Snippets

  Waking up early this morning I curiously opened the messages.     A video of girls being interviewed popped up. They were proudly declaring their choice of drinks. I was struck by the casual manner in which they were projected in the media without hiding their identity. During the discussions that ensued in the group several issues came up starting with gender issues, parental control, drugs not to speak of political parties taking mileage of such issues etc.     Elders seem to feel that today’s youngsters are a confused lot with no idea of their priorities. Many parents forget to live, sacrificing their time and money to their duties of bringing up the next generation, imposing their hopes and desires on them. To justify the need for parental control another video showing girls gorging on food and drinks in a toddy shop was also circulated. It could be such videos are fake, circulated to instigate ire against girls in general in a society where men feel they are losing control or po