OD- 3 How far can you agree or disagree with the views expressed in this article? Cultural Studies and Postcolonialism

"Stop telling Sharmeens and Adigas to Photoshop reality".

 

That is the article taken from the Times of  India.

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In this online discussion we see that there is the interesting topic on the 'Practice of honor killing'. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s Academy Award for her documentary, A Girl in the River. In which she also talking about horror of acid attack, and also talking about honor of killing into the country like Pakistan. This documentary is also based on the honor of  Killing in the country of Pakistan. Sharmeen's first Oscar award winning documentary film, A Girl in the River, portrayed a negative side of India. 

 

 

In many works of Indian writer there were the main themes of the Negative sides of an India. Many critics do not like these kind of things about their own country. They some times rejects the works because it shows readers ugly India. When Arvind Adiga's White Tiger won the Booker prize for his novel, the educated and sophisticated people think that, the book reflects the 'Negative Image of India.'  

 

 

As well as in other writers work we saw that the harsh reality about India. In the field movie, Many of the filmmaker chooses the theme on the poverty in India or Corruption in India, they also make movies on the true story about the Acid attack on the girl, honor killing etc. When we talking about the film, 'Slumdog Milliner' there were also we see that the poverty in India and harsh reality of India. Many of the readers say that why writers do that? why they catch the photos about ugly India in their works. Why can’t they hide our flaws and emphasize our virtues so we can win the respect and admiration of western societies? 

 

 

The views over this documentary film is that why Sharmeen make this kind of documentary film on the truth of our society? Instead of this topic she has take many other topic to expressed in her documentary about beauty in our country, but why she did this? But there were many other people who clearly understand about this harsh reality of our society, and they wants to stop that.  Shermeen's film has prompted Nawaz Sharif to say that the practice of honor killings in Pakistan should come to an end.

 

 

The artists, the writers and others purpose is only to write truth about their country, they have no right to show the shiny things and happy image about their country. Wrote the truth about their country it is their job. We have not any right to ask them why they choose this topic to represent their own country. They have have freedom to choose their topic.  'A Girl in the River, ' film are about truly heroic Pakistani women — women who have suffered appalling cruelty and oppression but who have refused to be silenced. In telling their stories to the world, they have fought back and exposed injustice. These are genuine stories of triumph over adversity. In the case of Malala we see that she was fought against the girl child education.  Malala embodies that story. The Nation should be proud on such a woman in their country. 

 

 

It is no secret that hundreds of women are murdered every year for honor, yet it’s taken the buzz that Sharmeen’s single film has generated abroad to prompt Nawaz Sharif’s avowal to put an end to honor killings at home and embolden Imran Khan to publicly decry the practice.  

 

 

Why else would readers demand that only ‘positive’ images be projected to that audience? In our society the readers  wants to know about the goody things about the nation. They didn't think that what is the actual image of our country. We have to fight our battles, celebrate our heroes and tell our stories truthfully.