Another news item which kept lingering in my thoughts the whole day.
Why did they target only women in western attire and not men? When did pants and shirts that most of the Indian men wear become our traditional clothing? 1827 A.D. ?? Why not stop all men in western attire, chase them, swear at them and beat them? Why did they beat only women who were in the pub and not even a single man? Does the Rig veda say, Men can go to pub and drink?
Who are they to tell me what to wear and what not to wear? Who are they to dictate where I should go and where I shouldn’t?
Are there any followers of this so called political party? If there are any, shouldn’t we be admitting them to an institute for mentally(socially??) retarded people? Weren’t political parties supposed to provide welfare schemes or at least promises to people? Has this party ever done any good for the society? May be a water tank, a bus stop, a public toilet at least? What do we call a group which has not done any significant philanthropic activity or a welfare deed but only disturbing and harassing people? Terrorists?? What are the real police doing? Why couldn’t they arrest these moral police when there is a video proof? Why is the central government not empathizing with it’s female citizens?
Why didn’t anyone stop to help when these women were in danger? Are we so irresponsible that we would go to a pub and drink to oppose this group and not stop our vehicles to protect a woman in trouble?
Why do they harass only women? Is it because most women are physically weak? Or is it an expression of fear that women have become equal to men? Women are educated, they go to a job, they dream about their future – A result of a silent war that lasted for more than hundred years against people who were obsessed with female infanticide, sati, illiteracy, dowry deaths and a lot more evils against Indian women. Just another idiocy to fight against. Where are Karate, Kung fu and judo classes in Bangalore?
If Mahatma Gandhi was alive today, he would have said, “Real freedom is only when a woman wearing jeans can walk safely on M.G. road in the day.”
