Ok.. So India is progressing.. We are.. We have people who are openly displaying dissent. There are public parades of Public Display of Affection. May be that is progress. Progress of minds. The liberty to say ‘please mind your own business’. ‘Shut the fuck up’. And that ‘I don’t care’. I am an MBA. I am taught to rely only on metrics to judge a parameter. Not random impressions. Or conclusions.
Hmmm. So why am I writing this. I am writing this to argue whether we are actually progressing. I recently witnessed the session of a moderately popular stand up comedian. And yes he was trying to be funny. And yes he was a guy. And yes, he made fun of how a random guy in India is. Deprived. Unromantic. Horny. Nothing unreal about it. The only reason we laughed was because we resonated with what he said. It seemed like it was our story. And I realized we all love it when we see ourselves, or may be want to see ourselves in the story being told. Be it movies. Be it any other depiction.
I have no issues in poking fun at my own self. But what about the other sex? Have we reached a stage where Indian women can actually make fun of their true selves and not be uncomfortable with it? Are they ready to discuss their fantasies, fears and favors out in the open? The scene that we witnessed today was that all the guys burst out in laughter the moment there was a random innuendo of how sad it was not to get a girl and that how we satisfy ourselves. And its true. But we take pride in it. So it set me wondering why are nt we comfortable with women doing the same. Who is it that prevents it from happening. Are the women themselves insecure? Or is it that the chauvinistic men would not allow this?
As I see there is a transition of generation that happens every 10-15 years. The previous generation looks at the subsequent generation with contempt. There is also only a certain degree of freedom that one shares with the other. Even I did flinch at some of the sexual innuendos wondering “are the senior folks uncomfortable?” But I would probably want progress to be ascertained when both the sexes are free in discussing any random thing under the sun without fear. Humor is to be taken in good stead after all. Although the female side of story still remains a mystery to most Indian men. I am sure that it is still difficult to say how the womenfolk enjoy their humor. How or what they find sexy. How wild are their fantasies. All is a mystery.
It might be that I am writing this because I want the mystery unraveled. I am writing this may be because the hypothesis of progress was taken a length too far. May be, may be not. But it would be great to see that even women are good sport. It would nt be blasphemy for women to actually make fun of themselves. But I doubt this thing will happen. After all some things are better left to imagination. May be.
