By Vishakha Tiwari
Kolkata : A Psychologist, women empowerment enthusiast, corporate consultant and parenting consultant, Jaseena Backer captivated her audience on the 7th day of #MediaNext 2020 that focused on Writing In Digital Time (Fiction and Non-fiction). She shared her experiences in writing about relationships in her collection of short stories, ‘Tales that Entail’
#MEDIANEXT 2020, a webinar organised by Kolkata based Adamas University in association with Sharda University, Birla Global University, DME, AIMEC, Lok Samvad Sansthan, exchange4media, ABP Education and IndiaReal.in, The media conclave is being organised over a period of ten days from June 1, 2020 to June 10, 2020. Each day of the conclave focuses on one specialised domain of the Media and Entertainment (M&E) industry and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in that specific domain
Her writings
Backer posts her perspective and ideology for her female readers. She said she tried to bring out her emotions and feelings on social media. She never intended to become a writer. Her first story was written in an hour, unedited and without proof reading. “I never intended to become a writer, it was my friend who challenged me to write a story and post on social media” said Parker.
Backer shared her three I’s essential for storytelling, “There are three Is namely, Intense writing, Interest in audience and Impact your audience. All three combined qualities are essential to ensure ‘I’ as a writer has responsibility to fulfil these virtues.” She stressed on an egalitarian approach in every relationship which sustains in the long run. She further added, “Gender is not a see-saw and Feminism entails only equality.”
As an independent writer she said, that people except women writers only writes on romantic themes which was logically incorrect. She expected her men folks to comprehend the tribulations faced by the women in the society. Being a women enthusiast Backer said, “Every women wants to get help but ashamed to share her feelings publicly as they are scared to get judged by a person. Every woman should come out and raise their voices with boldness and confidence. A women should be liberal, daring , strong and fearless.”
Parenting tips
Her first book was “Endorse of single Parenting” which is all about her own observation. It was about the relationship she faced during her upbringing of her daughter. Her first digital writing was about the relationship between Mehek (Jaseena’s daughter) and herself. “Being a single parent is a difficult task either it can be men or women”. Parker shared parenting tips and said, “Every parent should not compare their kid’s ideology. They are new to the world and see in different perspective. Try to indulge kids into work, they learn, grow and creates a special connection with parents.” She further stressed on sex education according to all age-group. “Sex education in teenage children affects the young minds. Most of the parents feel shy to talk about the reality of menstruation, masturbation and sex. Talking about sex is the most important part in child’s life. Some kids starts watching porn sites rather than talking to their parents about it as they are not free to talk about the reality. This creates a distance among child and parents. Indian parents never talk about the sexual reality as they think the kid will not respect them further. This mentality mostly leads to an accident.”
She mentioned about the crucial behaviour single parents face while raising their children. She shared her own experiences and condemned the orthodoxy of our social structure.
Saree love and etc…
She also spoke in length about her love for saree and her digital platform ‘Saree In Style’ which have 12000 women. This platform is celebrating a ‘Body Positivity Week’ to shun inhibitions about looks among women folks. She even shared her parenting tips and said that there is a dearth of parenting psychologists in the country. At the end of the session, she mesmerised her audience by reading a short story from her book, ‘Tales that Entail’
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