It really pains my heart to pen down why I consider the
Present Indian Social situation is quite a bottom rock. The Media seems to be
flooded with such interesting yet shameful cases that present a very shitty
face of India to the world. On one hand while we brought out the Spiritual Baba
& Sex Scandal out in open, on the other hand we saw the real pervert face
of somebody who used to advocate the cause of women empowerment, the cause of
right & wrong. On one hand we are taking about the judgment where parents
were charged of killing their own daughter, on the other hand the Supreme Court
comes out with a verdict where Homosexuality and Gay Sex is termed as Illegal.
As a youth of this country, what does this reflect?
We have since ages been a country of hypocrites. While we
are the land where the Kamasutra originated,
we have ever since shunned the idea of taking about sex openly, terming it as a
“Western” concept. We as Politicians are corrupt while point fingers at the
other candidates, framing them in wrong cases just to gain power ourselves. We
as Media professionals show the true colors of people while holding mirrors in
front of their faces, talking about how the country is facing crime, power
& politics overdose while on the other hand, we ourselves are involved in
sexual harassment at work place (read Tehelka debate), corruption and power
overdose (read Nira Radia- 3G case) and money mafia (Read Zee TV and JSPL
Debate). We as society and traditional propagators talk about sanctity of
women, preaching baba’s and swami’s bringing to us the do’s and
don’ts of every gender while we use minor girls as sex objects, eat money from
influential people to build lavish palaces as we show the world how gyani and sant we are. We as an economy talk about the rising jobs,
employment rates, new enterprises coming up where we as a developing nation
fail to fulfill the global agenda of Child & Maternal Mortality Rate,
Female Foeticide, Violence Against women and even the basic issues of Nutrition
& Hunger. What does this reflect?
As a young woman in Development Sector, to me this is a
shameful reality I fail to answer every single time I look in the eyes of a
woman from another nation questioning me why my land is great. This is the face
of Indian Society where what we preach and what we teach vary. Where we talk
about roots and age old cultural values but fail to deliver the Right, based on
equality and justice. Where we blame the western media and over influence of
Internet, porn and global world for the rising crimes against women but fail to
reflect and see the fact that Violence has always existed in the society,
unreported as it was its out in open now. Where we talk about change but fear
it at the same time. What does this reflect?
Hidden under the sheets lie the realities of our roots and
the fruits that we are bearing today. Can we talk about behavior change unless
we change the very nature the system works? Who is accountable? As a youth who
is clueless in a country like this isn’t going abroad a better option than
trying to mend the rusted skeleton of the Indian Society? I can’t blame people
for going out and abusing the country for being useless, but am I the youth who
is ready to make that change? Are you the one who is ready to unveil the very
reality of your own self? Time for change, but will it happen till we act like
hypocrites?
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