What happened in Mangalore is highly deplorable. Moral policing and hooliganism has become the way politics is done today in our country. Are they the people with confused value system? Perhaps some of them really are but most of them know that this will help further their political motives.
What is virtue? Is drinking alcohol morally wrong? Yes if a school going kid does so, I would call it wrong. If a middle-aged man who has three daughters to marry does so at the expense of his family’s peace of mind and share of happiness, it certainly is wrong.
But if I am an adult and I am not doing any harm to anyone, taking a peg it not morally wrong.
They don’t decide for us what is “morally right” and what is not! And especially for the women! Kindly let us feel free and let us weigh and consider things on our own. Darn! We have our own minds too.
I don’t think a woman who can have a sip of vodka with her male counterparts is any less homely or less virtuous. I know that alcohol above a certain amount is harmful for health and it harms women more than it harms men. Now I am intelligent enough to make my choice and even if I do not make the right choice, it still has to be my choice anyways!
Yes, do tell the kids what is right and what is not. Tell them that drinking can cause harm to the body and it can lead one to lose control over oneself. That makes it bad. But please don’t confuse them telling that having a ‘sip’ makes them non-virgins in the world of “morality”. And why don’t you tell them not to throw their chocolate wrappers and pepsi bottles on the road. Teach them some patience and tolerance for sure.
And for the politicians –
Do you have any speck of shame in you? Seeing what happened to the girls in Mangalore you still have a face to say that it is the pub culture!!
Through the fences
10 years ago
1 comment:
i can sense the frustration and kind of anger in ur blog and it makes me angry of more or less the same extent.
As of kids--this is the biggest drawback of indian society that kids can rarely take their independent decisions even if they hav their own kids,, rmbr the famous dialog frm parents"hamare liye toh tum hamesha hi bachhe rahoge".saying it from personal experience
As of girls--will not say much but we r just lucky not at all safe.dont know if this luck will last for whole life???for some it doesnt..........
As of politicians--its futile absolutely to discuss.they a'int going to see this blogging and commenting and even if they do i m sure they are masters at overlooking though illiterate:)
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