Self Study

Men our victims too

Family Intro

Promotion - Mime

To promote the opus show our team head to the city (Brigade Road, Church Street and M G Road) dressed as mime artists expressing oppression and gender related issues to the public and got a great response from the public. Hope to see them there (:

Flyer Design A5

Gender Shadow Promo

Stand up !

So its not just work...

So what if he's bringing a work project to me? He's Hot!

Doesn't really matter if he is married, I really thought he would respond to my very obvious attraction to him, The freak he was - He started to cry...

-Natalia Jackman.

Post.

There i am, writing to myself again...

Finished my first month as a husband, still confused and freaked out...
Like Priya is a great girl and all...
After all mom chose her,
She knows the best...

Life's good that way, i mean that's the way we planned it - that's the way mum always saw it...
I trust her that way.

At the work table right now- my laptop screen saver is flashing old family photos,
its funny how they still manage to get me emotional everyday.
Would be weird not to feel ma's existence around...
Crazy how her presence is always felt - spoke to her a while back
feels secure...

Rathore just messaged,
inviting for the whole husband-father in law bonding session again.
Theres something about him..
Bonding with him is fun,
Hes crazy...
Feels good to be me when hes around...
The feeling freaks me out...
Its a rush...
This urge for conversation, wanting to know him more...

The thought of him is distracting,
Should get back to work...

Sumit
November 9th - 11:50 am

Chalte Rahe

Laughing Buildings

Hasti hain sari emartein

Khadi rehti hain yeh emartein

Ghar Kahan pe hai?

Maloom nahin.

Chalte Rahe, Chalte Rahe, Chalte Rahe

Sadak pe chalte reh gaye

Log Miley

Aur voh bhi chal pade

Log mil ke bhi chalte rahe,

Apne jhund ko pakad kar,

hum bhi chalte rahe...

Kabhi rukey?

Kabhi kuch mehsoos kiya?

Dekha?

Chalte Rahe, Chalte Rahe, Chalte Rahe...

Dekhna, mehsoos karna

Chalte Chalte Bhool gaye...

Svabhu Varma

To be Beautiful?

Pouting lips.

Fair skin.

Light eyed.

Pancaked.

Beautiful?

Masks

I always identified the word ‘masks’ with a pretentious image or display of a character by choice or force at a particular situation– Through our conversations at Vistaar it hit me, that as personalities who we are or tend to be is a constant projection of various masks/identities which we use to aspire, hide or create a certain image of - So who are we once this mask is off? Is there a even a real me? Are we aware of how or when this mask is worn and controlled? Is it an unconscious action which is repeated over and over again and becomes part of ones character?

Identity masks come from insecurities or projections of characters which one wishes to convince or prove to somebody. Is the fear of losing the mask the cause of its permanency in character projection which later unconsciously becomes part of your personality? The dilemma of wearing the mask and letting the mask control who you become or project is a powerful force in itself .

I feel a lot of times these masks come into play in my actions from simple moments where i try to be modest or even smoke a cigarette thinking i am in a 'Wong Kar Wai' film - The constant fight whether to wear the mask or not is what I find interesting, at times even though you may hate to project the mask - situations force you or compel you to give in and display what it commands - The irony is its still a part of you, controlled by you and given in by you - So who ever is on the receiving end is bound to analyse you or judge you on your actions.

What do i like being about a man

How did I derive my Gender?

I found it interesting how i never really ended up thinking about how i derived my gender before?

To go back in time, I found it really interesting and remember all these instances, to start with - As a child, since our voice had not cracked and as i would answer the phone - people thought i was a girl due to my voice. Various other simple incidents like when guys would go swimming, we were allowed to cover only one part of the body while women were told to be dressed and carry their body differently.

These small incidents played an important role in my early realization of my gender - Later on i can say my first sexual experience with the opposite sex had an important role in my gender and sexuality discovery.

Svabhu Varma