THE RSV CLUB#45- - Page 39

Originally posted by: .SA.

seriously ??

@ bold thats so true. 🤣🤣🤣

Originally posted by: .SA.

@ bold come onn maiyya you can do better than that.🥱🥱

RV & ishaani do suit each other i guess as they both are rapidly losing their brain cells in love.

who thinks grown women going at each other the way amba & baa do is least bit funny?? 🤢🤢

sad an actor of sarita joshi's caliber doing this nonsense.

Originally posted by: .SA.

you are the exshpert. 😆😆😆

Originally posted by: .SA.

Just when you think no good can ever come from reality television, you have to eat your words. Last night, thanks to Bigg Boss - the acme of reality TV in India - 4.3 million people (that's the number of viewers supposedly watching the show on weeknights) learnt a man should only touch a woman if she says that she doesn't mind him doing so.

If you're not familiar with the show and have more discerning viewing habits than me, the format of Bigg Boss is created to give you a snapshot into an unnatural world. Fifteen people who are starved for celebrity and fame, ranging from has-been stars to never-to-be stars, are locked in a set that looks like a house. There is no concept of personal space. They all have to eat together and sleep together and use a common toilet. Sadly, since none of them have great nuances of character or have achieved much in their life, it's less Lord Of The Flies and more of a Punch and Judy Show. Hosted by Salman Khan, Bigg Boss has millions of viewers ranging across classes.

So when a programme like this actually ends up doing some good and imparting much needed wisdom to viewers, I'm more than pleased. This season of Bigg Boss seems to be all about respecting women and women's right to choose what or who they want to do.

A couple of weeks back, Arya Babbar (Raj Babbar's son) said that another contestant, Minissha Lamba, was his ex-girlfriend even though she was denying it. He was roundly reprimanded by Salman Khan, the grand master of propriety and champion of respecting women (yes, even I'm choking while writing that), who told Arya that he should not have announced their past relationship if Minissha didn't want him to. Arya was also told to leave it to her to discuss her past relationships and that he must respect a person's privacy. (Yes, I know. In a house which is built on a foundation which celebrates the lack of privacy. Irony, thy name is Bigg Boss.)

The next lesson in propriety took place when Ali (a singer and also the captain of the house) was talking to a starlet called Sonali Raut and model Upen Patel. Sonali and Upen were chatting and canoodling under a blanket, while Ali was talking to them, lying near their feet. Ali - who is Sonali's bte noire on the show - suddenly decided to put his hand under the blanket and stroke Sonali's thigh. Then, like a social science experiment, we actually got to see the reactions you usually hear in normal life when people (read: men) cross a line and you point it out to them.

Sonali's point was that neither was she friends with Ali nor was she comfortable enough with him for him to try and cop a feel. Simply put, he had touched her in a manner which made her uncomfortable and she had not given him permission to do so.

Ali's defense was that he was just joking. And that Sonali sometimes flicks her hair on his face or touches his shoulder, so he thought she'd be fine if he stroked her thigh. Also, she was sitting really close to Upen, so it's not like she's averse to physical proximity or being touched by men. Ergo, she was getting upset with Ali for no reason.

Which is the classic reaction: if you don't mind someone else touching you, why should you mind me doing the same? The concept of personal space or choice is usually alien to most Indians, particularly men.

What was really impressive was the reactions of other contestants, none of whom are fond of Sonali. (She's annoying, shirks work and has been shown canoodling with another male contestant on the show, not just Upen.) All the women were shown lying in bed and discussing how Ali shouldn't have put his hand on Sonali's thigh and that he should not have assumed Sonali is fine with it. They also calmly discussed that Ali didn't seem to understand that this could blow up into a very big issue. It's not quite bra burning, but this is Bigg Boss and it was far more mature than anyone would expect from the program.

The male contestants who spoke to Ali said the same thing. Ali was told the only thing that matters is if Sonali isn't comfortable with him, he cannot assume she is and touch her inappropriately - that too slyly, under the blanket. At the end of the day, it's hers to decide who will feel her up. The Bigg Boss disembodied voice, which announces punishments and rewards, took away Ali's captaincy and nominated him for the next week's elimination. He's also been banned from future captaincies - a fate worse than what befalls most men who cross the line in real life.

Think of the 4.3 million people - men, women and teenagers - watching the show. Last night, many of them learnt that just because some girl is sitting with her arm around your shoulder or canoodling someone, it doesn't mean she's public property'. Unless she's said it's fine or shows some interest in you, it's hands off for you. I could almost hear an audible intake of breath from male viewers across India, surprised by this strange enlightenment. Women actually have a choice in who should touch them? Surely Bigg Boss jests.

Who thought a rag-tag bunch of faux and non-celebrities would end up showing Indian men the right way to treat women? It's a far more effective lesson than those horrible Vogue Empower videos, for instance. Good on Bigg Boss.

Just to ensure that people (read: I) don't get too excited by the wonders of Bigg Boss, they'll be introducing their brand new contestant next week - British po*nstar, Shanti Dynamite. An all-round show if ever there was one, women's rights one day and a little po*n, the next.

sarcasm at its best.😆😆

Originally posted by: .SA.

Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai heads towards a leap; Hina Khan to play the role of a daughter!

another proof that RS is male kekta maiyya.😆😆

Originally posted by: Zehnaseeb

hawww did he do something new now??😲😲 just when i think they're salvaging him, they make him even worse