Man- Galore .

The terrorists have stopped playing pin the bomb. So far so good. But, our reporters are running out of news. Pakistan's apathy now is old. It is after all the TRP.

Sri Ram sena, a group founded by Pramod Muthalik who was formerly a member of the Bajrang Dal, is a strong hidhutva group. On Saturday, 24 th of Jan 2009, these people attacked a pub,because the girls there were a 'disgrace' to Indian culture. Yeah right. And they got this moral code from where exactly? The public was physically abused.Girls shouldn't drink or smoke. They should wear sari's and bindi's and not raise their voice against the men. I think this is assertion of Power. Men do not control women anymore and that bothers these men.Insecure bastards. .

I believe, these 'armies' do get funds from Hindutva supporters. i do believe that a lot of Hindu's think they are becoming the minority . But blaming a government really? Maybe they thought BJP might not harm them much , but you think it would have mattered to them who was on the seat? And really when the media is everywhere nowadays, why would BJP play 'political games'? I understand that leaders weren't arrested immediately and this has irked a lot of people ( me included). Women especially. BUT Talibanisation of India?? IT was ONE attack ? what is Noida then? The Genghisisation?

I agree what happened in Mangalore was wrong. I am a woman. I go to pubs.I'm as outraged as the next person. It has to be reported, i agree. But it has been four days today. Don't you think news channels like TIMES NOW are blowing the issue out of proportion. Debates in which people who were not even from Karnataka participating. And while we are at it, i thought journalists weren't supposed to be biased, but Arnab Goswamy was exactly that. I'm not BJP supporter. Hell, I'm hardly interested in politics.But i think we need perspective.Moral policing has always been there. Following up is necessary , but a dedicated hour debate? where the winning side has already been picked? I don't think its fair.

Anyway, Freedom to walk on the road peacefully without fearing rapists or eve teasers is my only want from whichever government.Hopefully all this is sorted out and the men are duly punished.

PS: Change is required and therefore every vote counts. I might not follow politics day to day, but I do my research before i vote. Please vote.You are responsible.

A song was sung. Dark blue like the night sky. Hidden in every syllable was a deep secret. An evil secret. The notes took to the sky anddanced. A call for the greater evil. The song was sung by the soil of goodness who was unaware of the harm caused. My question is once the soul finds out, what'll it support? Power? or her damned existance?

The world is ending.

Dont you think?

The bombs haven't stopped.

The terrorists are everywhere. Fear is rampant.

Emotions are rewired.

What is the cause actually?

obliterate ? blow everything to smithereens?

The world is coming to an end.

CSA in India

When i got into undergraduate course and i found out a few of my classmates didn't really know how.. well.. we make babies. I was a little shocked.I after all had known about it when i was in the 7th grade.Then i went into Masters and i realized that i was in some kind of time warp. At least partially.

Most of what i knew about sex then came from other friends and i got a lot of it from reading Women's Era personals.Well, i did say i was in the 7th grade.

Anyway, all that got me thinking. We Indians are mostly prudish. The word 'Sex' brings about scandalized gasps in most of the households. My mother's sex education amounted to saying.." err, Meghna? do you know??..." about two years back. Therefore its not surprising that most of us Indians don't think child sexual abuse happens in India.But it does and i believe it's quite rampant. I had heard of Child sexual abuse. I believed it happened in India. But like most of them i thought it was rare that it happened here. I thought these people were generally from the lower classes and not amongst the middle class to which i belong.

I soon learnt i was wrong. About two people i know personally have been abused sexually when they were children. And one of my friend knows another. These people were sexually abused by close relatives.Uncles, Family friends, Cousins even father in some instances.When these kids realized that there was something wrong and told their parents, they were said to be lying. A strong word for a kid who has just been raped.Parents or the elders brush off the issue and behave normally and the kid has to grow up seeing their rapists walk around free all their lives.

Why are men who rape adults taken more seriously then those who sexually abuse children? Don't the children deserve to be taken seriously?

Each of these people i know have been affected adversely. They look normal, yes, but these girls, are mentally disturbed. They grow with a shadow of that experience and the disgust at the freedom that their abusers enjoy.

/www.karmayog.org/childsexabuse/childsexabuse_3301.htm

Gives the inadequate laws of the Indian system. Stringent laws are the call for the day.

http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=476&Itemid=34

is a good article.

Awareness has to be created and children have to be taught the good touch

from the bad when they are young.Lets try to make the world a better place for

our children.

An empty beach

A thoughtful breeze

I give anything to be back

And breath in deep.

Current ramblings.

Yes, i understand , this is everywhere. In the news, in the blogs, everywhere.so another one shouldn't matter right?

So Pakistan is on a high defensive. There are accusations flying everywhere.

"We do not want aggression or war and we want peace. But if war is imposed on us, we have the capability and right to defend ourselves," Foreign Minister Shah Qureshi told reporters.

Nooooo, you don't say? really? you also have the capability to destroy the world .

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I was watching We, the people the other day and the points put forth by the panelists there was thought provoking.

Is the new anti terror law any better then the old one?

Are these laws even relevant?

Is making more laws and therefore their subsequent misuse even necessary?

Laws will remain just that i think. Laws. On paper.

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I can smell a war. I dread it.

For the sake of all human kind i hope my nose is blocked.

Opinions

Everyone has opinions.

The blogosphere owes its success to these opinions.

So here goes.