On an introductory note, I don’t usually write this kind of stuff but I had to make an exception here. Who’d really want to read the kind of crap that has been all over the internet and covered voraciously by the media dogs? That’s right! No one! I still couldn’t resist writing this though. I am indeed talking about the Gauahar Khan (or Gauhar Khan or however the fuck she or her fans like to spell her name) incident. To be honest, I care about Gauahar Khan and the guy who slapped her as much as I care about my watchman or the dude who takes out my trash. Feminists who even got a whiff of this story must have geared up on their arsenal of “that’s not right” and “equality for women” slogans and rampaged all across the vast, wonderful, fragile realm of social media. I really don’t want to talk about that either.
In my opinion, which most people will value as much as they value their morning session, I’d like to say that it is not really that big a deal. Why would I say something so “controversial” above all the other pile of “controversial” crap… well… because it is not really all that “controversial”. People are simply frowning over one celebrity getting slapped on television, is it really worth the attention? Not at all! Now the media dogs will probably take this “incident” and turn it into a shitty story about the bravery of one woman who stood up for her right to wear what she pleases. Gauahar Khan could walk naked on the streets and I still wouldn’t care. I am not concerned with the way she dresses. What I am concerned about is the attention “one celebrity” managed to gather over “one slap” on “television”. What about the hundreds of other women who undergo similar or more brutal incidents repeatedly on streets, in their home and sometimes even at their work place or their respective educational institutes? Ever thought about why the media doesn’t cover that?
The media was “created” with a view that they would “serve and safeguard the opinion of common people like you, me and the other women who dwell in turmoil each and every day.” Over the years, all that the media has covered are just shitty issues which would bring their respective brands more publicity and TRP. Why don’t the media dogs flood the streets and cover the stories of the hundreds of women who have been subjected to the same incident of being slapped and humiliated in public? Yea… why would they? What publicity could middle-class or lower middle-class women bring? The media has stooped from giving the right information to providing infotainment. One look at Gauahar Khan’s twitter page can tell you that people would rather sympathize with a celebrity than someone who really needs their support. Gauahar Khan is backed by the media, she has her lawyers and the support of the masses. What does an average woman have? An average woman barely even has the support of her family - friends, media and others are a far off dream. Even the goddamned feminists who are backing Gauahar Khan have failed miserably to support the women who actually need them. Are we really that stupid that we have managed to hype something that is so much on the surface while ignoring whatever lies beneath it? If people had even half a brain they’d take their eyes off the television and start observing their own surroundings more keenly. Then they’d probably agree with me on the fact that such incidents involving celebrities that are usually hyped on digital media, social media and newspapers deserve a little or no attention at all.
On a concluding note, I do hope that Gauahar Khan uses this incident and the publicity she has gained from it to help the other women who desperately need help and I do hope that common people start standing up for other women who need them instead of wasting their time on celebrities who will anyways hog the limelight and get “justice” at the same time… well… because they are celebrities!
PS: “Jaago chutyon! Aaju bhaaju dekho! Sab auratoon ki ma-bhen ek ho ri hai!” – Anonymous.
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