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So today I decided to write about what it is like living in a middle class household. It's actually not easy growing up in a middle class family specially in this generation. As a child you are always compared to other children. Someone is always better than you in some or the other field. Someone is always a better singer, better at academics , someone is always more mannered than you. You are never good enough for your family. Our parents expect us to be all rounders. If you are good at performing art...then that's not something they will support you to do. It's not something which you can pursue. If you are good at academics than they want you to be like that person who is dancing and singing at various events. They look at you as if you haven't achieved anything in life more like you haven't given them a chance to show off infront of the relatives . Tired from the pressures of proving ourselves , from the dejection of not achieving our goals we can'...

Kartik Purnima is a new show aired on Star Bharat. The cast includes Harsh Nagar, Poulomi Das, Meenakshi Verma, Ravi Gossain , Har Preet Singh, Nidhi Shah. The promo stars the main leads of the shows. It’s shot on a street where kids are playing cricket. The ball accidently hits one of the windows on the street. Purnima (the female lead) is quick to snatch the bat from the kids , implying that she hit the ball. In return she receives the same old ‘ kitne kali hai, rang kaisa hai’ crap.  This however, has no impact on purnima as she is shown smiling after returning the bat. Kartik is shown amused by the incident. So when I first saw the promo, I thought it was promising. It was raising concerns over shaming people based on their colour of the skin. So I started watching it(I mean, bohot kam options hai Indian television mein toh what’s the harm). After watching a few episodes I was extremely disappointed by how the character Purnima was projected. Purnima belongs to a middle...

‘ English is a very funny language, I can talk English , walk English , I can laugh english’ I don’t know about funny, but English is just a language for sure. However, majority of the Indians do not feel the same. In our country, this language is on a pedestal. If someone is fluent in English, they are considered superior. When I was admitted to an English medium school, it was a proud moment for my family. The main focus of the family was that I should become extremely fluent in the language. It was a challenge for me because no one, absolutely no one in my family was even slightly familiar with the language.  My mother took upon herself to make sure that over the years I become good at English. It did not take me long to learn the language. In fact, I was amongst the best in my class. My family was proud and would often boast about the fact that their kids (my sister and i) were good at the subject. Everyone around me, my parents, teachers, classmates implied that knowin...