A teenage girl came out of a pub in guwahati and men in the locality decided to show their 'mardanagi'. And as always social media and tv hotshots are making all the hue and cry. Allegations against these barbaric men , inept police force, home minister of the state, pub owner, social stigmas and what not. The question is 'Will all of this bring an end to further barbaric acts in the society?'. The answer is a big NO. As long as the speeches of women empowerment and police enforcement dialogues are shoved through your throats. Its not gonna happen. The need of the hour and always has been is stricter punishment. I read in a social forum where some one suggested 'male genital removal' as the punishment for it. How gruesome it may sound, there ought to be a benchmark punishment for such activities. Obviously there is a question of false intent and improper\false cases. But false case or not women folks should have a level playing field before they tackle these issues. If there was a 15 year prison term for rape cases, the dynamics of law changes altogether. Its like walking on a rope, If you are asked to walk on a rope which is 10 inches above the ground you dont have the fear of falling down. Do you?? Think about the same rope walk at 10 feet above ground. Will you still give it a try?? I bet you not. That is what I mean by setting the benchmark. Charge these 20 men mob with criminal cases, and hell yeah the reporter\cameraman too.
Before guwahati happened , people in my beautiful state of Kerala are pounded with rape\adultery cases almost every 2 months. And so is the case with every other city and state in our country. Statistics may throw us blind saying certain cities are safe, but truly speaking every mother & father spel their chociest prayers if their girl turns out late to home one night. A major part of our society blame the women whenever such a discussion pops up. Staying late & hanging out with friends, partying, drinking, wearing those skimpy clothes is in a way the root cause of all this. Much to her chagrin many of the bold girls in my life are believing (or starting to believe) this foolish principle. In my view a girl child in our society is raped or molested the first time when we confine them in our closed rooms and narrow minds to protect her from the bad bad world outside. Its the outside world that needs to be cured before you push your sweety into the darkness. YES its practically impossible of you too cleanse the dirt inside society in one day. But it could start with your house beginning with your son. Every mother & father spend half their lifetimes worrying about their daughter. If half of it could be spend on teaching your son the humane way of respecting life and treating the fairer sex the fair way, that my friend is a good head start. I always was amused that the corrective measures that we expect in a society very rarely happens in our own backyard.Its not a quick fix solution and life is not gonna be rosy and fair ahead, but its worth a try. And switch off those channel which keep repeating the same video and same 'Mahila Bachao-waalas', I can bet my life its not going anywhere when big corporates stop funding them. Its your girl make your own moves to save them, dont wait on the any god send messiah to save everyone.
Before guwahati happened , people in my beautiful state of Kerala are pounded with rape\adultery cases almost every 2 months. And so is the case with every other city and state in our country. Statistics may throw us blind saying certain cities are safe, but truly speaking every mother & father spel their chociest prayers if their girl turns out late to home one night. A major part of our society blame the women whenever such a discussion pops up. Staying late & hanging out with friends, partying, drinking, wearing those skimpy clothes is in a way the root cause of all this. Much to her chagrin many of the bold girls in my life are believing (or starting to believe) this foolish principle. In my view a girl child in our society is raped or molested the first time when we confine them in our closed rooms and narrow minds to protect her from the bad bad world outside. Its the outside world that needs to be cured before you push your sweety into the darkness. YES its practically impossible of you too cleanse the dirt inside society in one day. But it could start with your house beginning with your son. Every mother & father spend half their lifetimes worrying about their daughter. If half of it could be spend on teaching your son the humane way of respecting life and treating the fairer sex the fair way, that my friend is a good head start. I always was amused that the corrective measures that we expect in a society very rarely happens in our own backyard.Its not a quick fix solution and life is not gonna be rosy and fair ahead, but its worth a try. And switch off those channel which keep repeating the same video and same 'Mahila Bachao-waalas', I can bet my life its not going anywhere when big corporates stop funding them. Its your girl make your own moves to save them, dont wait on the any god send messiah to save everyone.