A rebel looking for a cause

Getty Images According to Wikipedia and many published research papers, bullying is all about the power dynamic. It is a force or threat to abuse or intimidate other people and which keeps happening over some time with the intention to hurt someone, apparently due to an imbalance in power between the perpetrator and the victim. There are numerous articles on the internet where people have discussed their stories and how they either dealt with it or succumbed to it. There are certain studies undertaken and in one of the research papers published by The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, authors have reported a 53% prevalence of bullying in school. Yet another report suggests that 60% of students between the age of 8-14 years reported having experienced bullying and only 35% of parents knew that their children were being bullied which is a very disturbing number. A UNESCO report confirms that 1 in every 3 students has been bullied in school by their peers which include mental, verbal, and phy...

Hello readers,  This is my first blog and I decided to write this because I think it will make me feel good being able to communicate my thoughts to people.  Image courtesy Wikipedia I recently came across a movie on Netflix by the name of "Chaman Bahar" directed by Apurva Dhar Badgaiyan and it stars one of my favorite actors of this generation Jeetendra Kumar fondly known as Jeetu Bhaiya. Along with him stars Ritika Badiani. The story revolves around Billu, a small-town guy who goes against his family tradition and opens up a small shop of paan and falls in love with the girl named Rinku living opposite to his shop. I have always been fond of no non-sense low budget films rather than brainless commercial movies starring big names. Chaman Bahar is one such a feel-good movie with some of the scenes so flawlessly carried out by the lead actor and other cast members. It reminded me of some old movies where the story used to be simple, straightforward yet rich with content. The a...