Are really woman being empowered. This question must have came into the mind of most of the Indian women. Aren't we moving backwards?
Nowadays crime against women has increased with increased modernization. Are we cultured. Or the culture is only a mask which we use to represent ourselves as we belong to a certain sect, ethnicity or origin. Is this only the meaning & definition of culture in current modern society.
We keep on practicising evil, hampering human rights, framing inequalities, dividing people in the name of culture. Crimes against women like rape,eve teasing, molestation,gender discrimination,female feoticide is on its peak in this highly civilized culturally backward society where victims are victimized & women are made to cover faces & blamed for crimes against women with society backing & giving full fledged support to criminals just because they are powerful.
It's high time where such cases of women moving freely on roads without any fear have been heard. Even the protectors have now become the damagers in our society with a vast population of blind, deaf & speechless people following the non-violence mechanism of Mahatma Gandhi & filling their own pockets in the name of that great leader doing nothing but puzzling society blaming jeans,western culture & showing & proving their negligence, cowardness & indifference towards the so called weaker section of the society who likes portraying herself helpless & ready to be used by men in any manner the way they want.
The only way out is change the mental image of Indian society, portray them equal to men & not only production machines needed in the society only to marry & reproduce but as citizens of India who are strong enough to share the burden of nurturing the society as men do. They society should shun out gender biases to enable women to provide platform for them to devote themselves completely towards their goals & empower them with rights to do full justice to their dreams no matter what their background is.