On the other hand parents also wish for some agency that controls their kids’ behavior especially when kids are away from home under the excuse of some other activity. That is the reason why most of the parents are not complaining against the activities of SRS rather subtly approving their acts. There only complain is that acts of SRS are done under media glare thus bring bad name to their family. Similarly the youths are complaining not because their fundamental rights are being bartered rather because their secret rendezvous became exposed to their parents and their parents are getting to know all those secrets that they are hiding from them. This becomes evident as none of the so called victims of SRS’s activities are coming further to report them. Though the critics may argue that people are not reporting SRS acts as they are scared of them but then we have seen people rising and taking the big guns head on in the cases of Jesika Lal are similar cases.
Similarly the reluctance of Bureaucracy, politicians and judiciary to come for rescuing these victims also point out that the ideology of SRS and its classification of what is Indian and what is not, is not much objectionable to them. After all before being politician, Judges and police personnel, they are member of the society.
On the other hand this can also be argued that the Indian does not belong to boozing and flirting youth only. It belongs to the elderly generation also and if their sentiments get hurt by such an open and vulgar display of affection at public places. Now the question is that what right does a couple have to lie to their parents, have friendship with sexual connotations and act in a manner that is not acceptable to other fellow citizens.
By the way, why the hell every Indian youth want to blindly imitate the sexual life style of western world under the guise of modernity as they shies away when it comes to other modern values of non-discrimination, righteousness, honesty, democratic values, civic sensibilities etc. it the same pub-going and Valentine’s day celebrating youth that curses India for everything, does not vote, does not stand up and protest against all other important issues (except when their pubs are raided and Valentine’s Day celebrations are cancelled).
Ironically, after few years when today’s young victims will become parents then they will also oppose their kids’ pub going, late night parties and promiscuous behavior.
Basically it is the distorted notion of modernity; loosing parental control, increasing anonymity in cities etc are responsible for rise of such moral police that also has the tactical approval for their activities form a significant section of society.
Though SRS’s implementation style can be objected but not their significance and value in Indian culture, after all not matter how much we deny but we all know that what is Indian culture and pub going and pre marital courtship is not part of it.
1 comments:
Dear Vipul,
You have voraciously defended sri ram sene and its actions, but i differ from you on the issue.
Firstly, i would like to say that sri ram sene is not only wrong in there "methodology", but in the basic motivation itself. One does not have to rake his memory too hard to realise that the work of these so called moral policemen can be seen best during election time. The so called cry for protection of Indian Culture is in my view sheer Business sense... Pick on the Easy Targets first, then find some issue which may get you lesser opposition...and not support!!!!! ,then do some acts of vandalism, and Voila........YOU ARE A SIGNIFICANT PLAYER IN INDIAN POLITICS.
My take on the issue is that if one is patriotic, good. But there are more serious issues at hand screaming for attention. there are indeed better but tedious and time consuming ways to help the cause of Indian Culture and the Indian women. our mothers and sisters held a dignified and a high position in the 'real Indian culture'. how about restoring that!!! How about ensuring that the mothers and daughters of India attain the same educational levels as Anusuiya, Vidyotama, Mandodari etc. How about ensuring that when our mothers and sisters go out in the street, they do not have to spend 70% of there time n energies in ensuring that they have not 'offended' the sensibilities of any criminal element of the area and evoked their wrath. you will appreciate that this list can go on endlessly.
so lets move on. About your suggestion that the victims of the pub incidence are not coming out, because of their parents, or due to the knowledge that whaT they did was wrong. I would say that it cud be more due to the fear of "Trial by Media". you wud appreciate that given the patriarchial mindset of ours, its not the parents that the victims wud be scared of, but their becoming the face of every nonsensical debate on tv, starting from the news to the movie channels with every tom, dick and harry trying to dig into her past, her parents past and her grand parents past to prove that so indeed is a loose character!!! I think that no person in his/her saner mind wud like to have that kind of publicity.
Thirdly, about your point of PDA being an affront to the sensibilities of the elderly.
let me pose one question. Is Love a recent Discovery???? so far as i remember we have stories of Laila-Majnu, Romeo-Juliet, etc. these date back to the time when even the grandfathers of our elderly wud nt have been born. so..... do i conclude that we have different attitude towards love wen we are youngand can actually do PDA, and another attitude wen we grow old n our 'society' again tells us that elderly should not engage in these kind of things. Is it not that we are as people in Power in the societal set up Misusing it according to our whims.
another point in this very context is that we have always been a joint and extended families. in India, even the married couples have to fight hard for there private space. so in this situation, is it not better to allow the youngsters to have ther small private space in public...as it is away from their families, whose sensibilities they are more concerned with protecting. cud we nt say that may be they dont want to burden the elderlies in their family, with choices they do not yet understand. wud it be ok for a boy to take every girl he meets to his parnts just because she may be his future wife???? WHY ARE WE SQUEEZING AN INDIVIDUAL'S RIGHTFUL SPACE???
WHY ARE WE SO ADAMANT THAT YOUTH CANT TAKE ANY STEP THAT'S CORRECT??
Today's Youth is Tomorrow's Man. Lets give him/her the opportunity to learn to excercise restraint and responsibility rather than impose it.
Long Live Indian Culture.
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