Ashna With The Ways

MUMBAI – PART 2 Mumbai, the land of Bollywood. The land of Corporate affairs. The mecca for trade. Mumbai is truthfully the jack of all and master of all trades. The biggest reason for Mumbai being the land of dreams is obviously our hundred and two year old Bollywood.  For this sole reason hundreds and thousands of people migrate to this “Nagriya”. By this short intro above you must have guessed what the second is all about. Nope it’s not Bollywood. It is life through the eyes of a struggler. People talk about how stardom feels like, what success is or the story behind it. You might get a short reply in brief, “that indeed I worked hard, gave a said number of auditions and finally here I am, cherishing the taste of success”. But a majority of them struggle almost for a major time of their life give up by trying and facing shitty politics and seeing resourceful kids getting in without knowing what struggle actually means. For starters let’s just imagine that you are in ...

Open Bounded Freedom Life is so free With no worries on the back No enemies to bitch about Just a life where everyone cares And sleep is only actual long lasting friend. The open bounded freedom, Is sometimes we are jealous of Sitting the whole day at home, And chilling being all laid back is the only option. No one knows what’s in the mind Or what’s happening behind those eyes Loving & protecting the person most close to them, And just falling off here & then. Open bounded freedom, Is their destiny A destiny with no one to question A life not to worry about But some leisure time to doze off. Showing their love, running everywhere Over excitement and calmness And an open bounded freedom, That’s their life, Dedicated to us Leaving us one day, With an everlasting memory filled with smiles.

The name is enough. “Naam hi kaafi hai”. Every single person you ask will be seen doing something. "Paapi pet ka Jo sawaal hai". Most students will just not be studying but will be working too, so that their lifestyle does not create a pressure on their family. Obviously leaving a bunch of rich spoiled kids who know that they'll end up getting their "papa ka office" and his property anyways. Harsh yet truthful. This first post focuses  on the lifestyle of a youngster between the age group of 18-30. Well at most places young means 18-24 but when in Mumbai there’s no limit to how young you can be. SO let’s just take the max limit here as 30. Early morning college, internships later followed by a party and if Redbull helps then there we go for an after party as well. It wouldn't just be a vague generalization if I say, "Every young party buff has had numerous such moments." Well I certainly have done it & it’s like a new story very passing day! ...

Yes, I am a citizen of India and the fundamental rights endow me with freedom of speech and expression but can I depict reality in my thoughts and expressions through words or any other medium? Unfortunately NO! I cannot talk on issues based on actual instances. Not only this, I cannot even use media and art to illustrate what people of my nation actually witness. I recently watched Unfreedom Movie. A friend suggested it to me and the minute the movie got over, tears rolled down my cheeks. It definitely left me awe stricken. I knew that religious terrorism and the LGBT rights are the biggest topics of deliberation everywhere but somebody could portray them in such an exquisite manner... was never conventional!  In spite of the brilliant storyline, award winning script, critically acclaimed acting, Cinematography by national award winning Cinematographer Hari Nair and Sound Designing by Oscar winning Resul Pookutty, the movie has been banned in India. Our censor b...

We all indeed go through times , where we feel this is the end . This how things go on in the world .A Little sadness , Little happiness , tear in eyes ,we get upset and the heart just questions that is it how tough times are supposed to last. Brain freezes in spite of being the most functional organ. I am talking about a phase that at some point in our lives we all go through . Some call it depression , some call it isolation . It has multiple names like anxiety, stress , break from the world phase , being too open or too close or just moving along concealing oneself all the way is just another form of it. I'm no psychologist to give an expert opinion but surely can highlight a few important aspects we people ignore knowingly . Mentioning by saying it happens unknowingly would be an error on my part . There is often this person who is very open about his/her life , about their social life but it doesn't mean that the person is of a bad character or is a drunkard . That...

The following is post is the same as posted on www.theanalysis.org It is an article , an article that reflects my perspective about the law in our nation regarding gender. You can get more such legal articles on the aforementioned site , India's first open online discussion forum. The article talks in brief about the intersection between the law and the gender justice. The piece throws light on some major judicial pronouncements that were rendered to strike the equal balance between the law and the gender justice, by our judiciary. The recognition of ‘third gender’ is also an important element of this article and whether LGBT community can have a status of equality and dignity or not, talks Ashna Jha     -Ashna Jha is pursuing law (BA., LL.B.) from Rizvi Law College, Mumbai. We all talk about as to how the rights should be equal, how and what can be done to make justice equal and impartial. What has the society and most importantly judiciary contributed tow...

It was a day of pride for the LGBT community in Mumbai on 31st January, 2015. The annual pride parade was one extravagant affair. A parade for the equal rights, a parade for acceptance, a parade where love meant love and nothing was gender biased. I met one such person who has been witnessing that love needs no gender to be defined. Parenthood needs no gender to set an example of a good parental   care. Keya an independent woman has been brought by two mothers.  I asked her a few questions about how it is and how much different is it from a regular heterosexual family. How was it with two mothers bringing you up? Keya It was really great. I have a twin sister also & I have never really been with a father so I can’t compare how a father would be or something but my mom’s girlfriend she’s not exactly like our mom but still I feel that parental care with her . So do you feel that parental touch with her (her mom’s gf)? Ya ya completely ...