Anushna Bhattacharya

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The film ‘Samantaral’ is based on the pathetic conditions of transgenders in our society and helps us to change our mindset towards LGBTQIA+ coummunities and to fight against ostracism and mistreatment of transgenders. Being transgendered is not a mental illness. Nature determines the diversity of gender and sexuality. Very emotional and LGBT friendly film. It is true that transgendered children and teens have been put into various forms of abuse at home, in hostels and in educational institutions. While going through a Bengali newspaper, it has been heard that a young boy from Kolkata with female personality was beaten up at home for wearing a kajal. He was uncomfortable to sit with the other boys and was bullied by his teacher and his classmates. His teacher asked him if he was a girl. This was a very embarrassing and abusive question. LGBT communities play significant roles in Asian cultures (including Indian, Chinese and Thai cultures), transgenders are not being accorded respect in our society and their dignity is at stake. Lack of value based education, human rights education and sex education has made our education system very cruel towards LGBT students. Some of the LGBT youths have committed suicide and others are involved in drug addiction and criminal acts. Sexist and oppressive dress codes in schools are a gift of westernization, undermine the students' confidence, career, health and creativity, traumatize them, violate their privacy and cultural rights and deprive girls and transgenders of education. Mandatory school uniforms have been a gift of Western culture and have been destroying Asian cultures. When uniformity comes to conformity there is no real equality at all. Taiwan is the most female-friendly and LGBT-friendly country in Asia. Taiwan and Japan are the first Asian countries that allow the boys to wear skirts as a part of dress code in schools. So, why not India? Skirts have been gender neutral since ancient times, mostly in Asian cultures. Lungi is an example of men's traditional skirt in India. Sarong skirt is an example of traditional gender neutral skirt in Southeast Asia. Therefore, skirts should be made as a choice of both the genders in Asian schools to preserve cultural identity, boost creativity, end sexualization of girls and feel comfortable during warm and humid weather. Taiwan, Vietnam, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, China and Thailand should be the only Asian countries without having school uniforms and rigid dress codes. One-piece half sleeve polo t-shirt type uniform allows the students to wear casual bottomwear and casual footwear as an alternative to school uniforms. Bottomwear, footwear and hairstyles are the personal choices of the students and therefore should not be forced on them in schools. All the Asian schools should not regulate students' hairstyles and hair length and should ban the punishments for breaking dress codes and hair codes completely. India's first transgender college principal, Manabi Bandyopadhyay, is a Bengali. India's first transgender film director, Rituparno Ghosh, was also a Bengali. India's first transgender judge, Joyita Mandal, is also a Bengali. India's first transgender beauty pageant, Nitasha Biswas, is also a Bengali. Gender refers to one’s identity, expression and psychological and socio-cultural characteristics. Sexuality refers to one’s sexual feelings, thoughts, attractions and behaviours towards others. Therefore, sex education and human rights education should be mandated. Co-education is the education of gender and sexuality diversity together. Empowerment of LGBT students is the empowerment of girl students.

Tai folk religious and Theravada Buddhist temples with elephants, tropical forests, paddy fields, lotuses and wetlands in mainland Southeast Asia featured in this animated film attracts me a lot. I love traditional dresses of mainland Southeast Asia, especially Thai and Cambodian traditional dresses, very much. Dictatorship is the main culprit of deforestation through violence, pollutes environment, hurts cultural sentiments of local people and also involves mistreatment of wild animals like elephants and tigers. Monarchy in Asian countries like Thailand also involves mistreatment of wild animals. Elephants, tigers, forests, paddy fields, lotuses and wetlands have a great significance in Buddhism. Forests and wetlands help us to stay hydrated and increase life expectancy through oxygen and moisture. Buddhism represents democratic, secular, syncretic and republican tradition and does not support dictatorship, death penalty and monarchy. So, Thailand being a Buddhist country should become a republic and abolish monarchy, dictatorship and death penalty. Irrespective of religion, cemeteries and cremation should not be applied on animals like elephants, dogs and tigers as a funeral because they are cruel, promote speciesism (superiority of human beings over animals) and violate the law of nature. Rather dead animals should be buried directly into the soil. Burial is the funeral rite of the Tai people (Thai groups), including Tai Ahom people. Regardless of religion, Chinese, Koreans and Vietnamese bury their dead as their funeral rite. Therefore, irrespective of religion, age and hierarchy, Thai, Burmese, Cambodian and Lao people should also bury their dead as their funeral rite without embalming with chemicals and completely forbid cremation so as to revive and preserve Tai traditions consisting of mixture of Tai folk religions, Theravada Buddhism and Chinese folk religions, promote secularism and religious syncretism, save forests and wetlands, improve agriculture and end deforestation, respiratory disorders, cancers and pollution. Mekong river basin is mainly dependent on agriculture. This film helps us to stop deforestation, poaching, trafficking and misuse of wild animals like elephants for violent warfare. Elephant is a national animal of Thailand and Laos. Save elephants! Save forests! Save wetlands! Save Tai folk religions in India, Bangladesh, southern China and mainland Southeast Asia! Thailand is not only known as the Land of White Elephants but also known as the Land of Tai People. Thailand has the largest overseas Chinese population in the world. The Chinese were the first foreigners to colonize Thailand before the arrival of Indo-Aryan Hindus in ancient times. So, Thai and Chinese should be made as the two official languages of Thailand. Buddhism should be made as the largest religion in Bangladesh, Tripura, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and West Bengal. Tai folk religions should be officially made as among the major religions in Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Yunnan, Guangxi and Hainan provinces of China, Eastern divisions of Bangladesh and Indian states of Assam, Tripura, Alipurduar and Coochbehar districts of West Bengal and Arunachal Pradesh. I hope that Goddess Durga and Kali Hindu temples in West Bengal, Assam, Tripura and Bangladesh should also have designs exactly similar to that of Burmese and Thai Buddhist temples along with Bengali style idols of Goddesses Durga and Kali and more wetlands, forest cover and indigenous plant species to increase attraction, promote secularism and religious syncretism, reduce carbon footprint, empower women and preserve identity.

Lee, a Shaolin martial artist, helps the British Intelligence in an undercover mission to nab Han, who is involved in drug and sex trafficking. Trafficking is an inhuman act. Dictatorship also promotes human trafficking and forced labour, disturbs tourism, economy and population, widens gender pay gap and perpetuates youth unemployment, poverty, uncivillized behaviour and the demand for prostitution. The movie Enter the Dragon helps us to fight against human and drug trafficking. Fight for justice and human rights. Bruce Lee performed very well. I like his actions. Kungfu scenes between men make me feel very excited. In this movie, Chinese Buddhism and Taoism are also displayed. Chinese Buddhism attracts me a lot and is the most secular, flexible, female-friendly and syncretic form of Buddhism. Taoism involves balancing of Ying and Yang, represents democratic tradition, egalitarianism and does not support trafficking, dictatorship and gender pay gap. Killing of women/girls is forbidden in Taoism because it disrupts yin-yang balance. Taoism is the most female-friendly and LGBT-friendly religion in the world and gives equal importance of both males and females. Therefore, East Asia and mainland Southeast Asia should be among the most female-friendly and LGBT-friendly regions in the world, should have more females than males and should not have trafficking and gender pay gap at all. Chinese music attracts me a lot because it is very soothing. Save Chinese folk religions and Chinese Buddhism in East and Southeast Asia! Save Chinese culture!

This movie helps in ending slut shaming and victim blaming. Victim blaming is a bullying, violates cultural rights and modesty, decreases life expectancy, kills creativity and confidence and increases suicide rates. Sexualization is a gift of westernization and is harmful for the Asian cultures, perpetuates sexism, homophobia, transphobia, slut shaming, inappropriate touching, policing of bodies and clothing, rape culture and victim blaming and causes physical and mental health issues. Man not only violates the modesty of woman. Woman also violates the modesty of another woman. Similarly, man also violates the modesty of another man. Rape culture is the product of the Western culture. Clothing is not the cause of sexual crimes. Public should realize that most of the women's fashionable clothes are designed by men. Victim blaming should be made unlawful globally because it is life-threatening and privacy-breaching. Male students and even female students should be taught to respect women and not treat them as sex objects. All genders are entitled to say NO to inappropriate touching. NO means NO and not NO means YES. Northeast India is the most female-friendly region in India where women and girls are respected, empowered and allowed to wear and enjoy whatever they want. Folk religions, Christianity and Buddhism are the dominant religions in Northeast India. East Asia and mainland Southeast Asia are the most female-friendly regions in Asia where folk religions (including Chinese folk religions) and Buddhism are the dominant religions.

The movie Tom yum Goong 2 is full of violence, cruelty and bloodshed scenes making me feel very sick. I hate school uniforms, monarchy and dictatorship in Thailand very much for being regressive, ridiculous, outdated, racist, sexist and disturbing peace, tourism and economy. Dhamma has no gender, no dress code, no hair policy and no age limit. Similarly martial arts have no such criteria. All the local and international schools in Thailand should eliminate school uniforms and hair policies completely for being ridiculous, sexist, racist, childish, uncomfortable, outdated and regressive, change school rules and encourage the students to wear casual attire and one-piece half sleeve polo t-shirt type uniform with casual bottomwear like jeans and casual footwear as done in Thammasat Secondary School so as to boost confidence, maturity and creativity. All the colleges and universities in Thailand should also eliminate uniforms completely. Public should realize that most of the clothes are designed by men. Attire is not the cause of sexual crimes. Students and tourists have the right to wear whatever they want. Without individuality and freedom student life and tourism don't make any sense. Due to hot and humid climate, Buddhist temples in Southeast Asia (including Thailand) should not force women to cover their shoulders and knees (except off-the-shoulder neckline tops with sleeves, spaghetti strap tops and ripped jeans for being uncomfortable). Instead, they should be allowed to wear: ✳ strapless bandeau top with sabai (สไบ), a shawl-like garment wrapped on one shoulder, and sinh (ซิ่น) or sampot, ✳ sarees, ✳ qipao (旗袍), ✳ ao yem (a traditional Vietnamese halter neck upper garment) paired with long skirt and ✳ capris and semi-formal shorts paired with three-quarter sleeve tops and half sleeve tops. Because these outfits are comfortable and cover the cleavage and hips, enhance creativity and empower female travelers. In case of snake bites, mosquito bites and sunburn, covering the arms and legs is okay as a precaution. Therefore, it's now time to stop denying women to visit Buddhist temples in Southeast Asia for their clothing because it is unconstitutional, violates their privacy and ruins their creativity and confidence. Stop suffocating female travelers to death! Buddhism does not support injustice. The word 'thai' (ไทย) means freedom in Thai. So, Thailand: ✳ should become a republic and a female-friendly, LGBT-friendly, peaceful, clean, secular and democratic country, ❇ should have flexible and punishment-free education system, high IQ, high life expectancy, more creativity, more college fests, more youths, more Chinese ethnic groups, more wetlands and high afforestation rate and, ❇ should abolish deforestation, cremation, cow slaughtering, poaching, cosmetic testing on animals, monarchy, death penalty, Sharia law, purdah (veil) system and regressive and unjust laws completely and ✳ should not have school uniforms, hair policies, rigid dress codes, madrassas, homework, exams, violence, bullying, dictatorship, royalism, sexism, corruption, drug and human trafficking, pollution, sexualization, sexual crimes and cancers at all. Also, Finnish curriculum should be made as the most widely followed curriculum in both the local and international schools in Thailand. Schools are the temples of learning and creativity and are not the prisons. Schools are not the places of politics, violence and death. Creativity makes education system and tourism more successful. Let Thailand remain the Land of Smiles.

Funny movie but unrealistic. I miss Fardeen Khan and Vivek Oberoi. They played the role of 2 different disabled friends and acted very well. They rescued 2 sisters. Starting portion was very funny. Pakdam pakdai scenes make me laugh very much. But before the end of the movie, the scenes were full of violence against 2 innocent women, bloodshed scenes and cruelty. 2 innocent women were falsely accused of murder, imprisoned and abused. It's sad that they couldn't see the concert with their uncle. He misunderstood them. This is really an injustice. In this movie, rigid discipline and lack of female police officers, culture therapy, flexibility, freedom of clothing and grooming and creative thinking make Thai correctional home less safe for women and more abusive. 2 innocent sisters started feeling insecure and wept bitterly. Tony, the don was the main culprit of murder of priest. He falsely accused 2 sisters and treated them very cruelly. I hate bloodshed and violence against women scenes shooting in Bangkok. Due to hot and humid climate, Buddhist temples in Southeast Asia (including Thailand) should not force women to cover their shoulders and knees (except off-the-shoulder neckline tops without straps, spaghetti strap tops and ripped jeans for being uncomfortable). Instead, they should be allowed to wear: ✳ strapless bandeau top with sabai (สไบ), a shawl-like garment wrapped on one shoulder, and sinh (ซิ่น) or sampot, ✳ sarees, ✳ qipao (旗袍), ✳ ao yem (a traditional Vietnamese halter neck upper garment) paired with long skirt and ✳ capris and semi-formal shorts paired with three-quarter sleeve tops and half sleeve tops. Because these outfits are comfortable and cover the cleavage and hips, enhance creativity and empower female travelers. In case of snake bites, mosquito bites and sunburn, covering the arms and legs is okay as a precaution. Therefore, it's now time to stop denying women to visit Buddhist temples in Southeast Asia for their clothing because it is unconstitutional, violates their privacy and ruins their creativity and confidence. Stop suffocating female travelers to death! Buddhism hates violence, sexism and injustice.

Masti cinema is one of my favourite Bollywood films. Best characters are Vivek Oberoi Ritesh Deshmukh and Aftab Shivdasani. I like the story of 3 men. Pakdam pakdai scenes make me a laugh a lot. Full of naughtiness. Ajay Devgn acted very well. I like his dialogue "I hate crime and I hate criminals". I like his role of police inspector dressed in casual outfits in 2000's Bollywood films. Archana Puran Singh's dialogue " Do parathe milegi to chaante milegi" is very funny. I like her comedy roles in 2000's Bollywood comedy films, including Masti.

Very touching movie. Forcing wild animals like tigers into circus training is inhuman. Think about the notorious incidents in Tiger Temple and Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Thailand where tigers have been cruelly tortured and drugged and tiger cubs have been trafficked and killed, thus disturbing the tiger population in the wild. Poaching and drugging of tigers, use of tigers in circuses and trafficking of tiger cubs should be made globally illegal. Tourists should avoid visiting Tiger Temple and Sriracha Tiger Zoo. Cemeteries and cremation should not be applied on pets like dogs and wild animals like tigers as a funeral because they are cruel, promote speciesism (assumption of superiority of human beings leading to exploitation of animals) and violate the law of nature. Rather dead animals should be buried through soil. Tigers have great significance in Asian cultures. In this hope, tiger population in the wild, forest cover and the number of wildlife sanctuaries should be increased in Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Korea and China as done in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. Tiger is not only the national animal of India but also the national animal of Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malaysia and Korea. Save forests. Save tigers.