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The body is the temple which houses our soul. This is the myth/legend that has been reiterated and at the same time been continuously shattered throughout the history of human kind, especially with regard to the role of the woman in society. The objectification of the woman and the male gaze has played an important role in shaping and reiterating the distinct roles of male and female in a society based on gender. Gender that differentiates between a male and a female based on that elusive "y" chromosome. One is left asking why so much fuss over a "y"?
Coming back to the issue at hand, the violation of this sacred space that we identity as "body" has had far reaching repercussions. This violation has been almost exclusively reserved for the female form. After the establishment and an uneasy acceptance of the patriarchal system, the male dictated the identity of the female in society. The notion that the female was weak led to the idea being generated that a submissive woman was a virtuous woman. Any woman who dare raise her voice against the diktats of the male voice in society was maligned and silenced effectively. How? Often by invading her personal space, her most vulnerable point of identification-her body. The violation of the female form was often validated as a marker of male dominance and protection of the larger interests of society. Case in point, all the mass rapes that took place whenever two countries went to war. The partition of India and the condition of the womenfolk back then is a history that is still shrouded in mist for the most part because the horror that these women had to go through is so clear in their minds that they have been silenced forever, never to share with the world what all they went through.
Domestic violence is another aspect of the violation of the sacred space of a woman's body and it happens in a space that she can superficially call her own. The "home" and the "familiar" serves as a setting of torture and turmoil, further eroding the identity of the woman in her mind! The mental scar that domestic violence can leave behind is beyond comprehension and the threat that domestic violence is not a ONE OFF thing is omnipresent! I dedicate this post to Jyothiamma, a woman I knew and tried to help cope with domestic violence. She took to drinking to forget the pains of the bruises that her husband inflicted on her body every night! She later developed severe liver problems!
I hope the makers of MJHT are aware of the enormity and seriousness of this issue they have raised in the serial. Nupur's pain and her mental agony should not be brushed off casually. The makers have a chance to prove that Indian TV can handle sensitive issues without venturing into the realms of melodrama and chindipan! Please creatives, don't mess up this track! It is an earnest appeal!
Coming back to the issue at hand, the violation of this sacred space that we identity as "body" has had far reaching repercussions. This violation has been almost exclusively reserved for the female form. After the establishment and an uneasy acceptance of the patriarchal system, the male dictated the identity of the female in society. The notion that the female was weak led to the idea being generated that a submissive woman was a virtuous woman. Any woman who dare raise her voice against the diktats of the male voice in society was maligned and silenced effectively. How? Often by invading her personal space, her most vulnerable point of identification-her body. The violation of the female form was often validated as a marker of male dominance and protection of the larger interests of society. Case in point, all the mass rapes that took place whenever two countries went to war. The partition of India and the condition of the womenfolk back then is a history that is still shrouded in mist for the most part because the horror that these women had to go through is so clear in their minds that they have been silenced forever, never to share with the world what all they went through.
Domestic violence is another aspect of the violation of the sacred space of a woman's body and it happens in a space that she can superficially call her own. The "home" and the "familiar" serves as a setting of torture and turmoil, further eroding the identity of the woman in her mind! The mental scar that domestic violence can leave behind is beyond comprehension and the threat that domestic violence is not a ONE OFF thing is omnipresent! I dedicate this post to Jyothiamma, a woman I knew and tried to help cope with domestic violence. She took to drinking to forget the pains of the bruises that her husband inflicted on her body every night! She later developed severe liver problems!
I hope the makers of MJHT are aware of the enormity and seriousness of this issue they have raised in the serial. Nupur's pain and her mental agony should not be brushed off casually. The makers have a chance to prove that Indian TV can handle sensitive issues without venturing into the realms of melodrama and chindipan! Please creatives, don't mess up this track! It is an earnest appeal!
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