. < Read> Shrayana Bhattacharya on #DDLJ, #Bollywood, #Women, Raj and Simran, a subversive story indianexpress/article/opinion/columns/raj-and-simran-a-subversive-story/99/ The way we express resistance is subject to our own personal calculus of risk and reward. ... Women pursue personal goals or survival outcomes amid harsh forces, such as segmented and discriminatory #labour markets, powerful #patrilineal family systems, #violence and discriminatory customs and laws surrounding #divorce, #childcustody, #widowhood and inheritance systems that deprive them of assets. So, women are rendered dependent on the family for protection and provision. Expecting women in this landscape to demonstrate dissent by delinking from the family — the only institution that provides them any material security in the absence of the state or market doing so — is asking for too much. Scholars shed light on hidden acts that ought to be acknowledged as proper protest. ... There have been several movies in India where women express their desire to marry someone outside whom the family deems appropriate. DDLJ was different as it focused on the real and complex bargains involved in following through on such radical desires, as opposed to the past Bollywood approach of running away and setting up home in some tiny place or where the lovers commit suicide/ are murdered. The writer is an economist and author of ‘Desperately Seeking #Shahrukh’ (forthcoming by #ZubaanBooks)
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