The national capital, and by extension the entire country, is grossly biased against half of its population – women. Not many women have this luxury, either in this city or elsewhere. Instead, her courage lies in living alone, traversing the length and breadth of Delhi without getting molested, dealing skilfully with largely misogynistic Delhi Police personnel and still ensuring a safe ‘ghar wapsi’ for herself every evening. She is brave, not because she recovered from the heartbreak and focused on her career. Jaggu is a brave woman whose life is turned upside down by the dogmas of religion.Īfter a predestined betrayal by a Muslim Pakistani boy – who ‘uses’ her body at the first opportunity he gets – she comes back to Delhi from Bruges only to be abandoned by her family. I have therefore decided to mention both ‘ghar wapsi’ and PK here, and here comes my contention: PK’s ‘ghar wapsi’ has been heroically facilitated by a woman. While the former creates an ‘image’ of an unseen God as per his or her own notions, the latter also interprets a film in the light of their subjectivity.Īs a result, in our minds, Jesus is always white and so is James Bond. Anushka Sharma’s character in PK shows the hazards women face and why ‘ghar wapsi’ should be understood in this context
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