The Great Indian Mentality

I started this blog to voice my opinion on one of the most shameful events in the history of my native state Assam. Sadly enough, I am here typing again to say about one of the most disgusting events of our country.

A girl raped and tortured by some sociopath/psychopath (whatever you may call them) in the capital of our country. And sadly, this is not the first instance. Failure of the law enforcement system, maybe. But before blaming the government, the administration why don’t we pause for a moment and think what role have we played in it.

I come from a very open minded society where any social interaction between a boy and a girl is not frowned upon. But, traveling in different parts of the country, I have seen it’s a big deal if a boy and a girl talks in public in many places. I graduated from one of the supposedly premiere colleges of India, where supposedly the best minds get through. But ironically, there were people amongst us who still think woman as an object. Teasing someone, passing a vulgar comment is what they get off on. And when confronted, the only reply I ever get is “they enjoy it, they ask for it etc. etc.” 

If majority of the society, talking about the males here, thinks like this, will a capital punishment prevent such incidents from happening again? Secondly the great Indian mentality “Nothing is illegal until we get caught”. So being a daredevil, such psychopaths will try again. So merely castrating them, giving them death penalty is not going to change anything. It’s the core thinking of our society that needs to be changed. The attitude towards woman that needs to be changed.

And we have politicians, who thinks “chowmein is the cause of rape”, “man and woman interact freely, so woman are raped” WTF!! And here we are looking up to them, to bring a change. Laws can’t prevent anything from happening, as we Indians always have the tendency to find a way out with papers with pictures of Mahatma Gandhi. After all the lady of justice is blindfolded.

Let’s also not forget the role of our glorifying media here. They paste the photo of the victim on every channel, but hide the identity of the culprits. And in some cases they make “exclusive coverage” on the culprits, making them a household name. And once the hot news turns cold with time, there is no follow through. Whether justice is being served or not.

“Be the change you want to see in the world”. So, instead of saying police is not doing their work, administration has failed, let’s change our mentality, our thinking. And next time we hear someone saying “they enjoy it, they ask for it etc. etc.”, let’s teach them a lesson (verbally or by removing some teeth, I leave the choice to you)

And one last thing, let us not compare those culprits with animals, as it will be an insult to the entire animal world..