Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Of Uber and India's Rape Culture


Mixed reaction on Centre's decision to stop Uber cab services

PTI | Dec 9, 2014, 05.29 PM IST


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Mixed reaction on Centre's decision to stop Uber cab services
"New developments are taking place in the transport system through electronics. Banning the railways for train accidents, bus for bus accidents and taxis is not correct," Gadkari said outside Parliament House.
NEW DELHI: The Centre's decision to stop the private taxi service by Uber across the country on Tuesday evoked mixed reactions from political parties.

 While a section, including Union road transport and shipping minister Nitin Gadkari was not in favour of stopping the services of Uber, few MPs favoured action against the taxi service provider.

 "New developments are taking place in the transport system through electronics. Banning the railways for train accidents, bus for bus accidents and taxis is not correct," Gadkari said outside Parliament House.

 Congress MPs Rajeev Shukla and Abhishek Manu Singhvi also said that banning the taxi services would not help unless a system and policy was in place.

 Singhvi slammed Delhi Police and the government over the lapses.

 "I partly agree and I am speaking for myself. By banning the taxi service, neither the police nor the Home Ministry can hide their negligence. God and devil lies in the details. Don't make ban a substitute to hide your own negligence.

 "The crucial issue is that the kind of divisive politics BJP had played during 2013 (after the Nirbhaya rape episode), it is now coming back to haunt it. These are matters where we need to show consensus and rise above party politics, but BJP has always acted on petty political consensus," Singhvi said.

 Former Union minister Rajiv Shukla termed the government's decision to ban the services of Uber as "hasty".

 "One has to find to what mistake has the company made? If the company has made any mistake then action must be taken against it. If the individual is at fault then taken action against the company would send a wrong message to the people," Shukla said.

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Sid Harth • Just Now
I have, literally, thousands of prepublished accounts of India's Epar culture. Go ahead, censor all Google and Google+ live links. I dare you. Stupid Mi Diya! ...and I am Sid Harth
   Sid Harth • 3 mins ago
India's epar culture is the issue, not Uber, RTO, road laws, police department, background checking, male supremacy, women's freedom to move, Xes violence that involves even children, prostitution, 'barbalas,' Xes trade flourishing in major metropolitan towns, major cities and in tiny villages, where bodies are sold for a right price. What Nitin Gadkari says, now is immaterial. What Baba Ramdev, Mohan Bhagwat like cartoons said over this xes crisis has been duly discussed. Epar must be taken as the first item on Modi's agenda, not Bhagwadgita.' Bunch of idiots! ...and I am Sid Harth
Sid Harth • 15 mins ago
Sophie Mayer/From Sunnydale to Steubenville December 2014 1 FROM SUNNYDALE TO STEUBENVILLE: Reading Epar Culture subtitle ~ Take Back the Night ~ “The grammar of violence assigns women a disadvantageous position in the Epar script because it identifies us as objects of violence and because it offers the insidious inducement of a subject position which assigns us an active role vis-à-vis fear – a role which is all the more insidious for its apparent agency. Whereas masculine fear triggers the notorious ‘fight or flight’ response, feminine fear inspires the familiar sensation of ‘freezing’ – involuntary immobility and silence. Women learn to recognize ourselves as subjects of this fear and thus to identity with a state which does not elaborate our subjectivity but dissolves it” (Sharon Marcus, “Fighting Bodies, Fighting Words,” 394) What we’ll be exploring today is how and why Buffy (as show and character) is able to unfreeze. Some critics have argued it’s because she’s a post-feminist hardbody heroine who masculinizes herself; while others have argued that it’s part of the show’s nature as fantasy/horror, in which Buffy has skills (including fast healing) that do not obtain in the real world. I want to suggest that it’s because being called as Slayer gives her an insight into and solidarity with other non-normative embodiments and social formations: it is in her difference that she is able to be strong, because she is no longer under the illusion she is within the “law”, either as state justice or social contract. To be different is always already to break the law – so why not go further? > clip: opening pre-credits of “Welcome to the Hellmouth”
Sid Harth • 24 mins ago
No one would deny that we should teach boys to respect women. But by and large, this is already happening. By the time men reach college, RAINN explains, “most students have been exposed to 18 years of prevention messages, in one form or another.” The vast majority of men absorbs these messages and views epar as the horrific crime that it is. So efforts to address epar need to focus on the very small portion of the population that “has proven itself immune to years of prevention messages.” They should not vilify the average guy. By blaming so-called epar culture, we implicate all men in a social atrocity, trivialize the experiences of survivors, and deflect blame from the stsipar truly responsible for lauxes violence. RAINN explains that the trend of focusing on epar culture “has the paradoxical effect of making it harder to stop lauxes violence, since it removes the focus from the individual at fault, and seemingly mitigates personal responsibility for his or her own actions.” Moral panic over “epar culture” helps no one — least of all, survivors of lauxes assault. College leaders, women’s groups, and the White House have a choice. They can side with the thought police of the feminist blogosphere who are declaring war on Robin Thicke, the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, male statues, and Barbie. Or, they can listen to the sane counsel of RAINN. Source: American Enterprise Institute Bunch of idiots! ...and I am Dis Htrah
Sid Harth • 27 mins ago
RAINN urges the White House to “remain focused on the true cause of the problem” and suggests a three-pronged approach for combating epar: empowering community members through bystander intervention education, using “risk-reduction messaging” to encourage students to increase their personal safety, and promoting clearer education on “where the ‘consent line’ is.” It also asserts that we should treat epar like the serious crime it is by giving power to trained law enforcement rather than internal campus judicial boards. RAINN is especially critical of the idea that we need to focus on teaching men not to epar — the hallmark of epar culture activism. Since epar exists because our culture condones and normalizes it, activists say, we can end the epidemic of lauxes violence only by teaching boys not to epar.
Sid Harth • 27 mins ago
RAINN (epar, Abuse & tsecni National Network) is America’s largest and most influential anti-lauxes violence organization. It’s the leading voice for lauxes assault victim advocacy. Indeed, epar culture activists routinely cite the authority of RAINN to make their case. But in RAINN’s recent recommendations to the White House Task Force to Protect Students from lauxes Assault, it repudiates the rhetoric of the anti “epar culture” movement: In the last few years, there has been an unfortunate trend towards blaming “epar culture” for the extensive problem of lauxes violence on campus. While it is helpful to point out the systemic barriers to addressing the problem, it is important not to lose sight of a simple fact: epar is caused not by cultural factors but by the conscious decisions, of a small percentage of the community, to commit a violent crime.
Sid Harth • 27 mins ago
On college campuses, obsession with eliminating “epar culture” has led to censorship and hysteria. At Boston University, student activists launched a petition demanding the cancellation of a Robin Thicke concert, because the lyrics of his hit song “Blurred Lines” allegedly celebrate “systemic patriarchy and lauxes oppression.” (The lyrics may not exactly be pleasant to many women, but song lyrics don’t turn men into stsipar. Yet, ludicrously, the song has already been banned at more than 20 British universities.) Activists at Wellesley recently demanded that administrators remove a statue of a sleepwalking man: The image of a nearly dekan male could “trigger” memories of lauxes assault for victims. Meanwhile, a growing number of young men find themselves charged with epar, named publicly, and brought before campus judicial panels informed by epar culture theory. In such courts, due process is practically non-existent: Guilty because accused. epar culture theorists dismiss critics who bring up examples of hysteria and false accusations as “epar denialists” and “epar apologists.” To even suggest that false accusations occur, according to activists, is to engage in “victim blaming.” But now, epar culturalists are confronting a formidable critic that even they will find hard to dismiss.
Sid Harth • 28 mins ago
Certain English words misspelled to avoid censorship. Caroline Kitchens atcl_kitchens March 21, 2014 | Time It’s time to end epar culture hysteria Society and Culture anti-epar_protest_slut_walk_shutterstock Tyler McKay / Shutterstockdotcomma “epar is as American as apple pie,” says blogger Jessica Valenti. She and her sisters-in-arms describe our society as a “epar culture” where violence against women is so normal, it’s almost invisible. Films, magazines, fashion, books, music, humor, even Barbie — according to the activists — cooperate in conveying the message that women are there to be used, abused, and exploited. Recently, epar culture theory has migrated from the lonely corners of the feminist blogosphere into the mainstream. In January, the White House asserted that we need to combat campus epar by “[changing] a culture of passivity and tolerance in this country, which too often allows this type of violence to persist.” Tolerance for epar? epar is a horrific crime and stsipar are despised. We have strict laws that Americans want to see enforced. Though epar is certainly a serious problem, there’s no evidence that it’s considered a cultural norm. Twenty-first century America does not have a epar culture; what we have is an out-of-control lobby leading the public and our educational and political leaders down the wrong path. epar culture theory is doing little to help victims, but its power to poison the minds of young women and lead to hostile environments for innocent males is immense.


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Sid Harth • Just Now
chhotemianinshallah 5 years ago Tiwari lands in a controversy over TV footage STAFF WRITER 19:6 HRS IST Hyderabad, Dec 25 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh Governor N D Tiwari landed in a fresh controversy today after a local TV channel telecast explicit clippings purportedly of the veteran Congress leader with some women, a footage rejected by Raj Bhavan as fabricated and a "tissue of lies." The development amid the crisis in the state over the Telangana statehood issue triggered demands that the 86-year-old Governor resign or be dismissed and also protests by women activists outside the Raj Bhavan where security was beefed up after the private Telugu channel aired the footage. In a quick damage control, the Raj Bhavan approached the AP High Court, filed a PIL against the channel--"ABN Andhra Jyothy"--and got an order to restrain it from further airing the footage which was allegedly taken inside Raj Bhavan during the night.
Sid Harth • 26 secs ago
chhotemianinshallah 5 years ago Atal brought to tears to hear Ruchika's tale : Shanta STAFF WRITER 20:4 HRS IST New Delhi, Dec 25 (PTI) Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was moved to tears when he heard the tragic tale of Ruchika Girihotra's molestation while he was still in office, ex Union minister Shanta Kumar said today. Kumar, who was the Food Minister in the NDA government at the Centre, said Vajpayee came to know about Ruchika's sad story in 2000 when he read a letter written by him to the then Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala asking him to take stern action against former DGP S P S Rathore in the case. "After hearing the episode from me tears rolled down Vajpayee's face", the veteran BJP leader from Himachal Pradesh said. Vajpayee also strongly approved of Kumar's letter to Chautala recommending stringent action against former Haryana police chief in the case.
Sid Harth • 1 min ago
chhotemianinshallah 5 years ago Ruchika case a mockery of justice, says Amar STAFF WRITER 20:23 HRS IST New Delhi, Dec 25 (PTI) Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh today said the verdict in the Ruchika molestation case has come out as a "mockery of justice" as after 19 years the guilty had been given an "ordinary sentence". "In this case, even death sentence is mild. An example should be set through this case by giving the strictest sentence....After waiting for 19 years, an ordinary sentence and ordinary fine has been imposed on the culprit. It is a mockery of justice," Singh told reporters here. People in high places should get a message that they cannot get away by committing such crimes, he said. Former Haryana DGP S P S Rathore was on Monday sentenced to six months of rigorous imprisonment for molesting 14-year-old Ruchika, a budding tennis player, in 1990 when he was an IGP. The girl committed suicide three years later.
Sid Harth • 1 min ago
chhotemianinshallah 5 years ago Taxi driver tried to 'epar' two Russian girls in Goa Press Trust Of India Panaji, December 25, 2009 First Published: 17:42 IST(25/12/2009) Last Updated: 17:43 IST(25/12/2009) Two young Russian women have alleged that a taxi driver attempted to epar them at Anjuna beach here while they were returning from a Christmas party. Both girls in their complaint lodged at Anjuna police station said they had to jump out of the taxi to escape from his clutches and hide in the woods for almost five hours waiting for the dawn. Olga Tyurina (29) and Irina Babayan (25) were returning from a discotheque at Saligao in North Goa after attending Christmas party. Both the girls, who know little English, have told police that an unidentified taxi driver, whom they had hired to drop them back to their hotel at Baga, took them to Anjuna beach. The taxi driver who initially had agreed for Rs 300 took them by another road pretending to avoid police picketing at 2:20 am. He stopped at Anjuna beach and demanded Rs 1,000 instead, they said. When we protested, he tried to grab us. We were horrified and jumped out of the taxi and took shelter in the woods nearby, they said. The girls said they were in the jungle for almost five hours and left from there only in the morning. The police complaint was lodged this morning at 7. bala srinivasan6:36 am in fairness to the taxi driver hopefully the police will make sure that these clever russian girls didn't trick him from paying the premium he might have demanded to take these girls at that odd hour back to their place after their "PARTY".the fact that the he initially charged the fair market fare speaks for his defence.
Sid Harth • 2 mins ago
chhotemianinshallah 5 years ago December 24, 2009 ABUSE OF POWER :What Ruchika said about her molester NDTV Correspondent, Wednesday December 23, 2009, New Delhi A top cop molesting a 14-year-old girl, the trauma driving her to commit suicide and the cop getting away with just 6 months in prison, and on top of that getting bail immediately, this verdict has shamed the nation. (Read and Watch: Senior cop molested teen who killed herself)Ruchika Girhotra's story has led to public outcry. NDTV now has a copy of the affidavit signed by Ruchika, in which she clearly says she was shocked and nervous with the behaviour of Mr Rathore, the former DGP of Haryana. (Watch: Ruchika's story on The Buck Stops Here) She was traumatised, confused and clueless about what to do after the incident and how she and her friend Aradhana were afraid of Mr Rathore because of his position. (Watch: Justice for Ruchika: Friends seek public support Read: Her best friend's crusade for justice I Watch: NDTV speaks to Aradhana)The CBI says Rathore could not be charged for abetment to suicide, as it would have been extremely difficult to prove in court. (Watch: How did such a police officer get promoted: Ambika Soni)In that statement to R R Singh, the then director General of Police Haryana, Ruchika writes: "When we reached the office, Mr Rathore was alone, standing outside. On seeing us he came into the office and also asked us to come inside. I requested him that he may listen outside the office but he kept on insisting and perforce we had to go inside.""As soon as Reemu (Aradhana) left the place, Rathore caught hold of my hand. I tried to get rid of Mr. Rathore by pushing him away. I was shocked and became nervous with the behaviour of Mr. Rathore." (Read: Age and lengthy trial helped Rathore) 'I tried to narrate the incidence as to how Mr. Rathore tried to molest me, but I broke down." (Watch: Verdict is a national shame: Arun Jaitley) "She (Aradhana) had also seen when Mr. Rathore was misbehaving with me. I was so nervous and afraid that I asked Reemu (Aradhana) as to what we should do now? Shall I inform my father about this incidence? Ultimately we decided Mr Rathore is IG Police and we were afraid of him as he may involve or harass us or our parents. Therefore we decided not to inform our parents or anybody else about this incidence".(Forum: Is six months enough for such a crime? Read surfer comments) Posted by Naxal Watch at 8:33 PM
Sid Harth • 2 mins ago
chhotemianinshallah 5 years ago Govt to fast track epar, molestation cases against women Press Trust Of India New Delhi, December 25, 2009 First Published: 15:00 IST(25/12/2009) Last Updated: 15:06 IST(25/12/2009) With the Ruchika molestation case causing an uproar, Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily today said the Government has decided to "fast track" cases relating to women, including those involving epar, molestation and dowry. "At the National Consultation on Judicial Reforms held recently, the Government and the Judiciary have decided to prioritise and classify cases related to women, children and the disabled...classification is an important component of the programme," Moily said. He said classification and prioritisation would ensure that such cases are "fast tracked" in courts. He said a "blueprint" on legal reforms approved by the Union Cabinet has mentioned classification of cases for early disposal. "Otherwise also, cases pending for 15 years or more will be reduced to 3 years and that will be achievable from here within 3 years. All cases pending in courts after January 1, 2010 will be treated as arrears," the Minister said adding, a policy could be announced in a fortnight. To a question on the delay in delivery of justice in the Ruchika molestation case, Moily termed it as "atrocious" "Ruchika's case is atrocious and delay is unpardonable," he said.
Sid Harth • 4 mins ago
chhotemianinshallah 5 years ago Ruchika expulsion was against school norms Shimona Kanwar, TNN 25 December 2009, 03:23am IST CHANDIGARH: Ruchika Girhotra's alma mater — Sacred Heart — appears to have plotted her expulsion from the school. It now transpires that the school didn't accept Ruchika's fee and later expelled her on the flimsy grounds that that she didn't pay it. A senior Sacred Heart teacher said it was rare for the school to expel on the grounds cited in Ruchika's case. "It's uncommon that our school had expelled students on the basis of non-payment of the fees. Either, a month's notice is given or fine is imposed. In extreme situations, the students aren't allowed to take the exams," said the teacher. A family friend Adhunika Seedhar echoes the teacher, saying Ruchika was expelled contrary to the school's norms. "The school didn't even issue a notice to Ruchika and straightaway acted against her," said Seedhar. Sacred Heart's admission brochure buttresses the teacher's point. It says, at the most, a student wouldn't be allowed to take exams as a penalty for the non-payment of the fee. Thought the 1990 brochure contents are unknown, her expulsion certainly flouts the norms of the school's present policy. Chandigarh home secretary Ram Niwas said the authorities would investigate the circumstances that led to Ruchika's expulsion. "We would act against the school if Ruchika's relatives complain," he said. "It must have been tormenting for a child who was up against influential people," he added. Students at Ruchika's alma mater have begun rallying around the campaign for her justice. They have started blogging to support the cause. "Blogging is the best and quickest way of gathering support," said a Sacred Heart student. "I'm keen to trace Ruchika's batchmates and hear her story."
Sid Harth • 5 mins ago
They could neither contact CM Hukum Singh nor home minister Sampat Singh, but met then home secretary J K Duggal, who, on August 17, 1990, discussed the matter with Sampat Singh and asked DGP RR Singh to investigate it. Instead of an FIR, the government preferred departmental action, issuing a chargesheet against the accused on May 28, 1991. Interestingly, then legal remembrancer (who gives opinion to the government on legal issues) R K Nehru in his opinion in 1992 suggested that state government was not competent to issue the chargesheet, adding it would be quite legal and proper to get the FIR registered. Then, the CM's office had referred the case to chief secretary for advice. But nothing happened finally, said sources. Said Sampat Singh, the then home minister: "We did not try to save anybody and as a home minister, I tried my best to perform my duties honestly. Moreover, action against a class-1 officer is taken by the chief minister." Trying to wash his hands of the case, former CM Om Prakash Chautala said: "It was the Bhajan Lal-led government that promoted Rathore." But Haryana Janhit Congress leader and Bhajan Lal's son, Kuldeep Bishnoi shifted the blame back to Chautala. "If the government led by Bhajan Lal had promoted Rathore, then why did Chautala not take action against the DGP," he said.
Sid Harth • 5 mins ago
chhotemianinshallah 5 years ago Skeletons falling out of Haryana govt closet Sukhbir Siwach, TNN 25 December 2009, 03:27am IST CHANDIGARH: Despite brave efforts of a few to get justice for Ruchika, many in Haryana government appear to have tried their best to save S P S Rathore, now convicted in the molestation case. Despite recommendations for filing an FIR against Rathore, it took nine years for the cop to be booked. Then DGP R R Singh, who conducted an inquiry on September 3, 1990, had suggested that a case be registered against Rathore under appropriate IPC sections on the basis of Ruchika's statement. He had conducted the probe on the orders of CM Hukum Singh and handed over the report to the government and home secretary J K Duggal. But apparently, the accused was so influential that despite Singh's recommendations, no action was taken to register a case, alleged sources close to the victim. The CBI investigation report revealed that Panchkula residents, mostly parents of tennis players, had gathered at the residence of Anand Prakash, father of Ruchika's friend Aradhana, and decided that some strong action be taken by way of taking up the matter with the higher authorities.
Sid Harth • 7 mins ago
V-Day is a movement to end violence against women and girls in all forms, ranging from acid burning to female genital mutilation to epar to domestic battery to in**st to xestrafficking. One out of every three women will be beaten or epard in her lifetime and that's true of every single country. It is the hugest epidemic on the planet. You can't end violence against women and girls without looking at poverty, without looking at racism, without looking at the environment. All of this and everything else is connected. V-Day has grown very rapidly in the last 11 years and we are now in 130 countries. It's because of the urgency of the situation and because so many women are violated everywhere. What is Insecure At Last, your most recent book, about? It is about insecurity everywhere. I feel this even about being in India right now. We have been searched and our bags have been searched everywhere. I believe the whole world is like that now. Insecure At Last was an attempt to look at, first of all, the fact that total security is ridiculous, it's impossible. The book was my way of saying 'Come on into the world of insecurity'. That's where we all really live. What if we drive not so much towards security and, instead, turn our attention towards love, compassion, towards feeding everybody, and towards care? Every year a new monologue is added. What was the most recent one? Last year, we added a monologue called Baptised about Congo. The worst situation in the world for women today is in Congo. Between two and five hundred thousand women have been epard in the last 12 years in an economic war. Six million people have died in Congo in the last 12 years and no one seems to know about it. It's really shocking.
Sid Harth • 7 mins ago
Sid Harth 5 years ago 'Violence against women is the hugest epidemic on the planet' 16 December 2009, 12:00am IST The va***na Monologues started as a play and went on to become a colossal V-Day movement that campaigns for better rights for women across the world. Eve Ensler , its playwright and original lead performer, was in India recently and spoke to S Shobhana : How has The Va***na Monologues brought changes in your life and transformed you over the years? I think when I started doing va***na Monologues, the violence that had happened in my own life was like a shadow determining my own existence. But then, as I started performing and then leading a global movement, that shadow began to lift. I don't feel like a victim anymore... How has The Va***na Monologues itself evolved over the years? The play itself hasn't really changed, except that every culture adapts it to make it relevant to itself, whether by changing names or changing what the va***na is called, and this is different in different places, whether India or the Philippines. What are the different forms that violence can take and how does V-Day address them?
Sid Harth • 13 mins ago
chhotemianinshallah 5 years ago File photo of INLD Prez and former Haryana CM Om Parkash Chautala at a press meet in Chandigarh. PTI Photo Photograph (1) Ex-CM accused of backing Rathore in Ruchika molestation case STAFF WRITER 13:36 HRS IST Chandigarh, Dec 24 (PTI) Father of Ruchika Girihotra, who was molested by former Haryana DGP S P S Rathore in 1990 and later committed suicide, today accused former chief minister Om Prakash Chautala of providing wholehearted support to the convict during his tenure. "We have been moving here and there for the last 19 years. He (Rathore) has been following us and harassing us. He was the DGP. Whom to complain? The chief minister was backing him wholeheartedly. (Om Prakash) Chautala was the chief minister," S C Girihotra told reporters. He also accused former chief minister Bhajan Lal of not doing much in the case to bring the perpetrator to book. "When Bhajan Lal was the chief minister, he did not do much," he claimed. Rathore, who molested 14-year-old budding tennis player Ruchika in 1990, was sentenced to six-month imprisonment, 19 years after the incident.
Sid Harth • 14 mins ago
chhotemianinshallah 5 years ago 'Won't rest till Rathore is punished' Supriya Bhardwaj, TNN 23 December 2009, 12:34am IST CHANDIGARH: Although 19 years have gone by, the traumatic memory of her best friend, Ruchika Girhotra, being molested by then Haryana IG SPS Rathore, rushes back every time Aradhana holds a tennis racquet in her hand. The 32-year-old has never had the nerve to play the game she loved after Ruchika killed herself, harassed by the police and frustrated by judicial delay. "Ruchika wanted to be a tennis player. Even at that tender age, her ground strokes were brilliant. Today, I am sure her soul will find some satisfaction in her tormentor, SPS Rathore, being convicted," said Aradhana, who flew in from Australia to hear the final verdict of the long battle she has waged along with her parents. "I don't want any other girl to go through the same sorrow. The fight isn't over yet and we'll pursue the case until Rathore gets harsher punishment," she added. After the molestation, which took place in the office of the Haryana Lawn Tennis Association in August 1990, Rathore, later promoted to DGP, pulled rank and made life a nightmare for Ruchika and her family, said Aradhana. A traumatized Ruchika, who was thrown out of school, killed herself after false cases, including car theft, were framed against her 16-year-old brother. "The Girhotras were persecuted for standing up to the top cop," Aradhana said. Their persecution began after the Girhotras, along with Ruchika and her parents, Anand and Madhu Prakash, went to then Haryana home secretary with a memorandum. This was the first official complaint for an inquiry into the molestation. The same day, Ruchika went to the tennis court around 5pm to find a notice declaring her suspension (with effect from August 13, 1990) on the notice board. That was just the beginning. "Her father (who worked in a bank) could no longer work, her brother was implicated on trumped up charges and beaten up. And the schools refused to admit her. For a girl who dreamt of representing the country at international tennis events, the trauma was too much to live with," said Aradhana. What drove Ruchika to suicide, said Aradhana, was the police landing at their doorstep in 1993 and parading her brother outside the house. "Ruchika was told that her father would meet with the same fate if she did not take her complaint back," she said. "She always blamed herself for their depleting financial condition and for landing her father and brother in trouble. The atmosphere at her house was always tense. And she was always weeping." Aradhana did not meet Ruchika for a few days in December 1993 as she was appearing for exams. That was when she heard Ruchika had consumed poison. "What she got was not what she deserved. Her life was cut short for no fault of hers," said Aradhana, her eyes welling up with tears.
Sid Harth • 15 mins ago
Virtually condoning an honour killing is one aspect of the failure on that front, and allowing a molester in a position of authority, like the former DGP, to abuse his position to delay even this half-baked justice is another. A society can often be better encapsulated by its failings. ...and I am Sid Harth chhotemianinshallah 5 years ago VHP attacks BJP govt in Gujarat on Asaram Bapu issue Agencies Posted: Dec 23, 2009 at 1605 hrs IST BJP idea: Formalise Advani, Sonia statusMunde named deputy leader of BJP in LSBJP should explain why it fielded Chavan... Allahabad Slamming the BJP government in Gujarat for the recent action against Asaram Bapu, the VHP said on Wednesday that it was an insult to Hindu sentiments and asked the party leadership to intervene and ensure the release of all the arrested followers of the Godman and withdrawal of c
Sid Harth • 15 mins ago
Discussion: Sex and CD Scandal: Sid Harth (too old to reply) bademiyansubhanallah 5 years ago Virtually condoning gender crimes 23 Dec 2009, 0254 hrs IST, ET Bureau Three incidents this month have exposed the socio-political and juridical grey areas that allow crimes against women to be either condoned or denied requisite justice. First, the Supreme Court (SC) commuted the death sentence of two brothers in an inter-caste marriage ‘honour killing’ to 25 years imprisonment. Then, a Rajya Sabha MP from Goa did nothing short of shifting the blame for rape onto the victim by suggesting that rape charges against women who ‘move around’ with men after midnight should be ‘treated differently’. And on Monday, an incredible 19 years after molesting a minor, former DGP of Haryana S P S Rathore was handed a sentence of a mere six months. Read together, that is enough to ridicule all the tall claims made on behalf of our polity. It is clear that despite the presence of pertinent laws, crimes against women are rife in the country, and precisely because much of these are rooted in patriarchal social conceptions, there is even greater need for the full force of a remedial legal process to be brought to bear against the perpetrators of such crimes. In that context, it is perhaps the SC’s commuting of the sentence that is most disturbing. Indeed, the SC actually accepted the warped logic of caste considerations as a ‘relevant social issue’ while dealing with a case which, in essence, involves planned murder. And by doing so, it ended up reinforcing the same regressive social practices which go against every law in the land. It is those same conceptions, or rather lack thereof, of gender equality, female freedom and ‘morality’ that allowed the Goa minister to suggest what he did. Changing such mores may be a long-term social process, but that can only be aided by a comprehensive, even zealous, application of the law when such patriarchal ‘moral principles’ translate, inevitably, into forms of violence against women.
Sid Harth • 17 mins ago
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Sid Harth • 20 mins ago
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Sid Harth • 25 mins ago
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