I believe by now, everybody knows what happened on 16th December 2012. It put India on the world map. The entire nation was jolted to the ghastly news of the rape of an Indian daughter which was by far the most brutal one. It has been 2 years since and the culprits are still alive while the daughter is far from dead. Still, nothing has changed. There has been several rape cases after that still, nothing has changed.
Now, an English channel BBC has come up with a documentary on the incident and we hear hue and cry over it. The excerpts of the documentary mentioned here gave me goosebumps. The crime committed is heinous enough and the monsters (if there is any more evil word than that) blame the girl itself showing no remorse. That is the ugly truth let's face it.
Instead of fighting the society evil which is the patriarchy mindset of the majority of the Indians, here we are fighting over the ban of the film which mirrors our society. What are we trying to do here? Trying to stick our head in the sand thinking if we can't see nobody else will see? Why are we shying away from facing the blatant truth?
We have arguments saying they have glorified the rapist, an English channel is trying to malign India, accusing the BBC of subverting Indian judicial system. By banning the channel, we are just cheating ourselves. We all know, the truth is, the documentary which showcases the regressive culture of India. I am aware that there would be few of the "educated" men too who hold the same ideology as the rapists. Like Javed Akhter rightly said, there should be no ban as it sends out a message to such men that they hold the same view of that of a rapist!
Instead of fighting over the film we should be tackling the issue from the grass root level by trying to change the mindset of all those misogynist Indians. If we think the west has tried to portray India in a poor way, then let's try to change it. Only when there is gender equality, mutual respect will there be no such atrocities and there will be no English channel trying to show us in poor light.
Now, an English channel BBC has come up with a documentary on the incident and we hear hue and cry over it. The excerpts of the documentary mentioned here gave me goosebumps. The crime committed is heinous enough and the monsters (if there is any more evil word than that) blame the girl itself showing no remorse. That is the ugly truth let's face it.
Instead of fighting the society evil which is the patriarchy mindset of the majority of the Indians, here we are fighting over the ban of the film which mirrors our society. What are we trying to do here? Trying to stick our head in the sand thinking if we can't see nobody else will see? Why are we shying away from facing the blatant truth?
We have arguments saying they have glorified the rapist, an English channel is trying to malign India, accusing the BBC of subverting Indian judicial system. By banning the channel, we are just cheating ourselves. We all know, the truth is, the documentary which showcases the regressive culture of India. I am aware that there would be few of the "educated" men too who hold the same ideology as the rapists. Like Javed Akhter rightly said, there should be no ban as it sends out a message to such men that they hold the same view of that of a rapist!
Instead of fighting over the film we should be tackling the issue from the grass root level by trying to change the mindset of all those misogynist Indians. If we think the west has tried to portray India in a poor way, then let's try to change it. Only when there is gender equality, mutual respect will there be no such atrocities and there will be no English channel trying to show us in poor light.
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