Mellow-dramatics

I have a few articles written for me to share with you tonight, but i feel like writing something. I don't mean something with a point or purpose, just random musings. Please bear with.
I was intrigued by a movie called Sex and the city that i saw on keshav's LAN network. So i brought it home with me. This movie was made after its sitcom version became as popular as a sardar joke in India. I had never seen the show, only heard of its success and fame. Partly curiosity to see what all the hulla was about, and to see if it was in fact true to its name.
I skipped through the movie to make a quick estimation of the story line. As i went through it, i found a scene where the female protagonist was making wedding plans. On the next leap i made by fast forward i found the scene that where the groom had some doubts, and had been a no show at the alter. To which the bride was reacting violently in public. As he reaches to her to explain that he had a weak moment, and was alright now, she turns her back to him and clings on to her friend. What ensues is the height of melodrama! The friend makes such a wild and shocking cry refusing to allow the groom to come close to the bride.with so much invectiveness in expression she cast on him as they moved away. This is an over-reaction beyond all things. True I cannot contemplate and even begin to understand the embarrassment that might be caused to a bride when the groom decides to be absent at the alter, but surely some discretion is necessary when reacting in public.
The motto that this sends out is that there is this kind of female power to be proud of. I see my female friends who would have felt satisfied at seeing this kind of display of standing up for a friend.That anything goes if it is in the name of protection of femininity.
There are two things here: picking up Americanisms and following women empowerment and equality with fanaticism like ideals. The Americans portrayed in their serials and movies are always overly melodramatic. They tend to push things way out of proportion. They over react, shout, yell, throw things and do everything short gnawing each others eyes out. People some how like to follow this. They think this is the cool thing to do. And as a result, girls will react badly to anything on the road, scream, yell, and walk off in fits of rage. This they do with no qualms because they think its the way to conduct themselves.
And the womens' movement fanatics, need to really think about what they are asking. They may not all be maniacs, but if they must fight, it should be to make all women equal to each other. There are some who throw a tantrum if they are denied attention, there are some are not being given a job because shes a she.

The Nag-azine!

Its been long since i blogged. I was waiting for me to be the author of a good article. That didn't happen. I met my friend and blogger bud siddharth online the other day, he asked about the sudden recession in activity on my blog site. It was him that pointed out that blogs were never meant to be perfect little articles filled with "le mot juste" as Gustave Flaubert would have said it.

I have been busy with work with the magazine society of our college.I am the person responsible for it. This year we are starting a college wallpaper. That's sort of an open faced magazine. It is supposed to be fortnightly. this i guess will get people to write more often than just before the magazine is coming out!

The process started way back in August. I being a through professional, or at the very least aspiring to be one, wrote letters to the Principal, which he promptly directed to the Academic In-charge of our college. I suppose everything has to go through th Academic In-charge, so that makes it more like Vice-Principal. These letters were to state that according to the wishes of the previous magazine council i am to take charge this year. And another letter suggesting this Wallpaper.

Now we all know how things lie in the office. Days went by, in getting a new council in place, and getting a notice board and approval for the wallpaper. Only after getting the necessary stuff did we go ahead and invite contributions. Now after many weeks of deliberation are we in a position to release our first every issue of Campus BuZz. Thats what we called our little brainchild. Although we are still waiting for a professor to clear out the notice board that was promised to us, which shouldn't take very long...we're nearly there.

This year i guess our job, our meaning this years council, is to lay the foundation for such an activity. because there are only few more weeks left this semester, and about another 10-12 weeks next semester. So maybe next year this will really take off!
Wish us luck!