I agree, good article, Amlan. Hope you keep writing more on such topics. Its a shame when we come across stark examples of women being molested and ill-treated all across India. It becomes all the more shameful when such molestations occur in public and the public is more or less mute.
But this is not new. I remember the incident at Rabindra Sarobar in Kolkata, many years ago. Many women were raped when the lights went out. And of course, Delhi, Mumbai, Bihar, Orissa have always taken the cake. And when such things happen, the real character of the country (or the state or city) come into play. You will find people making all kinds of excuses. One thing worse than such incidents is the rush of people coming to the rescue and excusing the culprits. The attack on some NE women seems to have taken an ethinic twist - that they looked different was enough for good-for-nothing Delhi louts to take advantage. In other incidents, it seems that caste seems to have played a role. A similar situation exists with the plight of young children who are working in menial jobs all over the county. What could be more shameful for a country to place a certain portion of it GDP on frail shoulders of the weakest sections of its population. --Ram On 1/20/08, Amlan Saha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > TEHELKA just published as "opinion" a longer version of my email to the > list on the topic of women in India. > > http://www.tehelka.com/story_main37.asp?filename=Ws260108Failing.asp > > Thanks to everyone from assam list who wrote in to > encourage/criticize/vehemently disagree after my initial post. > > Amlan. > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
