Of Pink Chhadi & the Slumdog!

The two major news of this month were the Mangalore pub incident & the Slumdog millionaire glory. As I’m from Karnataka, the Mangalore incident left me a bit shocking. I had never heard of any attack on women in this state. It was shameful to see men beating up women. The reason: the women were having fun in a pub which according the Sri Ram Sena (The Monsters) is against the ‘Indian’ culture! These frustrated, lecherous men took law into their own hands, molested women, tore their clothes, beat them in public & even called them ‘whores’. Such disgusting men are now walking free in Mangalore. You never know when another attack may happen there. When media covers this type of incidents, it can really get ugly & it really got ugly. The media were covering Mangalore incident for 3 weeks showing the video again & again & asking every other person in M’lore bout the incident. It’s terrible. I agree. It’s a shameful act but covering the incident just as the media did put M’lore in a bad light. Media should act responsibly from now. The Taj incident was another example where the media went haywire! Then came the “Pink Chhadi” campaign. The idea behind was jus gr8. Women were asked to send pink panties to Pramod Muthalik, the head of Sri Ram Sene, on the valentine’s day.. The plan worked. For the first time, women were openly against a group. Salute those women who started this campaign. And for a Pramod Muthalik & his supporters.. “Get a life!”
The other major development was the Slumdog Millionaire winning BAFTA, Golden Globe & Oscars. It was all over the news. Slumdog is really a nice movie. The only message for the people who think the film showcases India’s poverty is “Jus grow up!” The film is fantastic. The child actors have done a great job. Instead appreciating them, people are criticizing them. Ridiculous! Slumdog won a record 8 Oscars. 2 of them were bagged by our very own AR Rahman. Resul Pokutty became a household name after he won an Oscar for sound mixing. It was fantastic to hear Resul speak on the Oscar stage. Well done guys! “Jai Ho”!