It goes without saying, that Shiv Sena's views are totally ridiculous.
BUT, what is disheartening to see, is that the entire discussion/dialogue seems to be focussed
towards the clothes poor girl was wearing, AND not towards the culprit policeman. The things i feel towards this whole episode can be summarised as follows:
1) What one wears OR does not wear, is a personal decision, and
speaking in constitutional lingo - 'a fundamental right'.
As parents/friends, our responsibility is to impart quality values to our children,
so that they can decide for themselves, what's good, and what's not good for them.
If we can't do that, we haven't done our job well. So far as how much is revealed by the clothes is entirely relative, and it depends among other things upon morality attached to the skin-show. For some, showing a cleavage may be the limit, and for others it may be sthing else. It's entirely personal, and should not be interferred with.
2) Societies change, open up, and over a period of time, learn to manage themselves. There may be periods of transition, but that's part of this whole process.
3) Focus should be on making people ACCOUNTABLE. By people, i am NOT ONLY referring to the policeman, who indulged in this shameful activity. The
fabian-socialism, we have been living for so long, has introduced so many wrong beliefs in our society. There is nothing worst than society, which is based on wrong notions. Those of us, who understand this,
should try to educate the society in their own ways. I am not saying to go out marching on streets, but at the
end of the day, SMALL things make BIG difference, and go a long way.
Lets pledge to do at least one thing, which breaks the wrong notions deep-rooted in our society.
It's a slow and painful process, but so is LIFE.
