April 29, 2005

Look who is moral policing us?

I have been thinking about posting on this subject after seeing the reaction from ShivSena. I should have done it atleast to stay on top in GOOGle Search.:)-
The recent sexual assault on a 17-year old girl by a Police Constable in Mumbai raised lot of questions about the policing in India. What if the rule maker breaks the law? Policing in India is a different subject to debate. Something that irritated me most this time was reaction from our Marathi tiger group, Shivsena.
Shivsena's article in Saamna details that women invite rape by wearing provocative clothes, such as hipster jeans and mini skirts. Oh GOD! What are these guys trying to tell us? Are these guys saying that Indian Men is so beasty that they cannot control themselves. What a shame? What are they advicing the Indian woman? Are they saying that every woman must prepare for the worst when they see a man on the road?
It has been the habit of Shivsena and other like minded groups to come up with dumb logic just to prove their existence. Only way is to ignore them. But, media can't afford to do that either. I was shocked when I read about the recent incident in Houston. What if Gayatri Mantra played in a fashion show? It could be the F-TV, beauty pageants, valentine's day celebrations and list goes on. People are very much concious about what they are doing and need no moral policing after all people do what they enjoy.
The recent order from Govt. of Maharashtra to close down the night clubs/dance bars is another example. There are lot of things that are of higher priority than the night clubs/dance bars for a new Govt to handle. Why do our politicians take on silly things? Mumbai's night life is talked about in India only because of its classv dance bars. How much is the tax collected from these hang outs? What is Govt doing now to have the Revenue receipts constant atleast if not for growth?
AP Govt.'s order to close down all the shops by 11 PM is one another thing that I hated most. Leave it to people. The Govt has to maintain the law & order not by making the city inactive by 11 PM but by having better rules and cops in place. what if the crime rate/freaky accidents go up during the day time? Are we going to have a new order asking everyone to shutdown early in the day? Strict policing is needed not the moral policing.

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