It is all too easy to say that an eye for an eye will only end up making the whole world blind and that two wrongs do not make a right, but has anybody indeed paid heed to the plight of a hapless family that pledged it's life savings to educate their daughter who is fighting a valiant battle for life in the capital's Safdarjung hospital, thanks to the heinous tendencies of six men who knew no better.........
It is all too easy to blame the system, politicians, inadequate and highly erratic public transportation system, chief and home minister and so and so forth, but what about those mothers and educators who failed to inculcate the right ideals, morals and values in the hearts and minds of these monsters, should they not be take to the task along with the above mentioned notables........
While there is certainly no denying the fact that our system is indeed rotten and well beyond redemption, the root of the rot lies within our family and social structure that perpetrates this age old myth of "male superiority" and propagates the long held belief about the male being the superior sex who has the god given right to lord over the supposedly weaker sex........
Charity begins at home, or so many a wise man who has preceded yours truly has said , well I would like to take this opportunity of amending this age old dictum by saying that education begins at home and not in schools as many of us have conveniently come to believe, end this reprehensible tendency of treating your male offspring and husbands as first amongst equals, accord equal opportunities to your female progeny.....
Educate them, guide them, teach them the difference between a seemingly appropriate and inappropriate affectionate gesture, educate them on the need to raise a hue and cry at the first apprehension of impending danger, empower them by acquainting them with their constitutional rights, guarantees and safeguards provided to them by this remarkable document, provide them with pepper sprays and other such self defence mechanisms and do extol the virtues of self defence techniques as they will stand them in good stead..........
Safety always lies in numbers so inculcate in them the need to stay close to the herd at all times, while, I have always been a staunch proponent of the theory of I, me and myself, I do not doubt the veracity of the safety in numbers theory, feed the numbers of the nearest police station, essential helplines and police control room on your mobile phones speed dial and use them as and when needed..........
And even after all this you fail to uphold your honour and chastity, then publicly lynch the Sheila Dikshits' and Sushil Kumar Shinde's so that they experience the pain and horror of the much abused "Aam Aadmi" first hand.............
It is all too easy to blame the system, politicians, inadequate and highly erratic public transportation system, chief and home minister and so and so forth, but what about those mothers and educators who failed to inculcate the right ideals, morals and values in the hearts and minds of these monsters, should they not be take to the task along with the above mentioned notables........
While there is certainly no denying the fact that our system is indeed rotten and well beyond redemption, the root of the rot lies within our family and social structure that perpetrates this age old myth of "male superiority" and propagates the long held belief about the male being the superior sex who has the god given right to lord over the supposedly weaker sex........
Charity begins at home, or so many a wise man who has preceded yours truly has said , well I would like to take this opportunity of amending this age old dictum by saying that education begins at home and not in schools as many of us have conveniently come to believe, end this reprehensible tendency of treating your male offspring and husbands as first amongst equals, accord equal opportunities to your female progeny.....
Educate them, guide them, teach them the difference between a seemingly appropriate and inappropriate affectionate gesture, educate them on the need to raise a hue and cry at the first apprehension of impending danger, empower them by acquainting them with their constitutional rights, guarantees and safeguards provided to them by this remarkable document, provide them with pepper sprays and other such self defence mechanisms and do extol the virtues of self defence techniques as they will stand them in good stead..........
Safety always lies in numbers so inculcate in them the need to stay close to the herd at all times, while, I have always been a staunch proponent of the theory of I, me and myself, I do not doubt the veracity of the safety in numbers theory, feed the numbers of the nearest police station, essential helplines and police control room on your mobile phones speed dial and use them as and when needed..........
And even after all this you fail to uphold your honour and chastity, then publicly lynch the Sheila Dikshits' and Sushil Kumar Shinde's so that they experience the pain and horror of the much abused "Aam Aadmi" first hand.............
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