A few minutes ago,i was reading an old addition of the TOI.the headlines were most disturbing,it read is our democracy still in the dark ages?
Khap panchayats killing couples who marry against their writ; the moral police brigade sitting in judgment over what constitutes obscenity; daily attacks on freedom of speech and expression; regressive laws that discriminate against women; the ban on gambling…As Indians, we never lose an opportunity to advertise ourselves as the world’s largest democracy but taking into consideration the news that makes it to the headlines,the answer is clearly NO.
Almost everyday, someone’s “sentiments are hurt” — either by a book, a poster, a film and what have you. And the only balm available to soothe the imagined wounds, it seems, is to go on a rampage!
63 years on,is this the democracy that our constitution guarantees?
I'll go onto say that the laws of the land are also faulty.
For Example,If the wife is above 15 years of age, her husband can rape her.Adding insult to injury, the provision relating to adultery makes it clear that only a husband can initiate criminal proceedings. There is no such corresponding right granted to the wife because the Victorian-vintage provision considers her to be the husband’s property and she therefore has to suffer in silence if he is indulging in adultery.
There seems to be an unending ream of problems as far as social development is concerned....lets just wait and watch....
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