Comments on: Mera Farz? How do you say, “A Blogger’s Duty”, in Hindi?

By: A N N A

A N N A — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:02:29 +0000

102 Â· melbourne desi said

and you let him go ……

It’s never that tidy or simple.

By: Kurma

Kurma — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:30:18 +0000

I would love to love an online savings account. But it’s only for US citizens or permanent residents only (or so say the online application forms).

By: melbourne desi

melbourne desi — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:35:10 +0000

Then, I met someone a few years ago. He was many things, but most relevant for this story, he was a very, very wealthy C-level exec. I didnâ€™t know any of that when I started dating him (like a movie, na?), but thatâ€™s another story, one which will later go in to a work of â€œfictionâ€.

and you let him go ……

By: Ponniyin Selvan

Ponniyin Selvan — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:29:26 +0000

I’ve seen this ad. in Tamil, and don’t remember that they say it’s a girl baby. Anyways it’s a stupid ad.

By: Sandeep Meher

Sandeep Meher — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:12:44 +0000

97 Â· Yogi said

OT: Sandeep, The Mahabharata collection looks awesome, I used to collect Amar Chitra Kathas when I was growing up, where can I buy this set from? Thanks

You can buy it from http://www.ack-media.com/

By: The Avenger

The Avenger — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:24:28 +0000

Wonderful post !! If someone calls my nieces as burdens, i too would give them a black eye for their thoughts !! losers, every single one of them !!!

By: apsara77

apsara77 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:59:31 +0000

I just got back from a trip to India a couple of weeks back and I’d also seen the ING commercial that Anna mentioned and I’m so glad to know that I was not the only one who found it really sexist and derogatory towards women…the intersting thing is how it shows that a girl is a burden not only from the moment she is born (a part of the ad shows a young father’s feet sinking as soon as he hears he has a baby girl), to the young girl who gets into a MBA program (her fathers car sinks) and wedding (the husband in this case as he’s taking the saath pheras)..the ads all depict middle to upper middle class people in urban India, and in each case the woman in the ad, the daughter, wife, mother etc is the financial responsibility of the man in her life (father, husband). It’s like no matter how educated or independant a woman is, she is still looked upon as a finacial liability and responsiblity of the man in her life…it’s really sad when India has such a growing group of young women who are financially independant and living independantly and obviously this ad not only perpetuates stereotypes but alienates groups of women who don’t fall into the “depending on daddy/husband/man in life” etc…

By: Yogi

Yogi — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:45:55 +0000

OT:

Sandeep, The Mahabharata collection looks awesome, I used to collect Amar Chitra Kathas when I was growing up, where can I buy this set from? Thanks

By: Laksh

Laksh — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:54:50 +0000

I did receive a response from ING Vysya and they have pulled the ad off the air because their campaign is over. I have the email posted at my blog for details. Their stance is that they are referring to the happiness of life changing events and the burden of responsibility at each of those stages. I am willing to forgive them.

http://lakshmusings.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/thank-you-ing-vysya/

By: Sandeep Meher

Sandeep Meher — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:06:44 +0000

I saw the ad and though I thought the ad was stupid, I did not think it was pointing to any gender bias because there was no mention that the baby was a girl. But then I showed that to my wife and her immediate reaction was that ‘it is derogatory’. I think it is very easy to assume that it is a girl child – the ad is just a few seconds and one doesn’t get time for the analysis that some of us have done here about the implied meaning or not (I had read the comments before watching the ad; my wife didn’t know anything about the article and comments).

My conclusion – the outrage against the ad is correct.