{"id":1841,"date":"2016-05-29T22:23:59","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T16:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=1841"},"modified":"2016-05-29T22:23:59","modified_gmt":"2016-05-29T16:53:59","slug":"social-media-2017-sexual-harassment-virushka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=1841","title":{"rendered":"The Teacher of the Year Award Goes to Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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his year stood testament to the accuracy of the millennial saying, \u201cLife is what happens when you\u2019re busy refreshing your social media feeds.\u201d Life indeed did happen while we ate, slept, and breathed the internet this year. But 2017 also proved that <\/span>social media<\/span><\/a> is a great teacher. As far as this year was concerned, our millennial bible delivered some pretty hard-hitting lessons. <\/span>\n\nWe started out with early tutorials when our social media fraternity wasted no opportunity to outrage against the inherent sexism of the \u201cthriving\u201d Indian comedy circle. A <\/span>panel discussion <\/span><\/a>comprising stand-up comedians ended up featuring only one woman comedian, as opposed to the plump number of five male comedians on this almost-manel. <\/span>\n\nAs if it weren\u2019t bad enough that women comedians were grossly outnumbered, it was made worse by the fact that all the male comedians seemed to have expressed their thoughts about sexism in the business before she could. Even though the question was directed at the woman comedian. One would assume that the fracas over this would have ensured that media outlets did some introspection and learned their lesson. <\/span>\n\nBut a respected <\/span>magazine<\/span><\/a> recently failed in its noble effort to find even one woman comedian for its cover. For its anniversary special, the magazine profiled the comedy scene, with insights from nine male stand-up comedians like Sorabh Pant and Varun Grover. Aditi Mittal, the only woman \u201cfortunate\u201d enough to be contacted for the story (also the only one in the aforementioned almost-manel), was however tasked with giving an enlightening byte about sexism in the comedy industry.<\/span>\n\nNext on the syllabus was laying bare the second-hand embarrassment our Bollywood celebrities, the same ones we adore and put on a pedestal, are capable of spreading due to their verbal diarrhoea. The performances started out with Sidharth Malhotra putting out an <\/span>insensitive tweet<\/span><\/a> promoting his upcoming film at the time, <\/span>A Gentleman<\/span><\/i>,<\/span> in the wake of the riots that took place in Haryana following Dera Sacha Sauda chief <\/span>Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh\u2019<\/span><\/a>s rape verdict. It was followed by Rishi Kapoor continuing his peculiar hobby of using <\/span>Twitter <\/span><\/a>as his personal battleground to <\/span>abuse<\/span><\/a> anyone. And ended with <\/span>Twinkle Khanna <\/span><\/a>aka Mrs Funnybones cracking \u201cunwise wisecracks\u201d under the guise of supporting her <\/span>nationalistic husband<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\n\n

2017 is proof that we are all living in Taimur Ali Khan\u2019s world, and are just lucky to be passing by.<\/p><\/blockquote> \n\nBut, it\u2019s also been a year where Bollywood has utilised the power of social media to unite over the right kind of issues, such as making an ancient <\/span>Pahlaj Nihalani<\/span><\/a> unsuccessful in stopping the revolution that \u201cfemale-oriented\u201d films like <\/span>Lipstick Under My Burkha<\/span><\/i><\/a> heralded. They even called out the dangerous precedent set by a <\/span>fringe outfit <\/span><\/a>that garnered relevance by protesting <\/span>Sanjay Leela Bhansali<\/span><\/a>\u2019s, fictional version of <\/span>history<\/span><\/a>. This mobilisation was indication that maybe there\u2019s some hope left for our film industry after all.<\/span>\n\nThe year 2017 will also also be remembered for being the year of <\/span>unfettered protest<\/span><\/a>. One that has been headlined by women all across the world and led to the outing of hordes of powerful and revered men as <\/span>sexual harassers<\/span><\/a>. And all of this on the back of a powerful hashtag. The fall from grace of several powerful men has been the result of numerous women brave enough to yell <\/span>#MeToo<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>\n\nCloser home, women chose their paths of dissent through a widely debated <\/span>\u201clist\u201d<\/span><\/a> championed by Raya Sarkar, a revealing Medium post against TVF\u2019s Arunabh Kumar, and joining hands to ensure that a <\/span>Malayalam A-lister<\/span><\/a> didn\u2019t go unpunished for his involvement in a heinous crime. The most important lesson social media dispensed this year is that it doesn\u2019t matter if a woman screams from a rooftop or from the comfort of her home. What matters is that they are now determined to go to any lengths to be heard.<\/span>\n\nExtending the \u201cSonam Gupta Bewafa Hai\u201d streak, this year residents of social media displayed their magical ability of turning literally anything into a meme, not letting any <\/span>honeymoon picture<\/span><\/a> of <\/span>#Virushka<\/span><\/a> go unphotoshopped. On the other hand, the emergence of the new networking site, Sarahah, that allowed its users to give anonymous feedback reiterated what we all knew: Anonymity is best exploited when it\u2019s on social media.<\/span>\n\nLast but not the least, a one-year-old (almost royal) baby\u2019s complete domination over social media trends, <\/span>newsrooms<\/span><\/a>, Instagram feeds, and our fragile, weak hearts right from his arrival to this world, taught us the most important lesson of 2017. That we are all living in <\/span>Taimur Ali Khan\u2019s<\/span><\/a> world, and are just lucky to be passing by.<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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