11 years ago
Swetha Shenoy
"I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally."
- W. C. Fields :)
G. K. Ajmani Tax consultant
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Very bad to hear this news.This shows that our discipline and cultural values are decreasing.Really such persons should be punished.
Very bad to hear this news.This shows that our discipline and cultural values are decreasing.Really such persons should be punished.
G. K. Ajmani Tax consultant
http://gkajmani-mystraythoughts.blogspot.com/
I honestly believe that the lot of girls and women with either physical or mental handicap is the worst in India - may be we are lagging behind a few African nations!!! I still can't forget my early childhood experience of a treatment meted out to one of my relatives who was a young girl with some polio-related problems. I was with others to attend the wedding ceremony of a member of this family and believe me, I still can't hold my tears when I narrate this. She was hobbling around in the distant corner of the courtyards in a white saree which was normally reserved for widows in those days!! And I rushed to her, oh, what divine smile she wore on her lips and then vanished into her assigned cell or would you call it a room? I stood dazed, her own people won't let her even partake in the joy of her near and dear one. What shame! She died a few years later, may be, her God was kind to her at least once!!
"I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally."
- W. C. Fields :)
I honestly believe that the lot of girls and women with either physical or mental handicap is the worst in India - may be we are lagging behind a few African nations!!! I still can't forget my early childhood experience of a treatment meted out to one of my relatives who was a young girl with some polio-related problems. I was with others to attend the wedding ceremony of a member of this family and believe me, I still can't hold my tears when I narrate this. She was hobbling around in the distant corner of the courtyards in a white saree which was normally reserved for widows in those days!! And I rushed to her, oh, what divine smile she wore on her lips and then vanished into her assigned cell or would you call it a room? I stood dazed, her own people won't let her even partake in the joy of her near and dear one. What shame! She died a few years later, may be, her God was kind to her at least once!!
What a sad incident! Instead of taking care of such women and getting them treated properly is the last or not at all the priority list of their families. This incident reminded me of a family who lived in my neighbourhood while we were living in Air Force quarters. Their eldest daughter was about 15 and had some mental illness but instead of treating her, they used to keep her locked up in an outhouse and at times she got violent they forced red chilli powder in her mouth! :sick: Later on she became totally crazy because of these atrocities and she had to be committed to a mental hospital. Now she is dead! :sick:
I know of another family whose only daughter was mentally retarded and when she came of age, they were advised by doctors and some social workers to get her uterus removed so that if she were taken advantage of ever, there would be no complications of unwanted pregnancies! :sick:
G. K. Ajmani Tax consultant
http://gkajmani-mystraythoughts.blogspot.com/
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