In India, it is nothing unusual to read news stories about female foeticide or abduction of girls. But what is extremely disconcerting is that one crime feeds on the other and the entire outcome is condoned by the society at large.
In a typical village in Haryana, the sex-ratio is so skewed that there are few prospective brides available. So they conveniently buy 'girls' abducted from impoverished regions and the demand-supply chain is well established . But, why have the villagers become silent spectators to this heinous practice ? The uncomfortable truth is that every third house in the village is party to such a crime, in one way or the other.
Men and women alike have lost the courage to stand up for justice and compassion to stand by the oppressed.
Where are the Khap Panchayats , the custodians of clan honour ? What kind of honour does, abduction or purchase of girls bring ?
More than enacting of stringent laws, the need of the hour is social reformers !
I wish, Anna hazare and his gang of four (Kejriwal, Bedi, Sisodia and Bhushan) , who have considerable influence in the region, channelize their energy to weed out this malaise . After all, what good can an anti-corruption to law do to a society where every home is morally corrupt ?
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3 comments:
Well, the perils of a cut-throat need for a so-called Patriarchal society... One really can't put the blame on lack of education in this one case because the sense of right and wrong, justice and injustice, is something that is fundamental to human character... Maybe tolerance and acceptance of a long standing heinous custom has killed man's inner voice in these cases... Do we really need to go as far as remote villages when honor killings are rampant in the nation's capital with open or occult assistance from authorities? It's time these people were made to see the balance of life as nature intended it to be in the equal status of the male and the female, albeit through education... Otherwise a shining India will always be but a mirage...
"every home is morally corrupt" - how true?
Sinjini we need Maa Durga in every village...every home...
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