Alia Bhatt's New Bridal Wear Ad Sparks Controversy - Page 7

Originally posted by: HearMeRoar

Nope. You are prevaricating... adding things I didn't say to make it a religion issue. To reiterate... what I said was focusing on a minority's issue with women while ignoring 80% of the population would actually be ridiculous.

Also, this ad specifically talked about kanyadaan. *You* are trying to tie it to the larger religion and the concept of Daan itself.

And your concept of symbolism cam be claimed by other religions also. They would also be just as wrong. Because, you see, history of the world. Women have been treated as property from time immemorial. By Hinduism, by Christianity, by Islam, by whichever organized religion you can name. It needs to stop.

Women ain't your property to give away. They are their own people.

I don't think Islam and Christianity treat women as property. Never heard of it.

Originally posted by: Lord_Voldemort

A girl in India was killed for wearing a jeans.

My point was, India and Pakistan are more alike than the average "proud Indian" would like. It's about time such bubbles were burst, and Indians stop having this superiority complex over Pakistan.

Pakistan's stance over Afghanistan and Panjshir is very different to India's. Thats just a recent example. India & Pakistan are miles away from each other & God forbid if India ever becomes alike to Pakistan.

Originally posted by: MujheMaarjaneDo

I always thought transgenders want to be identified as women, so I just counted them as one.

No, transgender men also exist.

Originally posted by: Lord_Voldemort

No, transgender men also exist.

I was talking about women only, not men.

Similarly if transgender women are under the umbrella term women, similarly transgender men are also in the umbrella term men.

Originally posted by: Lord_Voldemort

A girl in India was killed for wearing a jeans.

My point was, India and Pakistan are more alike than the average "proud Indian" would like. It's about time such bubbles were burst, and Indians stop having this superiority complex over Pakistan.

It's Pakistan itself which provides Indians with a superiority complex. For one, they have a literacy rate of 49.5%.

Originally posted by: Softness

I don't think Islam and Christianity treat women as property. Never heard of it.

Curious to see HearMeRoar's reply to this.

Let me  about Panjshir part, the part of planes firing turned out to be a video game. This news is fake

Originally posted by: sunflower52

Let me  about Panjshir part, the part of planes firing turned out to be a video game. This news is fake

What planes firing?

Originally posted by: blue-ice.1

Thankyou..❤️..Life is all about making compromises....I still believe in what I do.....but my ideologies are not bigger than the respect of the 2 people who brought in this world and made me and raised in a way that I am capable of knowing right from wrong....

This is a beautiful sentiment- one that I respect wholeheartedly.

However , this is exactly the kind of "majboori" that allows regressive traditions to continue unquestioned. If not for people like us who are relatively in a comfortable position , who will dare challenge societal norms ?

Kanyadaan , strictly speaking in a traditional sense was meant to inculcate a mentality of "precious daughters" and importance of a "female child" in a man's dharma and karma .. This is especially relevant in North India where female foeticide is rampant and daughters are treated as burdens .. Unfortunately, a sentiment which was thoroughly positive at its inception is no longer relevant and quite redundant in modern times .. these sentiments need to evolve with changing times .. they need to change for better .. and I think Hinduism is a religion which stands a chance to adapt to changing times .. we are relatively liberal- always have been , especially if you compare with some of the more rigid , regressive and "set in their ways" Abrahamic religions ..

Originally posted by: --Pro.vo.King--

This is a beautiful sentiment- one that I respect wholeheartedly.

However , this is exactly the kind of "majboori" that allows regressive traditions to continue unquestioned. If not for people like us who are relatively in a comfortable position , who will dare challenge societal norms ?

Kanyadaan , strictly speaking in a traditional sense was meant to inculcate a mentality of "precious daughters" and importance of a "female child" in a man's dharma and karma .. This is especially relevant in North India where female foeticide is rampant and daughters are treated as burdens .. Unfortunately, a sentiment which was thoroughly positive at its inception is no longer relevant and quite redundant in modern times .. these sentiments need to evolve with changing times .. they need to change for better .. and I think Hinduism is a religion which stands a chance to adapt to changing times .. we are relatively liberal- always have been , especially if you compare with some of the more rigid , regressive and "set in their ways" Abrahamic religions ..

Bold: Wholeheartedly agree.