Elements of Fminism in Meiazhagan.

I have a bad habit of picking out feminism elements in anything and everything I see. Meiazhagan isn't an exception. So, let's dive right into discovering how Meiazhagan  subtly speaks feminism!

Indian parents must let go of their ego that they know what's best for their daughters.

This scene is iconic, speaking about how Indian women aren't allowed to make their own decisions despite adulthood. Parents just make decisions that they think are best and the women aren't helped once the decision goes wrong and destroys the women's lives.

It's weird that Indian society wouldn't hold parents accountable for making bad decisions that make their daughter's lives take a turn toward an insufferable fate. The women are expected to live the hollow life anyway. Worst, no one bothers to support the women or take the effort to release the women from their toxic marriages. 

The women shouldn't be bitter and angry either - at their parents or the enablers of her suffering. Like Latha, they're expected to smile and even consider ranting as troubling the listener. Arulmozhi stands out here - "What's "your sad story"?" In the midst of men who think that women are melodramatic, Arulmozhi is an exception.

If Latha had divorced her husband, Indian society would shame her. If she had married someone else and he turns out to be a good-for-nothing sod, blame would be heaped on her. She lives, with her drunkard husband, and her father's bad decision, yet both aren't held accountable for burying her life six feet under. 

Because, if her father and useless husband are deemed culpable, then Indian parents and Indian men can no longer dictate Indian women and get them to "reform" badly raised men through marriage. So, women like Latha are allowed to exist - without a care if they actually live so they can go on to hold authority on women.

That short scene cleverly encapsulates how Indian society exploit women in the name of "their best interests." Once it turns the other way around, they turn their backs. If the outcome is good, they loudly  take all credits, reaffirming that "parents know best."

Men can cry and be vulnerable.

It is good to see men being in touch with their emotions. I strongly believe that the best men are those who don't suppress their emotions in the name of masculinity.

Slipper shot to sigma, alpha, and red pill content creators who keep saying that only beta males cry.

There is no dearth of masculinity in men who cry. The dimensions that made the men cry in Meiazhagan explores a whole host of feelings - leaving the hometown, the yearning for family connections, gratitude, guilt.

Meiazhagan proudly says that the house he lives is Nandhini's house and that it was his father-in-law's place. In telling his Athaan the story how he bought the house and registered it under Nandhini's name, he bursts with pride.

It was so refreshing!

There is not an iota of insecurity and male ego in Meiazhagan. He proudly proclaims how Nandini joined him for Dhoni kutty's jallikattu.

Feminism isn't only about equality. It's also about compassion and co-existence.

The story of how Meiazhagan didn't expect anything from a weak, rejected calf he brought home, respect to the good snake, and the fish fry in the dam - it speaks eco-feminism and sustainability.