Spot the difference

Nirbhaya, or Amaanat or Daamini, we regret the hurt caused to you due to our negligence, depreciating morality of the Indian males, and the deficiencies in our hollow and ductile nature of our law and order system.

If asked to spot the difference, anyone would be able to do that barring some Indian men for whom women are just objects to be utilized and destroyed like the semi-naked mannequins found in malls.

Respecting women is a time-honored quality practiced by various global communities and cultures and embodied in the local customs or lore of most civilizations. But, regrettably it is not the same in India. With families opting for a male child, the tele-serials depicting the benefits of having and living in a patriarchal society, girls being popularized as `Parayaa Dhan’, marital rape not being stringently punishable, the Indian society seems to have lost on the basic moral value of respecting women and treating them with dignity.

Where the Indian civilization was based on the strong foundation of love and respect for all and where regard for women was the very basis of our distinctive culture, the ever wandering and lubricious nature of Indian men have seemed to put a dent on the definition of respect and corroded the entire foundation on which our culture was built. The Indian culture initially was intricately woven around the belief that India is our motherland but the ignominious and vicious character of a large percentage of our Indian population seemed to have eaten away the core around which our culture was so carefully wound.

The definition of being a woman has been limited to the very basics of having breasts and vagina and being an object of craving and lust rather than a human to be dealt with reverence and esteem.

It is not only important to spot the difference in the above pictures but also in the indifferent stance of our society and the reasons which triggered the change.

We do not have to veil our women to shield and respect them; we just need to instill in our men the timeless quality of honor and the priceless quality of consideration for women.

Instead of spurting out opinions on what should be done, let us be a catalyst in restoring the order, peace, and mutual respect for which our Indian culture was appreciated and praised by one and all.