tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-490426585753687843.post5646593663233675125..comments2022-04-05T09:22:58.348-07:00Comments on Trivandrum Diary: Films , drinking and the influenceKrishna Kumar Jayachandranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681559450232844124noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-490426585753687843.post-82806014049828457732008-07-01T20:57:00.000-07:002008-07-01T20:57:00.000-07:00the comments in this blog seem to be lengthier tha...the comments in this blog seem to be lengthier than the original article.. Then again it could be just my imagination..rahul sanalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11817878830164728007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-490426585753687843.post-86243274147381345372008-06-23T08:56:00.000-07:002008-06-23T08:56:00.000-07:00Hey,I belive that smoking nd drinking- are both- v...Hey,<BR/><BR/>I belive that smoking nd drinking- are both- very SILLY habits..people who take to it should be absolutely immature!!!<BR/><BR/>Now, about movies infulencing drinking.. I'm not sure if u have watched DDLJ - where Shah Rukh Khan - or SRK as the media calls him- plays the role of a guy who is a rich kid- boozes (tat s the character's kind of fun) and is totally care-free. This movie became all-time hit and is still one of the fav amongst almost all northies. Even then, this same boozing thing was not repeated again in his movies( atleast not as something heroic)..may b coz film makers know that ppl in north do not consider it as heroic!<BR/>In Kerala, the parents of these kids think that once they get into eng- and if they get thru later to an IT comp- they are demigods type! the day they get into eng, they get them a bike- consider it a privilege that even their under-aged son is riding a bike/ car without license..that he had beer! etc etc<BR/>So, that is the reason y such films are also popular! Simply cos the previous generation (not only the gen X) think of all this as somethin classy!!!!!<BR/><BR/>So, we should be looking ahead for a socio- cultural change. Here, I would also like to point out that - as a gal who has stayed at various places in TN, Delhi- Gurgaon, and now Banglaore- I can vocuh that no where else I ve seen so sexually frustrated men! See, i dont mean to say that women are safe elsewer.<BR/>But, still you just have to travel in a city/private bus to figure this out. Females have to undergo pinching, males pushing then ( and mind u- males of all ages) etc inside a bus. It mite be there in other states also- but none like Kerala! And no where elae- considering that TVM and Cochin are cities- is it soo dangerous for females to walk on the road after 6.30- 7 pm. I have personally ( if ever i have been later than 7 pm) prayed to god and walked! Whereas, even in a smaller city like Trichy in TN, you dont feel so dangerous- you can spot lot and lot of women even after 7 pm. Even, college experience is different. Inside engineering colleges in Kerala, you will find your own collegemates saying vulgar comments of u in the name of 'ragging' or what not.<BR/>Here again, I 'm not sayin that cases of 'ragging', rape, molestation is not there elsewhere. But, in no other place there is so much of mental molestation for a gal jus because of the immature mallu guys!( I m not sayin all of them belong to this category...but, jsu in general, this has been a lasting impression).<BR/>All these things are interlinked. In brief, Mallu guys need to be more disciplined, more broad- mined ( by not jus aping westerns in ahving drinks and smoke) but in the true sense of the word! and dont consider these useless habits with sense of pride!<BR/><BR/>And for all those, sillier gals (yes- i read recently, tat intake of alcohol by indian women increased by 10%) who take to alcohol - i dont have anythin much to say except that there are millions of other ways to achieve equlaity than by aping a damned habit!Amy Jayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01643933264158583179noreply@blogger.com