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Monday, 11 August 2025

The Bechdel Test of Akashganga : A Trial by Photos



The Bechdel test (/ˈbɛkdəl/ bek-dəl) asks if a work of fiction features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man. The requirement that the two women must be named is sometimes added.

Only about half of all films meet these requirements. The test is used as an indicator for the active presence of women in films and other fiction, and to call attention to gender inequality in fiction due to sexism.

Akashgagnga the IAF Skydiving Team on the 10th of August 2015 celebrated its 28th Birthday with more than traditional warmth,hospitality and camaraderie typical of military culture.The joie de vivre shared by one and all however leave many a bystander wondering whether typical of male and macho systems does the woman get ignored or just get a passing mention as is de rigueur. Shomu,my son leads a team with no recording devices for audio but photos alone.
Today on the 10th of August 2025,he leaves us instead, with more questions than answers.The women jump out of perfectly good aeroplanes too !


































P.S. for purposes of privacy we have not shared or mentioned the names of all concerned
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Sunday, 21 April 2024

Skydiving -- A Primer

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it takes a person, parachute,high perch or a platform to make a skydive or Freefall..Fear and courage, skill and strength, men or women or boys and girls is well..a
different story altogether..
It is for all and anyone, really.but it is above anything else for sure..Don't believe me !?Then do it !!!

"Slowly dies who becomes a slave of habit,
repeating every day the same road,
who doesn't change the gear,
who never risks changing the colour of his clothes,
who doesn't speak to whom he doesn't know.

Slowly dies who doesn't turn the table upside down,
who's unhappy at work,
who doesn't risk the certainties for the unknown to pursue a dream,
who doesn't allow himself to run away from wise suggestions,
at least once in a lifetime.

Slowly dies who doesn't travel, who doesn't read,
who never listens to music, who doesn't find grace in himself.
Slowly dies who destroys his self-esteem,
who spends every day to complain about either his bad luck
or the never-ending rain.

Let's avoid death in small doses,
keeping in mind that being alive
always requests a much bigger effort than
the simple fact of breathing."

~ Pablo Neruda
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