As with most parts of India, women are not respected. Male child is given higher preference than a girl, boys are given better food, then better opportunities and the list is endless. Woman in India is not respected as an individual -- she is only a possession. North India is well known for harboring such a bias. Violence against women , be it rape or wife-beating, wife-burning etc. is a direct consequence of a long list of inequality against women.
Making laws stricter is not enough. We need better enforcement and most of all, Indian males need to learn to respect women. India can never dream of being a developed country until 50% of our population participates without fear in the growth story that is India. No country has developed to become a superpower without participation of its womenfolk
RE:RE:Problem is with Indian mentality
by JGN on Apr 29, 2008 10:53 PM Permalink
Xourav GanguLee, you are just using intermperate language. What has it got to do with Punjabis? Why do you hate the Punjabis so much? They are brave men who work hard. You can see a large number of Punjabis in the armed forces also.
Anyway there is difference in the blood or Punjabis or any one else (there are only four blood groups - A, B, AB and O with RH postive of negative (of course there is one rare oneknown as "Bombay group" - this is indeed a blood group - not some abuse)
RE:Problem is with Indian mentality
by JGN on Apr 29, 2008 11:08 PM Permalink
Xourav GanguLee, I am not a Punjabi but I know for sure that the Punjabis are large hearted and brave people. I do not see people thru the prisom of caste, creed, colour, religion or region. I beleive in neo-humanism. You are just generalizing based on some preconceived notion.
RE:Problem is with Indian mentality
by Tamil natan on Apr 30, 2008 01:54 AM Permalink
punjabis - sikhs or hindus are wariors. Give them respect you bloody idiot.
RE:Problem is with Indian mentality
by JGN on Apr 29, 2008 10:49 PM Permalink
Why this should happen in any society? After all it is a woman who gave birth and nourished to the men.
An old Tamil song roughly translates to "every child is good at birth, but it the way he is brought up by his mother that makes him good or bad" (entha kuzhanthayum nalla kuzhantha than mannil pirakkayile, avan nallavankathum theeyavanakathum annai valarthayile). So part of the blame naturally gets transferred to the woemn also. Instead of asking or giving "streedhanam, treat stree herself as the "dhanam". Ask the dowry seeker to get lost! (I will not give my daughter in marriage to a dowry seeker - let us all take such a stand)
RE:Problem is with Indian mentality
by Sheetal Kaur on Apr 30, 2008 03:47 AM Permalink
Dowry seekers should be burned alive, just like they do to the bride who do4s not bring in enough or no Dowry. Few of them burned others will soon get the message. Or at the minimum do like they do in Punjab, beat the hell out of them when the barat arrives.
