Suddenly, the government has drones, facial scanning, high-tech surveillance and an extremely heavy police presence to suppress protesters But where is all this when it comes to women's safety??
In our country policies, laws & rules are framed by experts who have the least concern about ground realities and enacted by people who think they are above the law. The helpless common men will be at the receiving end when such laws/rules are implemented by corrupt officials.
For a country whose Prime Minister inaugurated new Parliament with sengol & bare chested sadhus, transferring a Muslim IPS officer for saying Assalamalaikum & Inshallah is ridiculous. We are a nation gone mad, poisoned with hate & bigotry. God Save India.
No political disagreement can ever justify humiliating or degrading a woman. Argue over politics all you want, but attacking a womanโs dignity or shaming her is unacceptable. It is neither funny nor clever. It is simply disrespectful.
Kriti Sanon wearing a bralette-styled blouse in a Raksha Bandhan ad sparked more outrage in India than a 16-year-old girl allegedly being gang-r@ped in a moving bus.
That hypocrisy is impossible to defend.