It seems that intelligent logic given by certain sections of Indians create satire automatically. Not much time had passed away when India's image was maligned globally over issues related to safety of women. Delhi rape case made headlines in global media all around the world. That was a very serious issue, which demanded to be taken in a very serious way. But, everything has its side effects. On one side, crime against women was debated very seriously all over India while on the other side country's patriarchal society tried to be as intelligent as possible with its diktats.In-spite of discussing how to make public spaces safer for women, certain sections of Indian community have decided to solve the problem by taking women out of the public sphere all together. In India 'panchayat' is a local institution of a village, headed by five people, to deal with the matters of that particular village. Every village has its panchayat system in place and their rules are subjective of villages.
The problem of those five people is that when they try to understand the fast moving technological era, they always mess with it. Without having any knowledge of its use they dictate their terms. Panchayats in three states of India – Bihar, Haryana and the Anjuman Muslim Panchayat in Udaipur, Rajasthan has banned girls from using mobile phones. The later also banned singing and dancing. Girls will not be allowed to use mobile phones at all.
The Anjuman Muslim Panchayat secretary Habi-ur-Rehman quoted that, "Mobiles are spoiling girls." The Rajasthan chapter of All India Milli Council also supported the decision and said, "Why does a girl need a mobile? What does she have to communicate? In the context of widespread cultural invasion of traditional values by way of TV and Internet, the panchayat’s decision is absolutely justified."
The Anjuman Muslim Panchayat also prohibited men and women from marrying outside their community or against their parent’s wish. A fine of Rs 51,000 will be imposed on not following the instructions.
Leaving aside marriage issue, the ban on using mobiles for girls could have been justifiable, if members would have applied something known as brain. If they could have banned the use of mobiles for both boys and girls upto a particular age, the decision would have not be biased. But the their rotten orthodoxies have messed with the fate of the weaker sex. Why should then they are allowed to dictate their terms? Why no action was taken against them?
The answer is simple, Indian politics is only vote bank politics. If politicians will question these panchayat members they will loose their precious votes. People, who moved ahead with time and left villages for brighter career aspects and their livelihood, can only feel sorry for them and express their anger only through words, as the women’s organization termed the panchayat’s order as outrageous.
Convener of the National Muslim Women's Welfare society, Nishan Hussain says that, "Neither Islam nor the Koran allows for such outrageous provisions. All these extra-legal institutions lay down rules just for girls while allowing boys to go on molesting them."
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