Culture police shows its ugly face again! Some girls were manhandled and molested in a Mangalore pub for wearing western clothes, drinking and allegedly doing drugs. To top that, the leader of the Ram Sena (whose volunteers did the manhandling) called the girls his sisters and managed to support his volunteers and denounce the molesting in the same breath!
Now I am no liberal by any means. Aping the west blindly, drinking and doing drugs is something I do not look at favorably. I am quite uncomfortable being around such people, and it is only my meekness that prevents me from showing my disapproval in public. With that I believe I am part of a large crowd in India and possibly all over the world, and am part of that same crowd who still find it impossible to relate in principle, deed or thought to these culture police. Culture police in India are a mind-numbingly monotonous group--they have the same philosophies and react the same way. A few questions to the sentries of my culture:
1. Why are you so sexist? How many instances can anybody tell me of these culture police beating up muscular lads in those same pubs for drinking and doing drugs. I take immense offence at the implication that my actions as a man have no effect on my culture, and representing it and safeguarding it is the sole right of women.
How come the honor of our culture that is moulded almost exclusively by men so dependent on what only women do? And why must their punishment be so much more public than the respect that the same culture supposedly provides them?
2. Why the double standards? People having extremist views who themselves practised those extremes can probably be found only in the annals of our pre-independence history. How is responding to drunken revelry by molestation any sort of justice, socially or culturally? And spare the righteous indignation by claiming to personify the consequences that such vices would eventually lead the victims to. Again in this particular case, the leader had the temerity to claim the following: "I promise you that I will put an end to this fight if parents of these girls give the police an undertaking that they are fine with their daughters drinking and doping with skimpy clothes on in pubs."
So apparently our culture is magically intact (!) if not only do the young girls indulge in these vices, but their parents also approve. Yet another feather in his illogical cap!
3. Why pretend to be Godly? Why are such organizations named Sri Ram Sena? I bet God would prefer atheism over blasphemy any day!
4. Why the pseudo-democratic cover-up? There always seem to be these hidden "supporters" behind every such dastardly act. In this case: " It was just a protest and in a group when people protest, at times, things are bound to go wrong."
How euphemistic! As an Indian, a Hindu, a Maharashtrian, I am allegedly angry about so many things and have a propensity towards reacting illogically and impulsively :-)
Agnostics concede that if such things are not done, what other forms of protest are equally effective (at scaring mind you, not dissuading which should be done). There are plenty of things:
a. Speak up if you don't drink, smoke or do drugs! Apparently the silence of so many of us "uninfluenced" people is taken as the mute voice of the minority. I still truly believe people who don't indulge in these things vastly outnumber those who do!
b. Befriend those who you want to transform--how many times have we listened to someone who downright bullies us? How many times have we listened to someone who acts as our friend or well-wisher and has a view opposite to ours?
c. Vices don't infect entire families! We don't need to join an NGO to fight against these things (even if we truly believe they are worth fighting against). We just need to convince someone we know who indulges in them. Honestly, who can claim that they are not related even remotely to a single person who smokes, drinks or takes drugs?
d. Adopt the breastfeeding on Facebook approach! Go to the same pub tomorrow, and guard those very drinking lasses against these culture police even if you disagree with the drunken revelry. When the smoke clears, they'll get the point.
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Sri Ram Sena are a bunch of pathological lunatics just like some feudal goons seeking violence and attention in media.
If hooliganism, street violence, moral policing and taking law into their hands are signs of taliban, then let us see who all qualify to be termed as Taliban.
1) Mamita Benerjee dragged a SP MP by collar in Indian parliament. Has not she taken law into her hands and was as violent as Sri Ram Sena in the middle of India Parliament?
She is female Taliban according to the definition applied to "Sri Ram Sena".
2) Both Renuka Choudhury and Uma Bharati are accused of publicly slapping men (we have seen videos), they both are taliban as well.
So, what moral authority Renuka has got? He herself is partly responsible for harassment, arrest of 1,23,000 women with out investigation under one single IPC.
She needs attention, which her father or bf never seemed to have given.
3) Women's organisations attacked arrack sellers and husbands in south India, they are also taliban.
Banning liquor is taken from south Indian feminist text books only.
If liquor is injurious to social life in rural India, then it is equally injurious to social life in urban India as well. One guy being drunk killed 4 people just 3 km from my home in Bangalore.
4) Couple of women's organisations broke furniture in Delhi High court opposing whistle blower justice JD Kapoor's 2003 statement that "Dowry law is misused". A lot of misery would have been averted if these Taliban were arrested and punished severely in 2003 itself.
They are also Taliban.
5) Sri Ram sena called the girls prostitutes.
At 20% of 1,23,000 women were threatened about false cases of "prostitution" in Indian police stations when they were arrested under 498a.
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If Sri Ram Sena is Taliban, then Indian Police is also Taliban. Ban Indian Police.
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The Sri Ram Sena are just like children in comparison to the violent behaviour shown by Indian Feminists, Indian police and women's organisations.
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There is no difference between women's organisations and Sri Ram Sena. Both want to oppose "drinking" by beating up the sellers and customers. Both are Taliban.
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1) If a man drinks, he is a drunkard.
If a female drinks, then she is liberal.
2) Drinking in Pub is social service.
Drinking Arrack in village is criminal activity.
3) Arrack sellers have to be attacked.
Pub owners have to be given Ashok Chakra.
Only Urban morons have right to drink and murder people on road.
What a double standard?
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Sri Ram Sena has to be banned, because they are Taliban.
Before that ban all other hardened Taliban, who slap men in public, attacked arrack shops, broke furniture in courts, lied and mislead the country.
Ban Renuka, ban Mamita, BAN AIDWA.
BAN Indian police, for calling innocent women prostitutes.
Ban UNICEF. Ban UNIFEM.
If terrorist Taliban Sri Ram Sena and extortinist police and taliban women's organisations are not banned, then people must be allowed to take law into their hands and beat up all these terrorists.
Some 20 women are beaten and molested in Mangalore.
The crimes committed by Indian police and UNIFEM funded feminists on Indian women (also men) are much bigger. Ban them all.
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If a male MP dragged a female MP by collar in the parliament, has society reacted in the same casual way?
If a male MP or politician slapped a female in public view, has the society reacted casually?
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Crime has no gender.
The social double standards are very clear.
Female criminals get away, where as male criminals are put in jail.
Today, being a female taliban is fashionable. After slapping men, these bitches are giving sermons on civilised behaviour.
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