THINK TWICE BEFORE FALLING IN LOVE!!!
As I was reading a newspaper today, one article shocked and disturbed me a lot. It’s regarding punishment awarded to two girls in Ranchi for no big blunder committed, but for being in love! The two girls were caught when they were chit chatting with their boyfriends. Immediately the girls were brought before the panchayat. After discussion, the chiefs pronounced the punishment.
The girls were beaten up and their hair chopped. More shocking is that their faces were painted and they were made to go on a procession around the major places of the village in a half naked state. Further both the girls are thrown out of the village and the family has been restricted from allowing the girls to enter the house.
On one hand we are talking about emancipation of women and her rights; sadly this is other face of the coin. It is very sad that the guys are not mentioned anywhere in the story. The article did not talk about punishment faced by boys which makes the aspect clear enough that the boys did not undergo the burden of the situation. If the panchayat heads think that falling in love is an offence, are not the boys equally at fault? Why is it that the boys are let free and girls made to face the consequences?
‘Equality’ exists only on papers. The ‘liberated and independent women’ we see are only a minimal percentage. Domination, humiliation and ill-treatment continue in one form or the other. Women in innumerous cases turn out to be the victim of circumstances. It is very sad that NO ONE raised a voice in favour of those hapless girls.
How can all the people in the village stand and stare when an incident like this takes place? How can people just seal their lips? Or is it that everybody were of the opinion that the girls deserved the treatment? If that is the case, it is time we comprehend the scary status of women in thousands of places world wide; Because Ranchi and this incident in particular is just an example. We need to think and consider the untold stories in unknown, unheard places across the globe.
ASHWNI GUNDANNA
The girls were beaten up and their hair chopped. More shocking is that their faces were painted and they were made to go on a procession around the major places of the village in a half naked state. Further both the girls are thrown out of the village and the family has been restricted from allowing the girls to enter the house.
On one hand we are talking about emancipation of women and her rights; sadly this is other face of the coin. It is very sad that the guys are not mentioned anywhere in the story. The article did not talk about punishment faced by boys which makes the aspect clear enough that the boys did not undergo the burden of the situation. If the panchayat heads think that falling in love is an offence, are not the boys equally at fault? Why is it that the boys are let free and girls made to face the consequences?
‘Equality’ exists only on papers. The ‘liberated and independent women’ we see are only a minimal percentage. Domination, humiliation and ill-treatment continue in one form or the other. Women in innumerous cases turn out to be the victim of circumstances. It is very sad that NO ONE raised a voice in favour of those hapless girls.
How can all the people in the village stand and stare when an incident like this takes place? How can people just seal their lips? Or is it that everybody were of the opinion that the girls deserved the treatment? If that is the case, it is time we comprehend the scary status of women in thousands of places world wide; Because Ranchi and this incident in particular is just an example. We need to think and consider the untold stories in unknown, unheard places across the globe.
ASHWNI GUNDANNA
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