As the month of March began, media of all kinds was abuzz
with something or the other related to women. Although it’s only the EIGHTH day
of the month which is called the INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, preparations began
right from day one. No complaints. Woman - God’s wonderful creation has every
right to celebrate. But just when the mood got all upbeat, some horrible
memories came back to haunt.
The December 2012 Delhi gang rape that shocked and angered the entire nation was remembered once again - This time through a BBC documentary. The documentary tried to be as real as possible and in the process drew further outrage from many sections. The contents of the same, were just too insensitive - was the claim. There were many who supported the documentary and said that it made for compulsory viewing. I don’t know what is right. So I will leave it at that.
Media ensured that every protest or support for the documentary was highlighted and the nation was simmering again. The immediate and quite grotesque effect was seen in India’s northeast corner. DIMAPUR in Nagaland had turned almost into a warzone. An alleged rapist was lynched to death by a mob of over a thousand. People got fed up with the delay in justice and took law into their own hands. What was even more shocking was the fact that the mob had broken into a jail; overpowered the police and took out the alleged rapist lodged there. He was paraded naked through the streets and beaten to death.
Yes, there were shopping discounts available on account of Women’s day. Yes, there were many promotions on TV, radio, internet and print media. Almost everyone is having an air of feminism these days. But is it all just a sham? Due to the innumerable cases of atrocities against women, ALL men are now bracketed into the same category. Male bashing has become the norm now. This is a bit like hating everyone from a particular religion because some from that religion are terrorists.
Back in the old days, the weaker gender took it all lying down. There was hardly any rebuttal. But now the big gender war is out in the open. There are solutions to this, but not quick. WILL - Both political and public on a sustained basis is required. Celebrating Women’s day or Men’s day, is just like trying to apply balm on a FRACTURED finger. Hopefully, we start changing for the better and soon. Hopefully we have more days where we call them HUMAN’s day!
The December 2012 Delhi gang rape that shocked and angered the entire nation was remembered once again - This time through a BBC documentary. The documentary tried to be as real as possible and in the process drew further outrage from many sections. The contents of the same, were just too insensitive - was the claim. There were many who supported the documentary and said that it made for compulsory viewing. I don’t know what is right. So I will leave it at that.
Media ensured that every protest or support for the documentary was highlighted and the nation was simmering again. The immediate and quite grotesque effect was seen in India’s northeast corner. DIMAPUR in Nagaland had turned almost into a warzone. An alleged rapist was lynched to death by a mob of over a thousand. People got fed up with the delay in justice and took law into their own hands. What was even more shocking was the fact that the mob had broken into a jail; overpowered the police and took out the alleged rapist lodged there. He was paraded naked through the streets and beaten to death.
Yes, there were shopping discounts available on account of Women’s day. Yes, there were many promotions on TV, radio, internet and print media. Almost everyone is having an air of feminism these days. But is it all just a sham? Due to the innumerable cases of atrocities against women, ALL men are now bracketed into the same category. Male bashing has become the norm now. This is a bit like hating everyone from a particular religion because some from that religion are terrorists.
Back in the old days, the weaker gender took it all lying down. There was hardly any rebuttal. But now the big gender war is out in the open. There are solutions to this, but not quick. WILL - Both political and public on a sustained basis is required. Celebrating Women’s day or Men’s day, is just like trying to apply balm on a FRACTURED finger. Hopefully, we start changing for the better and soon. Hopefully we have more days where we call them HUMAN’s day!
1 comment:
Innocent yet unlucky - :-(
http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2015/mar/11/dimapur-lynching-victim-was-never-raped-nagaland-govt-tells-mha/eb36b781ec3e60a8f9842ff6680f0e20
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