I am not a
female chauvinist; that does not come from within. I am a humanitarian.
Therefore, any news of a rape shakes the human in me. I would not call the
rapists, men; men are inclusive of our doting fathers and brothers who we are
reliant on. Farhan Akhtar, a sentient Indian actor, recently launched
this very apt project where he defined MARD well enough, Men Against Rape and
Discrimination. Rapists are not Men, please label them Inhumans.
I prefer
to suppose that the media is prompt now-a-days and provokes the common man by
bringing out issues in the open calling for justice. Rapes have always been on
the radar, but the panic buttons have not been hit in our country yet for the
disadvantaged women. They face societal exclusion, soul selling traffic king,
constrained mobility, premature marriages and denial of civil rights. To expect
a major change, primary changes must be first put into practice in several
downtrodden orthodox pockets in the countless regions of our motherland.
