Indian democracy is at the crossroads. It might be a false start---before the real one actually propels us into being an educated thinking democracy. Though, it can be said, that even educated thinking democracies are sometimes governed by the lowest common denominator....take how the American populace elected George Bush.
But when we stand up for Damini and even at the cost of taking feminism too far, as some of the TV panelists said, the noise of the debate should make the potential rapist in rural India alarmed. We have to make this din loud enough for fear to be instilled in the male population in villages, towns, mountains and sea coasts, to become fearful of this Amazonian women power.
Indira Jai Singh is fighting for that---fighting that the stigma of being the weaker sex should be wiped out and I laud her for that.
In the same breath one should laud all those who are trying to challenge traditional mindsets be it in Politics or Society.
The time has come to celebrate courage.
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