tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241351730444607237.post8962894260304867181..comments2023-10-09T18:55:45.683+05:30Comments on Doppelganger: skinny white girlsku2http://www.blogger.com/profile/16670201021888283331noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241351730444607237.post-79865546352565219852012-10-20T10:56:47.190+05:302012-10-20T10:56:47.190+05:30My nieces in Aizawl told me about this - using som...My nieces in Aizawl told me about this - using some drug meant for something to get pale and skinny. I didn't think much of it until I read this post - the paragraph before the last really set things in perspective for me. So we blame the media, and we blame the corporate sector -and yes, they are to blame - but will parents ever address this? Will our grand church? Or are they going to continue rabidly judging and condemning without actually addressing the root and not the symptom? Everybody is judging; no one bothers to offer a solution or at least an alternative. No one even listens. While faces self righteously turn to Jerusalem in prayer and hallelujahs resound throughout these hills that have adopted us, people are dying. But we will constantly close our eyes to the truth. happyredroosterhttp://www.happyredrooster.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241351730444607237.post-86445750738473123692012-10-15T15:07:15.581+05:302012-10-15T15:07:15.581+05:30Sigh. Such a great writer-up except for that last ...Sigh. Such a great writer-up except for that last sentence. LOL. That was so you!! DayDreamBelieverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00365073225447718656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241351730444607237.post-3201242039523204502012-09-28T08:15:40.252+05:302012-09-28T08:15:40.252+05:30and @philo, I am awed and impressed by the girl...and @philo, I am awed and impressed by the girl's dignity but I have to admit, when I saw her facial hair, I was pretty shocked. I think her strength lay in the beliefs that were instilled in her at a young age and which she probably also internalised through precepts from her family and the society she keeps. <br /> ku2https://www.blogger.com/profile/16670201021888283331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241351730444607237.post-11085820779871701132012-09-28T08:01:21.851+05:302012-09-28T08:01:21.851+05:30@Mizohican: Whoa at the ad. These ad people should...@Mizohican: Whoa at the ad. These ad people should be beheaded!! :D<br /><br />@Calliopia: Yes! Kinda makes me wonder how many kids the current educational system would overlook- the ones struggling to keep up, both academically and socially, and maybe failing that, how many lead "lives of quiet frustration" etc.<br /><br /><br />@anon: Nia, thil ni thei ania, monitor deuh chu a ngai maitheia, mahse attendance tha, assignments pawh on time a submit thlap thlap ania, a la bo thuilo a, chance la awm tura ngaih ani.<br /><br />@blacketc: I knowww. Some of those stories we hear involve kids as young as 13. What can we do, that is the question.<br /><br />@Philo: Very profound question you've raised. I did intend to address the issue on more or less those same grounds, but I find I don't have the answers, hence the "ka ziahzawm peih tawhlo". We have introduced a 'teacher-ward" system, where a teacher is assigned 6-7 students under her care, and we have talked to our wards and we've told them that we are always there should they have any problems- academic or otherwise. But I wonder if that's enough. Recalling the younger B.A-me, I think that if i had any problem, I would approach my friends rather than a teacher. But that's just me and perhaps, maybe, this might help a tiny bit.<br /><br />@Dr. John: Verily :(<br /><br />p.s: forgot to log in and the word verification says "Meanutd" hah! ku2https://www.blogger.com/profile/16670201021888283331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241351730444607237.post-10823422109911039112012-09-28T00:52:42.801+05:302012-09-28T00:52:42.801+05:30ps: how might this post speak to the situation you...ps: how might this post speak to the situation you describe<br /><br />http://jezebel.com/5946643/reddit-users-attempt-to-shame-sikh-woman-get-righteously-schooledPhilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12155869014698128212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241351730444607237.post-52783420363004904702012-09-27T20:15:03.110+05:302012-09-27T20:15:03.110+05:30So sad... ;-(So sad... ;-(Reflectionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13997301635911113441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241351730444607237.post-91810672458294410212012-09-27T11:52:32.876+05:302012-09-27T11:52:32.876+05:30how might the educational system, of which she was...how might the educational system, of which she was a part, better address the larger questions you've identified? Philohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12155869014698128212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241351730444607237.post-24783624885943274142012-09-27T00:17:47.622+05:302012-09-27T00:17:47.622+05:30Much as I try to refrain from judging people I don...Much as I try to refrain from judging people I don't even know, I somewhat agree with Anon above.<br />I have heard firsthand stories about rampant drug/alcohol/anything-that-gets-one-high abuse amongst the youth in Aizawl, not that I'm generalizing, but mostly with the Hostel Boarders. <br />Peer pressure coupled with too much available knowledge (internets) and free time and yet little or no outlet is driving many of our youths to the brink of self destruction.<br />How can we make our youths feel valued instead of curbing anything innovative or creative they concoct? blackestdrughttp://blackestred.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241351730444607237.post-52903084237656192512012-09-26T23:30:38.614+05:302012-09-26T23:30:38.614+05:30lo comment ve loks.....
kei chu a chhuanlam kha ta...lo comment ve loks.....<br />kei chu a chhuanlam kha tak tak anih<br />ka ring lo.... rui duh ve hrim2 niang.. tunlai naupang hi chu dawt sawi an thiam toh ltk a.. buaithlak<br />hlawm khop mai.... nungchang that hmel deuh ho hi an luhlul duh em em <br />lehnghal... <br /><br />a post tu lah chu chhiat loh hmel top..... a rukin kan star teh ang... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241351730444607237.post-85218567847720899502012-09-26T17:53:28.742+05:302012-09-26T17:53:28.742+05:30The grass is always greener on the other side etc ...The grass is always greener on the other side etc etc. Poor kid. Btw, don't you wish we had professional counsellors in colleges? Calliopiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15291737369959906567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241351730444607237.post-81298205240127747262012-09-25T21:34:17.794+05:302012-09-25T21:34:17.794+05:30If you wanna know what's extreme, check this o...If you wanna know what's extreme, check this out - <a href="http://jezebel.com/5900928/your-vagina-isnt-just-too-big-too-floppy-and-too-hairyits-also-too-brown" rel="nofollow">Vaginal whitening cream</a>.<br /><br />It's all these people who work in Ad agencies who create this hype about how one should be skinnier, whiter etc... and many people blindly fall for their ads. I hate them...<br /><br />I really hope the girl is alright...Mizohicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09644240783333879705noreply@blogger.com