When i woke up today evening after a "short" afternoon nap my husband asked me to watch Mr. Abhijit mukherji (of the pranab mukherjee fame!!) being ripped apart by Arnab on a chat show for his "anti women" comments.
I did not feel like watching it. Why ? I feel "Rape" is just india's fresh craze of the season. Like cricket, IPL, scams and many many more. For a nation that awaits constant drama, for its people who love to jab and suffer from short term memories, for TRP crazy TV channels and masala flavoured news papers, for the road side gup shup...its just a new flavour of the season. I see so many many protests - online n off it, activists, editorials on papers, tons n tons of rape and molest cases being dug out...right now i feel sick and tired of it.
For thousands of people (women included) who in our country feel women should have a "decent" dress code , stick with our "glorious" culture , be "homely and tamed", haaah...Mr Mukherji is only 1. Why trouble him Arnab? Probably his remark would deny his father a second term, nothing more to it! Hail India.
Oh yes, the assaulters do deserve capital punishment, be publicly hanged, stoned to death...anything. they just dont deserve another chance. But what punishment do you give others..the not so obvious culprits?
India, each day your women, her self respect , dignity gets "attacked " and "compromised" everywhere - on the road, at work, at home...just about everywhere in the hands of strangers, some who call themselves friends, some who are relations, some through relations of the heart. For she who copes with all this with "dignity" and silence survives when she copes to move on with a supportive family and friends. The ones who don't go many ways..some become rebels or are labelled so esp when there is an influential touch to the case; some are labelled as "deserving the treatment" due to their own "immoral" acts which include dressing and having a life style which do not stick to the Indian culture , few others catch the eye of the nation, sometimes as in this case become the nations tragedy after Nargis from mother india. It is only a matter of time before India forgets her "Amanat" who is now battling for life in another nation. Hail India.
Is this the history and glory of the so called holy land? It makes me wonder why most of the sages worshipped were men anyway. Did they leave their family at hands of a woman to continue their spiritual journey?
Does india only shelter and accept saree clad traditional women who stick to their kitchen, husband n co and produce heirs as shown in the long list of "kkkkkk" seriels ? I hope India wakes up some day...Hail India.
I will choose how i live my life. Period.
I will choose what i eat, dress how i like (even its just 1 Mtr Long), go where i want. Your half open shirt , flimsy white dhoti or a low fit jeans is just as provocative. It does mean there is a character problem. I can live as much as you do. Shoo away you B******. I deserve the freedom. I , the people. I , the woman. Just as any one of you.
My heart is with Amanat and with the anger of thousands of women who have gone through similar trauma. I can only promise you that i will try my best to tell the men in my life to give women the respect and freedom she deserves. Always.
I did not feel like watching it. Why ? I feel "Rape" is just india's fresh craze of the season. Like cricket, IPL, scams and many many more. For a nation that awaits constant drama, for its people who love to jab and suffer from short term memories, for TRP crazy TV channels and masala flavoured news papers, for the road side gup shup...its just a new flavour of the season. I see so many many protests - online n off it, activists, editorials on papers, tons n tons of rape and molest cases being dug out...right now i feel sick and tired of it.
For thousands of people (women included) who in our country feel women should have a "decent" dress code , stick with our "glorious" culture , be "homely and tamed", haaah...Mr Mukherji is only 1. Why trouble him Arnab? Probably his remark would deny his father a second term, nothing more to it! Hail India.
Oh yes, the assaulters do deserve capital punishment, be publicly hanged, stoned to death...anything. they just dont deserve another chance. But what punishment do you give others..the not so obvious culprits?
India, each day your women, her self respect , dignity gets "attacked " and "compromised" everywhere - on the road, at work, at home...just about everywhere in the hands of strangers, some who call themselves friends, some who are relations, some through relations of the heart. For she who copes with all this with "dignity" and silence survives when she copes to move on with a supportive family and friends. The ones who don't go many ways..some become rebels or are labelled so esp when there is an influential touch to the case; some are labelled as "deserving the treatment" due to their own "immoral" acts which include dressing and having a life style which do not stick to the Indian culture , few others catch the eye of the nation, sometimes as in this case become the nations tragedy after Nargis from mother india. It is only a matter of time before India forgets her "Amanat" who is now battling for life in another nation. Hail India.
Is this the history and glory of the so called holy land? It makes me wonder why most of the sages worshipped were men anyway. Did they leave their family at hands of a woman to continue their spiritual journey?
Does india only shelter and accept saree clad traditional women who stick to their kitchen, husband n co and produce heirs as shown in the long list of "kkkkkk" seriels ? I hope India wakes up some day...Hail India.
I will choose how i live my life. Period.
I will choose what i eat, dress how i like (even its just 1 Mtr Long), go where i want. Your half open shirt , flimsy white dhoti or a low fit jeans is just as provocative. It does mean there is a character problem. I can live as much as you do. Shoo away you B******. I deserve the freedom. I , the people. I , the woman. Just as any one of you.
My heart is with Amanat and with the anger of thousands of women who have gone through similar trauma. I can only promise you that i will try my best to tell the men in my life to give women the respect and freedom she deserves. Always.
