NO WOMAN IS DESPERATE TO BE RAPED!

BY ADITHIMANASA

Dr. Asha Mirje is the woman who made news with her controversial statements.

• Girls should not wear clothes that provoke men.

• Girls need to keep in mind the time when they step out of their house.

• Girls need to be careful about their body language.

Agreed. Girls need to be careful about this; girls need to be careful about that; girls need to be careful about everything. Had she stopped at this, the issue wouldn't have been in the news. Being a gynaecologist and being involved in social service, the statements she made shocked everyone.

• Why did Nirbhaya go to the movie with her boyfriend late in the night? Why didn't she go for a morning or afternoon show?

• Nirbhaya invited her rapists!

Good lord! What a statement! Nirbhaya was not only raped, but also brutally tortured and thrown out of a moving bus. She was not even in a position to seek help. After battling for life in the hospital for many days, she breathed her last. Dr. Asha Mirje said that this lass invited rapists!

The fame chasing Dr Mirje. Photo courtesy: The Dailymail

Had Nirbhaya been Dr. Asha Mirje's daughter, would such words come out of Dr. Asha Mirje's mouth? Moreover Congress MP Supriya Sule sat next to Dr. Asha Mirje as if listening to a sermon. Even this female did not feel like interrupting Dr. Asha Mirje! What is to become of us women if women leaders make such horrendous statements? God save us!

• It was the fault of the photojournalist who was gang raped at Shakti Mills. What was the necessity to go to a desolate area alone?

The victim is a photojournalist! Was she supposed to click photographs and collect information from the comfort of her house?

What about women employees of BPO who work late night? Are they supposed to sleep in the office then? Are graveyard shifts meant for male employees alone? If that is the case, then Dr. Asha Mirje, are you going to provide an alternate day job to all those female workers? If you insist women not to step out of their houses then why are you out here to deliver speeches? Even you need to stay indoors! Else, it means that you are inviting rapists!

According to Dr. Asha Mirje, hairstyles and dressing provoke men. If so then why don't rapists spare infants and school kids? Do children wear provocative dress? Why are churidhar/salwar kameez and burqa clad women eve-teased? Do those women hold placards that read "COME, RAPE US”? Or are such comments written all over their face? How dare you question Nirbhaya's character? Doctor madam, you have no right to point fingers at any rape victim or talk about her morale. You should be ashamed of making such statements. Remember, you too are a woman!

It's the mindset of the rapist and not the clothes on the victim's body that need to be changed. Gentlemen don't get provoked. Rapists, sexual offenders, molesters and eve teasers don't need a reason to get provoked.

First comment and then apologize. Why make such sensitive statements in the first place?

Our answer to those who validate rape. Photo courtesy: Reuters

Dr. Asha Mirje, you crave for limelight. You need to first get treated for this disease of yours. NO WOMAN IS DESPERATE TO GET RAPED! You call yourself a social worker? Then you must instill courage in women, not scare them all the more!

It is not the rape victim but women like you making senseless statements that are disgrace to the female clan.

IT IS A PARTY FOR EVERYONE ELSE

BY NOLAN PINTO

BSY is back with the BJP and all media channels are on that. They covered his every move, nothing stopped them in this quest. OB vans rushing to wherever he went and correspondents on their toes to get exclusives. I have been there and done that myself and trust me, I was not too pleased about it. Never have and never will be since this in my opinion is not earth shattering. The state will not improve one bit and the lives of the downtrodden wont change for the better in a jiffy.

Picture Courtesy- PTI photo

In a way, January 9, 2014 should be considered a black day for the BJP and its cadres. They took a stand a year ago when their senior leader LK Advani wanted BSY to step down because of his corruption charges. Then we all saw the drama that unfolded, the number of leaders who came to meet him and finally the day he walked out. What a week and what a day that was!

Again today, he is back. Like they say, there are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies in politics. It is all about what suits the day best. Ultimately, it’s all about staying in power and minting money. The people, wait, who are they? Sheesh..

My grouse is that the media shies away from covering parties such as the Lok Satta Party or even individuals who are doing things for the better of society. Even when the AAP began, not many channels wanted to cover them. Forget that, even when IAC began their protest the first time, not many channels knew or wanted to give them airtime. Only when it became big, they ran over to the protest sites.

I am a neutral individual supporting no party but I sincerely believe that we need a change. And parties like AAP and Lok Satta Party are offering that change. Why not grab that offer and build on it? The people who are part of those parties are those who have utilized their education, struggled to reach somewhere and then decided to do so some for their society and country. Unlike the old political parties who have among them leaders who are alleged thugs, alleged rapists, alleged mafias and more. I am not saying that they all are pathetic but a majority of them are.

In college, we got into a fight once with this group of youth congress workers. They were all aspiring to become big shot political leaders in time. Their claim to fame was the number of cases registered against them in police stations and they said that with pride, loads of pride to put it correctly. I was ashamed upon hearing that then and still am. How I wish their claim to fame was something that really helped society.

Given a chance, many of us including me would love to join politics. But we stop ourselves from doing so since we are yet to gain complete financial security. We do not want to rob people and become rich. If we are into politics, it is to serve and not to mint money, have NSG commandos by our side and hordes of people following us wherever we go. These people in the AAP and Lok Satta Party have joined after gaining financial security (at least most of them) and hence can concentrate on the job of building the nation. Unlike again, politicians who make money and continue to do so even in power and want to do so, even when they are out of ‘power’!

A shame that our education has failed us. We will still go and vote for those politicians who election after election promise the moon but never deliver. And we still go and vote. Of course we have to vote, it’s our duty but what choice did we have earlier? To chose the best crook or the least crook amongst them all and cast our very valuable vote. Today we have choices. So lets, this coming election, use that choice sensibly.