Ritika Ruminates

After how the police and Karnataka government cancelled Munawar Faruqui's show in Bangalore, it raises the question- is it right to suppress the show over something they 'might' have said? Or what it seems like, religion of the artist? The same set was performed by Munawar thrice before in Bangalore city, so why it was now cancelled?  Surely, if someone (any artist or ANY other person) is passing negative or shaming comments against any person, profession, religion, gender, caste, race, LGBTQIA+ community, etc, they must be criticised. And if it gets too toxic, it's ok if they are taken out of power or their work is stopped. No, I am not fan of Munawar. I haven't even seen any of his videos. But people are more aware now. If someone passes any toxic or shaming comment, they will be criticized or even trolled.  But when they didn't cancelled his show thrice before in the same city, what happened this before?  Before cancelling someone's show or suppressing th...

Image Source- Shutterstock I was reading Tahira Kashyap Khurrana's book 'The 7 Sins Of Being A Mother' and the chapter of Submission, which deals with her anecdote of facing bullying as a child. That inspired me to write this blogpost to share about my anecdote of having to deal with bullying as well, something that I had hardly ever spoken about.  Bullying has long existed in schools, colleges and sometimes even in workplaces (some people never really grow up). Bullying in childhood can have mental and emotional effects on the victim, well into their adulthood. Sometimes the childhood bullying can even turn into physical and/or sexual abuse based on physical appearance, mental health issues, race, ethnicity, religion, caste, family background, gender, sexual preferences, origin, physical disability, etc. Some of the effects of bullying on the victims are: Difficulty trusting one's own self and others, leading to having issues making friends, romantic partners and other...