Attacking women for drinking in pubs, a court notice for naming the movie Slumdog Millionaire, closing down shops names Karachi sweets in Mumbai, objecting to women wearing lipstick, honor killing, banning sales of Pakistani books, certain political parties refuting India being the base of the subcontinent.
So what happened to a tolerant liberal democracy? Hinduism is supposed to venerate women, we worship them as goddesses.
As per an article in one of the leading newspapers, whilst researching into the economy and food in ancient India, the author mentions the intoxicating beverages in every chapter from the Vedic period onwards. He further claims that Sita’s favorite drink was “Sura”. Did that make her immoral and lascivious?
It is unfortunate that the perpetrators of brutality against women act with impunity. Indian history and even the customs practiced in India today are witnessed to the atrocities by some pious elements, who we might add are on alarming rise.
And this in the land where the treasure “Kamasutra” was written about 2000 years ago! A book not obscene. A book depicting the three aims of life virtue (dharma), prosperity (artha) and love (kama). May be the Government should consider an depth reading a must for our well intentioned politicians! And he is the real India-hailing from the quarrelsome dirty back streets of India. Not the smart talking rooms of the cosmopolites.
Although India has opened its doors to globalization, as a country she is not ready to face the obvious. Indians have always held West in awe and the easy accessibility of those once unreachable things have led to different perspectives. The aping of the hitherto haloed West had to be natural evolution of the progress. So why crib?
The message given across the world by such self-righteous acts can only have one consequences-highlighting the conspicuous hiatus between India and the countries it choose to ape!
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ReplyDeleteYour article is good. Good or Bad should be decided by people themselves. No one else can decide what is right or wrong for others.
one thing notifiable is which write claims "He further claims that Sita’s favorite drink was “Sura”." How he can claim. is he from Sita or Rams family? is he know her personally. All claims should have some truth in it.
The self-righteous acts of the moral watchdogs are actually free ad campaigns to make themselves known to everybody. After all, who knew the name of ShreeRam Sena before they showed their masculinity on some females?
ReplyDeleteIt's true that we Indians enjoyed a kind of liberal culture in ancient times which can make the western people seethe with jealousy. But our illiterate moral watchdogs love barking (and biting if the victim is defenseless) without knowing.