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Sunday, March 11, 2007

Pause for a while!!Give it a thought!!

Hello everybody,
I knw its quite suprising to see me posting something so soon when my prev posts s jus two days old..Anyways Revs reminded of somethin wch i ve been plannin to do fr a very long time - 'To post something on social issue..
I ve been plannin it fr quite a while bt somehow i cud never try my hands on it coz i felt "wats the point in doing it??" Is it really gonna change anything??Not even a bit..But today am writing on it jus to take out all my anger n my frustations..I know this post is not gonna be a thought-provoking one coz its about something wch am sure all of us have certainly thought about but ve done nothin!!So its no different n not gonna provoke anything..For my own sake i wud continue writing.. I wud jus give my own bitter experience which in itself will serve as the best example fr wat am plannin to pen down..
I got up as usual at 9 o clock in the morning expecting an exciting day ahead..Went to a near-by shop(its a proper restaraunt) fr a tea..I saw a group of boys(4 of them) sittin there..The moment i stepped in they said somethin abt me..Then they kept starin at me..I knew tat..I jus tried to ignore them n went to a shop to buy some stuff n i saw tat these guys were following me thr too..Ths time i pretended to ignore them n started walkin towards my treet..To my suprise i found them there also..I was scared,cud feel shivers runnin all over..I cud nt ignore them..so went n complained ths to my neighbour..Seein me doin ths, these guys went inside the flat adjacent to my house..I went upstairs wt tht uncle where i found out tat these guys were some bachelors stayin in tat apartment..These people wen being questioned, bluntly said tat it was "their house" n they were jus tryin to get back home..I was perplexed and dumbstruck..I knew i was teased by them but jus because i was fallin short of a proper proof i had to take back all my complaints..I was clueless..I dint know how to react..I Pitied my plight.This was yet another incident of its types which i constantly face..Only difference was-i tried raising up against it this time without knowing tat i wud end up fallin into an abyss..
Now coming on to the issue..I guess this kind of eve-teasing is no new to anyone. everyone of us must ve experienced or atleast heard of this..Its jus this typical social crime of "eve-teasing " as u fondly call them , where the perpetrators and victims are ordinary people..But worst part is its being wrote about as a victimless crime..Any issue of its kind surfaces only when something prominent happens..People agree tat a gal is bein harassed only wen they find a few cuts or wounds on her body..But believe me its the mental harassement tat is more worse coz here even the people r not ready to believe tat somethin bad must ve really happened.(just because we r nt able to prove it)..I guess its high time people understood tat anything tat is done to a woman without her consent is equal to a RAPE..Tat includes following her, staring at her..Am not trying to be a feminist but i just want to make a point to all m fellow frens who are boys "Please do educate ur frenz ,tell them not to indulge in these things n make our existence even more difficult.. Understand that God made men and women equal, and that girls have as much right to respect as boys.."..Chennai is such big place n yet we fall short of some lil space to live happily n peacefully.. If I walk alone on the street after dusk I ve a fear of being harassed to the point of danger..If i go in a auto i ve the fear of auto drivers abductin me and sellin me into slavery..I mite sound very dramatic but i hope u all know the case of Auto Shankar.. One must admit that these eve-teasing is most certainly perpetuated by its continued glory in movies..It might be possible in movies -tat a hero frst harasses a gal n then this gal starts lovin him..Guys jus spare us.Please make a decent n an honest attempt to woo us..These kind of actions only scare us..Jus because there s no easy way of rounding up everyone concerned with this, all these crimes are increasing at an exponential rate with passing years..Now a time has come where its extremely difficult to pick out those handful of good men from the whole lot of bastards.. Changing this behaviour is easier said than done. However, if things are left alone, they could hardly get better..
At this moment I wud want to heartily thank all those women who r into prostitution..Yes u
heard tat rite!!I dunno if u wd agree wt me..Bt I feel they r doin a very good job to da society..Had it not been for them all those people who crowd the red-light areas daily
wud not find an outlet to release their lust..Think of the condition of all women, all girls walkin on the roads..An Indian guy wud never hav got a chance to marry a workin woman with her virginity..Coz every gal walkin on the roads after dusk wud ve been their victims..By writing all this, I don proclaim that all women are very good and all men are very bad. I knw there is a good mixture of good and bad tat does exist..Only because of tat we are able to live on..Even today there were a few boys amongst of my frens who gave me their oulders to cry,consoled me n helped me face the situation..N of course i don deny -there are some gals who try seducing guys..Well my answer to tht is - Guys,Jus go n try on them..Spare us!!

I wonder how many years its gonna be before women earn their due respect in the society from all men. We have the patience and endurance and we shall wait!! Jus tell us where s the end!!

P.s- I know ths post was pretty much on its lengthier side..Having read it fully i want all of u to drop ur comments.. I jus want to know wats ur take on it??

Grievingly yours,
Vids

23 Comments:

  • At 5:17 AM , Blogger Sriram said...

    eve teasing....an underrated menace...but i guess a highly prevalent one...
    and i totally agree tat prostitutes do a great service to society)as long as they are not forced into it)....not only do they satisfy the lust of men...but they also end up savin many marriages as well...tats one of the reasons its legalized in some countries like germany...
    and is tat an open invi to all guys to woo u....as long as its decent;-)
    on a serious note...i can sense tat this post was written in a lotta anger and frustration..
    dont worry..it ll be all right...chill...and keep smiling.:-)

     
  • At 7:08 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    WOMAN- jus seeing this wrd, some wud be reminded of their mother, some abt their sister n a few of their friends... but theres a large group who jus see them as some sorta galmour doll. this sort of notion abt women directly brings out the reason 4r such eve teasing cases..there ve been hell a lotta gals affected by thes..HELPLESS is the wrd v tell to ourselves.. but nowadays gals r really brave enough to fight back these evils..tats gr8 news 4r all gals n real real bad news 4r all those baddie guys out there.. so beware !!!!
    jus keep it cool ya..

     
  • At 7:08 AM , Blogger Unknown said...

    hey vid...can see u r really frustrated abt tat...eve teasin is a hard core crime which to be severely punished as being done in dubai etc...but u see there are variety of humans with lots and various characters and attitudes...these are hard to change but can be fought...u could have lodged a complaint at a all womens police station if u being bugged because u say its not safe to complaint to the officials,without being complained nothin can be done...women are never the weaker sex anymore u ask for 50% equality in all but i have never seen that ur gender have used the 33.3% properly...anyways if u have more problems from them u can say it to us and can make sure that they change their residence at the earliest...to the least wat else the frnds are for!!!!

     
  • At 7:16 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    hey i absolutelyyyyyy agree wid u...i've had enuff of dis crap and've reachd a pt of saturation of guys follo and commentin.But d worst incident which i wud neva 4get is our 1st day of coll..an old A*****e came on a cycle and strtd comin round and round sayin "variya yellame panalam".it was early mornin and no1 was dere in d stop..i was new2 d city and had no idea wat 2do..luckily dere was an ATM machine near by and a gaurd was dere..he saw dis and came runnin 2 help me.and tlkin bout autos i neva sit in1 widout a pen knife in my hand.ma sis's classmate was almost abducted by an auto guy and a gang in beasant nagar.she was on her way2 coll.dey wanted 2sel her 2 sum1!she got in2 an auto and d auto guy suddenly stopped after sumtime and 2females wid knives came and got in.somehow she jumped out of d other side and strtd runnin.she boarded a bus and dese females followed her in2 d bus and told d passengers she is mentally affected and dat is y she is so histerical.luckily she had her coll id card and so she cud tel d ppl in d bus dat she is a stud of ramachandra.by den dese females escaped from d bus.if dis can happen in broad day light at 9 in d mornin..jus imagine how it wud b @ 9 in d nit!!!!!!!i can list 1000s of such incidents which i've faced and ppl i knw have faced.it's hightime such cheap activities cum to an end..i've replied so much in detail nt only cuz i wnt gals2 b careful but also cuz i wnt guys 2b aware of wat females undergo.a hand few display such disgustin behaviour mkin us females fear and suspect d entire lot.so lk srividya said plz educate dem.mk dem realise dat v arent objects 2b looked at wid lust but r God's creation lk every1 of u 2b viewed wid respect.

     
  • At 8:05 AM , Blogger Revathy said...

    I totally agree with that prostitute point and that wooing part was really good!I could see that this post came straight from your heart!I knew this wud come out really well even though u were apprehensive abt it,and the maon reason i wanted you to do it is because this is an outlet for releasing those frustrations inside you and trust me it worked well for me when i posted!

     
  • At 9:17 AM , Blogger Unknown said...

    well i think...u shud ve given this article in some news paper rather than publishing it in blog. but still they wud censor n edit most of the contents of it n the piece wud be meaningless.
    anyways, i probably can understand ur situation man. hmm. wen i was in north n its like lil different..there are guys who tease n pass comments. FEW. but wen i came here, it was like most of the guys do it. thats sad. wen i see guys gaping at a girl, i jus thnk...if i was in the girls position n someone was gapin or commenting on me. how i wud ve felt? so i thnk sometimes..at least one time..if those guys jus thnk if they were in the girls position, how wud ve that felt...???
    i know its sad..but its become a normal out here. u knw humans are the worst enemies!!? take the NITHARIS case- some motherfucker..raped so many kids n kids like ten or fifteen yrs old...cut them into pieces..n threw them into the backyard...how sad can one get? they must be shot rite away man. this eve teasing thing is like nothin.. all u can do is ignore...u ve a life get on with it. ppl who dont will bother u. thats it. if someones saying something...which doesn attract ur attention..jus think its their stupidity...FEW men are dogs..n that includes a lota them.

     
  • At 9:49 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    well i guess its high time for women to rise their voice so that they r not treated in an abusive manner ...hope that u r the one who initiated this kinda awareness in our gang... i never knew u r so very bold to handle these kind of situations.... anyways this post obviously deserves a comment .... great job.... hope atleast few reading this if not change themselves but am sure they will think abt it atleast a sec which itself a very good sign of certain men changing their attitudes towards women....

     
  • At 9:51 AM , Blogger shiv said...

    hmmm i can really understand ur situation. I guess i have told lotsa things on this over fone yesterday. But still as u say this cannot be stopped tht easily unless and until the society as whole sees some kinda transformation. there can be nothing done to. I can see the anger in this post well I have now learnt that writing down a post is one of the ways of releasing your frustration.
    Coming to Nilesh's point am not trying to argue , but still i guess we can all stop this North , and here thingy for some common cause. U Know NEW DELHI Nilesh (The National Capital) its got the highest rape cases in India.well every one knows its in the north.
    Well i would seriously advice you to take chilly powder with you if things go outta hand jus throw them on the guys eyes :)

     
  • At 9:59 AM , Blogger Unknown said...

    @shiv-
    yeah..i think i agree with ya man....but still..i wud disagree cos...atleast guys are more frenly n yeah they generally don give the the stares what they give u here...!! well few exceptions...
    but now i wud agree again...its common....
    i think chilly powder wudn help...u need ot cut their balls off...n tell them to prove how masculine they are..!!

     
  • At 10:21 AM , Blogger Unknown said...

    @nilesh
    hey ur anger is all right but we all wuld spk only till the last...even if one person takes an initiative others wont come with and form a chain...the people of ours is not even ready to donate blood or eyes u spkin of cuttin their balls...hey this all needs a pinch of social responsibility and braveness in their heart which lacks in many...
    even if the trouble has come on our side we would cool it off by compromising speech or writing a blog or spkin out to a frnd etccc....this is all we...

     
  • At 11:51 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Exactly vidya i totally agree with you. People in this world treat women as an object of pleasure and nothing else. why most of us are harassed in crowded bus!! there can't be a single girl who can tell "No! I wasn't harassed by anyone either verbally or physically". Speaking of verbal harassment ,my god!all filthy and dirty comments that are being passed on us.but wat is the solution ppl? Talking about it and blowing the trumpet is not enuf! look at the movies that are taken today!as vid said “hero harassing the heroine and then falls in love”.i guess “entertainment media” is solely responsible for cultivating such dirty things in de young mind! They show no difference between love and lust !such rubbish and dirty movies should be not be entertained even for the sake of fun!!

     
  • At 6:16 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Vid good that u have started this topic and its heartening to c some nice replies!!!!These eve teasing scenes are infact everyday
    incidents that actually don't receive their due.It is the mental torture thats much worse. But i would just like to know how many
    gals would dare to stand up against these guys at the heat of the moment?i dono how many times this will work out but i know an incident where this gal really stood up against a gang!!God she was real bold.it was something similar to ur story..these guys were using some real vulgar words anybody would have cried..know wat this gal did???she stopped turned back walked towards the gang and said to one of the guys and said "anna onga frens epadi pesaranga nenga ena summa irukenga" mind u that guy was not her brother n all....those guys were stunned...i still cant figure out y...were they stunned coz she stood up to them and infact handle it pretty cool r bcoz she called them anna?????I dono of how many times this would work but even today when v speak of such an incident i can speak nothing but just give credit to that gal!!!!Sometime standing upto things do work

     
  • At 3:17 PM , Blogger Unknown said...

    cool!!!!!! vidya!!!! i think girls should also know how to treat guys!!!!! i think these days girls hurt guys more than a guy hurts a girl!!!!! its good that u wrote somethin on eveteasin!!!!! and iam sure all sensible guys respect girls!!!!! so wht do u have to say for girls who hurts guys without even thinkin twice abt it!!!!iam not pointin at any1 on this!!!! i hate ppl talkin abt eve teasing coz these days i hear girls commentin on guys who feels inferior coz of their looks!!! so wht do u say for tht!!!! just bcoz u can write something plz don do it!!!!! if a girl lives like a girl, guys respect them a lot!!!! if a girl (whose parents sacrifice themselves to giv her gud education )wanna live like a freak then shell have to face her consequences!!!! don underestimate guys!!!! they r more sentimental idiots than girls r!!!!! only thing is guys don show it out!!!!! girls do it!!!!!!life goes like a movie????? who thought so?????? guys who live like girls who keeps flirtin around will do all that u have mentioned.....we consider these kind of people(guys&gals) as loosers in life!!!!!!!so u don have to curse real men for that!!!!! and men respect girls who is really true to their heart and thinks twice to hurt some1...... i was really inspired by ur post and thats y iam writin this.....woo u???????? i think u need to know the meaning of words b4 u use it..... i can never imagine a girl who is givin open call for guys like this.....now dont tell me that i was also tryin to do some eveteasin or some sh.. anyways when r girls like u gonna understand guys????????? thats not gonna happen!!!!!! if it is gonna happen then there will be a better world to live in for both guys and gals...... ok wait!!!! don get frustrated now!!!!!!!! lets pray and work together that we get to live in a better world...... coz universe is created for us to live in..... so lets live in peace and not worryin abt small things that happen around...... keep ur fun life goin on!!!! and rock the world with ur achievements!!!!!!!!

     
  • At 7:19 AM , Blogger Unknown said...

    kudos 2 u jacob gr8 say.....

     
  • At 11:07 PM , Blogger Sia said...

    @ jacob...
    Thanks fr commenting though i found it absolutely out-of context..its a post focussing on a social issue "eve-teasing" (hope u cud make out tat)..and btw did u read the previous comments and specifically an anonymous one, it says so many incidents that are prevalent these days. It is natural for you to get angry becoz i mentioned abt the wrong side of guys. u need to accept the truth tht girls are being harrased by guys much more than those things that you said. Maybe you can spare your comment for something fictional or a movie critic. This is something more real and happening in the society. I don accept on things such as

    "if a girl lives like a girl, guys respect them a lot!!!! if a girl (whose parents sacrifice themselves to giv her gud education )wanna live like a freak then shell have to face her consequences!!!"

    I guess if u had clearly read wht the post is abt and othr comments u wud clearly understand(i really hope) tht this freak girl concept is being totally outta context. and i hope tht u knw tht not only freak girls but evry other girl is being harrased. I hope u think jus a lil while before commenting from next time onwards and freak girls wudn waste their time writing a post on social issues.

    Thanks for ur invaluable suggestions anyway... maybe a movie director wud find it useful..

     
  • At 12:06 AM , Blogger Revathy said...

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  • At 12:09 AM , Blogger Revathy said...

    Hello Mr. Jacob whoever you are,if you wanna comment in our blog please read the post properly dude i hope u understand english and please for god's sake we are not havin any gender bias here,this jus shows how narrow-minded and insane one cud get.I think u need help fello!But we can't tolerate such bullshit anymore!So the next time tresspassers will be prosecuted!

     
  • At 6:55 AM , Blogger shiv said...

    hmm jacob i pity your state now so many ppl have been against you.. but that still doesn gonna make me come to your aid..

    I beleive tht freak girl thingy is quite stupid on your part.. Girls must be ready to face things only if they willingly are ready to flirt or hang out late etc etc but not while doing their daily course of work such as going to a shop and walkin bak home that too in the morning.

    If guys have been following girls and commenting on girls that are more related to the Gender than it is a social issue tht needs to be addressed. Its more of a mental harrasment..
    Guess as you said guys do respect girls .. If that is the case then I beleive you would have accepted the fact being discussed here that this eve-teasing is a social evil that is haunting us...i have lot more to tell newayz i wud guess this is informative enuf

     
  • At 8:59 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    wel, eve-teasing is one social issue which has been in and out of the news since the time the name was coined.. and to imagine the plight of the victims, one must have to be in their shoes to feel the embarassment they r facing.. and ur first person narration of the incident substantiates the fact tat eveteasing crimes r goin less noticed in the society nowadays... it must take some courage on part of tat 'might've-been-a-victim' to report of this nuisance to the police or to whomsoever it might concern... and girls must not hesitate to complaint of any of tat sort nuisance and tat too at this age of comparitively greater social freedom..!!! and comin to the point of supporting prostituition, hmmm, i disagree wit tat... its not a way to solve the problem as yo've said indirectly... there r many other ways to earn a living...!! jus tat it gives birth to another social problem...!!!!

     
  • At 12:56 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    hey vids...nice post...actually its a one of the major problems faced by society...bt i think u wr too harsh @ some places in d post...n its understandable...i completely agry with u...bt problems like this cant b solved in a day..or jus punishin such guys wont help..it needs somewhat different technique to deal with d sensitive issues like this...one shud find out the root of this problem (its origin) n factors that help in its developement...then n then only one wil b able to solve this problem completely...thats it...
    so cool down..every boy is nt a bad guy...n if u face such problem again dnt worry...jus tell me..i wil handle the situation n take proper action...

     
  • At 5:23 AM , Blogger Sia said...

    I am glad tat all of u ve taken pains to read ths post n post the comments..Nw comin to individuals.
    @Sriram-Thanks fr the comment..It was jus a general statement nt meant to invite any proposals ..It was jus to make all u guys aware tat "gunda-gardi" s nt the way to propose a gal..never mind!
    !am sure u wont do tat..

    @ ranjani- Good job ranj ..Ths post s mainly written to see hw many gals like me are ready to fight against this menace n revolt back..Well done!! fr givin tht BAD news to guys..Thanks fr the comment..

    @Venkat- Thanks yar..Y do u feel its hard to change venk..we all knw change is something wch is inevitable..Then if ths happens it must be possible too..WE ll change things..we jus need a proper support n determination..N hey in case i get any prob in future i ll definitely seek ur help..Thanks fr commenting..

    @ anonymous- hey ppl lemme jus introduce ths anonymous to everyone..Its none othr than Vidya S of our class..Hey Vidya Thanks a bunch of sharing those experiences..It truely substantiated to the post..Thanks fr ur valuable comments..

    @Reva- madam more than anything i shud thank u fr makinme write ths post..I guess its ur turn nw..The blog is waiting fr ur thoughts to flow..

    @ Nilesh- Thanks fr tht suggestion..As u said the best way to faceths is to jus ignore n let those guys bark..I wish India s judiciary system had such severe punishments (like u said - cuttin their balls)..Atleast every guy wud tease only one gal..Next time he wont have tat MASCULINE POWER ;)
    Thanks fr commenting..

    @anonymous2 a.k.a Ramya N..hey thanks rams fr commenting..u ve rightly said tat its the entertainment media wch is shud be held responsible fr encouraging such acts..

    @ Sowmya- frst of all thanks a lot for quoting such anexperience..i mean it was such a bold action by ur fren..i guess i can try ths on next time..as u said it really takes guts to raise ur bold head amidst ths male-dominated society(No offense Guys)..Thanks a bunch for commenting..

    @Revathy -Thanks fr speakin my mind..It was exactly why i wrote ths post..so tht if nt fight people will atleast think fr a while tht ths is wat is happenin in the society..Thanks fr commenting..

    @ Shiv- :) i ve already taken some chilly powder..Lets c whos gonna fall prey..See when ur frustrations can awaken many ppls thoughts i guess its ntn bad to do..Wee cud get some valuable comments thru ths post..Thanks a lot fr the comments..

    @Jacob- guess i ve already commented..

    @Revs n Shiv-Thanks again fr the support..I hope u cud make out wat am telling :)

    @ anonymous A.K.A Hariharan ( EIE)-I don say propstitution is a good way of earnin ur bread..I jus say prostitues fr wateva reson they r into it r helpin the society in a way..n hey i don say its a way of solving the problem..Of course it shud also be eradicated..Am jus tellin tat u knw becos ppl go to them they don trouble other gals walkin on the streets to tat extent..Thanks fr the comment..

    @ Aniruddh- Thanks a lot fr the comment..I knw i was being harsh in expressing my views bt hey ths topic needs tat..otherwise i wont be able to convey the real impact..Anyways sorry fr using wrong words..I ll Take care next time..I knw there are other techniques to handle these probs..Jus want to find out wat they are...


    Anyways i again thanks all u ppl fr commenting and giving ths post its due respect n consideration..
    Chiao
    VIDS

     
  • At 5:35 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Remember... wen some1 annoyz u...

    It takes 14 muscles 2 frown......

    But 1ly 4 muscles 2 go head n slap him.........

    TRY IT!!!!!!!!

    well... i gues am 2 late 2 reply 4 dis post.. but den , i felt lyk postin 1ly now... :-)

     
  • At 5:35 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Remember... wen some1 annoyz u...

    It takes 14 muscles 2 frown......

    But 1ly 4 muscles 2 go head n slap him.........

    TRY IT!!!!!!!!

    well... i gues am 2 late 2 reply 4 dis post.. but den , i felt lyk postin 1ly now... :-)

     

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