was also dealt a blow. Necessity, Elsewhere in countries like Sri Lanka and however, is the mother of invention. In times Singapore, elections, great spectacles of when people had to stay apart, they sought human cooperation, and modern festivals in unique ways to band closer still, albeit virtually their own right, were celebrated with masks and with great precautions. and sanitisers. One of the biggest elections in Ardent devotees of the god Ganpati, logged in the world, that of the United States of America to live streams of aartis, preferred to immerse will also undergo a major overhaul with the their idols at their own homes, and did not opt postal ballot. for the customary dhol-taasha while stepping The pandemic has only gone on to show that out. While these may have been forced choices, even while a microscopic pathogen terrorises this was the quietest recorded Ganesh our lives, human beings are characterised by Chaturthi in seventeen years. that unique ability to reach out, reclaim our A pandemic-induced ways of celebration and revolutionise them, all change dramatically while maintaining a six-feet distance. brought down noise and water pollution levels. Janmashtami, a festival that includes Festivals everywhere are synonymous with human pyramids and several accidents per pushing, kneeing, jostling; or rather: touch. In year, also witnessed a transformation. Mandals a transformed world, how did people get that usually organised these local dahi handis, together to celebrate traditions that sometimes instead carried out plastic-free campaigns, went back hundreds of years? At home, Onam, blood donation drives and broke the dahi handi Eid-Ul Fitr, Easter were just a few of the symbolically, with some placing a young boy festivals impacted. Festivals of all kinds, the on a table to do so. Eid Ul-Adha, which counts ones celebrating cinema, arts and music were on mass prayers, had Muslims all over the suspended or postponed worldwide. Perhaps world pray from home, and saw reduced the biggest festival of all in modern history, instances of open slaughter of goats and sheep. the Olympics, was also dealt a blow. Necessity, Elsewhere in countries like Sri Lanka and however, is the mother of invention. In times Singapore, elections, great spectacles of when people had to stay apart, they sought human cooperation, and modern festivals in unique ways to band closer still, albeit virtually their own right, were celebrated with masks and with great precautions. and sanitisers. One of the biggest elections in Ardent devotees of the god Ganpati, logged in the world, that of the United States of America to live streams of aartis, preferred to immerse will also undergo a major overhaul with the their idols at their own homes, and did not opt postal ballot. for the customary dhol-taasha while stepping The pandemic has only gone on to show that out. While these may have been forced choices, even while a microscopic pathogen terrorises this was the quietest recorded Ganesh our lives, human beings are characterised by large scale that it usually does in a normal year. Celebrating (Eco-) Additionally, many people turned to the idea of using small drums filled with water to Consciously: peacefully bid adieu to the elephant lord without the cacophonous sounds of some of Tanaya Sheth | TYBSc 2 minutes read the unruly dhol players. All it took for people to turn to indirectly help With the pandemic nowhere nearing its end the environment was a pandemic. A (something that no one really wants pointed phenomenon that perhaps occurs once in a out), the question about the future of century or more. If more people realize how celebrations of our vivid and colorful festivals drastically the environment improved with the does pop up. A number of precautions will have implementation of these rules, it would be a to be taken to ensure the safety of the health of much better world out there. With the the masses. For example, this year, when the commercialization of these festivals, the safety auspicious festival of Ganesh Chaturthi was of the environment has been placed on the celebrated, several changes were made to back burner for years. ensure maximum health safety. It’s time we took a stand and realized how our These measures included restrictions on the festivals are negatively impacting nature. This size of idols, cutting down the number of could in turn have a deadly eect in the years visitors or devotees visiting popular pandals as to come, endangering our future generations. well as ensuring that minimum visarjans take We can do our bit now by pledging to not place at the sea and banning the use of dhols. unnecessarily contribute to the evil of festival When these rules were imposed, they did not based pollution by investing in only help protect the general public from environmentally sustainable products and contracting the deadly virus, but also at the means of celebration to protect our planet. same time, safeguarded the environment. Noise pollution levels were drastically low, marine water pollution did not take place at the large scale that it usually does in a normal year. Additionally, many people turned to the idea of using small drums filled with water to peacefully bid adieu to the elephant lord without the cacophonous sounds of some of the unruly dhol players. All it took for people to turn to indirectly help With the pandemic nowhere nearing its end the environment was a pandemic. A (something that no one really wants pointed phenomenon that perhaps occurs once in a out), the question about the future of century or more. If more people realize how celebrations of our vivid and colorful festivals drastically the environment improved with the does pop up. A number of precautions will have implementation of these rules, it would be a to be taken to ensure the safety of the health of much better world out there. With the the masses. For example, this year, when the commercialization of these festivals, the safety auspicious festival of Ganesh Chaturthi was of the environment has been placed on the celebrated, several changes were made to back burner for years. ensure maximum health safety. It’s time we took a stand and realized how our These measures included restrictions on the festivals are negatively impacting nature. This size of idols, cutting down the number of could in turn have a deadly eect in the years visitors or devotees visiting popular pandals as to come, endangering our future generations. well as ensuring that minimum visarjans take We can do our bit now by pledging to not place at the sea and banning the use of dhols. unnecessarily contribute to the evil of festival When these rules were imposed, they did not based pollution by investing in only help protect the general public from environmentally sustainable products and contracting the deadly virus, but also at the means of celebration to protect our planet. same time, safeguarded the environment. 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Sanjana Bhate | TYBA Prince Rama rescued his beloved wife Sita from 4 minutes read the clutches of Lord Ravan, He had the support It is held on the last Sunday of November at the of the great Lord Hanuman. And so, they Have you ever wondered where do dierent ruins of the 13th century Phra Prang Sam Yot worship Lord Hanuman and appreciate breeds of dogs come from? Some people from To celebrate this beautiful amalgamation of temple in Lopburi, Thailand. You can monkeys for good luck and happiness. all around the world wanted to reproduce some two dierent breeds and forming of the cutest potentially witness a scene of about 3,000 The second signiﬁcance of this festival is to say better and stylish dogs, so they bred them one, Scotland held its ﬁrst mass gathering of monkeys. Besides monkeys, 10,000 tourists ‘Thank you’ to these animals for attracting themselves. Golden Retrievers in Highlands in 2006 to visit to catch sight of an incredible tourists and generating enough revenue for commemorate the 50th anniversary. The ‘ThanksGiving’ to these babies of mother many families. Did you know? Golden Retriever festival is to celebrate the nature. A wonderful set of festivals are celebrated

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And we agree with Socrates. It is said that we are students all our lives because at every point in our lives- in fact every day we learn something new. So teaching anyone anything is simply beyond us. However, what we can do is pass on our knowledge to others by igniting the ﬂame of curiosity, by making them think.

This month we have put forward our personal opinions on a common philosophical question - If you could teach everyone in the world one concept, what concept could have the biggest positive impact on humanity? Humanity

Esha Belekar | FYBA 3 minutes read

Picking one concept to educate all of humanity is a mentally exhausting task within itself, but ﬁnding one that would create the biggest positive impact? Next to impossible! Thousands of quotes, proverbs and inspirational poetry reading later, I was feeling at the top of the world. My state was similar to the galaxy brain meme. I was in a constant state of profound realizations which were giving me a false sense of enlightenment. Yet, none of this helped give me an answer. All I received was a pile of more questions

However, only when I finally stopped thinking about it, did I find an answer that satisfied me. The answer was in the question itself! How you may ask, and to answer that question I would give you these song lyrics,

हीच आमुची �ाथ셍ना अन् हेच आमुचे मागणे, माणसाने माणसाशी माणसासम वागणे…

When it comes to any one concept that is universal and should have a place in every part of the world where humans reside, then it is simply, the concept of humanity. The concept of being and remembering that you’re ﬁrst and foremost a human. And going beyond that, that even the people you live with are humans. Now the question arises, what exactly is the concept of humanity and why do I think it will create the biggest positive impact? To be honest, I’m quite aware of the fact that a concept as vast and profound as humanity cannot be discussed in such a short article neither am I the right person to do it. So, I have narrowed it down to two simple aspects that have become quite necessary to be put in use.

According to my conception of humanity, the ﬁrst aspect is viewing others as humans ﬁrst and possibly last too. This naturally implies keeping prejudices and orthodox division of society aside, ending barriers that stop people from uniting and being kind. Although ideal, this is rather difficult to accomplish in reality. But when has anyone ever accomplished anything by simply shrugging something off for being difficult?

The other aspect being, elevating someone to a higher status - placing them on a pedestal - taking away their right to make mistakes, strips them of an essential part of being human. This leads to a sort of bandwagon effect. Then how can it be humane to make someone od, when they are not?

To conclude, the path of humanity should actually be the essence of our very existence, the blood that ﬂows in our veins, the fuel that runs our system. Yet we ﬁnd it difficult. Where have we reached humans? Is it really progress if we cannot even be the creatures we are born as? So if anyone asks me what concept I would like to teach the entire mankind, then I think teaching humanity to humanity would create the biggest positive impact.

One among millions

Shreya Kenkare | SYBA 4 minutes read

The answer to the aforementioned question might serve the purpose of juxtaposition, but I ﬁrmly believe that the anthropocentric understanding that we, as humans have come to develop over the years needs a little alteration. We as a species have been conditioned in a way to consider ourselves as the centre of the universe and as the rightful owners of natural resources. The only way to overcome such anthropocentrism is by gaining more knowledge about our actual place in the world. The concept that I would thus like to impart to everyone in the world is premised upon this understanding of our ‘positioning’.

We as humans are related to each other and depend on existential conditions, like members of other species. Thus, a human being occupies no special position as such on this planet, which calls into question our prerogative of using non-human aspects of nature as mere resources. It would be detrimental for us to assume the role of ‘supreme beings’ while undermining the existence of others. However, in this narrative, I am not turning a blind eye to the cases wherein humans cannot help but be human-centered, for example during a calamity, where such centeredness and regard for human life is positively desired. After all, our view of the world, in general, is shaped and limited by our position and way of being within it.

As mentioned earlier, to change that view we need a certain sense of commitment towards the quest for knowledge and acknowledgment of the dichotomy that exists between what we consider human and non-human. Only then can we hope to overcome such a conditioned and embedded attitude. After careful observation and reﬂection, it is safe to discern that the bone of contention is in fact our sheer lack of concern regarding the non-human species and the environment in general.

Our instinct to survive sometimes takes precedence over the survival of the ‘other’ (non-human species), thus proving itself detrimental when taken within its moral context and placed under the scrutiny of ethical considerations, which demand equality in the treatment of life on Earth. When we as humans shift the focus from our narrow understanding of ‘self’ to other species, and extend to them the reverence we hold towards our own kind, we broaden our concept of ‘humanity’ to an all-encompassing one.

Another important aspect worth highlighting here is that of reevaluating our relationship with ‘life on earth’. Once we understand that animals experience the world in pretty much the same way and manner as we do, it becomes obligatory for us to change our behavior to respect that similarity, that closeness to nature that is implicit in our existence. No matter how much we would like to imagine ourselves as separate beings from the environment, we inherently are not. Furthermore, as the beings that impact our environment the most, we must reconsider our role in the treatment of animals without relegating them to mere objects to be utilized in the service of our selﬁsh goals.

To conclude, we are not above the natural world, we are a part of it. Thus, the concept which would have the biggest positive impact on humanity would be extending the word mai to what we consider outside it. Selﬂessness

Siddhi Paraskar | FYBA 3 minutes read

If I could teach every single person in the world, one concept, it would be selﬂessness and if not selﬂessness, then at least, being considerate.

ust think about it, how many times in a day do we put our needs before others’ without giving it a moment’s thought?

Do we give up our seat in a train for another lady who is clearly more tired than we are? Do we give away the change to the old vegetable vendor whose business we know has lately been slow? And these are just small everyday life examples!

We hurt our loved ones, our friends, and family just because we put ourselves ﬁrst. Be it in personal lives or professional, selﬁshness of one person has caused trouble to many and this all could and would change if the people start being considerate. Considerate, about how our words and actions would affect the other person!

ust imagine, if every single person would think about the consequences of their actions, the earth would practically be a paradise! Think about it this way, our products won’t be adulterated just for the manufacturers to gain proﬁt because they would be considerate about our health our leaders would actually do something about the potholes because they would actually think about the problems faced by citizen and your loved ones won’t feel betrayed because you won’t put yourself before them and even if you do, they would probably understand why you did, what you did, because the only reason behind it would be for your mental health and self-esteem! And thats

Of course, one cannot ignore the fact that even after learning to be considerate, there would be some conflict of interest. However, if everyone in the world is considerate or even better, selfless, then at least we would know that the reason behind the conflicts, would be for the greater good and not for a selfish reason!

Learning to be considerate would give a lot to humanity.

Inculcating the value of being thoughtful about others needs would give us a clear conscience. It would not only help individual relationships but also make a difference on a national and international level. Third world problems, the Syria crisis, wars, farmer suicides, even the alarming cases of divorces, all of these problems would subside considerably.

So, let us consciously learn to be thoughtful, to be considerate, to be selﬂess. Let us take a step to live in a world where its you before me, where it is always ele aa! Khudgarzi se paree humko jeena hai, Ibaadat ka diya aaj kisi aur ke liye jalana hai, Ab se khudka nahin, khuda ka nahin, Apne bande ka lihaz rakhna hai. OP-ED Changing face of Technology in Propaganda and Politics

Disha Shanbhag | TYBA 2 minutes read

Introduction

‘Political Leader X gave into a verbal Spat with Actor Z on Twitter’ ‘Company XD was forced to take down its advertisement on youtube because it opposed the ideology of AB wing’

We live in a world where the conversations that take place on other social media and outsourcing platforms, dictate the ‘trending’ political issue of the day.

Technology is a fairly new addition to our lives and thanks to the pandemic,it is our only ‘sahara’. Technology, as a free space for free wheeling conversations, has little to no inherent biases and hence is politically neutral. The Internet, in the early nineties, basically became a symbol of democracy as more and more people could put forward their views and opinions without being legally held accountable for it.

But,with the absence of restrictions and minimal binding rules,there was and is a high chance of the Internet being used unjustly for political gains. As recently as 216, the famous case of Cambridge Analytica and Facebook in connection with the US Presidential elections and the Brexit referendum sprung up to make people aware of the dangers of not factually checking everything that surfaces on the Internet. Most Indian Political Parties are even accused of employing IT cells for spreading their two cents about an issue in all kinds and forms of guises-from the people’s favorite ‘good morning’ messages to ‘Did you know that India’s National Anthem has been declared as the Best National Anthem by UN’.

The avalanche of fake news,echo chambers, targeted manipulation, algorithmic bias and polarization has led to people losing trust in the fourth pillar of democracy and further in their elected representatives.

The leadership and their groups now have slowly come to understand that they need to own and yield power in these ‘online’ spaces and the very thought of what level of worse is about to hit us makes my mind look at Technology, especially our dear and friendly Internet as a probable progeny of Orwell’s Big-Brother. Vrushali Gadkari | SYBA 4 minutes read

History and Impact

Voting has changed drastically for the voter in India, from the 11-2 general elections to now, in all aspects.

Change started right from the advent of the EVM, the Electronic Voting Machine. Talk to your parents, and they’ll tell you how they began their voting from paper ballots. With computerization, the entry of the EVM and voter’s cards has been possible. This in turn has made voting faster and more accurate. Within days of voting there will be exit polls declared on channels, and soon enough, the results of the election.

However, the greatest influence on the voter has been social media. It has the power to change voter behavior right from the first step, shaping one’s ideology. For example, if I follow certain pages or leaders of a particular ideology on any media platform, my feed will be customized to show me more such pages of leaders from either that party or of those who belong to that ideology. Although I may not be a follower of that party in my political life, gradually social media will influence my ideology in such a way that I may end up being a loyalist and vote for that party. (uick Tip-Watch Social Dilemma on Netflix)

Moreover, social media has proved to be one of the the fastest means of propaganda. Earlier election candidates had to have face-to-face contact with their potential vote banks. Due to this absence of the other mediums, they could easily be inﬂuenced into being staunch supporters of the candidate. Whereas now, propaganda, and party agenda can be conveyed from a distance, and the politicians present their propaganda with the knowledge that their vote bank may well be already acquainted with the competition party’s strategy.

Due to this, there is an absence of a constant loyal vote bank, at least among the younger generation of voters. These voters look at what each party is offering them, and only then take a stand. However, they easily change their choosing once a better option comes along, rather than sticking with a party that has disappointed them. Nevertheless, this ﬂuctuation of choice due to social media has also led to polarization of views on political issues and agendas among the voters, as information is available within seconds.

Social media has also greatly increased voter turnout. Even a single inﬂuential person posts a picture with the trademark ink on their index ﬁnger, and their followers, who may not be keen on voting, are motivated to do so and participate in democracy.

Social media has also somewhere hindered politics from the politician’s view point. As candidate data data is easily available, their criminal records, and charges are known to almost all voters. This stops them from inﬂuencing voters who are on the edge, or those who are not driven simply by party agenda.

Thus, social media and technology has greatly inﬂuenced the voter’s behavior, at least pertaining, the new, fresh, voter. Upcoming- Bihar and US Presidential Elections

Aakanksha Mujumdar | TYBA 2 minutes read

A. US Presidential Elections Tryst with Technology

Presidential elections are an important affair in the USA and are closely observed by the entire world. Trump’s election into the presidential office in 2016 had proven first the growing role of technology and social media in influencing people’s opinions as well as the spread of propaganda. A lot of tech companies since then have realised the importance of regulation of the data that is shared through their technologies and have attempted to follow through with it for the 2020 elections. The current effects of technology on elections are -social influence, which didn’t even exist in elections as recent as 2004 elections when twitter hadn’t been invented yet and facebook had been launched merely nine months ago. It also carries along with itself a threat of virality where each candidate is always under the microscope not knowing which action/statement of theirs will be the next viral thing. However, this introduction of tech also works in the favour of the candidates who can make use of big data in order to update and upgrade their campaigns on the basis of the responses their previous campaigns garner. Essentially, like everything, use of technology in elections has both pros and cons and must be dealt with precautions.

Hritivi Acharya | SYJC 2 minutes read

B. Bihar Elections and Does everyone have access to the Internet?

While talking about our own country, social media plays a vital role in promoting propaganda. The candidates want to target the majority iI.e the youth and hence the use of social media allows them to connect with them as well as inﬂuence them.

But unlike people, social media never forgets or forgives. Any data or information about a candidate can be revealed, discovered or even generated. And in a world where we are constantly bombarded with news from all directions, it's necessary to remember that everything on social media is not in fact true.

In recent times, due to the COVID 19 Pandemic, it was decided that the Bihar elections would be conducted online. However, this came with it’s own set of challenges as only 35% of Bihar’s population has access to the internet. Also, the questions of whether parties would manipulate the public by different means using technology and how the votes would be collected by the Election commission were raised.

It is fairly simple to divert attention of the masses to something irrelevant online. And that is exactly what many parties use as a tactic. Old wrongdoings, things blown out of proportion or taken out of context, metaphorical digs on twitter help to stir controversy and keep the candidate in conversation. Maybe that’s why it’s said, ‘No publicity is bad publicity.’

Conclusion

We have had numerous discussions in the past about whether technology is a boon or bane. But in the context of elections, does the argument remain the same?

It is true that politics is like a war zone and irrespective of the platform, every person is going to try to win by hook or crook.

Technology does help perpetuate propaganda and lies but who said that doesn’t happen in general on news channels and by word of mouth?

The conducting and organizing of elections can definitely be aided by technology and it would potentially help in the organization of votes. But do election campaigns prove to be a success when conducted online? We shall know with time. Bi-den! Open Forum accusations are too easy to make whereas false rape She has admitted that she used to do all dirty reports account for only 6% of the cases reported. while in actuality, it isnt. secretly wanted it. things. It appears that she was inherently abnormal But most incidents arent even reported, and most 16 minutes in India. Terror prevails, as yet another practices, lack of sex education, awareness of This crap is from your modern cinema. Retro what the producers think to be socially acceptable is unimaginable. 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In the trial, he It’s the public whose mindset needs to be changed, responsibility on its shoulders, which it has failed honour so often that we have of their journey towards healing. lightly it is taken. s ss victimisation monologues even though he has more many cultures are cast out by their families for involved in a respetable ativit at the tie o maintained that Bollywood movies had convinced the provocative nonsensical song lyrics that require Even in retro cinema, which was deemed to be to uphold successfully through the decades. accepted it to be a regular him that if he pursued a woman for long enough, potential than that. Controversy knocked at his having tainted their purity and honour, or have to vitiiation Helplines for victims of sexual assault - Take this famous comedic song whose lyrics Well, these dont remain just songs when placing rewriting, the hypersexualized climate of the videos better, a woman was catcalled referring to the occurrence. When door when he narrated the following: she would finally fall in love with him. He iterated While feminists are strongly voicing their marry their rapists in order to restore honour to www.guriaindia.org , www.prajnya.in convey, misconceptions in the minds of our population of the songs to the tunes of which even toddlers colour of her dress. confronted with the blaeless in all aspets o the interation that he was under the false impression that societal displeasure towards such tropes, its critical to see their families. about the way a woman is to be treated. This brings dance to, that needs improvement. gory reality of the Films have exploited the fact that sex sells, for the norms in India and Australia regarding the what stand cinema takes in the upcoming years. (4) victimized by an obvious offender, and up the point that eve-teasing and stalking, which price we pay in this Even the people appointed purposes of marketing to gather greater viewership. ara ere saa ai aa ai ai perception of harassment were similar. The take terrible tolls on women in real life, are trade -- as in the to serve justice have (5) someone who does not know the offender. In films which stretch over a couple of hours, songs ai ai ai aa magistrate, recognizing this as the influence of shamelessly glorified in movies. case of Nirbhaya serve to break the monotony. A majority of films acquitted criminals, Indian culture and not his fault, adjourned the This bias is the reason why victims who dont live The humanity -- we stay behind feature a titillating item number, where beautiful claiming it was because complaint without conviction for five years on the The meaning often conveyed is that when a woman Many songs in the 90s according to societal standards -- within us is How in the world did the censor board even allow the protection of women in revealing attire are surrounded by of the plaintiff's condition that Baliga promised good behaviour over declines a relationship, her mind can be changed describe non-consensual and/or men -- are beyond such scenes to be shown to the easily influenceable screens, feeling pity or numerous lustful gazes. inability to protect themselves. that period. with constant, relentless attempts to win her over. intimacy accompanied by less likely to be disgruntled by masses? admonishing the victim. This may not directly mean rape, but it does lay a the most hip swaying Bombay High Court Justice taken seriously. An item number in a movie guarantees a huge box the ‘witty jokes’ Such cases have begun to tarnish our former But what is the most infuriating aspect about this solid foundation for events that may lead to it. tunes. Slow claps for this Sadhana Jadhav granted bail office collection, so blaming the actresses doing from the Masti reputation worldwide. What has happened to us? Is demoralizing ordeal is the extent to which people Although movements like amazing combination. to a stepfather who was accused item songs seems unjustified. Item songs ensure series. The this misogynistic misrepresentation going to be our cee ai ai mas mas blamed her for her own assault. metoo are gaining visibility, there Although many sources say that this has been of sexually abusing his minor Or, this song in which the heroes manhandle their the actress instant fame and money, as an item mindset of the new identity? Many times, male lechery is justified by referring to Such scenes and songs is a long way to go. The police refuse Violence against women in India is commonplace, edited, such cheap marital rape jokes have been She was probably drinking that night. girl," taking objectification to a new level. daughter in 217. In a depressing comment she heroines while dancing to the peppy tune of: writers who write the revealing clothes that the female lead has encourage the public to take down reports claiming the fuelled by patriarchal laws, inimical cultural used as comedy material for ages. The thought Latest statistics show that a woman is raped every mentioned, such scripts and adorned her body with. For example, read this belief that rape is a myth What was she doing out so late? She mustve process of people who find this funny is translation of the chartbuster song of a flop movie, accusations are too easy to make whereas false rape She has admitted that she used to do all dirty reports account for only 6% of the cases reported. while in actuality, it isnt. secretly wanted it. things. It appears that she was inherently abnormal But most incidents arent even reported, and most 16 minutes in India. Terror prevails, as yet another practices, lack of sex education, awareness of This crap is from your modern cinema. Retro what the producers think to be socially acceptable is unimaginable. Bollywood churns out around 1,000 films per year, and had sexual instincts from her childhood, in all criminals arent convicted. rape case captures the attention of the media. women’s rights, and perhaps, the derogatory Bollywood movies werent as demeaning or crass. In a culture where purity is of the utmost beyond our ability to comprehend. portrayal of women in Bollywood. amassing a large audience, young and old, rural and probabilities because of the environment and importance, victims of sexual violence are blamed We all can help our loved ones by supporting and Bollywood is littered with problematic tropes which Sorry to burst your bubble, but retro Bollywood was urban, and is crowned as the biggest film industry atmosphere in which she lived and because of the for being unable to preserve it. People try to not challenging, validating their emotions and definitely require close examination as to how they the initiation of glamourization of stalking and worldwide. Unsurprisingly, owing to the ubiquity of conduct of her mother. distance themselves from an unpleasant occurrence offering them a safe space. Sometimes the victim play a role in the hike of crimes against women. harassment. Bollywood, films have shaped and will continue to Many films set ghastly examples of how 'alpha' by blaming the victim. They try to reassure Christie (1986) found that people only give a full may feel pressured by us even though we mean Yeh uska style hoyega hoto pe naa dil pe haa model the minds of people to some extent. men must treat women, planting dangerous themselves by saying, I am not like her, because I pass to those fitting an “ideal victim” profile, well. Rather, it is better to listen or guide them In 214, the court trial of an Indian, Sandesh Baliga, hoyega misconceptions in the viewers minds, who may Cinema is not just entertainment but also a dont do that, this would never happen to me. which consists of five traits. through various options and respect their decision. in Australia garnered great amounts of attention. Society has taught women to take responsibility but However complex sexual assault is, it must not si naa ein bhi haan hai is a trope classically believe that this is normal. Masala south Indian dialogue between the viewers and the makers, The accused was guilty of persistently stalking two Such attitudes make the survivor afraid to come out The ictim must e the same isnt asked of men it has traded the lives remain hidden. We can all work together to raise used in films. The popularisation of songs which cinema is no better at matters like these. owing to the far-reaching influence of the medium. women in 212-213 with the intention of and report the abuse. In other cases, they consign It suffices to say that the industry has a humongous and dignity of its women for respectability and weavulnerable awareness and support the survivors in every step give an amplification to harassment exemplify how me D e sc a silsr ese are Kartik Aaryan has been popularised for his male the survivor to a lifetime of hell. Victims of rape in becoming their boyfriend. In the trial, he It’s the public whose mindset needs to be changed, responsibility on its shoulders, which it has failed honour so often that we have of their journey towards healing. lightly it is taken. s ss victimisation monologues even though he has more many cultures are cast out by their families for involved in a respetable ativit at the tie o maintained that Bollywood movies had convinced the provocative nonsensical song lyrics that require Even in retro cinema, which was deemed to be to uphold successfully through the decades. accepted it to be a regular him that if he pursued a woman for long enough, potential than that. Controversy knocked at his having tainted their purity and honour, or have to vitiiation Helplines for victims of sexual assault - Take this famous comedic song whose lyrics Well, these dont remain just songs when placing rewriting, the hypersexualized climate of the videos better, a woman was catcalled referring to the occurrence. When door when he narrated the following: she would finally fall in love with him. He iterated While feminists are strongly voicing their marry their rapists in order to restore honour to www.guriaindia.org , www.prajnya.in convey, misconceptions in the minds of our population of the songs to the tunes of which even toddlers colour of her dress. confronted with the blaeless in all aspets o the interation that he was under the false impression that societal displeasure towards such tropes, its critical to see their families. about the way a woman is to be treated. This brings dance to, that needs improvement. gory reality of the Films have exploited the fact that sex sells, for the norms in India and Australia regarding the what stand cinema takes in the upcoming years. (4) victimized by an obvious offender, and up the point that eve-teasing and stalking, which price we pay in this Even the people appointed purposes of marketing to gather greater viewership. ara ere saa ai aa ai ai perception of harassment were similar. The take terrible tolls on women in real life, are trade -- as in the to serve justice have (5) someone who does not know the offender. In films which stretch over a couple of hours, songs ai ai ai aa magistrate, recognizing this as the influence of shamelessly glorified in movies. case of Nirbhaya serve to break the monotony. A majority of films acquitted criminals, Indian culture and not his fault, adjourned the This bias is the reason why victims who dont live The humanity -- we stay behind feature a titillating item number, where beautiful claiming it was because complaint without conviction for five years on the The meaning often conveyed is that when a woman Many songs in the 90s according to societal standards -- within us is How in the world did the censor board even allow the protection of women in revealing attire are surrounded by of the plaintiff's condition that Baliga promised good behaviour over declines a relationship, her mind can be changed describe non-consensual and/or men -- are beyond such scenes to be shown to the easily influenceable screens, feeling pity or numerous lustful gazes. inability to protect themselves. that period. with constant, relentless attempts to win her over. intimacy accompanied by less likely to be disgruntled by masses? admonishing the victim. This may not directly mean rape, but it does lay a the most hip swaying Bombay High Court Justice taken seriously. An item number in a movie guarantees a huge box the ‘witty jokes’ Such cases have begun to tarnish our former But what is the most infuriating aspect about this solid foundation for events that may lead to it. tunes. Slow claps for this Sadhana Jadhav granted bail office collection, so blaming the actresses doing from the Masti reputation worldwide. What has happened to us? Is demoralizing ordeal is the extent to which people Although movements like amazing combination. to a stepfather who was accused item songs seems unjustified. Item songs ensure series. The this misogynistic misrepresentation going to be our cee ai ai mas mas blamed her for her own assault. metoo are gaining visibility, there Although many sources say that this has been of sexually abusing his minor Or, this song in which the heroes manhandle their the actress instant fame and money, as an item mindset of the new identity? Many times, male lechery is justified by referring to Such scenes and songs is a long way to go. The police refuse Violence against women in India is commonplace, edited, such cheap marital rape jokes have been She was probably drinking that night. girl," taking objectification to a new level. daughter in 217. In a depressing comment she heroines while dancing to the peppy tune of: writers who write the revealing clothes that the female lead has encourage the public to take down reports claiming the fuelled by patriarchal laws, inimical cultural used as comedy material for ages. The thought Latest statistics show that a woman is raped every mentioned, such scripts and adorned her body with. For example, read this belief that rape is a myth What was she doing out so late? She mustve process of people who find this funny is translation of the chartbuster song of a flop movie, accusations are too easy to make whereas false rape She has admitted that she used to do all dirty reports account for only 6% of the cases reported. while in actuality, it isnt. secretly wanted it. things. It appears that she was inherently abnormal But most incidents arent even reported, and most 16 minutes in India. Terror prevails, as yet another practices, lack of sex education, awareness of This crap is from your modern cinema. Retro what the producers think to be socially acceptable is unimaginable. Bollywood churns out around 1,000 films per year, and had sexual instincts from her childhood, in all criminals arent convicted. rape case captures the attention of the media. women’s rights, and perhaps, the derogatory Bollywood movies werent as demeaning or crass. In a culture where purity is of the utmost beyond our ability to comprehend. portrayal of women in Bollywood. amassing a large audience, young and old, rural and probabilities because of the environment and importance, victims of sexual violence are blamed We all can help our loved ones by supporting and Bollywood is littered with problematic tropes which Sorry to burst your bubble, but retro Bollywood was urban, and is crowned as the biggest film industry atmosphere in which she lived and because of the for being unable to preserve it. People try to not challenging, validating their emotions and definitely require close examination as to how they the initiation of glamourization of stalking and worldwide. Unsurprisingly, owing to the ubiquity of conduct of her mother. distance themselves from an unpleasant occurrence offering them a safe space. Sometimes the victim play a role in the hike of crimes against women. harassment. Bollywood, films have shaped and will continue to Many films set ghastly examples of how 'alpha' by blaming the victim. They try to reassure Christie (1986) found that people only give a full may feel pressured by us even though we mean Yeh uska style hoyega hoto pe naa dil pe haa model the minds of people to some extent. men must treat women, planting dangerous themselves by saying, I am not like her, because I pass to those fitting an “ideal victim” profile, well. Rather, it is better to listen or guide them In 214, the court trial of an Indian, Sandesh Baliga, hoyega misconceptions in the viewers minds, who may Cinema is not just entertainment but also a dont do that, this would never happen to me. which consists of five traits. through various options and respect their decision. in Australia garnered great amounts of attention. Society has taught women to take responsibility but However complex sexual assault is, it must not si naa ein bhi haan hai is a trope classically believe that this is normal. Masala south Indian dialogue between the viewers and the makers, The accused was guilty of persistently stalking two Such attitudes make the survivor afraid to come out The ictim must e the same isnt asked of men it has traded the lives remain hidden. We can all work together to raise used in films. The popularisation of songs which cinema is no better at matters like these. owing to the far-reaching influence of the medium. women in 212-213 with the intention of and report the abuse. In other cases, they consign It suffices to say that the industry has a humongous and dignity of its women for respectability and weavulnerable awareness and support the survivors in every step give an amplification to harassment exemplify how me D e sc a silsr ese are Kartik Aaryan has been popularised for his male the survivor to a lifetime of hell. Victims of rape in becoming their boyfriend. In the trial, he It’s the public whose mindset needs to be changed, responsibility on its shoulders, which it has failed honour so often that we have of their journey towards healing. lightly it is taken. s ss victimisation monologues even though he has more many cultures are cast out by their families for involved in a respetable ativit at the tie o maintained that Bollywood movies had convinced the provocative nonsensical song lyrics that require Even in retro cinema, which was deemed to be to uphold successfully through the decades. accepted it to be a regular him that if he pursued a woman for long enough, potential than that. Controversy knocked at his having tainted their purity and honour, or have to vitiiation Helplines for victims of sexual assault - Take this famous comedic song whose lyrics Well, these dont remain just songs when placing rewriting, the hypersexualized climate of the videos better, a woman was catcalled referring to the occurrence. When door when he narrated the following: she would finally fall in love with him. He iterated While feminists are strongly voicing their marry their rapists in order to restore honour to www.guriaindia.org , www.prajnya.in convey, misconceptions in the minds of our population of the songs to the tunes of which even toddlers colour of her dress. confronted with the blaeless in all aspets o the interation that he was under the false impression that societal displeasure towards such tropes, its critical to see their families. about the way a woman is to be treated. This brings dance to, that needs improvement. gory reality of the Films have exploited the fact that sex sells, for the norms in India and Australia regarding the what stand cinema takes in the upcoming years. (4) victimized by an obvious offender, and up the point that eve-teasing and stalking, which price we pay in this Even the people appointed purposes of marketing to gather greater viewership. ara ere saa ai aa ai ai perception of harassment were similar. The take terrible tolls on women in real life, are trade -- as in the to serve justice have (5) someone who does not know the offender. In films which stretch over a couple of hours, songs ai ai ai aa magistrate, recognizing this as the influence of shamelessly glorified in movies. case of Nirbhaya serve to break the monotony. A majority of films acquitted criminals, Indian culture and not his fault, adjourned the This bias is the reason why victims who dont live The humanity -- we stay behind feature a titillating item number, where beautiful claiming it was because complaint without conviction for five years on the The meaning often conveyed is that when a woman Many songs in the 90s according to societal standards -- within us is How in the world did the censor board even allow the protection of women in revealing attire are surrounded by of the plaintiff's condition that Baliga promised good behaviour over declines a relationship, her mind can be changed describe non-consensual and/or men -- are beyond such scenes to be shown to the easily influenceable screens, feeling pity or numerous lustful gazes. inability to protect themselves. that period. with constant, relentless attempts to win her over. intimacy accompanied by less likely to be disgruntled by masses? admonishing the victim. This may not directly mean rape, but it does lay a the most hip swaying Bombay High Court Justice taken seriously. An item number in a movie guarantees a huge box the ‘witty jokes’ Such cases have begun to tarnish our former But what is the most infuriating aspect about this solid foundation for events that may lead to it. tunes. Slow claps for this Sadhana Jadhav granted bail office collection, so blaming the actresses doing from the Masti reputation worldwide. What has happened to us? Is demoralizing ordeal is the extent to which people Although movements like amazing combination. to a stepfather who was accused item songs seems unjustified. Item songs ensure series. The this misogynistic misrepresentation going to be our cee ai ai mas mas blamed her for her own assault. metoo are gaining visibility, there Although many sources say that this has been of sexually abusing his minor Or, this song in which the heroes manhandle their the actress instant fame and money, as an item mindset of the new identity? Many times, male lechery is justified by referring to Such scenes and songs is a long way to go. The police refuse Violence against women in India is commonplace, edited, such cheap marital rape jokes have been She was probably drinking that night. girl," taking objectification to a new level. daughter in 217. In a depressing comment she heroines while dancing to the peppy tune of: writers who write the revealing clothes that the female lead has encourage the public to take down reports claiming the fuelled by patriarchal laws, inimical cultural used as comedy material for ages. The thought Latest statistics show that a woman is raped every mentioned, such scripts and adorned her body with. For example, read this belief that rape is a myth What was she doing out so late? She mustve process of people who find this funny is translation of the chartbuster song of a flop movie, accusations are too easy to make whereas false rape She has admitted that she used to do all dirty reports account for only 6% of the cases reported. while in actuality, it isnt. secretly wanted it. things. It appears that she was inherently abnormal But most incidents arent even reported, and most 16 minutes in India. Terror prevails, as yet another practices, lack of sex education, awareness of This crap is from your modern cinema. Retro what the producers think to be socially acceptable is unimaginable. Bollywood churns out around 1,000 films per year, and had sexual instincts from her childhood, in all criminals arent convicted. rape case captures the attention of the media. women’s rights, and perhaps, the derogatory Bollywood movies werent as demeaning or crass. In a culture where purity is of the utmost beyond our ability to comprehend. portrayal of women in Bollywood. amassing a large audience, young and old, rural and probabilities because of the environment and importance, victims of sexual violence are blamed We all can help our loved ones by supporting and Bollywood is littered with problematic tropes which Sorry to burst your bubble, but retro Bollywood was urban, and is crowned as the biggest film industry atmosphere in which she lived and because of the for being unable to preserve it. People try to not challenging, validating their emotions and definitely require close examination as to how they the initiation of glamourization of stalking and worldwide. Unsurprisingly, owing to the ubiquity of conduct of her mother. distance themselves from an unpleasant occurrence offering them a safe space. Sometimes the victim play a role in the hike of crimes against women. harassment. Bollywood, films have shaped and will continue to Many films set ghastly examples of how 'alpha' by blaming the victim. They try to reassure Christie (1986) found that people only give a full may feel pressured by us even though we mean Yeh uska style hoyega hoto pe naa dil pe haa model the minds of people to some extent. men must treat women, planting dangerous themselves by saying, I am not like her, because I pass to those fitting an “ideal victim” profile, well. Rather, it is better to listen or guide them In 214, the court trial of an Indian, Sandesh Baliga, hoyega misconceptions in the viewers minds, who may Cinema is not just entertainment but also a dont do that, this would never happen to me. which consists of five traits. through various options and respect their decision. in Australia garnered great amounts of attention. Society has taught women to take responsibility but However complex sexual assault is, it must not si naa ein bhi haan hai is a trope classically believe that this is normal. Masala south Indian dialogue between the viewers and the makers, The accused was guilty of persistently stalking two Such attitudes make the survivor afraid to come out The ictim must e the same isnt asked of men it has traded the lives remain hidden. We can all work together to raise used in films. The popularisation of songs which cinema is no better at matters like these. owing to the far-reaching influence of the medium. women in 212-213 with the intention of and report the abuse. In other cases, they consign It suffices to say that the industry has a humongous and dignity of its women for respectability and weavulnerable awareness and support the survivors in every step give an amplification to harassment exemplify how me D e sc a silsr ese are Kartik Aaryan has been popularised for his male the survivor to a lifetime of hell. Victims of rape in becoming their boyfriend. In the trial, he It’s the public whose mindset needs to be changed, responsibility on its shoulders, which it has failed honour so often that we have of their journey towards healing. lightly it is taken. s ss victimisation monologues even though he has more many cultures are cast out by their families for involved in a respetable ativit at the tie o maintained that Bollywood movies had convinced the provocative nonsensical song lyrics that require Even in retro cinema, which was deemed to be to uphold successfully through the decades. accepted it to be a regular him that if he pursued a woman for long enough, potential than that. Controversy knocked at his having tainted their purity and honour, or have to vitiiation Helplines for victims of sexual assault - Take this famous comedic song whose lyrics Well, these dont remain just songs when placing rewriting, the hypersexualized climate of the videos better, a woman was catcalled referring to the occurrence. When door when he narrated the following: she would finally fall in love with him. He iterated While feminists are strongly voicing their marry their rapists in order to restore honour to www.guriaindia.org , www.prajnya.in convey, misconceptions in the minds of our population of the songs to the tunes of which even toddlers colour of her dress. confronted with the blaeless in all aspets o the interation that he was under the false impression that societal displeasure towards such tropes, its critical to see their families. about the way a woman is to be treated. This brings dance to, that needs improvement. gory reality of the Films have exploited the fact that sex sells, for the norms in India and Australia regarding the what stand cinema takes in the upcoming years. (4) victimized by an obvious offender, and up the point that eve-teasing and stalking, which price we pay in this Even the people appointed purposes of marketing to gather greater viewership. ara ere saa ai aa ai ai perception of harassment were similar. The take terrible tolls on women in real life, are trade -- as in the to serve justice have (5) someone who does not know the offender. In films which stretch over a couple of hours, songs ai ai ai aa magistrate, recognizing this as the influence of shamelessly glorified in movies. case of Nirbhaya serve to break the monotony. A majority of films acquitted criminals, Indian culture and not his fault, adjourned the This bias is the reason why victims who dont live The humanity -- we stay behind feature a titillating item number, where beautiful claiming it was because complaint without conviction for five years on the The meaning often conveyed is that when a woman Many songs in the 90s according to societal standards -- within us is How in the world did the censor board even allow the protection of women in revealing attire are surrounded by of the plaintiff's condition that Baliga promised good behaviour over declines a relationship, her mind can be changed describe non-consensual and/or men -- are beyond such scenes to be shown to the easily influenceable screens, feeling pity or numerous lustful gazes. inability to protect themselves. that period. with constant, relentless attempts to win her over. intimacy accompanied by less likely to be disgruntled by masses? admonishing the victim. This may not directly mean rape, but it does lay a the most hip swaying Bombay High Court Justice taken seriously. An item number in a movie guarantees a huge box the ‘witty jokes’ Such cases have begun to tarnish our former But what is the most infuriating aspect about this solid foundation for events that may lead to it. tunes. Slow claps for this Sadhana Jadhav granted bail office collection, so blaming the actresses doing from the Masti reputation worldwide. What has happened to us? Is demoralizing ordeal is the extent to which people Although movements like amazing combination. to a stepfather who was accused item songs seems unjustified. Item songs ensure series. The this misogynistic misrepresentation going to be our cee ai ai mas mas blamed her for her own assault. metoo are gaining visibility, there Although many sources say that this has been of sexually abusing his minor Or, this song in which the heroes manhandle their the actress instant fame and money, as an item mindset of the new identity? Many times, male lechery is justified by referring to Such scenes and songs is a long way to go. The police refuse Violence against women in India is commonplace, edited, such cheap marital rape jokes have been She was probably drinking that night. girl," taking objectification to a new level. daughter in 217. In a depressing comment she heroines while dancing to the peppy tune of: writers who write the revealing clothes that the female lead has encourage the public to take down reports claiming the fuelled by patriarchal laws, inimical cultural used as comedy material for ages. The thought Latest statistics show that a woman is raped every mentioned, such scripts and adorned her body with. For example, read this belief that rape is a myth What was she doing out so late? She mustve process of people who find this funny is translation of the chartbuster song of a flop movie, accusations are too easy to make whereas false rape She has admitted that she used to do all dirty reports account for only 6% of the cases reported. while in actuality, it isnt. secretly wanted it. things. It appears that she was inherently abnormal But most incidents arent even reported, and most 16 minutes in India. Terror prevails, as yet another practices, lack of sex education, awareness of This crap is from your modern cinema. Retro what the producers think to be socially acceptable is unimaginable. Bollywood churns out around 1,000 films per year, and had sexual instincts from her childhood, in all criminals arent convicted. rape case captures the attention of the media. women’s rights, and perhaps, the derogatory Bollywood movies werent as demeaning or crass. In a culture where purity is of the utmost beyond our ability to comprehend. portrayal of women in Bollywood. amassing a large audience, young and old, rural and probabilities because of the environment and importance, victims of sexual violence are blamed We all can help our loved ones by supporting and Bollywood is littered with problematic tropes which Sorry to burst your bubble, but retro Bollywood was urban, and is crowned as the biggest film industry atmosphere in which she lived and because of the for being unable to preserve it. People try to not challenging, validating their emotions and definitely require close examination as to how they the initiation of glamourization of stalking and worldwide. Unsurprisingly, owing to the ubiquity of conduct of her mother. distance themselves from an unpleasant occurrence offering them a safe space. Sometimes the victim play a role in the hike of crimes against women. harassment. Bollywood, films have shaped and will continue to Many films set ghastly examples of how 'alpha' by blaming the victim. They try to reassure Christie (1986) found that people only give a full may feel pressured by us even though we mean Yeh uska style hoyega hoto pe naa dil pe haa model the minds of people to some extent. men must treat women, planting dangerous themselves by saying, I am not like her, because I pass to those fitting an “ideal victim” profile, well. Rather, it is better to listen or guide them In 214, the court trial of an Indian, Sandesh Baliga, hoyega misconceptions in the viewers minds, who may Cinema is not just entertainment but also a dont do that, this would never happen to me. which consists of five traits. through various options and respect their decision. in Australia garnered great amounts of attention. Society has taught women to take responsibility but However complex sexual assault is, it must not si naa ein bhi haan hai is a trope classically believe that this is normal. Masala south Indian dialogue between the viewers and the makers, The accused was guilty of persistently stalking two Such attitudes make the survivor afraid to come out The ictim must e the same isnt asked of men it has traded the lives remain hidden. We can all work together to raise used in films. The popularisation of songs which cinema is no better at matters like these. owing to the far-reaching influence of the medium. women in 212-213 with the intention of and report the abuse. In other cases, they consign It suffices to say that the industry has a humongous and dignity of its women for respectability and weavulnerable awareness and support the survivors in every step give an amplification to harassment exemplify how me D e sc a silsr ese are Kartik Aaryan has been popularised for his male the survivor to a lifetime of hell. Victims of rape in becoming their boyfriend. In the trial, he It’s the public whose mindset needs to be changed, responsibility on its shoulders, which it has failed honour so often that we have of their journey towards healing. lightly it is taken. s ss victimisation monologues even though he has more many cultures are cast out by their families for involved in a respetable ativit at the tie o maintained that Bollywood movies had convinced the provocative nonsensical song lyrics that require Even in retro cinema, which was deemed to be to uphold successfully through the decades. accepted it to be a regular him that if he pursued a woman for long enough, potential than that. Controversy knocked at his having tainted their purity and honour, or have to vitiiation Helplines for victims of sexual assault - Take this famous comedic song whose lyrics Well, these dont remain just songs when placing rewriting, the hypersexualized climate of the videos better, a woman was catcalled referring to the occurrence. When door when he narrated the following: she would finally fall in love with him. He iterated While feminists are strongly voicing their marry their rapists in order to restore honour to www.guriaindia.org , www.prajnya.in convey, misconceptions in the minds of our population of the songs to the tunes of which even toddlers colour of her dress. confronted with the blaeless in all aspets o the interation that he was under the false impression that societal displeasure towards such tropes, its critical to see their families. about the way a woman is to be treated. This brings dance to, that needs improvement. gory reality of the Films have exploited the fact that sex sells, for the norms in India and Australia regarding the what stand cinema takes in the upcoming years. (4) victimized by an obvious offender, and up the point that eve-teasing and stalking, which price we pay in this Even the people appointed purposes of marketing to gather greater viewership. ara ere saa ai aa ai ai perception of harassment were similar. The take terrible tolls on women in real life, are trade -- as in the to serve justice have (5) someone who does not know the offender. In films which stretch over a couple of hours, songs ai ai ai aa magistrate, recognizing this as the influence of shamelessly glorified in movies. case of Nirbhaya serve to break the monotony. A majority of films acquitted criminals, Indian culture and not his fault, adjourned the This bias is the reason why victims who dont live The humanity -- we stay behind feature a titillating item number, where beautiful claiming it was because complaint without conviction for five years on the The meaning often conveyed is that when a woman Many songs in the 90s according to societal standards -- within us is How in the world did the censor board even allow the protection of women in revealing attire are surrounded by of the plaintiff's condition that Baliga promised good behaviour over declines a relationship, her mind can be changed describe non-consensual and/or men -- are beyond such scenes to be shown to the easily influenceable screens, feeling pity or numerous lustful gazes. inability to protect themselves. that period. with constant, relentless attempts to win her over. intimacy accompanied by less likely to be disgruntled by masses? admonishing the victim. This may not directly mean rape, but it does lay a the most hip swaying Bombay High Court Justice taken seriously. An item number in a movie guarantees a huge box the ‘witty jokes’ Such cases have begun to tarnish our former But what is the most infuriating aspect about this solid foundation for events that may lead to it. tunes. Slow claps for this Sadhana Jadhav granted bail office collection, so blaming the actresses doing from the Masti reputation worldwide. What has happened to us? Is demoralizing ordeal is the extent to which people Although movements like amazing combination. to a stepfather who was accused item songs seems unjustified. Item songs ensure series. The this misogynistic misrepresentation going to be our cee ai ai mas mas blamed her for her own assault. metoo are gaining visibility, there Although many sources say that this has been of sexually abusing his minor Or, this song in which the heroes manhandle their the actress instant fame and money, as an item mindset of the new identity? Many times, male lechery is justified by referring to Such scenes and songs is a long way to go. The police refuse Violence against women in India is commonplace, edited, such cheap marital rape jokes have been She was probably drinking that night. girl," taking objectification to a new level. daughter in 217. In a depressing comment she heroines while dancing to the peppy tune of: writers who write the revealing clothes that the female lead has encourage the public to take down reports claiming the fuelled by patriarchal laws, inimical cultural used as comedy material for ages. The thought Latest statistics show that a woman is raped every mentioned, such scripts and adorned her body with. For example, read this belief that rape is a myth What was she doing out so late? She mustve process of people who find this funny is translation of the chartbuster song of a flop movie, accusations are too easy to make whereas false rape She has admitted that she used to do all dirty reports account for only 6% of the cases reported. while in actuality, it isnt. secretly wanted it. things. It appears that she was inherently abnormal But most incidents arent even reported, and most 16 minutes in India. Terror prevails, as yet another practices, lack of sex education, awareness of This crap is from your modern cinema. Retro what the producers think to be socially acceptable is unimaginable. Bollywood churns out around 1,000 films per year, and had sexual instincts from her childhood, in all criminals arent convicted. rape case captures the attention of the media. women’s rights, and perhaps, the derogatory Bollywood movies werent as demeaning or crass. In a culture where purity is of the utmost beyond our ability to comprehend. portrayal of women in Bollywood. amassing a large audience, young and old, rural and probabilities because of the environment and ala importance, victims of sexual violence are blamed We all can help our loved ones by supporting and Bollywood is littered with problematic tropes which Sorry to burst your bubble, but retro Bollywood was urban, and is crowned as the biggest film industry atmosphere in which she lived and because of the era aa iar ai for being unable to preserve it. 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The popularisation of songs which cinema is no better at matters like these. owing to the far-reaching influence of the medium. women in 212-213 with the intention of and report the abuse. In other cases, they consign It suffices to say that the industry has a humongous and dignity of its women for respectability and weavulnerable awareness and support the survivors in every step give an amplification to harassment exemplify how me D e sc a silsr ese are Kartik Aaryan has been popularised for his male the survivor to a lifetime of hell. Victims of rape in becoming their boyfriend. In the trial, he It’s the public whose mindset needs to be changed, responsibility on its shoulders, which it has failed honour so often that we have of their journey towards healing. lightly it is taken. s ss victimisation monologues even though he has more many cultures are cast out by their families for involved in a respetable ativit at the tie o maintained that Bollywood movies had convinced the provocative nonsensical song lyrics that require Even in retro cinema, which was deemed to be to uphold successfully through the decades. accepted it to be a regular him that if he pursued a woman for long enough, potential than that. Controversy knocked at his having tainted their purity and honour, or have to vitiiation Helplines for victims of sexual assault - Take this famous comedic song whose lyrics Well, these dont remain just songs when placing rewriting, the hypersexualized climate of the videos better, a woman was catcalled referring to the occurrence. When door when he narrated the following: she would finally fall in love with him. He iterated While feminists are strongly voicing their marry their rapists in order to restore honour to www.guriaindia.org , www.prajnya.in convey, misconceptions in the minds of our population of the songs to the tunes of which even toddlers colour of her dress. confronted with the blaeless in all aspets o the interation that he was under the false impression that societal displeasure towards such tropes, its critical to see their families. about the way a woman is to be treated. This brings dance to, that needs improvement. gory reality of the Films have exploited the fact that sex sells, for the norms in India and Australia regarding the what stand cinema takes in the upcoming years. (4) victimized by an obvious offender, and up the point that eve-teasing and stalking, which price we pay in this Even the people appointed purposes of marketing to gather greater viewership. ara ere saa ai aa ai ai perception of harassment were similar. The take terrible tolls on women in real life, are trade -- as in the to serve justice have (5) someone who does not know the offender. In films which stretch over a couple of hours, songs ai ai ai aa magistrate, recognizing this as the influence of shamelessly glorified in movies. case of Nirbhaya serve to break the monotony. A majority of films acquitted criminals, Indian culture and not his fault, adjourned the This bias is the reason why victims who dont live The humanity -- we stay behind feature a titillating item number, where beautiful claiming it was because complaint without conviction for five years on the The meaning often conveyed is that when a woman Many songs in the 90s according to societal standards -- within us is How in the world did the censor board even allow the protection of women in revealing attire are surrounded by of the plaintiff's condition that Baliga promised good behaviour over declines a relationship, her mind can be changed describe non-consensual and/or men -- are beyond such scenes to be shown to the easily influenceable screens, feeling pity or numerous lustful gazes. inability to protect themselves. that period. with constant, relentless attempts to win her over. intimacy accompanied by less likely to be disgruntled by masses? admonishing the victim. This may not directly mean rape, but it does lay a the most hip swaying Bombay High Court Justice taken seriously. An item number in a movie guarantees a huge box the ‘witty jokes’ Such cases have begun to tarnish our former But what is the most infuriating aspect about this solid foundation for events that may lead to it. li e eece a ai tunes. Slow claps for this Sadhana Jadhav granted bail office collection, so blaming the actresses doing from the Masti reputation worldwide. What has happened to us? Is demoralizing ordeal is the extent to which people Although movements like ri e eece a ai amazing combination. to a stepfather who was accused item songs seems unjustified. Item songs ensure series. The this misogynistic misrepresentation going to be our cee ai ai mas mas blamed her for her own assault. metoo are gaining visibility, there Although many sources say that this has been of sexually abusing his minor Or, this song in which the heroes manhandle their the actress instant fame and money, as an item mindset of the new identity? Many times, male lechery is justified by referring to Such scenes and songs is a long way to go. The police refuse Violence against women in India is commonplace, edited, such cheap marital rape jokes have been She was probably drinking that night. girl," taking objectification to a new level. daughter in 217. In a depressing comment she heroines while dancing to the peppy tune of: writers who write the revealing clothes that the female lead has encourage the public to take down reports claiming the fuelled by patriarchal laws, inimical cultural used as comedy material for ages. The thought Latest statistics show that a woman is raped every mentioned, such scripts and adorned her body with. For example, read this belief that rape is a myth What was she doing out so late? She mustve process of people who find this funny is translation of the chartbuster song of a flop movie, accusations are too easy to make whereas false rape She has admitted that she used to do all dirty reports account for only 6% of the cases reported. while in actuality, it isnt. secretly wanted it. things. It appears that she was inherently abnormal But most incidents arent even reported, and most 16 minutes in India. Terror prevails, as yet another practices, lack of sex education, awareness of This crap is from your modern cinema. Retro what the producers think to be socially acceptable is unimaginable. Bollywood churns out around 1,000 films per year, and had sexual instincts from her childhood, in all criminals arent convicted. rape case captures the attention of the media. women’s rights, and perhaps, the derogatory Bollywood movies werent as demeaning or crass. In a culture where purity is of the utmost beyond our ability to comprehend. portrayal of women in Bollywood. amassing a large audience, young and old, rural and probabilities because of the environment and importance, victims of sexual violence are blamed We all can help our loved ones by supporting and Bollywood is littered with problematic tropes which Sorry to burst your bubble, but retro Bollywood was urban, and is crowned as the biggest film industry atmosphere in which she lived and because of the for being unable to preserve it. People try to not challenging, validating their emotions and definitely require close examination as to how they the initiation of glamourization of stalking and worldwide. Unsurprisingly, owing to the ubiquity of conduct of her mother. distance themselves from an unpleasant occurrence offering them a safe space. Sometimes the victim play a role in the hike of crimes against women. harassment. Bollywood, films have shaped and will continue to Many films set ghastly examples of how 'alpha' by blaming the victim. They try to reassure Christie (1986) found that people only give a full may feel pressured by us even though we mean Yeh uska style hoyega hoto pe naa dil pe haa model the minds of people to some extent. men must treat women, planting dangerous themselves by saying, I am not like her, because I pass to those fitting an “ideal victim” profile, well. Rather, it is better to listen or guide them In 214, the court trial of an Indian, Sandesh Baliga, hoyega misconceptions in the viewers minds, who may Cinema is not just entertainment but also a dont do that, this would never happen to me. which consists of five traits. through various options and respect their decision. in Australia garnered great amounts of attention. Society has taught women to take responsibility but However complex sexual assault is, it must not si naa ein bhi haan hai is a trope classically believe that this is normal. Masala south Indian dialogue between the viewers and the makers, The accused was guilty of persistently stalking two Such attitudes make the survivor afraid to come out The ictim must e the same isnt asked of men it has traded the lives remain hidden. We can all work together to raise used in films. The popularisation of songs which cinema is no better at matters like these. owing to the far-reaching influence of the medium. women in 212-213 with the intention of and report the abuse. In other cases, they consign It suffices to say that the industry has a humongous and dignity of its women for respectability and weavulnerable awareness and support the survivors in every step give an amplification to harassment exemplify how me D e sc a silsr ese are Kartik Aaryan has been popularised for his male the survivor to a lifetime of hell. Victims of rape in becoming their boyfriend. In the trial, he It’s the public whose mindset needs to be changed, responsibility on its shoulders, which it has failed honour so often that we have of their journey towards healing. lightly it is taken. s ss victimisation monologues even though he has more many cultures are cast out by their families for involved in a respetable ativit at the tie o maintained that Bollywood movies had convinced the provocative nonsensical song lyrics that require Even in retro cinema, which was deemed to be to uphold successfully through the decades. accepted it to be a regular him that if he pursued a woman for long enough, potential than that. Controversy knocked at his having tainted their purity and honour, or have to vitiiation Helplines for victims of sexual assault - Take this famous comedic song whose lyrics Well, these dont remain just songs when placing rewriting, the hypersexualized climate of the videos better, a woman was catcalled referring to the occurrence. When door when he narrated the following: she would finally fall in love with him. He iterated While feminists are strongly voicing their marry their rapists in order to restore honour to www.guriaindia.org , www.prajnya.in convey, misconceptions in the minds of our population of the songs to the tunes of which even toddlers colour of her dress. confronted with the blaeless in all aspets o the interation that he was under the false impression that societal displeasure towards such tropes, its critical to see their families. about the way a woman is to be treated. This brings dance to, that needs improvement. gory reality of the Films have exploited the fact that sex sells, for the norms in India and Australia regarding the what stand cinema takes in the upcoming years. (4) victimized by an obvious offender, and up the point that eve-teasing and stalking, which price we pay in this Even the people appointed purposes of marketing to gather greater viewership. ara ere saa ai aa ai ai perception of harassment were similar. The take terrible tolls on women in real life, are trade -- as in the to serve justice have (5) someone who does not know the offender. In films which stretch over a couple of hours, songs ai ai ai aa magistrate, recognizing this as the influence of shamelessly glorified in movies. case of Nirbhaya serve to break the monotony. A majority of films acquitted criminals, Indian culture and not his fault, adjourned the This bias is the reason why victims who dont live The humanity -- we stay behind feature a titillating item number, where beautiful claiming it was because complaint without conviction for five years on the The meaning often conveyed is that when a woman Many songs in the 90s according to societal standards -- within us is How in the world did the censor board even allow the protection of women in revealing attire are surrounded by of the plaintiff's condition that Baliga promised good behaviour over declines a relationship, her mind can be changed describe non-consensual and/or men -- are beyond such scenes to be shown to the easily influenceable screens, feeling pity or numerous lustful gazes. inability to protect themselves. that period. with constant, relentless attempts to win her over. intimacy accompanied by less likely to be disgruntled by masses? admonishing the victim. This may not directly mean rape, but it does lay a the most hip swaying Bombay High Court Justice taken seriously. An item number in a movie guarantees a huge box the ‘witty jokes’ Such cases have begun to tarnish our former But what is the most infuriating aspect about this solid foundation for events that may lead to it. tunes. Slow claps for this Sadhana Jadhav granted bail office collection, so blaming the actresses doing from the Masti reputation worldwide. What has happened to us? Is demoralizing ordeal is the extent to which people Although movements like amazing combination. to a stepfather who was accused item songs seems unjustified. Item songs ensure series. The this misogynistic misrepresentation going to be our cee ai ai mas mas blamed her for her own assault. metoo are gaining visibility, there Although many sources say that this has been of sexually abusing his minor Or, this song in which the heroes manhandle their the actress instant fame and money, as an item mindset of the new identity? Many times, male lechery is justified by referring to Such scenes and songs is a long way to go. The police refuse Violence against women in India is commonplace, edited, such cheap marital rape jokes have been She was probably drinking that night. girl," taking objectification to a new level. daughter in 217. In a depressing comment she heroines while dancing to the peppy tune of: writers who write the revealing clothes that the female lead has encourage the public to take down reports claiming the fuelled by patriarchal laws, inimical cultural used as comedy material for ages. The thought Latest statistics show that a woman is raped every mentioned, such scripts and adorned her body with. For example, read this belief that rape is a myth What was she doing out so late? She mustve process of people who find this funny is amar mei aae ar i amee ai translation of the chartbuster song of a flop movie, accusations are too easy to make whereas false rape She has admitted that she used to do all dirty reports account for only 6% of the cases reported. while in actuality, it isnt. secretly wanted it. things. It appears that she was inherently abnormal But most incidents arent even reported, and most 16 minutes in India. Terror prevails, as yet another practices, lack of sex education, awareness of This crap is from your modern cinema. Retro what the producers think to be socially acceptable is unimaginable. Bollywood churns out around 1,000 films per year, and had sexual instincts from her childhood, in all criminals arent convicted. rape case captures the attention of the media. women’s rights, and perhaps, the derogatory Bollywood movies werent as demeaning or crass. In a culture where purity is of the utmost beyond our ability to comprehend. portrayal of women in Bollywood. amassing a large audience, young and old, rural and probabilities because of the environment and importance, victims of sexual violence are blamed We all can help our loved ones by supporting and Bollywood is littered with problematic tropes which Sorry to burst your bubble, but retro Bollywood was urban, and is crowned as the biggest film industry atmosphere in which she lived and because of the for being unable to preserve it. People try to not challenging, validating their emotions and definitely require close examination as to how they the initiation of glamourization of stalking and worldwide. Unsurprisingly, owing to the ubiquity of conduct of her mother. distance themselves from an unpleasant occurrence offering them a safe space. Sometimes the victim play a role in the hike of crimes against women. harassment. Bollywood, films have shaped and will continue to Many films set ghastly examples of how 'alpha' by blaming the victim. They try to reassure Christie (1986) found that people only give a full may feel pressured by us even though we mean Yeh uska style hoyega hoto pe naa dil pe haa model the minds of people to some extent. men must treat women, planting dangerous themselves by saying, I am not like her, because I pass to those fitting an “ideal victim” profile, well. Rather, it is better to listen or guide them In 214, the court trial of an Indian, Sandesh Baliga, hoyega misconceptions in the viewers minds, who may Cinema is not just entertainment but also a dont do that, this would never happen to me. which consists of five traits. through various options and respect their decision. in Australia garnered great amounts of attention. Society has taught women to take responsibility but However complex sexual assault is, it must not si naa ein bhi haan hai is a trope classically believe that this is normal. Masala south Indian dialogue between the viewers and the makers, The accused was guilty of persistently stalking two Such attitudes make the survivor afraid to come out The ictim must e the same isnt asked of men it has traded the lives remain hidden. We can all work together to raise used in films. The popularisation of songs which cinema is no better at matters like these. owing to the far-reaching influence of the medium. women in 212-213 with the intention of and report the abuse. In other cases, they consign It suffices to say that the industry has a humongous and dignity of its women for respectability and weavulnerable awareness and support the survivors in every step give an amplification to harassment exemplify how me D e sc a silsr ese are Kartik Aaryan has been popularised for his male the survivor to a lifetime of hell. Victims of rape in becoming their boyfriend. In the trial, he It’s the public whose mindset needs to be changed, responsibility on its shoulders, which it has failed honour so often that we have of their journey towards healing. lightly it is taken. s ss victimisation monologues even though he has more many cultures are cast out by their families for involved in a respetable ativit at the tie o maintained that Bollywood movies had convinced the provocative nonsensical song lyrics that require Even in retro cinema, which was deemed to be to uphold successfully through the decades. accepted it to be a regular him that if he pursued a woman for long enough, potential than that. Controversy knocked at his having tainted their purity and honour, or have to vitiiation Helplines for victims of sexual assault - Take this famous comedic song whose lyrics Well, these dont remain just songs when placing rewriting, the hypersexualized climate of the videos better, a woman was catcalled referring to the occurrence. When door when he narrated the following: she would finally fall in love with him. He iterated While feminists are strongly voicing their marry their rapists in order to restore honour to www.guriaindia.org , www.prajnya.in convey, misconceptions in the minds of our population of the songs to the tunes of which even toddlers colour of her dress. confronted with the blaeless in all aspets o the interation that he was under the false impression that societal displeasure towards such tropes, its critical to see their families. about the way a woman is to be treated. This brings dance to, that needs improvement. gory reality of the Films have exploited the fact that sex sells, for the norms in India and Australia regarding the what stand cinema takes in the upcoming years. (4) victimized by an obvious offender, and up the point that eve-teasing and stalking, which price we pay in this Even the people appointed purposes of marketing to gather greater viewership. ara ere saa ai aa ai ai perception of harassment were similar. The a a are aar aae mei ar ai take terrible tolls on women in real life, are trade -- as in the to serve justice have (5) someone who does not know the offender. In films which stretch over a couple of hours, songs ai ai ai aa magistrate, recognizing this as the influence of shamelessly glorified in movies. ar ai ar ai case of Nirbhaya serve to break the monotony. A majority of films acquitted criminals, Indian culture and not his fault, adjourned the This bias is the reason why victims who dont live The humanity -- we stay behind feature a titillating item number, where beautiful claiming it was because complaint without conviction for five years on the The meaning often conveyed is that when a woman Many songs in the 90s according to societal standards -- within us is How in the world did the censor board even allow the protection of women in revealing attire are surrounded by of the plaintiff's condition that Baliga promised good behaviour over declines a relationship, her mind can be changed describe non-consensual and/or men -- are beyond such scenes to be shown to the easily influenceable screens, feeling pity or numerous lustful gazes. inability to protect themselves. that period. with constant, relentless attempts to win her over. intimacy accompanied by less likely to be disgruntled by masses? admonishing the victim. This may not directly mean rape, but it does lay a the most hip swaying Bombay High Court Justice taken seriously. An item number in a movie guarantees a huge box the ‘witty jokes’ Such cases have begun to tarnish our former But what is the most infuriating aspect about this solid foundation for events that may lead to it. tunes. Slow claps for this Sadhana Jadhav granted bail office collection, so blaming the actresses doing from the Masti reputation worldwide. What has happened to us? Is demoralizing ordeal is the extent to which people Although movements like amazing combination. to a stepfather who was accused item songs seems unjustified. Item songs ensure series. The this misogynistic misrepresentation going to be our cee ai ai mas mas blamed her for her own assault. metoo are gaining visibility, there Although many sources say that this has been of sexually abusing his minor Or, this song in which the heroes manhandle their the actress instant fame and money, as an item mindset of the new identity? Many times, male lechery is justified by referring to Such scenes and songs is a long way to go. The police refuse Violence against women in India is commonplace, edited, such cheap marital rape jokes have been She was probably drinking that night. girl," taking objectification to a new level. daughter in 217. In a depressing comment she heroines while dancing to the peppy tune of: writers who write the revealing clothes that the female lead has encourage the public to take down reports claiming the fuelled by patriarchal laws, inimical cultural used as comedy material for ages. The thought Latest statistics show that a woman is raped every mentioned, such scripts and adorned her body with. For example, read this belief that rape is a myth What was she doing out so late? She mustve process of people who find this funny is translation of the chartbuster song of a flop movie, accusations are too easy to make whereas false rape She has admitted that she used to do all dirty reports account for only 6% of the cases reported. while in actuality, it isnt. secretly wanted it. things. It appears that she was inherently abnormal But most incidents arent even reported, and most 16 minutes in India. Terror prevails, as yet another practices, lack of sex education, awareness of This crap is from your modern cinema. Retro what the producers think to be socially acceptable is unimaginable. Bollywood churns out around 1,000 films per year, and had sexual instincts from her childhood, in all criminals arent convicted. rape case captures the attention of the media. women’s rights, and perhaps, the derogatory Bollywood movies werent as demeaning or crass. In a culture where purity is of the utmost beyond our ability to comprehend. portrayal of women in Bollywood. amassing a large audience, young and old, rural and probabilities because of the environment and importance, victims of sexual violence are blamed We all can help our loved ones by supporting and Bollywood is littered with problematic tropes which Sorry to burst your bubble, but retro Bollywood was urban, and is crowned as the biggest film industry atmosphere in which she lived and because of the for being unable to preserve it. People try to not challenging, validating their emotions and definitely require close examination as to how they the initiation of glamourization of stalking and worldwide. Unsurprisingly, owing to the ubiquity of conduct of her mother. distance themselves from an unpleasant occurrence offering them a safe space. Sometimes the victim play a role in the hike of crimes against women. harassment. Bollywood, films have shaped and will continue to Many films set ghastly examples of how 'alpha' by blaming the victim. They try to reassure Christie (1986) found that people only give a full may feel pressured by us even though we mean Yeh uska style hoyega hoto pe naa dil pe haa model the minds of people to some extent. men must treat women, planting dangerous themselves by saying, I am not like her, because I pass to those fitting an “ideal victim” profile, well. Rather, it is better to listen or guide them In 214, the court trial of an Indian, Sandesh Baliga, hoyega misconceptions in the viewers minds, who may Cinema is not just entertainment but also a dont do that, this would never happen to me. which consists of five traits. through various options and respect their decision. in Australia garnered great amounts of attention. Society has taught women to take responsibility but However complex sexual assault is, it must not si naa ein bhi haan hai is a trope classically believe that this is normal. Masala south Indian dialogue between the viewers and the makers, The accused was guilty of persistently stalking two Such attitudes make the survivor afraid to come out The ictim must e the same isnt asked of men it has traded the lives remain hidden. We can all work together to raise used in films. The popularisation of songs which cinema is no better at matters like these. owing to the far-reaching influence of the medium. women in 212-213 with the intention of and report the abuse. In other cases, they consign It suffices to say that the industry has a humongous and dignity of its women for respectability and weavulnerable awareness and support the survivors in every step give an amplification to harassment exemplify how me D e sc a silsr ese are Kartik Aaryan has been popularised for his male the survivor to a lifetime of hell. Victims of rape in becoming their boyfriend. In the trial, he It’s the public whose mindset needs to be changed, responsibility on its shoulders, which it has failed honour so often that we have of their journey towards healing. lightly it is taken. s ss victimisation monologues even though he has more many cultures are cast out by their families for involved in a respetable ativit at the tie o maintained that Bollywood movies had convinced the provocative nonsensical song lyrics that require Even in retro cinema, which was deemed to be to uphold successfully through the decades. accepted it to be a regular him that if he pursued a woman for long enough, potential than that. Controversy knocked at his having tainted their purity and honour, or have to vitiiation Helplines for victims of sexual assault - Take this famous comedic song whose lyrics Well, these dont remain just songs when placing rewriting, the hypersexualized climate of the videos better, a woman was catcalled referring to the occurrence. When door when he narrated the following: she would finally fall in love with him. He iterated While feminists are strongly voicing their marry their rapists in order to restore honour to www.guriaindia.org , www.prajnya.in convey, misconceptions in the minds of our population of the songs to the tunes of which even toddlers colour of her dress. confronted with the blaeless in all aspets o the interation that he was under the false impression that societal displeasure towards such tropes, its critical to see their families. about the way a woman is to be treated. This brings dance to, that needs improvement. gory reality of the Films have exploited the fact that sex sells, for the norms in India and Australia regarding the what stand cinema takes in the upcoming years. (4) victimized by an obvious offender, and up the point that eve-teasing and stalking, which price we pay in this Even the people appointed purposes of marketing to gather greater viewership. ara ere saa ai aa ai ai perception of harassment were similar. The take terrible tolls on women in real life, are trade -- as in the to serve justice have (5) someone who does not know the offender. In films which stretch over a couple of hours, songs ai ai ai aa magistrate, recognizing this as the influence of shamelessly glorified in movies. case of Nirbhaya serve to break the monotony. A majority of films acquitted criminals, Indian culture and not his fault, adjourned the This bias is the reason why victims who dont live The humanity -- we stay behind feature a titillating item number, where beautiful claiming it was because complaint without conviction for five years on the The meaning often conveyed is that when a woman Many songs in the 90s according to societal standards -- within us is How in the world did the censor board even allow the protection of women in revealing attire are surrounded by of the plaintiff's condition that Baliga promised good behaviour over declines a relationship, her mind can be changed describe non-consensual and/or men -- are beyond such scenes to be shown to the easily influenceable screens, feeling pity or numerous lustful gazes. inability to protect themselves. that period. with constant, relentless attempts to win her over. intimacy accompanied by less likely to be disgruntled by masses? admonishing the victim. This may not directly mean rape, but it does lay a the most hip swaying Bombay High Court Justice taken seriously. An item number in a movie guarantees a huge box the ‘witty jokes’ Such cases have begun to tarnish our former But what is the most infuriating aspect about this solid foundation for events that may lead to it. tunes. Slow claps for this Sadhana Jadhav granted bail office collection, so blaming the actresses doing from the Masti reputation worldwide. What has happened to us? Is demoralizing ordeal is the extent to which people Although movements like amazing combination. to a stepfather who was accused item songs seems unjustified. Item songs ensure series. 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The this misogynistic misrepresentation going to be our cee ai ai mas mas blamed her for her own assault. metoo are gaining visibility, there Although many sources say that this has been of sexually abusing his minor Or, this song in which the heroes manhandle their the actress instant fame and money, as an item mindset of the new identity? Many times, male lechery is justified by referring to Such scenes and songs is a long way to go. The police refuse Violence against women in India is commonplace, edited, such cheap marital rape jokes have been She was probably drinking that night. girl," taking objectification to a new level. daughter in 217. In a depressing comment she heroines while dancing to the peppy tune of: writers who write the revealing clothes that the female lead has encourage the public to take down reports claiming the fuelled by patriarchal laws, inimical cultural used as comedy material for ages. The thought Latest statistics show that a woman is raped every mentioned, such scripts and adorned her body with. For example, read this belief that rape is a myth What was she doing out so late? She mustve process of people who find this funny is translation of the chartbuster song of a flop movie, accusations are too easy to make whereas false rape She has admitted that she used to do all dirty reports account for only 6% of the cases reported. while in actuality, it isnt. secretly wanted it. things. It appears that she was inherently abnormal But most incidents arent even reported, and most 16 minutes in India. Terror prevails, as yet another practices, lack of sex education, awareness of This crap is from your modern cinema. Retro what the producers think to be socially acceptable is unimaginable. Bollywood churns out around 1,000 films per year, and had sexual instincts from her childhood, in all criminals arent convicted. rape case captures the attention of the media. women’s rights, and perhaps, the derogatory Bollywood movies werent as demeaning or crass. In a culture where purity is of the utmost beyond our ability to comprehend. portrayal of women in Bollywood. amassing a large audience, young and old, rural and probabilities because of the environment and importance, victims of sexual violence are blamed We all can help our loved ones by supporting and Bollywood is littered with problematic tropes which Sorry to burst your bubble, but retro Bollywood was urban, and is crowned as the biggest film industry atmosphere in which she lived and because of the for being unable to preserve it. People try to not challenging, validating their emotions and definitely require close examination as to how they the initiation of glamourization of stalking and worldwide. Unsurprisingly, owing to the ubiquity of conduct of her mother. distance themselves from an unpleasant occurrence offering them a safe space. Sometimes the victim play a role in the hike of crimes against women. harassment. Bollywood, films have shaped and will continue to Many films set ghastly examples of how 'alpha' by blaming the victim. They try to reassure Christie (1986) found that people only give a full may feel pressured by us even though we mean Yeh uska style hoyega hoto pe naa dil pe haa model the minds of people to some extent. men must treat women, planting dangerous themselves by saying, I am not like her, because I pass to those fitting an “ideal victim” profile, well. Rather, it is better to listen or guide them In 214, the court trial of an Indian, Sandesh Baliga, hoyega misconceptions in the viewers minds, who may Cinema is not just entertainment but also a dont do that, this would never happen to me. which consists of five traits. through various options and respect their decision. in Australia garnered great amounts of attention. Society has taught women to take responsibility but However complex sexual assault is, it must not si naa ein bhi haan hai is a trope classically believe that this is normal. Masala south Indian dialogue between the viewers and the makers, The accused was guilty of persistently stalking two Such attitudes make the survivor afraid to come out The ictim must e the same isnt asked of men it has traded the lives remain hidden. We can all work together to raise used in films. The popularisation of songs which cinema is no better at matters like these. owing to the far-reaching influence of the medium. women in 212-213 with the intention of and report the abuse. In other cases, they consign It suffices to say that the industry has a humongous and dignity of its women for respectability and weavulnerable awareness and support the survivors in every step give an amplification to harassment exemplify how me D e sc a silsr ese are Kartik Aaryan has been popularised for his male the survivor to a lifetime of hell. Victims of rape in becoming their boyfriend. In the trial, he It’s the public whose mindset needs to be changed, responsibility on its shoulders, which it has failed honour so often that we have of their journey towards healing. lightly it is taken. s ss victimisation monologues even though he has more many cultures are cast out by their families for involved in a respetable ativit at the tie o maintained that Bollywood movies had convinced the provocative nonsensical song lyrics that require Even in retro cinema, which was deemed to be to uphold successfully through the decades. accepted it to be a regular him that if he pursued a woman for long enough, potential than that. Controversy knocked at his having tainted their purity and honour, or have to vitiiation Helplines for victims of sexual assault - Take this famous comedic song whose lyrics Well, these dont remain just songs when placing rewriting, the hypersexualized climate of the videos better, a woman was catcalled referring to the occurrence. When door when he narrated the following: she would finally fall in love with him. He iterated While feminists are strongly voicing their marry their rapists in order to restore honour to www.guriaindia.org , www.prajnya.in convey, misconceptions in the minds of our population of the songs to the tunes of which even toddlers colour of her dress. confronted with the blaeless in all aspets o the interation that he was under the false impression that societal displeasure towards such tropes, its critical to see their families. about the way a woman is to be treated. This brings dance to, that needs improvement. gory reality of the Films have exploited the fact that sex sells, for the norms in India and Australia regarding the what stand cinema takes in the upcoming years. (4) victimized by an obvious offender, and up the point that eve-teasing and stalking, which price we pay in this Even the people appointed purposes of marketing to gather greater viewership. ara ere saa ai aa ai ai perception of harassment were similar. The take terrible tolls on women in real life, are trade -- as in the to serve justice have (5) someone who does not know the offender. In films which stretch over a couple of hours, songs ai ai ai aa magistrate, recognizing this as the influence of shamelessly glorified in movies. case of Nirbhaya serve to break the monotony. A majority of films acquitted criminals, Indian culture and not his fault, adjourned the This bias is the reason why victims who dont live The humanity -- we stay behind claiming it was because feature a titillating item number, where beautiful complaint without conviction for five years on the The meaning often conveyed is that when a woman Many songs in the 90s according to societal standards -- within us is How in the world did the censor board even allow the protection of of the plaintiff's women in revealing attire are surrounded by condition that Baliga promised good behaviour over declines a relationship, her mind can be changed describe non-consensual and/or men -- are beyond such scenes to be shown to the easily influenceable screens, feeling pity or inability to protect themselves. numerous lustful gazes. that period. with constant, relentless attempts to win her over. intimacy accompanied by less likely to be disgruntled by masses? admonishing the victim. Bombay High Court Justice This may not directly mean rape, but it does lay a the most hip swaying taken seriously. An item number in a movie guarantees a huge box the ‘witty jokes’ Such cases have begun to tarnish our former But what is the most infuriating aspect about this Sadhana Jadhav granted bail solid foundation for events that may lead to it. tunes. Slow claps for this office collection, so blaming the actresses doing from the Masti reputation worldwide. What has happened to us? Is demoralizing ordeal is the extent to which people to a stepfather who was accused Although movements like amazing combination. item songs seems unjustified. Item songs ensure series. The this misogynistic misrepresentation going to be our cee ai ai mas mas blamed her for her own assault. of sexually abusing his minor metoo are gaining visibility, there Although many sources say that this has been Or, this song in which the heroes manhandle their the actress instant fame and money, as an item mindset of the new identity? Many times, male lechery is justified by referring to Such scenes and songs daughter in 217. In a depressing comment she is a long way to go. The police refuse Violence against women in India is commonplace, edited, such cheap marital rape jokes have been She was probably drinking that night. girl," taking objectification to a new level. heroines while dancing to the peppy tune of: writers who write the revealing clothes that the female lead has encourage the public mentioned, to take down reports claiming the fuelled by patriarchal laws, inimical cultural used as comedy material for ages. The thought Latest statistics show that a woman is raped every such scripts and adorned her body with. For example, read this belief that rape is a myth What was she doing out so late? She mustve process of people who find this funny is translation of the chartbuster song of a flop movie, accusations are too easy to make whereas false rape She has admitted that she used to do all dirty reports account for only 6% of the cases reported. while in actuality, it isnt. secretly wanted it. things. It appears that she was inherently abnormal But most incidents arent even reported, and most 16 minutes in India. Terror prevails, as yet another practices, lack of sex education, awareness of This crap is from your modern cinema. Retro what the producers think to be socially acceptable is unimaginable. Bollywood churns out around 1,000 films per year, and had sexual instincts from her childhood, in all criminals arent convicted. rape case captures the attention of the media. women’s rights, and perhaps, the derogatory Bollywood movies werent as demeaning or crass. In a culture where purity is of the utmost beyond our ability to comprehend. portrayal of women in Bollywood. amassing a large audience, young and old, rural and probabilities because of the environment and importance, victims of sexual violence are blamed We all can help our loved ones by supporting and Bollywood is littered with problematic tropes which Sorry to burst your bubble, but retro Bollywood was urban, and is crowned as the biggest film industry atmosphere in which she lived and because of the for being unable to preserve it. People try to not challenging, validating their emotions and definitely require close examination as to how they the initiation of glamourization of stalking and worldwide. Unsurprisingly, owing to the ubiquity of conduct of her mother. distance themselves from an unpleasant occurrence offering them a safe space. Sometimes the victim play a role in the hike of crimes against women. harassment. Bollywood, films have shaped and will continue to Many films set ghastly examples of how 'alpha' by blaming the victim. They try to reassure Christie (1986) found that people only give a full may feel pressured by us even though we mean Yeh uska style hoyega hoto pe naa dil pe haa model the minds of people to some extent. men must treat women, planting dangerous themselves by saying, I am not like her, because I pass to those fitting an “ideal victim” profile, well. Rather, it is better to listen or guide them In 214, the court trial of an Indian, Sandesh Baliga, hoyega misconceptions in the viewers minds, who may Cinema is not just entertainment but also a dont do that, this would never happen to me. which consists of five traits. through various options and respect their decision. in Australia garnered great amounts of attention. Society has taught women to take responsibility but However complex sexual assault is, it must not si naa ein bhi haan hai is a trope classically believe that this is normal. Masala south Indian dialogue between the viewers and the makers, The accused was guilty of persistently stalking two Such attitudes make the survivor afraid to come out The ictim must e the same isnt asked of men it has traded the lives used in films. The popularisation of songs which cinema is no better at matters like these. owing to the far-reaching influence of the medium. remain hidden. We can all work together to raise women in 212-213 with the intention of and report the abuse. In other cases, they consign It suffices to say that the industry has a humongous and dignity of its women for respectability and weavulnerable awareness and support the survivors in every step give an amplification to harassment exemplify how me D e sc a silsr ese are Kartik Aaryan has been popularised for his male the survivor to a lifetime of hell. Victims of rape in becoming their boyfriend. In the trial, he It’s the public whose mindset needs to be changed, responsibility on its shoulders, which it has failed honour so often that we have of their journey towards healing. lightly it is taken. s ss victimisation monologues even though he has more many cultures are cast out by their families for involved in a respetable ativit at the tie o maintained that Bollywood movies had convinced the provocative nonsensical song lyrics that require Even in retro cinema, which was deemed to be to uphold successfully through the decades. accepted it to be a regular him that if he pursued a woman for long enough, potential than that. Controversy knocked at his having tainted their purity and honour, or have to vitiiation Helplines for victims of sexual assault - Take this famous comedic song whose lyrics Well, these dont remain just songs when placing rewriting, the hypersexualized climate of the videos better, a woman was catcalled referring to the occurrence. When door when he narrated the following: she would finally fall in love with him. He iterated While feminists are strongly voicing their marry their rapists in order to restore honour to www.guriaindia.org , www.prajnya.in convey, misconceptions in the minds of our population of the songs to the tunes of which even toddlers colour of her dress. confronted with the blaeless in all aspets o the interation that he was under the false impression that societal displeasure towards such tropes, its critical to see their families. about the way a woman is to be treated. This brings dance to, that needs improvement. gory reality of the Films have exploited the fact that sex sells, for the norms in India and Australia regarding the what stand cinema takes in the upcoming years. 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How to Feel Like a Genius-Billionaire- Playboy-Philanthropist Using Your Cell Phone and Internet

Athira Patkar | FYBA 3 minutes read

Imagine: one day, you wake up and see ﬁctional characters from your childhood roaming all around the world, and no one bats an eye. Various species of animals just roaming in the streets, millions of people walking, talking, and hustling, and you were one of the 500 million lucky individuals tasked with the herculean duty to ‘catch ‘em all’, armed only with your cell phone and your preferred mode of physical movement. This is what happened in mid-2016 with the release of the augmented reality mobile game Pokémon Go. The app created a mélange between the real world and the ﬁctional world of Pokémon, enabling users to see their favourite childhood fantasy species in their own homes and surroundings. How do the developers of games and apps like Pokémon Go make the virtual world so thoroughly indistinguishable from the real world? They use extended reality, of course. Extended reality (XR) is an umbrella term for all immersive technologies such as augmented reality

(AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR).

These technologies extend our reality by mixing it with artiﬁcial realities using gadgets, or by creating a whole immersive experience independent of our reality. XR is a term for technologically- supplemented reality, in which ‘X’ represents a variable for any current or future spatial computing technologies. This whole branch of technology is based on the reality-virtuality continuum, created by

Paul Milgram, which is a continuous scale ranging from the completely real world (reality) to the completely virtual world (virtuality).

Reality-Virtuality Continuum

Augmented reality is the simplest part in the XR subsets, in which there is an interaction between the virtual world and the real world, which creates an augmented or supplemented world. An example of this type is the game Pokémon Go, in which the animals were set into the real world, using the camera of a device to capture the surroundings and a processor to compute the virtually created characters into the real world. This is the most widely used type in XR as it needs the least amount of processing, which is widely available in today's smartphones and tablets.

Virtual reality creates a whole different and immersive world, subtracted from the real world.

The user has to use headsets to experience the virtual world in which they can move and act freely, and are only bound by the rules of the app or game and the physical space they are currently situated in.

The Oculus headset uses this technology to create immersive games, in which headphones and haptic devices can be used as sensory additives. The only limitation here is due to low-power processing devices and GPUs, which have to be used to create an equilibrium in the created surroundings and the user’s movements within the simulation.

Mixed reality is a very complex amalgamation of the two previous technologies, in which a simulated reality is superimposed onto the real world. A very good example of this, albeit ﬁctional, is Tony Stark’s

B.A.R.F, also called Binarily Augmented Retro- Framing, in Captain America: Civil War. Stark used this tech to recreate his memories for the world to see, but there was only one-way interaction possible then. The interactive part was later added on by

Quentin Beck, the antagonist of Spiderman: Far

From Home, by creating the Elementals who could

ﬁght him and destroy actual whole cities. A different real-life example is Microsoft’s HoloLens integration with Skype, in which users can virtually add their Skype call into the real world, and can control it by essentially touching thin air. The limitation of this tech is the low-power processing of available devices, mostly smartphones and tablets.

XR is debatably an up-and-coming thing, where developers are currently looking to use this in different ventures such as retail, where users can try on clothes or accessories in their homes before buying it; entertainment, where they could experience various different places in a closed room for ‘virtual tourism’; and in the defence sector, where soldiers could participate in simulated situations to understand their own defences and that of the enemy’s without mortal harm.

This technology is low-key the most helpful thing for people all over the world, no matter what their career or lifestyle is (provided the gadgets are not too expensive). Personally, I can’t wait for the next

Dhoom movie in the year 2050, where Taimur Ali

Khan, as the thieving protagonist, uses his MR headset to steal the Koh-I-Noor diamond from the

British museum, while living in Russia, and

Abhishek Bachchan enters the room in a wheelchair and cuts the electricity line.

REFERENCES:

Extended reality

Reality–virtuality continuum

What Is Extended Reality Technology? A Simple Explanation For Anyone

Extended Reality Explained: AR, VR & Mixed Reality Technology

B.A.R.F A New Ace Against Aging

Aniruddha Dawane | SYBSc 3 minutes read

Ever since mankind has contemplated death, our eyes have been set on ever-longer life, culminating in immortality. As those around us age, their health deteriorates, they become frail, and they become more susceptible to organ and tissue failures that once wouldn’t even have been a blip on their con- sciousness. And this, this is probably the single unspoken universal terror faced by every human on the face of the Earth, of our body and mind betraying us through no fault of our own but as a consequence of the years.

And through the centuries and decades, we have on the whole gotten better and better at extending our lifetimes; through the determined slow-march of medicine and sanitation. However, most of this progress has been to prevent death from without, from diseases and infections, it is only in the past few decades that we have seriously begun combating threats from within, the failings of our body. Our newest weapons in this war on death are senolytics. Senescent cells are metabolically active cells that have quit the cell cycle and have stopped dividing due to some reason. Usually this is triggered by DNA damage response (DDR) or by a cell having reached it’s Hayﬂick limit (a natural limit on how many times a particular cell may divide). These cells are found across species and aren’t unique to humans.

At this point these cells secrete inﬂammatory signals

(to trigger an immune response) and proceed to self-destruct through apoptosis (an ordered way to

‘package’ and get rid of it’s contents). This process is critical at all points in life, as it gets rid of potentially cancerous or otherwise damaged cells.

However, as we get older, this process doesn’t work as well as it should, and these senescent cells tend to accumulate without getting destroyed. This accumulation leads to these cells polluting and impairing the functions of the surrounding tissue.

Ageing in all tissues is associated with increased cellular senescence. Even a concentration as small as

10-15% in aged primates is enough to cause tissue dysfunction. This has been linked to a variety of problems ranging from but not limited to neurodegeneration, Chronic kidney disease, ﬁbrosis, etc.

This is where senolytics come into the picture. These are a class of drugs; the first forerunners being Dasatinib, Quercetin, Fisetin and Navitoclax, which aim to selectively induce death in senescent cells and thereby return affected tissue to normal and healthy functioning. These have shown many positive effects on extending the lifespans of mice (with one study claiming an increase of 36%), and reducing or preventing many conditions like osteoporosis, age-related muscle loss, radiation-induced damage, cardiac dysfunction, vascular dysfunction and calcification, pulmonary fibrosis, hepatic steatosis, metabolic syndrome, diabetes and dementia. Human testing has only recently started and is still in its preliminary stages. In a study published early this year, patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a fatal disease driven by senescent cells, were treated with 9 doses of Dasatinib and Quercetin over 3 weeks. 5 days after the course of senolytics, the patients showed significantly improved walking endurance, gait speed, chair rise test performance, and scores in the Short Physical Performance

Battery. Using a similar dose of Dasatinib and

Quercetin over 3 days, another study showed a decrease of senescent cells in humans with drug-controlled diabetes mellitus and CKD between the ages of 55–79 years. Since Senescent cells take weeks to accumulate, such short treatments provided intermittently also reduce the side effects. Senolytics show promise not only in alleviating and preventing pre-existing conditions and diseases but also in the sphere of organ transplants. The organs of elderly members of society end up mostly going unused due to age-speciﬁc responses to injury and increased immunogenicity (the ability of a foreign substance, such as an antigen, to provoke an immune response in the body), which increase the risk of negative outcomes for transplants. Getting the ability to use these organs provides the chance for innumerable people who need them to get their lives back or indeed have a chance to live. Just for a sense of scale, the population over the age of 60 will surpass 1 billion by 2020. A study published in

August of this year showed promising results on mice with heart transplants.

All in all, senolytics shine a bright light on our future battling the adverse effects of aging. Hopefully by the time it comes our time to worry about those pesky little senescent cells messing up our tissue function, this branch of science will have been perfected and our progeny will be writing about the next thing ailing us that is being dealt with.

REFERENCES:

Senolytics Reduce Age-Related Dysfunction and Extend Remaining Life Span by 36% Following Administration to Old Mice

First evidence that senolytics are effective at decreasing senescent cells in humans

The Hayflick Limit

The Immune System Culls Harmful Senescent Cells, and Aging is Accelerated when that Function is Impaired

Senolytics prevent mt-DNA-induced inflammation and promote the survival of aged organs following transplantation Fictionally Yours Does love reﬂect?

Samruddhi Sawant | SYBA 11 minutes read

Part Chirags Point of iew

Mumbai locals are never on time and so am I. Today is saturday, and saturdays are always special. Wearing this turquoise tee, I rushed towards the station. The platform wasn't crowded much today.

"Churchgate fast" I gasped. I hope, I will at least get the fourth seat today. I boarded. After one hour of hanging and adjusting, ﬁnally 'Marine Lines' arrived.

"Such a relief" I exhaled. It's already 8.30 am. Damnit! Ayaan is going to kill me for always arriving late.

A cool salty breeze hit my face as I stepped outside the station, near to the shores. I hurried to our spot, under the tree, behind Suresh uncle's Chatpati Bhel stand.

Crossing the road, I could see Ayaan standing there, looking at me. Furiously

A wave of nervousness hit in my belly. My heartbeats increased. His brown hair shone in the sunlight contrasting with his hoodie. He was looking hot! "Ayaan, look how lovely the weather is today" I said teasingly. "Shut up Chirag, you cannot fool me every time, YO ARE ATE" Ayaan said, making a dramatic face.

"I'm sorry" I said, giving him a side hug. But I know how to make him happy.

"Close your eyes, I have a surprise for you" "why?" "Just close, take this" I said as I handed him my new sketch which I made yesterday. "Ayushmann hurrana" His voice increased in excitement. "This is so beautiful! He said under his breath, Chirag I just can't...." "I know" I said, smiling at him.

His frickIes became signiﬁcant and his dimples grew deeper as he smiled. I couldn't resist, but stare at him. I had made this portrait, a still from the movie,

'Andhadhun'.

Ayaan is ﬁlmy. But he never shows it out in front of anyone except me.

e is shy

His hazel eyes reﬂected how happy he was with that portrait. Vehicles rushed past us as we strolled along on the footpath, walking leisurely. I looked at the sky. The sun was out, shining but the coldness of the winter still remained. I looked at Ayaan. His face shines under the sun. I noticed his hazel eyes were brightened, as I walked beside him. I was aware of our shoulders touching and rubbing against each other and I felt goosebumps on my hand.

A year. A year since I realised I liked him and yet, those goosebumps, the thudding beats of my heart, whenever we got too close; his smile, which shined as bright as the stars on a starry night had me feeling butterﬂies.

It's difficult. It is always hard to accept that you are different. Different from others. And that's what I am scared of. I want to tell him. Whenever he grins gleefully, whenever he hugs me, whenever we watch yet another Ayushmann movie, I get so desperate to reveal my deepest secrets to him.

But, with secrets, comes fear. The fear of losing him. The fear that he will scrunch his nose in disgust as soon as I reveal my most vulnerable side to him. And that's why, I keep quiet.

After a beautiful sunset and a great view of Ayaan's golden lit face, it was time to leave.

"Ayaan" a feminine voice, came from behind. We turned to see a girl, staring at Ayaan, making me feel invisible. "Arushi, you here?" Ayaan asked. "Surprise seeing you here" she said, a happy grin on her face. I shifted on my weight as she walked towards us, towards Ayaan, speciﬁcally. The look on her beautiful face. The way her eyes lightened up when she saw Ayaan. I was familiar with it. I knew what she was feeling.

"That hoodie looks great on you" she complimented, tugging a strand of hair behind her ear. "Thanks" Ayaan chuckled shyly. Clearing his throat, he said, "Chirag meet her, she is Aarushi, my classmate." She giggled. "We are friends now, aren't we?" she asked Ayaan teasingly, "After all, we did spend so much time together." She touched his arm and Ayaan shifted uncomfortably. "He is uncomfortable, don't you see?" I spoke sternly. Both were taken aback by my sudden harshness. Embarrassed, she stepped away from him and Ayaan silently thanked me with his eyes. "I think I should get going" Aarushi said awkwardly. "Okay" Ayaan replied. "See you at college"

After that, we parted and went home. Marching to the station, it was quite empty. I boarded the train. The sky was still pink, and something shone above the seat opposite to me, a fash I thought. I looked around. There was a small cute mirror reﬂecting the sun's rays. As there wasn't anyone around, I quickly grabbed the mirror. Violet sparkling border circled the frame. Someone forgot it I guess. I watched myself in it, I looked tired and messy. I decided to keep it with myself. I was feeling empty, cold from inside. So I plugged on earphones and got lost in the music.

Back home, I laid down on my bed thinking about today.

Until when was I going to keep my secrets? It's not like Ayaan was going to wait for me.

Just the thought of him ﬁnally falling in love with someone else scared me, frightened me. But, this was going to happen. It was inevitable.

I was ﬁdgeting with that small mirror. "Ohh, leave!“ I said, "I wish I could be Ayushman Khurrana, so that I would impress Ayaan."

All of a sudden, a bright light shone from the mirror, making me blind for a while. Opening one eye, I looked at the mirror.

"What??" I screamed. "How can this even happen?" I said with a dried throat.

I jumped out of my bed and looked at myself in the wordrobe's mirror to see something which shook me.

"How on earth did I turn to Ayushman Khurrana?"

I rubbed my eyes, I touched myself, and to my surprise I looked exactly like him. My whole body changed. My voice too! It scared me. I was confused.

"How will I get back to normal now?!" I panicked.

My body was sweating in fear, I mean his or mine...ugh! I rushed to the bathroom and splashed cold water on my face to calm down. When I opened my eyes, it surprised me more!

I had my face back. But when I looked down, it still wasn't my body. I decide to take a shower. And ﬁnally I was back to normal, with my own body. I sighed feeling relieved.

I was breathless for some time. Thank God nobody saw me like that. This mirror was scary.

Pondering over it the whole night, I now know how it works.

Thats a magical mirror It can change us to anyone we want to be. We can get back to normal just by taking a shower.

Woah! It is something astounding and crazy. It seems unreal, but it works The mirror has powers. This morning I tried saying my Bhaiya's name in front of this mirror. And guess what? I was there, with Bhaiya's body.

I knew he wasn't home, he went out with his girlfriend. So I decided to do something I always wanted to do! I smiled mischievously.

"Maa, Maa, where are you Maa!" My mom appeared. With Bhaiya's voice and his body I said, "I took ten thousand rupees yesterday from Papa's wallet, and bought a new bag for my girlfriend"

My mom's eyes widened on this. I knew what would happen next. Anger visible on her face, so before she roared it out, I sneaked out. He always wasted Papa's hard earned money on his different girlfriends. He troubles me a lot, so today I decided to be the trouble maker.

I went for a bath, tip toe into my room. I came out as myself again. I can trust this little thing I thought. I decided to have some fun now.

I went to the temple, like always, there was this gang of road romeos who always cat calls every girl they see. I took out the mirror and uttered.

In no time, my sharp teeth bit one of them's foot. Braking on everyone, I made them run miles. Girls laughed, as one of the guy's pants tore and he scrawled to home. Well, dogs can be scary too if they want, you know!

Fooling around with this magical mirror, my phone rang.

It was Ayaan

"Hey Chirag, I need to tell you something. My dad just received a phone call from his company. He's getting transferred."

Ayaan's voice broke and I could tell he was crying.

"To Dubai" he said between sobs. "We all have to leave" Old Man

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The day is today, Resigning from responsibilities. The meniality of it was bothering me, Looking at the soul ablaze, What a spectacle to witness! I took the baggage Emotional one, too. Walk, lock, walk and stepped ahead, In the city.

I strided, caught the yellow-black striped zebra, To commute in this jungle of concrete , pride, and vanity. The last ride, In the Siemens MRVC rakes, Inhaling the stink of the richness of poverty in this city, Privileged and not, both sing the scuffling hymns of hopes and lies with soothing ghazals, too.

I stepped in town. People and town are like a picture of od and Adam, One humanizing other.

The sun shining on the stained-glass windows of a foreign legacy Under it, beggars, papers and prostitutes. Two were told soothing lies and the other disseminates cold lies, honestly.

World walked, I disappeared. World disappeared while I walk in the crowd of broken and mended dreams. There are protests for love, I did it, too. There are protests for peace, I did it, too. There are protests for winning, I lost it, too.

Now, at the end of the thread, I reach, Knitting an outﬁt "life" for lifetime, A black cloth with patches on torn parts of gayness, fulﬁlment, and enthusiasm. The thread ended, so did my day, What is left? A dried, piled, mechanic, breathing piece of hay soon to be burnt.

I reached people, lights, and the sea. I sat on a concrete pavement, Absorbing lights for the lack of it and, Adulations for the sea for its void vastness. People poor, rich, and middle-class, Who am I to decide? It is a facade we created to divide, A wide divide.

I reached a graveyard of bodies of living humans, a red light district. These lights indicate a warning of brutality, harshness, and toxicity, I stop. I walked and came across a body held by dead humans. The day was today, Of resigning from responsibilities. ChiefChief EditorsEditors EecutieEecutie EditorsEditors Deyani anpule Prarthana Puthran Sandesh Samant Aditya egi Tapasya Iyer

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