Seeing Things

Rape is a reflection of an attitude. An attitude that stems from a belief system that puts women in second place simply because they are the physically weaker sex. It is this attitude that ensures that many men, even in equal societies, always remember deep down that the "fragile-sex" is all independent and free-spirited BECAUSE men are allowing it. It is this belief system that makes people uneasy about seeing women actually equal (or overtake) men in thought, independence, and action. It is none other than this familiar attitude that magnifies itself in some men to feel no shame about using something as lame as brute force to break a woman's spirit. The root cause of rape is an attitude. The attitude needs to change. How? I don't know.

Mumbai. You can live a 100 years in this city but it will still not cease to surprise you. Have those of you, who are from Mumbai ever been to N.M Joshi Marg in Lower Parel? If you have, you too like every one else would have grumbled at having landed on that crammed little lane and probably made a mental note to avoid this lane in future. But, if you looked closely, you would have seen that this was not just another crowded Mumbai lane. Had you stopped to smell the flowers, or in this case the fish and the country liquor, you would have noticed that there is something special about N.M Joshi Marg. I visit N.M Joshi Marg everyday. The entrance to my office compound is on this road. I am fortunate to have noticed something about this road. This stretch of about 1KM distance has everything. Really. EVERYTHING. There are little saree shops, shoe shops, a tailor, medical clinics, pharmacies, groceries, a flour mill, a kabbadi vyayamshala(exercise place for Kabbadi players), residential co...

About crime, society and 24x7 news channels There are various layers of crimes that we as a country need to deal with. One layer emanates from the coalition of special interests as described by Bimal Jalan in “The Future of India”. Political leaders gained, and are still gaining from their control over the resources of the public sector enterprises. Workers in the organized sector gained from the political patronage enjoyed by them. Bureaucrats gained from the opportunities for corruption at various levels. Private sector entrepreneurs and contractors gained from their ability to influence government decisions in their favour. The evils sustained due to this include poverty, illiteracy, female oppression, corruption, etc. These can be attributed to the result of the myopic self-interests of certain people in power. The harm caused to the nation in turn is not a desired outcome but an inevitable side-effect. Another layer of crime is the kind of crime that is caused by misguided indiv...