Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 5:23
AM
Subject: [Assam] Monsoon Wedding and wife
beating--old images of India
Hi,
I just started watching this movie by Mira Nair - not as bad as Gurinder
Chaddha's it seems - I like that comedian wedding organizer - who was tyhe
scare crow character in the movie "Run" - of Bachchan Jr. where I had to run
to the police station in the middle of the film -the police called on my
mobile- to save my skin - for someone had complained to police that I was
begging through press (advts) to purportedly go to Harvard.
I'd like to see the face of the retired Chief Engineer ,Mr Chandra from
Raipur - if he could see me now - really at Harvard.
The movie - is going as suspected - the corrupted Burgousie face of
"elite" Indian yuppydom.
And I suspect this is how most of Western youth view Indians who land up
at places like Harvard. Even a so called school time "friend" is here - who
doesn't wish to be reminded that only elites or roayal from Jaipur or India do
not land at Harvard.
Sometimes while cleaning classrooms I hit upon interesting seminars.
Earlier one was by Indian Ambassador to US Mr Sen - I was waiting to clean the
room, if they chose to leave. This Tuesday in the same room (Fong Audi) three
women presented a documentary of Pluralism - supposedly on different relgions.
It turned out that Shamita - the Indian (Hindu) was highlighting about wife
beating - ofcourse blaming the males.
My comment made her become pensive. I said that I am (name, Harvard GSE
etc) a son of a wife beater, when we grew we realised it is not good and
made my father stop it - and how somehow it led to some female luring away my
father from our family. So South Asian sons should be trained to take up
cudgles on behalf of their moters. Ms Shamita had no answer to that. She
started making defensive statements that she doesn't want the family to break
but the hand to stop. Well No risk No gain.
i think she didn't like the idea of a son standing upto his father -
again she wanted tradition to continue - you can't have everything. If u want
west - have it in full!!
Am I wrong?
Umesh
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