Dil To Pagal Hai Review

[Jamie Swearengin]

Thisreview was written by me in my second year of Senior College as a part of my assignment for the Mass Communication course. The Professor had instructed us to write a review of our favourite film. Dil toh pagal hai, being my all-time favourite Hindi Movie, was chosen by me to be reviewed. The following is the same review, without any corrections made by the Professor. She had a few suggestions, but for a first time reviewer, it was okay. (Insert Smiley here!)

This is my #throwback to my old articles. Here goes:

The rain song has got an entirely new meaning with the lead couple getting drenched along with children in a fun dance track and not the usual dream sequence. Shah Rukh Khan is perfect for the role of Rahul. He breathes life into him. Karisma Kapoor delivers a power packed performance. Her dancing capabilities are amazing! Madhuri Dixit, the natural dancer that she is, is a treat to watch.

GENEVA, Switzerland, 5 April 2023 - Increasing numbers of people are being affected by larger, ever more complex and more expensive disasters because decision makers are failing to put people first and prevent risks from becoming disasters. This is the conclusion of a multi-country review initiated by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).

The review, mandated by the UN General Assembly, looked at how countries are implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, which is an international agreement with seven targets that was adopted in 2015 by 187 countries to reduce disaster losses by the year 2030.

Among the troubling reversals is that there has been an 80% increase in the number of people affected by disasters since 2015. Moreover, the costs of disasters remain high, with an average above US$ 330 billion per year between 2015 and 2021, which is estimated to be significantly undervalued. And at the same time, there has been no commensurate increase in funding for disaster risk reduction.

Many of these disasters are climate-related, and in light of the latest warnings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, countries are likely to face even worse disasters if global temperatures continue to rise. The impacts of which are brutally unequal, with developing countries hit the hardest.

But the report does point to areas of progress, including on data quality and analysis, and how countries are organizing themselves to adopt a prevention-oriented approach through national disaster risk reduction strategies. These have a key objective of ensuring strong and inclusive governance systems to manage disaster risk and their potential to cause a cascade of dangerous effects. To date, 125 countries have reported developing such strategies.

Disaster preparedness has also advanced and is now more effective in saving lives. This is reflected through a decline in disaster related mortality (barring COVID-19 impact) from 1.77 per 100,000 global population in the decade 2005-2014 to 0.84 in the decade 2012-2021. A safer world is achievable. If countries, regulators and the key sectors that our lives depend on invest the resources to understand and reduce risks, disasters can be prevented.

The challenge now is accelerating progress to meet the scale challenge. The report captures several recommendations, which will be discussed over two days, 18 and 19 May, at a high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York.

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