Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Burka or Bikini??

The newspapers today blared with the news about the Burka ban in France, where citizens voted for a ban for women wearing veils. For Indians, there are two ways to look at it. This ban will also move on to the turban ban which would affect fellow Indians abroad. For the Muslim states, this is being deciphered as a political statement by the west. I feel that the ban is justified because in Muslim countries, women who are foreign nationals are also forced inside the veil and slight exposure of their skin leads to stringent punishments. So every country has the right to enforce laws on citizens and foreign nationals in that country. The sad fact is that women are always a soft target for the west as well as the east for showing their political muscle power.
In today's Hindu, there were eight letters to the editor, where six men (Hindu names) welcomed the ban and two men (Muslim names) decried it. Another image was from Pakistan, where several men were on the streets again decrying the ban.
WHY THE HELL ARE MEN SO CONCERNED WITH WHAT A WOMAN SHOULD WEAR AND SHOULD NOT?????
This reminds me about the incident where Shreya Saran was accused of disrespect towards the Tamil Nadu CM in a function, where she was wearing a knee length skirt while receiving her award.
And again, the women groups outside Mamta's house accusing her of wearing indecent clothes.
If I get a chance, I would definitely line up these morons and send them to hell.
AGAIN WHY DOES ONLY A WOMAN'S ATTIRE AFFECT THE SENSIBILITIES OF THE LOCAL CULTURE????
On burka, I personally feel that it demeans the identity of a women as a human, separates her from the society, and makes her responsible for her physical safety through the burka. The truth is that anyone of us can be physically abused, irrespective of the fact of how we dress.
My second concern is on the self appointed Hindu groups that are increasingly becoming a menace for Indian women. If these groups are so committed in protecting the Hindu culture, they can instead concentrate on:
  • Domestic violence
  • Child abuse inside the family
  • Child marriages
  • Honor killings
  • Dowry deaths
But then what Shreya Saran or Mamta Kurkarni wear is so much more important than these things!! How can these groups work on the petty stuff that I listed above?? After all, the essence of Hindu culture, according to these people is keep women subjugated. And we as Indians, need to tackle these problems, instead of talking about the Burka ban.

3 comments:

The Rain Crab said...

I totally agree... women are going to be abused irrespective of what we wear!

Men are either concerned tat his neighbor may lay his coveted eyes on gals of his family or he might be tempted to do the same! ;)

Pakistani men decrying the ban??? btw.. did u also read tat Pak leads the race in watchin porns online? What religion/culture/ethics are these ppl crying about?!?!

Nagapradeep Chinnapalli said...

:)) lines in bold tell everything ;) nice1 Rums

Nagapradeep Chinnapalli said...

Some critics for u ;)
burkha was banned for a reason, it is to reveal the face of the people before other people and before security cameras! so that the bad people in burkas dont escape widout any clue!
and secondly even the turban sikhs once were targeted by a university in canada. so they are all males as females dont wear turban :P
but nice feminist thoughts .. keep it up ;)