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The more I watch this show, the more it makes me THINK. What I love is that it does not paint a depressing and bleak picture in front of us, instead it gives a hope and offers a possible solution. Today's episode, yet again, touched a nerve. The stories were distressing, they made me emotional BUT they also awakened all those thoughts that I had shoved into some deep corner of my heart and did not bother thinking about. Female infanticide, child sexual abuse - we have read about them, had heard horrifying stories about them but did we ever think what we can do to curtail such practices and even if we did, did we have the time to do something about it? For most of us are too caught up with our day to day activities to even pay attention to the humane side within us and it is no one's fault here that our lifestyle is such...but in this madness, in this race, is it WORTH it if we don't give it back to our society? NO, SMJ doesn't raise that question - without being judgmental and without pointing fingers and most importantly without making one feel guilty, it creates a FORUM for those of us who do not have that luxury or means to do something about the issues that affect us, although we earnestly yearn to do something about it even if it is not directly concerned with us. As a citizen of this country and as a part of this society, it is my responsibility to contribute to the betterment and welfare of this society - again SMJ doesn't PREACH that, it just puts forth the facts that are not strategically selected to attack the viewers' emotions and yet it manages to project them sensitively with a silver lining, it leaves the decision purely to us audience without being opinionated and without aspiring to be influential. It gives us credit - that we are mature, intelligent enough to understand and are perfectly capable of taking the right decision, keeping the welfare of the society in the view and even if we don't take the "right" decision, it is still fine because SMJ, at the end of the day, respects your opinions.
Coming to today's issue - it is certainly unfair that children have to go through it, it is unfair that the innocence of their childhood is being tainted, it is unfair that most of them have to carry this baggage through their adulthood as well. I would be lying if I said that I did not feel impressed by the lady who said her abuser was the one at fault and that he should be the one to feel guilty and not her 👏. I'd be lying if I said that Harish's story did not shake me from within and made me very deeply emotional and yet, his courage , his confidence to accept it as the challenge his life had thrown at him and fight it, made me feel positive. I have had the fortune of meeting highly inspiring people in my immediate friends' circle and family (my best friend being an inspiration in himself) so it is not new to me but what is different here is the fact that , in some way, I can be a part of it and use that as a tool to create an impact, to contribute to the change in whatever way I can...and I would genuinely like to thank Aamir for putting together such a wonderful show with a brilliant concept, it is surely WORTH waking up early on a Sunday morning , it is surely WORTH one and a half hour of my undivided attention and it is surely WORTH every penny I spend when I vote in the favor of the bill being passed 👏. Having said that, I also have a few questions and concerns- for starters, I want to know about the details of the pending bill in the parliament- what aspects of child sexual abuse it deals with, what kind of indicators/behavior can be defined within the scope of it, what is the proposed punishment and what is the legal process that needs to be followed. I would have liked them to dig a little deep and have a discussion with the NGOs/Social Workers who have been actively involved in working towards this cause to determine whether the bill in the parliament is sufficient and is enough to tackle this issue. While I am certainly for the bill being passed (I am sure I can rely on Aamir's knowledge of it even though I am not totally aware of the content), I would have also liked to see it openly discussed so that we know what is in there, what are its repercussions and if any amendments are required. Not that I am complaining here but I would have liked the focus to have been on child abuse in broader perspective, not just child sexual abuse in particular. In view of the recent Baby Falak incident, we would need laws on that front as well. But I can see where Aamir was coming from, he wanted to deal with CSA particularly because it is the kind of issue that does require a dedicated episode. However, in the future, if not this season, at least in the next season, I'd like some light thrown on child abuse (violence against children- physical or emotional) as well.
Those are my two cents on the show in general and today's episode in particular.I would love to read everyone's views on today's episode.
Coming to today's issue - it is certainly unfair that children have to go through it, it is unfair that the innocence of their childhood is being tainted, it is unfair that most of them have to carry this baggage through their adulthood as well. I would be lying if I said that I did not feel impressed by the lady who said her abuser was the one at fault and that he should be the one to feel guilty and not her 👏. I'd be lying if I said that Harish's story did not shake me from within and made me very deeply emotional and yet, his courage , his confidence to accept it as the challenge his life had thrown at him and fight it, made me feel positive. I have had the fortune of meeting highly inspiring people in my immediate friends' circle and family (my best friend being an inspiration in himself) so it is not new to me but what is different here is the fact that , in some way, I can be a part of it and use that as a tool to create an impact, to contribute to the change in whatever way I can...and I would genuinely like to thank Aamir for putting together such a wonderful show with a brilliant concept, it is surely WORTH waking up early on a Sunday morning , it is surely WORTH one and a half hour of my undivided attention and it is surely WORTH every penny I spend when I vote in the favor of the bill being passed 👏. Having said that, I also have a few questions and concerns- for starters, I want to know about the details of the pending bill in the parliament- what aspects of child sexual abuse it deals with, what kind of indicators/behavior can be defined within the scope of it, what is the proposed punishment and what is the legal process that needs to be followed. I would have liked them to dig a little deep and have a discussion with the NGOs/Social Workers who have been actively involved in working towards this cause to determine whether the bill in the parliament is sufficient and is enough to tackle this issue. While I am certainly for the bill being passed (I am sure I can rely on Aamir's knowledge of it even though I am not totally aware of the content), I would have also liked to see it openly discussed so that we know what is in there, what are its repercussions and if any amendments are required. Not that I am complaining here but I would have liked the focus to have been on child abuse in broader perspective, not just child sexual abuse in particular. In view of the recent Baby Falak incident, we would need laws on that front as well. But I can see where Aamir was coming from, he wanted to deal with CSA particularly because it is the kind of issue that does require a dedicated episode. However, in the future, if not this season, at least in the next season, I'd like some light thrown on child abuse (violence against children- physical or emotional) as well.
Those are my two cents on the show in general and today's episode in particular.I would love to read everyone's views on today's episode.
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