Ladies .. Insecure in India..Why are we doing this..???

For the past few weeks everyday in the news there is some or the other incident of the defilement of dignity of ladies all over the country.. Although sad to say that rape and molestation have become so common words in India that they hardly fail to ring a bell in the psyche anymore, but the recent levels of indecent behavior towards women has reached unprecedented heights.

There was this case of molestation of some female fans when the Twenty20 Indian Team returned to Mumbai victorious. The rape of foreign tourists in Rajasthan. The much publicized molestation of a newly married NRI lady on New year's eve. The public harassment of some females from the North East in Delhi (the females from the North East continue to be an easy target repeatedly in Delhi where some crazed lunatics have this wrong idea about their promiscuity, God knows from where ???). And there were scores and scores of many such incidents both reported or unreported. An entire epic can be dedicated to record these incidents but still not suffice.

Well why are we doing this? I ask this question to the entire male population of this country including me. Although our nation has always worshiped the female form and still continues to do so. We are a nation who traditionally are very family oriented and close to our mothers and sisters. But still these type of incidents keep on growing unabated. The lawmakers and keepers of this country as usual decide to keep mum on this topic or decide to impart some empty rhetoric which serves absolutely no purpose. We pride ourselves for being an epitome of decency but fail to protect half of our population. The incidents of harassment of couples by the police and the supposed denizens of our nation namely various political parties on the name of saving Indian culture and decency being a classic case in point. We harass couples but fail to apprehend rapists.

Are these incidents happening because some deranged people think they can score a point by inflicting harm on women. Or is it the case of high levels of testosterone released on some hapless victim? Or are we scared of the fairer sex making advances in every field and breaking traditional male bastions and want to instill fear in them?? Or is it the oft repeated and so cliche
problem between the have' s and the havenot' s??Or are there any other reasons which I haven't been able to figure out ??
Even women are to blame it for a certain extent, for all women's organizations though very vociferous about the reservation for women in parliament issue are not very active in protesting these incidents.

Well whatever may be the reasons, this problem of defiling a lady's respect should be stopped. Whether voluntarily or by passing strong legislation. And women too rather than being meek and submissive should strongly make a stand on these issues. The previous BJP government tried to pass a law to make rape a capital offense but was opposed by other parties. Such strong measures have to be employed to act as a deterrent.

As a nation we have to be able to safeguard the interests of half of our population. Although we may talk about 9% GDP and 20k Sensex but if we cannot protect our women, we cannot be considered as Developed.