Thursday, December 11, 2014

Indians are hypocrites


Indians are, by and large, hypocrites and this becomes all the more apparent when there is an attack on a girl or a woman and her modesty is stolen, she is raped and, at times, brutally killed. Immediately such an incident comes to light, there is a clamor to introduce preventive measures so that such an incident is not repeated and, among the first targets are the dress codes and mobile phones.
Thanks to the advent of the electronic media and the huge popularity of the internet and social networking sites, young men and women have become more knowledgeable about the ways of the world. The bombardment of ads on TV create in them a desire to own those attractive items and imitate lifestyles of the models – and, the models do not worry about showing off their assets. Scantily clad models can be seen in any ad from cosmetics to condoms, and from bikes and jewelry to mobile phones. Short skirts appear to be an accepted dress code for the girls!!
Why is there no clamor to ban such ads?
Similar is the case for movies – each movie nets in thousands of crores of rupees and full credit should go to the scantily dressed heroines and the scintillating item numbers. The people worship the ground on which the heroes and heroines walk on and no one bothers. Then there are the dance competitions on TVs. Labeled as TV reality shows, the participants try to outdo ne another in terms of dress and exposures and earn not just accolades but also cash and presents.
If this is the picture of the India of today, why should a section of people grumble?
Let us shed the mantle of hypocrisy and accept that the fact that the days of pallus, papa-ji, maa-ji, bhaiya and behen are over – today it is the day of jeans, skirts, dad, mom, bro, and sis.

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