North East Women in Delhi
By:- Gamma Sharma *
This is in regards to the "one page" news article in connection to the "allege" murder of late Ms. R. Hongray and "allege" confession of Prof. P.K. Sinha.
After reading the collection of articles, one can only be "induced" to the the conclusion that the "lifestyle" of our North East counterparts, esp. girls, were a provoking factor leading to crimes of passion and lust in the grater part of the NCR region.
But maybe we are forgetting the fact that this is the same region in India where the greatest number of "Hate Crimes" and "Crimes of Passion" are reported annually. There is not a single newspaper I cant pick form a "kabar wala" which wont contain an article relating to "Family Rape" and molestation, which disgustingly includes father-daughter, uncle-niece so on and so forth.
Maybe its the whole "Indian Mentality" which needs to be changed at large regarding sex and the status of women in the society. India being a place where women in a family is considered an item of furniture who has to stay inside the male-dominated "maag-maridia" with 'burkhas' and 'ghunghats', and work in the Kitchen whole day.
Its funny considering the fact that the rate of child birth and not to mention abortion in India, is the largest in this God forsaken planet, we talk about "Indian Morals and Values".
This is a grim fact, that Indian males, coming form the rural parts of the country are the most desperate ones, regarding sex, as the exposer to the opposite sex has been kept at the minimum at there youth and time of growth, and the sudden exposer to a more open culture of the north east is too much to handle.
What if they were to go abroad. Will they be able to cope with the "Modern World". Rape and molestation cases has become a common fact in out daily morning news and we have started to take it for granted.
This is a high profile case which was hard to ignore (but will be swept under the carpet by the media and the police to save the image of the city and to "avoid unnecessary reciprocations"), other wise 90% of the cases of molestation and rape goes unnoticed by the media or the authorities owing to a unethical biasness and lack of profit.
We must keep in mind that the Mini-skirts were not invented in the North East. And the North Indian women who wears short dressed, do it inside cars and "high" society place where no eye brows are raised or comments.
North East Women on the other hand could not afford cars, have to live in "Cheaper" place and travel by more common transportation means where eye brows are guaranteed to be raised. But keeping in mind that only 20% or so of the North East girls dress up "loosely" and roam freely, we are forgetting the Major portion of the other 80% who dress up decently, who work here in high places and are here to study.
We don't notice them maybe because they are indoors studying or working. We consider all their folks as the same and, thus accessible and easy target.
If this is the Capital City which is considered the Mirror of the nation, then I sure tell you, the mirror is murky, distorted and dangerous with sharp edges, and needs to be cleaned and protected due to its fragile nature.
I know Delhi Police is not known for there efficiency despite the resources endowed upon it, but it needs to act swiftly without bias and make an example that Delhi will not tolerate any crime and will deal with any sex offender, PhD or not, with the severeness of discouraging repetition of the crime, even in any minor forms.
Thank you in anticipation of a thought provoked.
* Gamma Sharma ( Software Developer & a resident of Delhi) writes to e-pao.net for the first time. The writer can be contacted at gamma(dot)talks(at)gmail(dot)com
This article was webcasted at e-pao.net on 01st November 2009.
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