Women are the symbol of power and
during Navratra all the nine faces of woman is worshiped. On the ninth day of
Navratra even priests wash the feet of nine girls and worship them. The Indian
culture and tradition teaches to respect women in all her forms but in contrast
women face violence of all forms in the country including physical, mental and
emotional. Even so-called educated people don’t leave a chance to ridicule her
efforts to win the odds. Recently four youth brutally killed three girls in
Deoria near to Gorakhpur because one of the girls refused to accept love
proposal.
From home to roads and roads to
offices we all have seen violence against women in its various forms. It’s an
irony that in a country like India where women is worshiped as Durga is also
molested in Guwahati, faces acid attack in Dhanbad, raped by a ward boy in
Karnataka, suffers with extreme violence at the tender age of two, murdered by
her own parents within the womb. The problem is not related to social status or
illiteracy as IG of police could molest his own daughter’s friend, it is a
problem of deterioration of moral standards of society. It is a consequence of
selfish, materialistic and tyrant culture which is galloping goodness and
leaving us in suffocating evil smog. A society that is unable to value, guard
and foster its women and children loses its moral moorings and runs adrift. But
organizations like Gulabi gang and MAVA indicate that though the night is very
dark but dawn is not far away.
Acid attacks over women are naked truth of the
society. It not only destroys a person physically but also brakes morally. The
laws against acid attacks are not as strict as it is required. Dr. Sofia Abbasi, gynecologist says, “Acid attacks
are brutal offence and it should be dealt with more stringent laws.
Unfortunately most of the victims of acid attacks are women. The acid assault
is a heinous crime that deforms physical structure and crushes the confidence
and will power of the victim. I personally reject the idea of selling acid
openly. We require tough laws and social rejection of attackers. I always feel
the need of reconsidering laws in our country which deals with any kind of
violence against women. We also require a heavy change in attitude of police
and judicial procedure when they deal with female victims.”
Female feticide is another open
secret of the society. Daily innumerous girls are killed by their own parents
in the greed of a son. The increasing gap in the male female ratio tells the
entire story. Anju Chowdhary, former
mayor of the city opines, “I know women who have faced more than 10 abortions
just in the lust of a male child. Unfortunately in many cases women herself
long for a male child and comfortably kill their unborn innocent female child
in their own womb. A woman in the form of mother in law curses her daughter in
law for giving birth to a female child. I feel ashamed when a woman becomes a
party in violence against other women. Certainly root of the problem is greed
and selfishness which is mushrooming with high pace in the society. A mother
could change the sick mentality of the society by sowing right seeds of
morality and righteousness in her children.”
Man and women are two pillars of
the society and absence of any of the two will destroy the balance of the
society. Any society flourishes when the women of the society get equal social
status. Satya Pandey, Mayor of the
city, says, “A women nurtures a family and actively participates in building a
civilized society but she becomes victim of domestic violence at her own home.
Sometimes she is burnt by her own people for dowry sometimes faces rejection
for not making right food and sometimes beaten by her own husband for any xyz
reasons. The time has come that all women should try to recognize their power
and restore self respect. I’m happy that now women are making their space at
every place with their own efforts and sincerity. We require more Sunita
Williams to rock the world and universe.”
Education is the right of every
human but some fundamentalists reject it for women. Snatching the right to
education from anyone is the worst form of violence. Dr. Aziz Ahmed says, “I
believe that education transforms life and evolve a man into a human. Brave
girl Malala has slapped on the face of fundamentalists and opened fights
against illiteracy. Religion never restricts women from getting educated. Educated
women constitute a healthy society. We need to educate our girls properly if we
want a develop society. Male chauvinism restricts a male to accept the
supremacy of women in any area. Killing small wishes of our daughters just
because they are females is actually violence against them. Upbringing both
male and female child equally without any sexual discrimination is necessary
for the health of the society.”
Morality and spirituality are
required for a healthy and safe society. We need to revive our old social and
spiritual values. Prof. Vinode Solanki, DDU, says, “Violence is bad in any form. It
is a mark of evil and couldn’t be justified in any condition. Our constitution
promotes justice, equality, liberty and
fraternity which are must for any civilized society. In recent years the cases
of violence has become frequent due to steep moral degradation of society. In
our culture women has a very prominent and respectful place but unfortunately
our selfish desires has dragged us to such situation. We should always reject
and protest against any form of violence as avoiding evil is also a way of
promoting it.”
Arjumand
Bano
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