The odd angle

Lessons that Taught me nothing: Classroom Abuse in India -Jatin Mathur Unspoken Trauma in Indian Schools Once a teacher called me “gandi machhli” in front of the whole class, I was humiliated, disgraced and disrespected and this childhood memory is a nightmare for me, almost every child face child abuse in school but no one speaks, Indian education system and the training and pressure on students to blindly respect their teachers and professors who themselves have a very egoistic limited world view is the reason students kill their dreams. Schools and colleges train students to fit in, to join the rat race and to dream with their limited understanding, they’re trained to get marks and jobs, not education and exposure. Almost all faculty during both my degrees were stuck in the same job with very limited understanding of the dynamic paradigm shift in the industry, every doubt would result in ridicule, every missed class would result in disrespectful disgusting remarks publicly. The teac...

Making up for what? Authored by: Jatin Mathur  A few days ago I was having this conversation with some of my friends and we were talking about make-up and beautification. I argued that make ups are based upon the dissatisfaction with your natural form and based upon an insecurity which is induced by companies. However they said not everyone made-up due to their insecurities, people might feel good in the process of making up or they might want to try new looks. Both the arguments seemed appealing to me. Though the latter argument is also based upon trying to change oneself to fit into a certain type which is validated or approved by people. Even if someone makes up for oneself then one can actually pose this question about very instinct or desire to see oneself with beauty products.  My perspective comes from this dissatisfaction that we all encounter with ourselves where we fail to accept ourselves naturally beautiful. There is this ideal type or benchmark of confident indivi...