I was just reading about the recent case of a British national Kaya being humiliated in the court to a point where she broke down.The defence lawyer asked her obnoxiously irrelevant questions,people in the courtroom were all laughing,the defence council was laughing;but this is no laughing matter neither is this an independent incident.The lawyer,Prajapati represents the sorry state of the rest of the nation.Even today a girl who dresses in a certain way,ties her hair in a certain way,drinks or smokes is considered to have 'invited' molestation(whatever that means!).It is absolutely ok for a guy to smoke or drink but not a girl?How can a girl dressing in a certain way 'provoke' a guy to molest her?We aren't animals,or are we?Kaya,the girl who was molested and then humiliated in the court of law ,said that she would file a defamation case.The issue doesn't end there,we cannot go about filing defamation suits;what we can do is sensitise the society and general public on how to treat women. Respect for someone does not,and I presume should not,change with her choice of clothing or lifestyle.The problem is more about education and awareness than anything else.Till the time we set these things right we'd continue giving such shady pretexts as foreigners are casual about love,a girl who dresses western outfits could be molested on similar grounds. All this sounds so lame!It's high time we started debating about such things on open forums.
