Nothing seems to have improved on the ground even after a month of the passing away of Delhi's 23 year old brave heart who succumbed to the grievous wounds inflicted on her by a group of six satan reincarnates masquerading as ordinary men......
Delhi's infamous auto wallahs continue to be a law unto themselves and fortunately or unfortunately the same seems to hold true for every two bit Indian city pretending to be a metropolis, they steadfastly refuse to ply by the meter, only frequent routes that appeal to them or guarantee them the maximum returns, and last but not the least resort to implicit threats and strong arm tactics when confronted with a head strong passenger who doesn't hesitate to take recourse to the men in khakhi.......
How will the situation on the ground ever improve as long as their is an active collusion between the supposed defenders of the laws and those who break the same with impunity and disdain, this marriage of mutual convenience certainly beats all comers and gives every scam that the hapless public has been subjected to a run for it's money, sample this for example, the concerned auto driver collected an excess amount of Rs. 20 over and above the fare payable according to the pre paid booth at Secunderabad station........
The auto wallah simply demanded the excess fare a mere two hundred yards away from the afore mentioned railway station and threatened to offload yours truly if his demands for excess fare were not acceded too; and the response elicited from a police constable who happened on the spot surely took one's breath away, the response being "adjust karlo sahab, kaiko in logon ke saath panga lete", is it any wonder then that the auto wallahs continue to be a law unto themselves........
How about a typical example of the sexist and supercilious male mindset that continues to rule the roost even now; a female lawyer friend of yours truly who resides in South Delhi found a portly forty plus male brushing past her car at a traffic light from the wrong side and inflicting scratches on the glossy finish of her new car........
She summoned up the courage to get down from her car and accost the culprit, but the response that she elicited from this portly Delhi wallah not only left her ruing her fate but also wondering whether things on the ground would ever improve in times to come; the response that got her goat being, "saali laundiyon ke haunsle is liye buland hain kyonki police aur sarkaar unki taraf dhyaan de rahi hain, agar us saali kaa rape nahin hua hota to tujhe teri auqaat batata", certainly leaves one wondering ki sarkaar aur police ka dhyaan kis taraf hain?????
One really wonders whether we well and truly are living in a country that has well and truly acquitted itself to it's existence within the twenty first century where both the sexes are standing shoulder to shoulder in all walks of life and where equality between both sexes is the need of the hour rather than the exception, medieval and highly sexist and reprehensible mindsets that seem to be getting cruder and more offensive by the minute.......
Scant regard and utter disdain for the law and the consequences that can befall someone who is a repeat/serial offender, continued instances of crimes against women and even a gradual increase in such cases despite increasing awareness about women's rights and the deafening clamour for long overdue justice; one really wonders whether our motherland has really entered the twenty first century or still continues to exist in the Dark Ages where womenfolk were nothing more than the goods and chattel of their lords and masters who could use them as they pleased......
Women of the world unite you have nothing to loose and everything to gain, mothers and daughters in law please come together on the same page and lane if you want to the harbinger of real and far reaching change, come together and defeat the nefarious tendencies of menfolk who want to keep you subjugated for eternity, TUM BHARAT MAATA KI BETI HO, RANI LAKSHMI BAI KI DHAROHAR HO, AAGE BADHO AUR APNA JAYAZ HAQ ZULMIYON AUR ATYACHARIYON SE CHHEEN LO; well meaning men like me and thousands of others are always willing to lend their mite towards this noble cause, but the fact of the matter is that we are in a conspicuous minority.........
Delhi's infamous auto wallahs continue to be a law unto themselves and fortunately or unfortunately the same seems to hold true for every two bit Indian city pretending to be a metropolis, they steadfastly refuse to ply by the meter, only frequent routes that appeal to them or guarantee them the maximum returns, and last but not the least resort to implicit threats and strong arm tactics when confronted with a head strong passenger who doesn't hesitate to take recourse to the men in khakhi.......
How will the situation on the ground ever improve as long as their is an active collusion between the supposed defenders of the laws and those who break the same with impunity and disdain, this marriage of mutual convenience certainly beats all comers and gives every scam that the hapless public has been subjected to a run for it's money, sample this for example, the concerned auto driver collected an excess amount of Rs. 20 over and above the fare payable according to the pre paid booth at Secunderabad station........
The auto wallah simply demanded the excess fare a mere two hundred yards away from the afore mentioned railway station and threatened to offload yours truly if his demands for excess fare were not acceded too; and the response elicited from a police constable who happened on the spot surely took one's breath away, the response being "adjust karlo sahab, kaiko in logon ke saath panga lete", is it any wonder then that the auto wallahs continue to be a law unto themselves........
How about a typical example of the sexist and supercilious male mindset that continues to rule the roost even now; a female lawyer friend of yours truly who resides in South Delhi found a portly forty plus male brushing past her car at a traffic light from the wrong side and inflicting scratches on the glossy finish of her new car........
She summoned up the courage to get down from her car and accost the culprit, but the response that she elicited from this portly Delhi wallah not only left her ruing her fate but also wondering whether things on the ground would ever improve in times to come; the response that got her goat being, "saali laundiyon ke haunsle is liye buland hain kyonki police aur sarkaar unki taraf dhyaan de rahi hain, agar us saali kaa rape nahin hua hota to tujhe teri auqaat batata", certainly leaves one wondering ki sarkaar aur police ka dhyaan kis taraf hain?????
One really wonders whether we well and truly are living in a country that has well and truly acquitted itself to it's existence within the twenty first century where both the sexes are standing shoulder to shoulder in all walks of life and where equality between both sexes is the need of the hour rather than the exception, medieval and highly sexist and reprehensible mindsets that seem to be getting cruder and more offensive by the minute.......
Scant regard and utter disdain for the law and the consequences that can befall someone who is a repeat/serial offender, continued instances of crimes against women and even a gradual increase in such cases despite increasing awareness about women's rights and the deafening clamour for long overdue justice; one really wonders whether our motherland has really entered the twenty first century or still continues to exist in the Dark Ages where womenfolk were nothing more than the goods and chattel of their lords and masters who could use them as they pleased......
Women of the world unite you have nothing to loose and everything to gain, mothers and daughters in law please come together on the same page and lane if you want to the harbinger of real and far reaching change, come together and defeat the nefarious tendencies of menfolk who want to keep you subjugated for eternity, TUM BHARAT MAATA KI BETI HO, RANI LAKSHMI BAI KI DHAROHAR HO, AAGE BADHO AUR APNA JAYAZ HAQ ZULMIYON AUR ATYACHARIYON SE CHHEEN LO; well meaning men like me and thousands of others are always willing to lend their mite towards this noble cause, but the fact of the matter is that we are in a conspicuous minority.........
No comments:
Post a Comment