Electives, Sem III
The 5 day long workshop revolved around some ideas which were a discomfort to the society because of some inappropriate roots. We brainstormed many thoughts and counter questioned them. For this we saw some prejudicial movies which made us contemplate and then worked on the Japanese idea of 'Kintsugi'. Later we also developed our own texts which touched the idea of Disobedience.
I focused on the topic of Indian Households which interested me a bit.
In today's time, the new generation seems to be very scared in pleasing their thoughts to the elders. Where does this come from?
Family?
Friends?
I personally think that this behavior gets raised in their home. It is seen that the older generation don't understand the thoughts and thinking of the newer ones which creates a very thin line of difference which over time turns into a big crack. Taking a stand for your thoughts don't work in Indian households these days. Parents generally think that their children are getting mislead and then try to force their opinions on the kids which gets more wrong. Parents need to understand that there has been a generational shift and many things change with it. The way you observe your surrounding changes, the way you understand things changes and most importantly which circumstances you grow up in; all of this governing your mindscape and your capturing notions. Also with time, you yourself need to change and accommodate yourself in the newer world or else you'll be left behind and that's what is exactly happening with them. They are been left behind in terms of understanding the 'today'. They think they are totally fair when they force these ideas over their kids but the kids don't get to live by the today's ideas. Even when they try to take a stand for their freedom or personal thoughts, parents try to suppress them by saying "it's wrong and isn't allowed", which is a result of their past conditioning. Whenever kids try to do such, parents consider it an act of disrespect and back answering, which is not even thought by the kid.
The collective work of texts like these can be read here.
We as a group also made a collective mind map which revolves around ideas of every student and how one relates to another which can be seen here.
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