Aamir
Khan as an amazing Anchor of Satyamev Jayate
We were
really fed up of rabble rousing newsroom anchors. And I am not one of those
politically unattached people who want to have nothing to do with social issues.
Indeed social issues were for most part of my life my only hobby .But the
television anchors proved with endless effort that they were all sound and fury
signifying nothing .Television has become cacophony, mostly.
The
amazing thing about Aamir Khan is that he really brings out the feeling that
issues are real .They are about us not about the society , not about the
government. They can and do happen to us, they do happen around us. And most
importantly the way he presents it it really strikes a chord in our hearts.
Issue of
Child Abuse
The issue
of child abuse is a complex one to assess. The data presented by Aamir Khan
says more than 53 per cent of people of our country have gone through some form
of abuse at some point of childhood .Like female infanticide it is common
people you and me who are victims as well as perpetrators . It is a not even a
social problem like female infanticide. It is a personal problem. It is
moreover a personal problem to half the population of our country if the data
that Aamir Presented is right.
Dimentions
of Discussion
And there
are several dimentions to the whole issue like children themselves getting
sexually active at very early age , like consensual fondling among children of
almost the same age ,like incest or even more serious issue of childhood
pregnancy, or social issues like child marriage or educational issues like lack
of understanding sexual change in a young kids body when it is actually
happening .Then there are still more complex syndromes which only psychytrists
would be able to discuss . There is also issue of some kids knowing early in
their young life that they are not exactly what the society straight in terms
of their sexual orientations .We need to decriminalise and socially accept
these behaviors too.
Discussing
Taboos
Aamir
Khan has proved that if you are sensitive enough there is no censure in India. No
one is asking why he is discussing these issues which are a taboo in Indian
Society on a Sunday morning when whole family sits around the TV . Its most
amazing finding family members actually asking each other to sit down and watch
this programme.
Part of
our Drawing Room Discussion
Amir Khan
has done the single biggest favour to us by making sex a part of our drawing
room discussion .High time our nation demystifies sex . Sex is an integral part
of our lives and it needs to be understood well , very well in early part of
our lives .Even without information ,without knowledge, people will indulge in
sexual activities cause it is part of our genetic code .It’s better that our
kids understand their behaviour in right perspective .
Coming out
of the Guilt
Rape or
sexual abuse is only not a crime like any other physical assault. It is also
different from consensual sex which even teenagers or pre-teenagers engage in. It
is also different from kids exploring that they are gay or lesbians or bisexual
.Rape or abuse has one distinct feature. It continuously works on the psyche of
the victim. As soon as a victim of assault is able to come out of the guilt
feeling he has worked his way out of the mental trauma.
Aamir's
Workshop
Aamir's
workshop was amazing. I must congratulate the specialists for creating this
workshop for Aamir .Without trivialising the issue and considering that the
workshop was for children it was amazing the way he executed the workshop and
its content. People who oppose sex education should see how things need to be
presented to children. Children are intelligent enough to understand if they
are told what is right and wrong.
Passion of the Satyamev Jayate crew
If you are passionate enough it doesn’t
matter what people think. Aamir Khan has proved that if you are sensitive enough
there is no censure, there can be no censure. Kudos to Aamir Khan and the crew
of Satyamev Jayate . If you can discuss such issues which are deep seated Taboo
in our mind and in our society, on a Sunday Morning show you have already
changed the nation.
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