Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Mangalore pub incident.
Young women dragged and taken out to streets and beaten. Moral policing - this is not new to Indians. There are many such incidents. To call myself living in a democratic country I would strongly object moral policing for whatever reasons. No one has the right to take law at hand and do such brutality and call themselves protectors of culture or the State.
But does this mean I am supporting women going to pubs and drink. Certainly not. I would not like young women drink but would not try to breech their privacy. What I am trying to make here. A simple point I am very much against those who carried out those brutal attacks against women but I am not supporting the young women who go to pubs. There is no contradiction here. I am giving more emphasis to this view of mine because now people are coming with thoughts in media as drinking or not drinking in public is ones own choice and hence saying this they take away the context of those law offenders who took the charge against women in public moral policing. There are many people like me here who would strongly oppose any such act but still would not be supporting certain things but would not try to enforce anything on people just on the merit that we live in democracy.
Young women dragged and taken out to streets and beaten. Moral policing - this is not new to Indians. There are many such incidents. To call myself living in a democratic country I would strongly object moral policing for whatever reasons. No one has the right to take law at hand and do such brutality and call themselves protectors of culture or the State.
But does this mean I am supporting women going to pubs and drink. Certainly not. I would not like young women drink but would not try to breech their privacy. What I am trying to make here. A simple point I am very much against those who carried out those brutal attacks against women but I am not supporting the young women who go to pubs. There is no contradiction here. I am giving more emphasis to this view of mine because now people are coming with thoughts in media as drinking or not drinking in public is ones own choice and hence saying this they take away the context of those law offenders who took the charge against women in public moral policing. There are many people like me here who would strongly oppose any such act but still would not be supporting certain things but would not try to enforce anything on people just on the merit that we live in democracy.
Much ado about nothing
Does Slumdog Millionaire show India in poor light? Does India have slums? What is India to people in the West?
I might pose a 100 questions and may try to answer most of them but can never say this is the most fitting answer, I am speaking scientifically.
India is a great country with lot of opportunities but opportunities for everyone. Businessmen have opportunities here, goondas and vandalists have opportunities here. There are people who exploit the resources to the potential, make money and are successful entrepreneurs, my kudos to them. But this very nation have people who would exploit the children and the poor for their good and I have a strong disgust for them.
Why I am so irritated? There is a reason. I have seen young boys selling things on road and bazaars and have appreciated their business minds but I also see young boys selling cleaning cloths. If they sell I would have appreciated it but they do beg. One cloth would cost on a wholesale basis not more than Rs 3 and when bought in retail cost Rs 5 but these fellows sell them for Rs 10. If the kid can manage to garner some pity and sell some 15 cloths a day the profit would run to 105. I am wondering whose master brain is this employing kids to sell (they actually beg to buy) cloths on street and those who employ them do withhold education. But this go unnoticed and this too is child labor. This is just one story and India has a 1000 stories at least more like this.
Does Slumdog Millionaire show India in poor light? Does India have slums? What is India to people in the West?
I might pose a 100 questions and may try to answer most of them but can never say this is the most fitting answer, I am speaking scientifically.
India is a great country with lot of opportunities but opportunities for everyone. Businessmen have opportunities here, goondas and vandalists have opportunities here. There are people who exploit the resources to the potential, make money and are successful entrepreneurs, my kudos to them. But this very nation have people who would exploit the children and the poor for their good and I have a strong disgust for them.
Why I am so irritated? There is a reason. I have seen young boys selling things on road and bazaars and have appreciated their business minds but I also see young boys selling cleaning cloths. If they sell I would have appreciated it but they do beg. One cloth would cost on a wholesale basis not more than Rs 3 and when bought in retail cost Rs 5 but these fellows sell them for Rs 10. If the kid can manage to garner some pity and sell some 15 cloths a day the profit would run to 105. I am wondering whose master brain is this employing kids to sell (they actually beg to buy) cloths on street and those who employ them do withhold education. But this go unnoticed and this too is child labor. This is just one story and India has a 1000 stories at least more like this.
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