This ain't gonna change really, trust me, even in times to come. There are many fundamental factors at play beyond morality, ethics or sensitization (& beyond scope of discussion) that cannot be addressed by mere lip-service that we seem to be doing.
Things are going to be like that. Because, we are not ready.
thanks for your forthrightness
we've spent enough time and space on this forum detailing the problem - how about some solutions ?
i'd say :- NAME AND SHAME - in fact this has already made a start with the delhi g-rp case where the lady was airlifted to singapore but eventually died in a first-class hospital there
the family names of the perpetrators were released to public media and I understand the families are feeling some heat
but apparently it's not having a sufficient effect nationwide- so i'd say the minister in -charge of this area - social area - (would that be our wonderful R Vinci ?) oh my .....
well anyway either he or whoever else it may be will have to bring all community leaders together - either physically or via virtual meeting or inform them via letter, that from now on not only the names of those found guilty will be published in the national media eg tv radio an print media but also their ethnic community i.e. whether their are punjabi, tamil or Marathi, Bengali etc etc and their religion will be published as well - i.e if they were Christian and within that were they Methodist and if possible which church or madrassah or mosque or temple or synagogue they attended ( accordingly to whichever religion they belonged to )
....this would in a sense bring the responsibility on the ethnic community and religious group, church pastor or madrassah leader etc etc to clean up their act
there would now be a competition and an impetus, a reason to want to improve
- whereas at the moment , there is none
I know this is a drastic and controversial solution - but the situation itself is drastic and controversial and only such as solution can solve this problem
Heck, i had been hearing from christian missionary ladies as early as the 1980's that they were subject to all this nonsense in india - but it wasnt quite as serious nor as widespread then -
the problem has gotten worse , largely because there's no perceived negative consequence for the would-be perpetrator(s)
Recently , of late, india has acquired an extremely bad name in the global media because of the increasing frequency and indeed increasing severity of attacks on women both local, and foreign
"¦.soon if unchecked, foreign embassies may have to issue warnings to would be tourists to India and that will have an effect on the Indian economy.
People are beginning to say that even muslim Pakistan is safer for women than hindu India
40 years ( or more ) hasn't been enough to solve this problem ?
We need some drastic action otherwise they'll be molesting the women cops in front of the judge !
Singapore's lee kuan yew would have solved this problem for his tiny nation within a month - he would have needed perhaps a bit more time for a larger system like India - perhaps a year or 18 months
But certainly not 40 years as we are experiencing in India
Will we take serious action or not - as there is no half-way measure possible given that the problem has been allowed to grow to this stage
What was she expecting? a country where everyone is a "spiritual" guru and no one does anything disagreeable? Was she expecting everyone behave when it comes to matters of sex, "normally", that is to say like Americans? If some woman walks into a wrong area at the wrong time in US she would be in danger, too. This is just more fuel to the self-mortification crowd, who likes to cry constantly about how bad India is and how come it's not becoming more like some ideal version of "the west".
