In a world, where gender inequality is rampant, what significance does International Men's Day&nbsp;(19th November) hold? Zee Theatre's stars Rajeev Khandelwal, Joy Sengupta and Pawan Chopra believe that this is a day of reflection on what masculinity truly means and if popular culture can break gender stereotypes. And if men need a specially designated day at all?

Rajeev Khandelwal responds, "I think it is important to celebrate Men’s Day because it can make them realize that they are looked up to for what they stand for. Higher self-esteem will make them want to earn respect which in turn may reduce the crimes against women. Also just celebrating Women’s Day can also mean that women are the weaker lot and they need a dedicated day in a year to feel special."&nbsp;

He believes popular culture can help break stereotypes associated with masculinity and adds, "Times have changed and popular culture needs to reflect the more progressive and mature side of men. Even a little shift in the portrayal of men can have a huge ripple effect through society. Thankfully, we are now beginning to see that men can be vulnerable too. Men too have started accepting gender equality and this is a welcome shift."

Pawan Chopra adds, "Popular culture no longer shows that men are omnipotent and that women are simply wallflowers. &nbsp;Men today are more collaborative and are able to work with strong women who are dominating various professions. Even within families, a man is no longer the ultimate authority and everyone has a voice. This evolution &nbsp;is &nbsp;good &nbsp;because the happiness of both genders is needed to provide stability to society." &nbsp;

Joy Sen Gupta thinks, popular culture has depicted both men and women in stereotypical ways and also subverted cliches about masculinity and femininity. He opines, "Women today can be avenging angels, action heroines leading armies to conquer galaxies and men need not be just hyper-masculine, misogynistic action heroes but also sensitive poets, academicians, artists and intellectuals. Big blockbusters though still have all the all-conquering hyper-masculine men, projecting machismo at different levels."

From the beginning of evolution, he says, men have used their physical strength to dominate and exploit women and adds, " From the feudal times onwards, women have been treated as property and objects of pleasure and have gone through unimaginable misery. Today women are staking their claim to their share of volition and that claim is celebrated as International Women’s Day. I don't know what &nbsp;men are staking their claim on via International Men's Day but if the day signifies that men should be more sensitive, more inclusive, and move away from machismo and misogyny, then I am for it."

In a world, where gender inequality is rampant, what significance does International Men's Day (19th November) hold? Zee Theatre's stars Rajeev Khandelwal, Joy Sengupta and Pawan Chopra believe that this is a day of reflection on what masculinity truly means and if popular culture can break gender stereotypes.

In a world, where gender inequality is rampant, what significance does International Men's Day (19th November) hold? Zee Theatre's stars Rajeev Khandelwal, Joy Sengupta and Pawan Chopra believe that this is a day of reflection on what masculinity truly means and if popular culture can break gender stereotypes. And if men need a specially designated day at all? Rajeev Khandelwal responds, "I think it is important to celebrate Men’s Day because it can make them realize that they are looked up to for what they stand for. Higher self-esteem will make them want to earn respect which in turn may reduce the crimes against women. Also just celebrating Women’s Day can also mean that women are the weaker lot and they need a dedicated day in a year to feel special." He believes popular culture can help break stereotypes associated with masculinity and adds, "Times have changed and popular culture needs to reflect the more progressive and mature side of men. Even a little shift in the portrayal of men can have a huge ripple effect through society. Thankfully, we are now beginning to see that men can be vulnerable too. Men too have started accepting gender equality and this is a welcome shift." Pawan Chopra adds, "Popular culture no longer shows that men are omnipotent and that women are simply wallflowers. Men today are more collaborative and are able to work with strong women who are dominating various professions. Even within families, a man is no longer the ultimate authority and everyone has a voice. This evolution is good because the happiness of both genders is needed to provide stability to society." Joy Sen Gupta thinks, popular culture has depicted both men and women in stereotypical ways and also subverted cliches about masculinity and femininity. He opines, "Women today can be avenging angels, action heroines leading armies to conquer galaxies and men need not be just hyper-masculine, misogynistic action heroes but also sensitive poets, academicians, artists and intellectuals. Big blockbusters though still have all the all-conquering hyper-masculine men, projecting machismo at different levels." From the beginning of evolution, he says, men have used their physical strength to dominate and exploit women and adds, " From the feudal times onwards, women have been treated as property and objects of pleasure and have gone through unimaginable misery. Today women are staking their claim to their share of volition and that claim is celebrated as International Women’s Day. I don't know what men are staking their claim on via International Men's Day but if the day signifies that men should be more sensitive, more inclusive, and move away from machismo and misogyny, then I am for it."

On International Men's Day, Zee Theatre stars talk about how popular culture moulds perceptions

Introduction

There are numerous ways to define popular culture. Popular culture influences people's beliefs and values. Popular culture plays a vital role in defining the term Culture. It consists of various cultural elements in a society mainly using the media such as TV, radio, and even though modern days social media. According to some scholars, popular culture is just the leftover of high culture in society. Popular culture in this context is defined as a great category which tries to accommodate mass people's culture, texts and practices and the culture which fails to prove as a high culture according to the aristocrats and the leaders within the society. Pierre Bourdieu, a French socialist argues that cultural distinctions, that is the distinction between the high culture and low culture, are often used to define class distinctions. For him, culture is Predisposed, consciously and deliberately or not. Popular culture claims that the destination is mass commercial culture, whereas high culture claims that a destination is an individual act of creation.

Another way to define popular culture is ‘mass culture'. This definition is substantially based on the previous one. Many believe that popular culture is a hopelessly commercial culture.&nbsp;Popular culture is believed to be produced for mass consumption. Those who are a part of&nbsp;popular culture usually keep in mind the golden age that is the previous generation. This usually takes place in 2 different ways

● A lost organic community

● A lost folk culture

For example, It has been found that American culture has turned out to be a more efficient&nbsp;popular culture than other cultures. Foods like Mcdonald's and KFC are found in almost all&nbsp;countries and are easily available.

History of Popular Culture

During the early period, most people were spread in small cities and states, at that time they were not known to any form of popular culture as people at that time were divided into small groups. With the beginning of the Industrial Era, the rural masses began to migrate to cities, leading to the formation of urbanisation.

Urbanisation is the only step in the formation of popular culture. People used to live in small rural villages in small groups but as the urbanisation grew and as they started growing into larger groups and crowds the adaption of popular culture also started increasing. Thus, many scholars have found that the beginning of popular culture led to the rise of the middle class during the industrial revolution. Industrialisation brought up many developments and advancements such as various types of transportation such as steam, locomotive advancement in building infrastructure, improvements in education and health and the evolution of writing in leaves to writing in printed pages all this led to the creation of popular culture. Popular culture is largely influenced by the mass media in this modern ERA. Television all has a certain form of influence on creating popular culture. As a result, urbanisation, industrialisation, the mass media and the advancement of technology led to the total creation of popular culture. This totalled to the shaping of pop culture.

Reflection on the study of Popular Culture

However, During my study about high culture and popular culture. I found out that this division between the two types is not so clear to me. William Shakespeare is now considered high culture, even though his work was once considered popular theatre in the&nbsp;nineteenth century. The same argument can also be done with the famous writing work done by Charles Dickens. Similarly, Film Noir has crossed the borders separating popular and high culture. However, Luciano Pavarotti's performance of Puccini's Nessun Dorma is a recent example of cultural flow travelling in one direction. Even the staunchest defenders of high culture would not want tenor or Puccini to be barred from their chosen domain.

Pavorti, on the other hand, was able to get 'nessun Dorma' to number one in the British Charts in the 1990s. Such a commercial triumph. He added that it was now humiliating for him to play the song because he didn't want people to think his musical taste was influenced solely by the fact that it was "the official BBC Grandstand World Cup Theme." Other students teased and laughed. Pavarotti performed a free concert at London's Hyde Park on July 30, 1991. The concert was expected to draw 250000 people, however, due to heavy weather, the attendance was only&nbsp;approximately 100000. This concert puts an interest in the people regarding the concept of popular culture.

This popularity of the event put a question on the excitation of the differences between popular culture and high culture. In the early days, concerts were mainly attended by the ethnic class people. This concert, really put a question mark on the differences between the extensions of high culture and popular culture.&nbsp;

This example clearly demonstrates that the cultural divide between high and low cultures is no longer as visible as it once was.&nbsp;

It has been seen that the popular culture is generally different for different countries, according to the research most of the country's popular culture is nowadays changing. For example, Western countries have found out that eating unhealthy food has created a bigger issue, diseases like obesity, diabetes etc are rapidly increasing and dealing with mental illness is a huge issue.

It has been found that slowly the western countries are now getting influenced by India and slowly have started to do yoga to deal with these issues. Doing yoga keeps your body, and mind in peace. While yoga was first discovered in India. On the opposite side, Indian scholars and people are now getting influenced by western culture and slowly and steadily the younger generation prefers to go to the gym in India rather than do yoga.&nbsp;

As a result, from both countries' perspectives, I found out that popular culture is really a&nbsp;controversial term. It has a negative as well as a positive side&nbsp;

● Positive in the sense, that due to the growth of social media and technology we are getting&nbsp;to know each country's popular culture.

● And, Negative in the sense that due to the growth and the advancement of technology&nbsp;slowly and steadily each country is reading their traditional culture and adopting other countries' culture. For example, as this yoga was first discovered in India according to Vedas, and Upanishad while it has been seen nowadays yoga is slowly been adopted by western countries. While on the other hands GYM is a part of western countries the first GYM was introduced in 2000 BC was first found by Egyptians and Greek , but now during this modern times due the growing and evolution of GYM it also now been adopted by the Indian people .

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Introduction There are numerous ways to define popular culture. Popular culture influences people's beliefs and values. Popular culture plays a vital role in defining the term Culture.

Introduction There are numerous ways to define popular culture. Popular culture influences people's beliefs and values. Popular culture plays a vital role in defining the term Culture. It consists of various cultural elements in a society mainly using the media such as TV, radio, and even though modern days social media. According to some scholars, popular culture is just the leftover of high culture in society. Popular culture in this context is defined as a great category which tries to accommodate mass people's culture, texts and practices and the culture which fails to prove as a high culture according to the aristocrats and the leaders within the society. Pierre Bourdieu, a French socialist argues that cultural distinctions, that is the distinction between the high culture and low culture, are often used to define class distinctions. For him, culture is Predisposed, consciously and deliberately or not. Popular culture claims that the destination is mass commercial culture, whereas high culture claims that a destination is an individual act of creation. Another way to define popular culture is ‘mass culture'. This definition is substantially based on the previous one. Many believe that popular culture is a hopelessly commercial culture. Popular culture is believed to be produced for mass consumption. Those who are a part of popular culture usually keep in mind the golden age that is the previous generation. This usually takes place in 2 different ways ● A lost organic community ● A lost folk culture For example, It has been found that American culture has turned out to be a more efficient popular culture than other cultures. Foods like Mcdonald's and KFC are found in almost all countries and are easily available. History of Popular Culture During the early period, most people were spread in small cities and states, at that time they were not known to any form of popular culture as people at that time were divided into small groups. With the beginning of the Industrial Era, the rural masses began to migrate to cities, leading to the formation of urbanisation. Urbanisation is the only step in the formation of popular culture. People used to live in small rural villages in small groups but as the urbanisation grew and as they started growing into larger groups and crowds the adaption of popular culture also started increasing. Thus, many scholars have found that the beginning of popular culture led to the rise of the middle class during the industrial revolution. Industrialisation brought up many developments and advancements such as various types of transportation such as steam, locomotive advancement in building infrastructure, improvements in education and health and the evolution of writing in leaves to writing in printed pages all this led to the creation of popular culture. Popular culture is largely influenced by the mass media in this modern ERA. Television all has a certain form of influence on creating popular culture. As a result, urbanisation, industrialisation, the mass media and the advancement of technology led to the total creation of popular culture. This totalled to the shaping of pop culture. Reflection on the study of Popular Culture However, During my study about high culture and popular culture. I found out that this division between the two types is not so clear to me. William Shakespeare is now considered high culture, even though his work was once considered popular theatre in the nineteenth century. The same argument can also be done with the famous writing work done by Charles Dickens. Similarly, Film Noir has crossed the borders separating popular and high culture. However, Luciano Pavarotti's performance of Puccini's Nessun Dorma is a recent example of cultural flow travelling in one direction. Even the staunchest defenders of high culture would not want tenor or Puccini to be barred from their chosen domain. Pavorti, on the other hand, was able to get 'nessun Dorma' to number one in the British Charts in the 1990s. Such a commercial triumph. He added that it was now humiliating for him to play the song because he didn't want people to think his musical taste was influenced solely by the fact that it was "the official BBC Grandstand World Cup Theme." Other students teased and laughed. Pavarotti performed a free concert at London's Hyde Park on July 30, 1991. The concert was expected to draw 250000 people, however, due to heavy weather, the attendance was only approximately 100000. This concert puts an interest in the people regarding the concept of popular culture. This popularity of the event put a question on the excitation of the differences between popular culture and high culture. In the early days, concerts were mainly attended by the ethnic class people. This concert, really put a question mark on the differences between the extensions of high culture and popular culture. This example clearly demonstrates that the cultural divide between high and low cultures is no longer as visible as it once was. It has been seen that the popular culture is generally different for different countries, according to the research most of the country's popular culture is nowadays changing. For example, Western countries have found out that eating unhealthy food has created a bigger issue, diseases like obesity, diabetes etc are rapidly increasing and dealing with mental illness is a huge issue. It has been found that slowly the western countries are now getting influenced by India and slowly have started to do yoga to deal with these issues. Doing yoga keeps your body, and mind in peace. While yoga was first discovered in India. On the opposite side, Indian scholars and people are now getting influenced by western culture and slowly and steadily the younger generation prefers to go to the gym in India rather than do yoga. As a result, from both countries' perspectives, I found out that popular culture is really a controversial term. It has a negative as well as a positive side ● Positive in the sense, that due to the growth of social media and technology we are getting to know each country's popular culture. ● And, Negative in the sense that due to the growth and the advancement of technology slowly and steadily each country is reading their traditional culture and adopting other countries' culture. For example, as this yoga was first discovered in India according to Vedas, and Upanishad while it has been seen nowadays yoga is slowly been adopted by western countries. While on the other hands GYM is a part of western countries the first GYM was introduced in 2000 BC was first found by Egyptians and Greek , but now during this modern times due the growing and evolution of GYM it also now been adopted by the Indian people . (Disclaimer: The views of the writer do not represent the views of WION or ZMCL. Nor does WION or ZMCL endorse the views of the writer.) 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The popular Indian sitcom Sarabhai vs Sarabhai is soon to be launched&nbsp;as a web series. The sitcom ran its last episode in 2006 and will be coming back on screen after a hiatus of 11 years.&nbsp;Official reports state that the shooting will start by month-end and will star the original cast. The plot will take a seven-year leap and looks of the characters will be suitably altered.&nbsp;

In an interview to Mumbai Mirror, actor-producer-director Jamnadas Majethia said, &ldquo;After the show wrapped up, all of us, including the actors, got busy with other commitments. However, at every public event and even at private functions in the last 10 years, I was always asked when Sarabhai vs Sarabhai was returning.&rdquo;

Director Majethia&#39;s also tweeted:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">
Work in progress <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sarabhai?src=hash">#sarabhai</a> series to kick off by month end . Will be on hotstar?? <a href="https://t.co/98RkfoczyK">pic.twitter.com/98RkfoczyK</a>
&mdash; JDMajethia (@JDMajethia) <a href="https://twitter.com/JDMajethia/status/841865089225510912">March 15, 2017</a></blockquote>

He added, &ldquo;It was a&nbsp;public demand which finally compelled us to set aside everything else and concentrate on developing a quality script which lives up to the audience&#39;s expectations. Shooting will continue all through April. We are targeting a May release.&rdquo;

New characters will also be introduced to the show. The show will premiere on the online streaming app, Hotstar.

After this news came out, people couldn&#39;t stop gushing and took to Twitter to express their happiness:&nbsp;

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">
So Sarabhai vs Sarabhai is making a comeback. Best Indian TV series ever for a reason. <a href="https://t.co/sqqNs8zgv9">pic.twitter.com/sqqNs8zgv9</a>
&mdash; Sreejit (@ThisHungryPanda) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisHungryPanda/status/841943735495729152">March 15, 2017</a></blockquote>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">
Harshiiiiiiiiii 
Guess what <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sarabhai_Vs_Sarabhai?src=hash">#Sarabhai_Vs_Sarabhai</a> is coming back as a Web series!?? 
Our fav show?? 
But when r u coming back? ??<a href="https://twitter.com/HarshitaGaur12">@HarshitaGaur12</a>
&mdash; Ridhima Chopra ?? (@Ridhimachopra8) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ridhimachopra8/status/841898028810276867">March 15, 2017</a></blockquote>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">
Getting the NEWS early morning &quot;Sarabhai series to kick off by month end&quot; 
The best start to the day!
&mdash; Ankita Dhandharia (@_ankitaa_) <a href="https://twitter.com/_ankitaa_/status/841889706199642114">March 15, 2017</a></blockquote>

Sarabhai vs. Sarabhai features&nbsp;an upper-class family set in an urban Indian city. It became famous among critics and audience for its relatable portrayal of society and clean comedy. The show aired for two years and soon developed into a 90s cult television series.&nbsp;

(WION)

The sitcom ran its last episode in 2006 and will be coming back on screen after a hiatus of 11 years

The popular Indian sitcom Sarabhai vs Sarabhai is soon to be launched as a web series. The sitcom ran its last episode in 2006 and will be coming back on screen after a hiatus of 11 years. Official reports state that the shooting will start by month-end and will star the original cast. The plot will take a seven-year leap and looks of the characters will be suitably altered. In an interview to Mumbai Mirror, actor-producer-director Jamnadas Majethia said, “After the show wrapped up, all of us, including the actors, got busy with other commitments. However, at every public event and even at private functions in the last 10 years, I was always asked when Sarabhai vs Sarabhai was returning.” Director Majethia's also tweeted: Work in progress #sarabhai series to kick off by month end . Will be on hotstar?? pic.twitter.com/98RkfoczyK — JDMajethia (@JDMajethia) March 15, 2017 He added, “It was a public demand which finally compelled us to set aside everything else and concentrate on developing a quality script which lives up to the audience's expectations. Shooting will continue all through April. We are targeting a May release.” New characters will also be introduced to the show. The show will premiere on the online streaming app, Hotstar. After this news came out, people couldn't stop gushing and took to Twitter to express their happiness: So Sarabhai vs Sarabhai is making a comeback. Best Indian TV series ever for a reason. pic.twitter.com/sqqNs8zgv9 — Sreejit (@ThisHungryPanda) March 15, 2017 Harshiiiiiiiiii Guess what #Sarabhai_Vs_Sarabhai is coming back as a Web series!?? Our fav show?? But when r u coming back? ??@HarshitaGaur12 — Ridhima Chopra ?? (@Ridhimachopra8) March 15, 2017 Getting the NEWS early morning "Sarabhai series to kick off by month end" The best start to the day! — Ankita Dhandharia (@_ankitaa_) March 15, 2017 Sarabhai vs. Sarabhai features an upper-class family set in an urban Indian city. It became famous among critics and audience for its relatable portrayal of society and clean comedy. The show aired for two years and soon developed into a 90s cult television series. (WION)

Sarabhai vs Sarabhai is making a comeback and we can?t keep calm

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