In a documentary titled India’s
Daughter one of the accused of the Nirbhaya case said on the camera that
girls are “far more responsible for rape than a boy”. That man also added that women should be
blamed for going out late at night and “attract the attention of gangs of male
molesters.” According to him women must
not protest to rape rather allow it for the sake of their lives. According to
him only 20% girls are good and that the crime that they had committed was a
mere accident. The interview cooked up a storm in the country.
The film was to be telecasted on 8 March, International
Women’s Day, but our government stalled it, for exposing the Indian mindset regarding
rape. Women are treated as men’s property and objects to fulfill fetish. The
Delhi Police had registered an FIR pertaining to “insult to provoke breach of
the peace” while MIB (Ministry of Information and Broadcast) has issued an
advisory against screening it on television channels. If the interview in the
documentary is a cause of shame for the country so are the living criminals who
are fed and bred in prisons in the name of life-time custody!
Safety for women in India has been an issue forever, but
without proper punishment for the unlawful activists, and overlooking of the
major cases as minor incidents have given rise to the criminal activities in
the nation. And now we have the government trying to cover up their shame!
People have the right to know what is in the mind of a potential rapist/
molester. It will act as both a caution and helpful information of the present
times.
Hence, it is always a wiser option to allow the screening and let the
debate begin, for a more strict punishment for offenders. Crippled ideas and
venomous visions not only reside in uneducated illiterate minds, but are well
nestled in educated and cultured brains as well! Crime must be nipped at the
bud rather than being raised with care disguised as prejudice and chauvinism.
The plague must end before it results in ultimate destruction of mankind.
The
statements that the two defense lawyers made, to protect their clients’ view
points, proves very well, that the roots of injustice and discrimination lie
deep within the culture and upbringing of a child.
The director, Leslee Udwin had the courage to film the
documentary when she followed the news of positive response from the mass. She
had herself faced sexual assaults at an early age, even then she thought it to
be an important task to portray the mind of the accused in her film.
Lahari Basu
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