FLIRTING WITH DANGER..."RAPE" IN INDIA

defines the resources??? what do you think shud be done???whom would u take to empower the village folk??? do u think anyone living in the suburbs would want to go an educate ppl there.... very few of them.... we have to clean areas around us first thn teach thm.... the question would be u hv not done anything to safeguard ur city and u r cumin here to teach us????

girll...if the ppl in teh villages had the brains to question us, we wudn't have to make them aware...

and dun get to conclusions liek who will go...go out tehre and u'll get tons of people who really want todo somethign but don't have a platform..give them a platform, and i guarantee you amzing participation...i said...let's think of a solution,and give people a platform!!

dear ppl in the villages may illitrate but not brainless... in this regard i feel tht the suitable platform is local action...

well if u think they aren't brainless..then why do they rape..and then why do they not accept a victim of a rape...i am not callling them brainless in a derogatory sense...all i am saying is that they don't really know where to use that brain...they don't know teh difference between right and wrong bacause they are illiterate...if the netas can go and convince them for voting for them , then am pretty sure people like us can convince them about looking at a woman as a human and not as a commodity...

wat sort of local action you talkin bout?

again we r stuck on the village and urban debate....if ppl in urban ares r so willing to bring a change why don they start frm the cities itself...why is it dat wen police asks for a witness we stuggle to find even a single person who can stand for justice...as far as villages r concerned, lets asure them and make them believe dat if they r gonna stand for justice they will be given justice...police is the main culprit....involve more media and make sure dat police is performin its duties

i agree with police and our judicial system being a major culprit...but our media is not too great either...tehy too report according to their profit motives these days..if teh media starts reporting the rapes in the rural areas too, i am pretty sure that we'll realise that rural people too dun wanna remain backward always....they need to be the voice of the actual rural india...and not just of the urban elite...

in fact i strongly believe that media can play a drastic role in defining teh change we all are lukin for!!

very well said mandeep... we were actually drifting from the topic... thts exactly wat im saying its the judicial system and the police who should be more vigilant... after a strong work against drunken driving i think it has reduced a lot and if a strong action is taken against rape this issue will also be curbed...

i think we all agreed that rape is all in the mind of the guilty...tehn how can you say that a strict action against the guilty will reduce the instances of rape??? i thinkw e need a change in teh mindset and in the ideologies, which i believe is a mammoth task...BUT...achievable!!

yup yup....as far as media's role is concerned...nikhita don u thnk we shld appreciate wat they ve done so far...i mean i agree with the fact dat they tend to pick up issues in such a way dat thier viewershp is increased but its a give and take thng yaar.....tom if they show a poor grl frm a village who was raped several time before being dumped and they bring dat grl to the studio, don u thnk ppl r still gonna watch it and stand for it...yes they will....just dat it ll take time....they still show news bout rapes in villages and all ....i thnk we need to support them and on the other hand also act as a sensible person by filtering the stuff shown by the media which is irrelevant and unfair...

totally...agreed!!! i am in no ways demeaning teh media..they have been amazingly helpful in all my ventures and have brilliantly helped me and the associated people spread our word...but what i am sayin is this, that IF they decide to take the rural areas liek they take the urban areas...things might just..infact things will definitely get better!! and yea...watching and standing for the right doesn't really makes a difference...action does...so if a villager sees that the media is seriously with them, they will definitely come up!! US sitting at homes, sayign that yea this is rite doesnt really makes a difference to those who are going through it na...but since the media will personally interact with the victim, i am sure that will boost teh confidence of teh diseased,and give them a sense of support and security.

guess 'd agree to what mandeep has 2 say bout d death sentence thin. cuz, raping a woman creates a direct impact on her life, her self esteem n her image in society. n if dey're children, no amount of counsellin will undo the effect of d "sexual harrasment" tht they have gone thru. d sadest part is tht, sumtimes these kids r so small tht dey don't evn knw what happened.... all dey knw is tht it was unpleasant cuz sum1 forced demselves on em....

A death sentence might not completely eradicate rape from happening.Bcoz i don think wen a mans actualy raping he's thinking of the consequence.then that way there wudnt have been any thefts or murders as well.But that aint happenin is it?

the biggest reason behind rape,according to me,is,not even sexual satisfaction,but proving one's strength and manliness over the weaker sex(physically).coz dats the worst u can do to a woman to bring her down.

Cases of gang rape like Mukhtaran Mai in Pakistan,are committed purely to break down the woman's spirit n nothin else.[/b]

actually yes, its all about overpowering women.... either death penalty, or we shud have a whole new "ritual" to demoralize n embarass the hek out of these dogs... sum law like the victim gets to choose the punishment, or sumthng like.... " blacken their faces, shave their heads, n expose them to the media n public, insted of throwing a towel or cloth on their face to cover it up..." probably my vision isnt really clear, but v shud do sumthing tht wud make their lives misereable in the society, juz like they do to the victims!!!!

but wats the point....? omce the act is done its done....no amount of
punishment n humiliation is gonna change the fact that so n so person
was raped.... i can safely say i absolutely deteste men 4 bein such
a**h**l*s. bein felt up a lil in a bus or havin sum guy stare
endlessly at u is bad enough 2 make u feel so violated n i cant imagine
wat bein raped must feel like.

In the same way, once a murder is committed you can't bring the person back to life but surely there has to be a punishment?

agree nachiket. the purpose of giving a severe punishment is not only to make the culprit suffer for what he has done, but also to warn all the devil minds in the society that if they go for such an action, they ll be dealt with very harshly....

xaccly.. thats wot i meant... by givin weird punishments... therell b an example for all other bas*****....

I agree with smriti but its yet another reason for rape but i strongly believe the accused has to be given a death sentence the moment the rape is proved ...but regrettably the law of our country takes ages to do so even if the DNA tests are proved in favour...do you think any girl would come out in the public and make up something as humiliating as this??? our rape laws must become SEVERE...the guy must be punished viciously...First castrated and then given a death sentence!!!!

oops.. serious stuff.. tht needs time and too much thought.... castration.. death sentence...aaa..lot of pressure on my rather smallish brain..! but i will come up wid smthin soon..!