Was it worth a news? : Vishakha Gandhi

We live in the 21st century. a time when finally women find their way out from dark days and rise, they empower themselves and equal the opposite sex. they do not demand, but command respect, and they do get it. but the irony here is, that some people still manage to ridiculously fail to change themselves. to prove my point, is a occurrence that happened a few days ago. many of you tweetards and Facebook users must know about the infamous article namely "OMG: Deepika Padukone cleavage show" from a leading newspaper and the outburst by her that followed. this was infact a very shallow attempt made by a newspaper website to attract the readers attention by bringing out a year old article and headlining it, and the outburst by the actress was totally justified. A cleavage show is definitely not wardrobe malfunction, but even if it is, no person or newspaper gets the right to make headlines out of it. this is not something that actresses and glamour models do on purpose, you could also let it go instead of purposely circling it or pointing arrows to it and highlighting it. yes, we marvel, drool and envy over a male actors 8 pack abs, but do we zoom in on a mans crotch when he makes a public appearance and make that "cheap headlines"?

An actor is supposed to respect his/her profession and wear what the role demands. And it is the choice of the actor whether pr not they take the role.
If they do, it is their job to portray the character they choose to play, convincingly.
the problem with media is that they do propagate the character being played, and not the real person.

It is not about a persons private parts being reported. it is a matter of context and how out-of-context the reportage is just to sell a headline. And that too in a time when we severely need to change our attitude towards women.

About the author: Vishakha is a fresh fellow at Sauhard and is a first year student of Economics.