Indi A Dangerous Place

The movie is an account of the overzealous effort with which Indian state went for population control in the mid 70`s, its consequences and the anguish it caused to millions of Indian women who were ultimately the soft target of the whole exercise.

Ever since India’s government raised more awareness for acid attack victims, women of India, along with others around the world, are starting their own movements in order to support themselves and everyone who had experienced the same trauma. The new women's rights movement, “Make Love not Scars,” is a bold movement designed to help women of India, such as Rupa, a victim that inspired the movement

In Hindu culture, the sex of a baby is more significant than in western cultures. In eastern countries, boys are revered and cherished while girls are considered “curses” since being born a girl brought to the father the burden of paying a dowry. This type of gender hierarchy is exemplified in Mukherjee’s novel by Jasmine’s statement, “I had a ruby-red choker of a bruise around my neck and a sapphire fingerprints on my collarbone after my birth. When I revealed this to Taylor’s wife, […] she missed the point and shrieked at my ‘foremothers’ […]. My mother was a sniper. She wanted to spare me the pain of a dowryless bride” (Mukherjee 40). Mukherjee utilizes Jasmine’s nonchalant description of her near death experience coupled with her rationalization to show that the brutal treatment of baby girls is a common occurrence in her culture. Conversely, the reaction of Taylor’s wife is a metaphor for the western perception that the conduct of Jasmine’s mother is a form of barbarism. By using Jasmine’s birth, Mukherjee exposes the realties of a male patriarchal society in which girls bring considered dilemmas to families.

The oppression of women has plagued society for many centuries. Many cultures face despotism in various forms due to their cultures’ customs and beliefs. These cultures have set standards for women that have limited them in their abilities and choices. It is a problem that, to this day, women encounter. In literature, many authors have attempted to highlight the difficulties that women are faced with through their stories. Mahasweta Devi, author of “Giribala”, and Rabindranath Tagore, author of “Punishment” both discuss the issues of empowerment over women through the themes presented in their story; the liberation of women is a costly endeavor. Devi and Tagore both display a distinct idea of what liberation means, and how such freedom can be obtained with a cost through the depiction of two main characters who strive to gain their own freedom, and in the process, find themselves. Seeking and gaining complete freedom is a difficult task to fulfill. One must go to extreme lengths to escape the inequality that they are faced with.

Despite 44 laws targeted towards the protection of women, crime rate statistics show that women are still very much at risk, evidenced by the Thomson Reuters Trust Law indicator which ranked India as ‘the worst G20 country in which to be a woman’ and the fact that one woman in India dies every hour because of dowry-related crimes, reported in 2013 by LifeNews.com. There isn’t a simple explanation as to why the laws are being broken, ignored, and have failed to be upheld in court.

It holds a mirror to the society and the issues focused upon are something every Indian woman is familiar with irrespective of her nativity. The author has talked about a myriad of issues ranging from patriarchy, child marriage to widow remarriage and marital rape. The novel also talks about the conservative and misogynistic ways in which our society works. A pre-pubescent girl is refused education for the fear of being left alone as all her friends had started menstruating and did not attend school anymore. A divorced woman who dared to voice her disagreement with the groom chosen for her by her family is almost driven to suicide by her own mother, fearing shame and disrespect in the society. A girl is married off to a man decades older to her just because her father lost a game of cards to that man. To keep family’s relations and honour intact, a teenage girl is married off to her cousin and is raped by him, all the while having to respect her father-in-law who also leaves no chance to harass her sexually. The novel gives us a true and honest account of Muslim women of Tamil

Such unequal treatment of woman results in the violence perpetuated inside and outside her home. Climate for violence is created by the prevailing disparities (on the basis of his/her gender) in an individual’s entitlements to the family and community resources. Often condoned by culture, such systematic violence enforces gender inequality by curtailing woman’s freedom and right to self-determination. But Rama now wants to break all such barriers. She revolts against the establishment by becoming mother through Rajaninath, a crime and adultery in the eyes of society. Indian history reveals that women have been victims of discrimination since the ancient times. Sati is an example in which woman was buried alive with her husband’s dead body. Though there is no Sati today, yet a woman’s life becomes a vicious circle where physical, social, sexual, domestic, psychological violence are reported at regular intervals and recent surveys prove it. Rama’s life also cannot remain untouched by such violence. For twenty-two years, she has been enduring the harassment and brutalities perpetuated by the family. Through the limited dimensions of drama, Tendulkar has brought out the physical brutalities faced by Rama and Manik and has portrayed the mental stress of Rama. The psychological violence is the most dangerous form of violence, even more dangerous than physical beating and Vijay Tendulkar through Rama’s life, brilliantly, brings out the pain and agony of a woman in a house where men behave like vultures. The end of Rama is not very different from that of Manik. Umakant has told Ramakant that the child in Rama’s womb is not of his, but of Rajaninath and Ramakant, having dead drunk, asks her to abort it. We do not know what happens outside the stage in the end.

The film highlights the persisting Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) cases. VAWC was manifested in the film when the wife is abused by her husband. He exploits his wife by physically beating and raping her when he’s drunk. The husband was a perverted person, who

Jyoti Singh was a young, 23 year old Indian woman who had aspiring ambitions to be a doctor. Little was known that her dreams would not be come true due to what occurred on December 16, 2012. Jyoti was making her way back to her home with her friend on a typical night out when she was barbarically gang raped by six men on a bus. The gruesome details of her rape shook the entire city of New Delhi. It was reported that she was sadistically raped by a rusted rod and had her insides brutally torn from her. When the shameless culprits were interrogated for their reasons, they calmly retorted that they didn’t like the fact that she was out late at night with a male friend. If you find yourself glancing back at their reasons with an outrageous look, you are not alone. Millions of women marched the streets of Delhi to protest the issue of women safety. Furthermore many people advocated giving these men the capital punishment of death. Yet is that enough? Is hanging a bunch of young men going to eliminate the deeply entrenched culture that holds lack of respect for women? I believe the key solution of eradicating this pressing issue should not necessarily focus on punishment, but on prevention of these atrocities in the first place. Thus, this could be only accounted by increase in the quality of education in these places. I believe that education can bring women liberation from these

The manner in which myth, religious dogma and tradition are used to control a woman’s freedom and block her natural impulses to live and grow as men do, and the manner in which her education and career are purposely delimited to deprive her of freedom from dependency are revealed as the two powerful social forces that delay the development of the Indian female child. Kapur’s female protagonists are mostly educated, hopeful individuals cages within the norms of a conservative

Moreover, it will be extremely important to test the ideological structure of feminism, in the Indian context, to explore its exploratory powers for the disconcerting statistical increases in occurrences of ‘rape’ from across the length and breadth of the country. In this

When Zana Briski traveled to Calcutta’s impoverished red light district in 1997, she did not expect her documentary capturing the lives of eight marginalized children would arouse the consciousness of millions of people around the world. By displaying the poverty and grime of the brothel while publicizing children’s artwork and their lofty dreams to become educated, the documentary “Born into Brothels” succeed in raising awareness and attracting financial support worldwide to provide these children with reachable quality education. In other words, it is the film as well as the discussions related to it on various media platforms that brought about life-changing opportunities for those eight children, which evidently unfolds the

Half of the population of human race is women. Approximately two thirds dwell in rural India. The contributions and services rendered by women play a vital and essential role in creation and sustenance of humanity hence cannot be under estimated. However, it is indeed a tragedy that they have been exploited and marginalized since time immemorial. This may have been due to various reasons such as inferior status or exploitation originated from the class, caste, culture or the patriarchal system and different gender roles prevalent in our society. The subordinate position of women in a majority of cases has been perpetuated and reinforced by their limited access and control over resources.

The topic that I’ve chosen for my essay is The Status of A Woman in South Indian or specifically Malayalam Cinema. The first question the arises in my mind while watching any Malayalam movie is why does the nationally and internationally acclaimed Malayalam Cinema fail to represent women’s experiences, Why are The Female leads just subjected to basic chores, or as an object of desire? Me being a Woman find it very disturbing to see woman being labelled in the same umbrella.

In 1947, the Indian history of violence against women was perceivable in the violent nature of