WHETHER THEY NEED SYMPATHY OR YOUR CONCERN......

Save me; save me…… he is going to kill me. This cry of pain was echoing in my ears the whole night. That rainy night was a decisive night for me. But, whether I was right or wrong, God knows.

Government of India has made Domestic Violence Act to help any woman who is or has been in a domestic relationship with the aggrieved person who is also the ‘respondent’. Not only the husband but, the relative of the husband or male partner can also be a respondent.

Section 3 of the Act defines Domestic Violence as an act that harms or injures or has the potential to harm and injure will be considered Domestic Violence. An important aspect of this law is that victim who takes remedy of the law can not be hassled for doing so. One more crucial aspect of this law is that the victim has the right to stay in the same house even after the dispute. A woman who is a sufferer of the domestic violence will have the right to services to the police, shelter homes and medical treatments.

 Instead, making such a tremendous act, domestic violence is still the least reported form of cruel behavior. In our society no body wants to stand against the norms, rules and regulation which have been carried out since long period of time.  In our society, a woman is still dependent on a man. Although she has reached the height of sky but the number is not appealing. According to United Nation Population Fund Report, around two-third of married Indian women are victims of domestic violence. In India more than 55 per cent of women suffer from domestic violence, especially in states of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and other northern states.

A Public Service Advertisement was made to create awareness among the people. The ad tried to motivate people for knocking the door, ‘bell bajao..’ where domestic violence is proceeding. The ad was incredible. But, its effectiveness depends upon the outcome.

Nobody dared to come first. Do you know what the reason behind it is? Think of our society, in the social order in which we are living no one wants to interfere in anyone’s personal life. Domestic violence comes under that pursuit. Any how if you will dare to do that you will find yourself standing alone. This is the predictable reality. And that night my friends had to face the same consequences.

Everyone was in deep sleep that murk night, out of the blue they heard hue and cry of a woman.  No need to mention you here what was happening with her. Few of us dared to inform the police instead of authoritarian warning. But, we had to regret on our decision because the woman herself took the back foot. She wanted to save her husband who did not care a bit for her while doing that disgraceful task.

 This is not a story it’s a reality of all those women who are a silent sufferer. They are unable to come in front because for them their husbands are ‘GOD’. They can not speak against them because this male dominating society is not going to accept that woman. Now, you tell me whether I was right or wrong.

MASS MOVEMENT AND MEDIA

THEY DID THEIR RESPONSIBILITY….

‘Tolerance’, when it reaches to maximum level it arrives to a bursting point. I am talking about the latest organized mass behavior led by the ‘Topiwala’ revolutionary Anna Hazare. Evidences establish that media has a great position in popularizing mass movement.

Mass movement and media have a paper and scissors relationship. Media, indisputably, has become very powerful and all pervasive. Famous English writer Gilbert Keith Chesterton once said ‘It’s not the world that’s got so much worse but the news coverage that’s got so much better.’

 Now, people form opinion about various issues based on what media feeds them and the way it feeds them. Media stuffs the information into the minds of people in such a way that no scope is left for analysis of facts on the part of viewers or readers.

 Recent revolutions, whether it is movement at Libya or India, their success is due to media’s full to support to them. In Anna Hazare’s movement Indian TV news channels used all tricks and trade to provide unbiased and authentic news information to the public. Almost every Indian was connected to the movement by keeping an eye on the television. Not only were the electronic media print media were also in this race. Everyday, along with the information about movement, articles and editorials were published which motivated people and put before them an analytical view.

 Every time we cannot blame media for its irresponsible behavior. This time media did its job with full candor. It was standing as pillar in the support of right because right is always might.