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December, India has been under an uproar. After the horrific Delhi tragedy,
media is filled with reports of heinous crimes committed against women in the
country.
Be
it the play of the media or the need of the hour, today we are being reminded of
the pathetic condition of women in this great nation of India almost every day.
But the fact remains, what have we done and what has changed? Nothing, I guess.
What
we discuss in our newsrooms and write in our newspapers gets completely washed
away the moment we step into our living room. The onscreen approach and the
real life approach to the problems related to women in India stands miles
apart.
This
is a part of the culture that prevails in India. We claim ourselves to be women
activists, advocating justice for victims, but we disallow our sons from marrying
a raped or molested woman, because she is no longer pure. We are the new age
generation, who goes to every possible candle march in the city, cries in front
of the camera, gets beaten up, but at the same time enjoy movies like ‘Grand
Masti’, laughing on the objectification of women. We claim ourselves to be
feminists, argue with every possible guy in college about equal rights for
girls, but work with a company that uses women as a marketing strategy just to
sample products.
This
is what defines the ‘rape’ culture that prevails in the country. At times I
wonder, why do we need a panel to decide what is wrong in the country, and why
is India not safe for women. If we look into ourselves, we will get the answer.
Simple question, how many abuses do you use related to a female and how many do
you use related to male. The answer to this clearly explains the existent
mentality of the country.
India
possibly has the best laws ever made to protect the rights of women in the
country. But the very fact that we make laws specific to women and amend them
again and again to strengthen the ambit clearly indicates the degrading
condition of the opposite sex in India.
Lack
of proper knowledge and distortion in the process of implementation has created
a shield that restricts the change of mindset in the Indian society. What we do
every day is just debate, criticize and analyze the situation. We never really
work towards the change we want to see.
We
have had enough of discussion, enough of writing. If we really want to make
India a secure place for women, all we need is to change our mindset, and do
what we want others to do.
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