Multifocal IOLs in Children

Mehta, Keiki; Mehta, Cyres; Mehta, Zenobia B.

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“…(Menjivar & Salcido 2002:906) Chand is objectified, dehumanised and treated like a package when she arrives in Canada. Upon seeing Chand for the first time at the airport, Rocky's mother remarks, 'Look what came for Rocky from India' (Mehta 2008, Heaven on Earth, 2008). Chand's isolation from her family and confinement in the diaspora ensure that she is not able to respond to being abused in any significant way.…”

Section: Women Of Colour and Domestic Violence In The Diasporamentioning

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“…When Chand first arrives in Brampton, the female family members (her mother-in-law and her sister-in-law) turn a blind eye towards the abuse that Chand experiences at the hands of her economically frustrated husband. Rocky's mother remarks, 'This is normal married life' (Mehta 2008, Heaven on Earth, 2008, and Chand's sister-inlaw, Aman also condones the abuse when she says, 'In our community we deal with problems in-house' (Mehta 2008, Heaven on Earth, 2008. Aman confines the problem of domestic violence to the home and the family unit, allowing the violence to continue without outside intervention and assistance for Chand.…”

Section: Women Of Colour and Domestic Violence In The Diasporamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In keeping with portraying snakes in an alternative, positive light, the film Heaven on Earth (Mehta 2008) depicts the cobra as the protagonist to Chand's husband, Rocky. When the cobra takes the form of Rocky, he is depicted as compassionate and caring towards Chand.…”

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“…If she is bitten then she will die from the venom, but if she is innocent, then she will not be bitten. Chand bravely pulls the snake from its cavity in the ground and says, 'Since coming to Canada, I've only touched two males […] one is my husband […] and the second is this cobra' (Mehta 2008, Heaven on Earth, 200835:00-1:37:42). Chand wraps the cobra around her neck and thus evokes the image of Lord Shiva with his snake coiled around his neck (see Figure 1 and Figure 2).…”

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The shadow pandemic and the divine feminine in the diaspora: An analysis of Deepa Mehta’s Heaven on Earth

Laltha

2023

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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This article engaged in a literary analysis of Deepa Mehta’s Heaven on Earth, with a specific focus on the shadow pandemic being domestic violence in the Indian diaspora, and on the film’s representation of the divine feminine in Indian culture. By using the lens of Hindu mythology, the feminine divine was given prominence. The film centres on the Indian diaspora in Canada. The Canadian diaspora was similar to the South African diaspora through its depiction of Indian and African people living together and experiencing a shared knowledge with specific reference to traditional medicine. Through Heaven on Earth, Mehta offered an alternative to hegemonic patriarchal religious depictions and a varied perspective on gender by highlighting the essential role of the divine feminine. The term ‘shadow pandemic’ denoted domestic violence as a ‘pandemic’ that has scourged across the world, exacerbated by the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through an analysis of culture and female divinity, the main female protagonist of the text was able to exit an abusive relationship and enter into her own female power. This feminine agency was an important resource for countless women trapped in abusive relationships.Contribution: The discussion in this article centres on a literary analysis of Deepa Mehta’s Heaven on Earth (2008) with emphasis on domestic violence and the shadow pandemic with specific emphasis on women of colour in the diaspora. The analysis also makes use of a cultural lens to discuss both the snake and androgyny in diasporic Indian culture providing a counter-stance to patriarchy. This research can be utilised by hermeneutists of suspicion and specialists in the field of public theology.

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Section: Women Of Colour and Domestic Violence In The Diasporamentioning

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The shadow pandemic and the divine feminine in the diaspora: An analysis of Deepa Mehta’s Heaven on Earth

Laltha

2023

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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“…The emergence of “governance feminism,” defined as the insertion of feminists and feminist ideas into state legal and institutional power, is part of a profound turn in feminism towards criminal/social control visions of the law that emphasize criminal enforcement (Halley et al, 2006). Feminists in India have also come to increasingly rely on criminal law as the site for social change (Menon, 2004; Naqvi, 2010) and have won significant victories, including the passing of the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1983 against “cruelty” from a husband or their family and, more recently, the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act of 2005 (Gangoli, 2007; Kotiswaran, 2018; Mehta, 2008). 1 Similarly, feminists in the United States lobbied for the Violence Against Women Act using a gendered crime frame, which incorporates law enforcement as a remedy (Whittier, 2016).…”

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Contending with Carcerality: Discursive Resistance to Elite Appropriation of Antiviolence Activism in Indian Media

Packard

2021

Violence Against Women

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Research has revealed how antiviolence activism can become entangled with the state's punitive agenda, leading to what some have called “carceral feminism.” However, this scholarship focuses primarily on the U.S. context. Additionally, few studies examine the cultural battles about gender-based violence that emerge in television media, a site of cultural struggle and meaning making. This study conducts a quantitative and qualitative content analysis of 46 Indian television panel broadcasts following a highly publicized rape in New Delhi in 2012. I find that elite state actors pursue punitive agendas, but feminists and other panelists engage in discursive resistance to this approach.

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Multifocal IOLs in Children

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The shadow pandemic and the divine feminine in the diaspora: An analysis of Deepa Mehta’s Heaven on Earth

The shadow pandemic and the divine feminine in the diaspora: An analysis of Deepa Mehta’s Heaven on Earth

Contending with Carcerality: Discursive Resistance to Elite Appropriation of Antiviolence Activism in Indian Media

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