Nisha Garud says:
November 1, 2007: 22-year-old Jyotikumari Ramanand Choudhari, a BPO professional, was travelling by company cab from her home. She was allegedly raped and killed by two suspects.
October 8, 2009: IT professional Nayana Pujari was raped and murdered in the Zarewadi forest in Khed taluka. She was kidnapped from Kharadi on October 7 by cab drivers.
April 1, 2010: A 25-year-old married woman was gang-raped by the three suspects after she hailed the car near Hinjewadi at 4pm.
The above news kept flashing all over the news channels on Thursday raising doubts on the faith or belief in cab drivers and safety of women working late. The first case happened in 2007 and even after 3 years we have not been able to find a solution to the problem. Can we ask the police and administration why such problems are arising again and again?
We can stop women from working late but can a solution be found to the problem of private transport?
My friends, tomorrow you will be entering the newspaper world and will be required to work late and will be facing the same situation. Even if you are a boy chances are of you being burgled and stripped off your valuable items. Cant we find a permanent solution and make living safe?
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Pune is still a lot safer. MP and UP are even worse. To be honest, I doubt any society will ever be able to stop these incidents as they arise from human being's (or more better put...MAN's) basic need for money, sex etc. I guess, at a certain point, just as when women become mothers, they automatically develop a motherly feeling n instinct, which is exactly like the one animals develop...I believe men too (especially those who are either very lustful or deprived ), at some point, find the beast in them rise, which makes them act like animals do.
ReplyDeleteAs far as finding da solution to the problem goes, we'll see how things have gone in da past.
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Security guards have been known to rape those who they were supposed to be protectin.
Same with cops, most of whom are busy protecting celebs and politicos anyways.
However, there is one solution, not very feasible, but still better than many others.
Find women who are in search of employment, train em to drive and give em cabs. All women cabs. Also, there should be an all women central control room with cops(women as well), that can help dispatch cops immidiately if and when a women cabbie herself is trapped alone onna highway due to puncture or something. Also, those cars should be connected via wireless, and, there should be an emergency buzzer in all cars, that can be pressed so that cops can immediately locate the car and hunt it down. And yea, that buzzer should set off a loud alarm in da car itself, so passing vehicles will get alerted.
And yea, besides that, about time women learn to carry pepper sprays n learn some martial arts yo. And government should at least fund to help train gals to protect emselves, where therez gals who can't afford self defence classes.
And yea, there's a glitch here too. If the rapists or burglars got guns, martial arts n pepper sprays will be of no use. Only da buzzers may save em, probably.
By da way, there should be increased no of buses at night and people should try bike pooling and travellng in groups to avoid getting burgled. There's not many options there tho, as most cops are busy protecting people who matter the least.
We can stop women from working late but can a solution be found to the problem of private transport?
ReplyDeleteprohibitting women from working late is of no use.evreyone has the right to work anytime any where so as women provided there should be proper and secured transport system by the employer.
in the recent incedent the victim is not the employee of any company,in fact she was looking for job.
question comes in my mind being an educated lady,how she ask for the lift of private car?it is said that she waited a long for public transport.in such a case she must have rang up to her relatives or friends and wait at the spot till they come.
i am not blaiming the girl at all,the incedent made all of us to rethink about the sefty of women in pune.police and citizens shld come together and find a solution.
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गेल्या काही वर्षांत पुण्यातील गुन्हेगारीचा प्रश्न गंभीर होतो आहे. त्यात महिलांवरील अत्याचारांच्या घटनांमध्ये वाढ हा सर्वाधिक चिंतेचा विषय आहे. महिलांना उशिरापर्यंत काम करू न देणे, हा उपाय म्हणजे पळवाट झाली. असीम म्हणतो, त्याप्रमाणे समाजाच्या, व्यक्तींच्या मानसिकतेचा भाग त्यात काही प्रमाणात आहे. पण विकारांच्या आहारी न जाता, पशू म्हणून न वागता माणूस म्हणून वागण्याचा संस्कार सर्वांच्या मनात घट्टपणे रुजविणे, निश्चितच आवश्यक आहे. अपुरी पोलिस यंत्रणा, राजकीय हस्तक्षेप, व्यक्तिगत पातळीवर सुरक्षिततेबाबत पुरेशी दक्षता न बाळगणे, अशा इतर गोष्टीही त्याच्याशी निगडित आहेत.
ReplyDeleteहिंजवडी परिसरातील सुरक्षा व्यवस्था, खासगी वाहतूक व कॅब्स या बाबीही या प्रश्नाशी संबंधित आहेत. त्यामध्ये संबंधित कंपन्या, कर्मचाऱ्यांचे सहकार्य घेण्याबरोबरच परिसरातील नागरिकांमध्ये जागरुकता व त्यांची मदतही आवश्यक आहे. आठ-नऊ तास ही महिला काळ्या काचांच्या बंद मोटारीत होती, धाकामुळे ती ओरडू शकली नाही आणि शहराच्या मध्य वस्तीतून जातानाही तिला सुटकेची अंधुकशीही आशा दिसली नाही, गुन्हेगार सभ्यपणे हिंडत राहिले, हे सर्वच दुर्देवी व गुंत्यात टाकणारे आहे.
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ReplyDeleteमी असिम आणि तांबट सरांशी सहमत आहे. असिमनी सुचविल्याप्रमाणे आपण स्वसंरक्षण आता शिकल पाहीजे, किती दिवस आपण दुसर्‍यांच्या मदतीवर जगणार? एकीकडे आपण महिला सबलीकरणाच्या गोष्टी करतो आणि दुसरीकडे आपण त्यासाठी देखील दुसर्‍यांवर अवलंबून असतो. का आपण मिर्ची पूड जवळ ठेवायला संकोच करतो? का आपण मार्शल आर्ट शिकायला वेळ काढू शकत नाही?आपल्या प्रश्नांची उत्तरं आपणच शोधायला हवीत. कोणीतरी मसिहा 'क्रुष्ण' येईल आणि द्रोपदीची मदत करेल हीच वाट बघत राहायला नको.
ReplyDeleteया घटनेचाच आधार घेऊन आणखी एक गोष्ट निदर्शनास आणाविशी वाटते, ती म्हणजे बलात्कारीत स्त्रिला समाजाने स्विकारण्याची. तिचा व्यक्तीगत काहीही दोष नसताना तिला ज्या विचित्र सामाजिक परिस्थितीला सामोरे जावे लागते, ते अधिक क्लेशकारक असते. घडलेली घटना समाज तिला विसरू देत नाहींअवीन आयुष्य घडवणं खूप दूरची गोष्टं बनते.सर्व समाजाने अशा पिडित मुलीला नव्याने जगण्याची उमेद देणं खूप आधार देणारं ठरेल.
@ Aseim: "I guess, at a certain point, just as when women become mothers, they automatically develop a motherly feeling n instinct, which is exactly like the one animals develop...I believe men too (especially those who are either very lustful or deprived ), at some point, find the beast in them rise.............................."
ReplyDeleteWow !! Thats like a really nice explanation to RAPE Aseim!!!!!
Girls look at the younger generatioon of males!!! This is how they are gonna justify their acts
well said nisha...... :)
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