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India Today
3 days ago
- India Today
Raja Raghuwanshi murder: What triggers crimes of passion?
(NOTE: This article was originally published in the India Today issue dated June 23, 2008)The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world but the same hands are also stained with blood. A spate of cold, calculated murders masterminded by women, in the last few years, has challenged the basic norms of understanding 'feminine' behaviour. But who said women had monopoly over 'nurturance' interviewing women involved in the 1993 riots, three sentences uttered by them still ring in my ears: 'Hamare hathon me bhi taqat hai', 'Hum abhi chup nahin rah sakte', and 'Hum kuch galat nahin kar rahen hain'. Metaphorically, these expressions are a product of complex historical processes where chronic trauma has been a reality. The collective subconscious has been inundated with insults from eve-teasers, chauvinistic feudal families, rapists and many more. The visual of an honour killing in a village repulsively reverberates across the 'psyche' of the country, more so of a large number of women live apparently unscathed lives, yet the seething anger is passed on to their daughters. 'I feel like stabbing my relative who was all over me when I was a kid' and 'I have made my daughter strong so that she will not take shit like me' are sentences uttered by at least one-fifth of the women. News about women killing their lovers/husband fill crime pages today. All of them believe that the 'anonymity' of cities hit by reckless globalisation will be an None feels the need to talk to a sympathetic adult about their turmoil. Disconnection between human beings is a bigger virus than HIV and the large gatherings at religious discourses are just a superficial balm. The Indian woman is also asking for more. Equity, excitement and empowerment are global utterances which are now being echoed in Mera Bharat Mahan. The middle class bahu wants freedom in the kitchen, bedroom and the bank, failing which she is prepared to walk the murdered body into many pieces by the Mumbai couple is an extreme example of dehumanisation. The country is passing through a chronic disaster syndrome with terrorism, Naxal violence, and micro-macro disasters hitting us repeatedly. The angst of globalisation leads to a peculiar anger leading to violence, suicide, depression, addiction, sexual offences and dehumanisation.I have come across stories of young girls killing their severely-abusive alcoholic fathers and escaping punishment as the society justified it. These acts are a process of normalisation of women that is leaving men shell-shocked. 'We were conned in being made to believe like sacrificial martyr goddesses which we are are as vulnerable as us be simply normal', is an echo one hears writer is a social to India Today Magazine
India Today
3 days ago
- India Today
Sonam Raghuvanshi case: Is process of normalisation of women leaving men shell-shocked?
(NOTE: This article was originally published in the India Today issue dated June 23, 2008)The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world but the same hands are also stained with blood. A spate of cold, calculated murders masterminded by women, in the last few years, has challenged the basic norms of understanding 'feminine' behaviour. But who said women had monopoly over 'nurturance' interviewing women involved in the 1993 riots, three sentences uttered by them still ring in my ears: 'Hamare hathon me bhi taqat hai', 'Hum abhi chup nahin rah sakte', and 'Hum kuch galat nahin kar rahen hain'. Metaphorically, these expressions are a product of complex historical processes where chronic trauma has been a reality. The collective subconscious has been inundated with insults from eve-teasers, chauvinistic feudal families, rapists and many more. The visual of an honour killing in a village repulsively reverberates across the 'psyche' of the country, more so of a large number of women live apparently unscathed lives, yet the seething anger is passed on to their daughters. 'I feel like stabbing my relative who was all over me when I was a kid' and 'I have made my daughter strong so that she will not take shit like me' are sentences uttered by at least one-fifth of the women. News about women killing their lovers/husband fill crime pages today. All of them believe that the 'anonymity' of cities hit by reckless globalisation will be an None feels the need to talk to a sympathetic adult about their turmoil. Disconnection between human beings is a bigger virus than HIV and the large gatherings at religious discourses are just a superficial balm. The Indian woman is also asking for more. Equity, excitement and empowerment are global utterances which are now being echoed in Mera Bharat Mahan. The middle class bahu wants freedom in the kitchen, bedroom and the bank, failing which she is prepared to walk the murdered body into many pieces by the Mumbai couple is an extreme example of dehumanisation. The country is passing through a chronic disaster syndrome with terrorism, Naxal violence, and micro-macro disasters hitting us repeatedly. The angst of globalisation leads to a peculiar anger leading to violence, suicide, depression, addiction, sexual offences and dehumanisation.I have come across stories of young girls killing their severely-abusive alcoholic fathers and escaping punishment as the society justified it. These acts are a process of normalisation of women that is leaving men shell-shocked. 'We were conned in being made to believe like sacrificial martyr goddesses which we are are as vulnerable as us be simply normal', is an echo one hears writer is a social to India Today Magazine
Hans India
12-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
World peace is possible through eradication of terrorism
Visakhapatnam: Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University Vice-Chancellor D Surya Prakasa Rao opined that world peace could be made possible by eradicating terrorism completely. Speaking at the 'Let's Eradicate Terrorism - Strengthen National Unity - Mera Bharat Mahan' programme organised by Andhra University here on Sunday, he mentioned that Operation Sindoor, undertaken by India to eliminate terrorism, is receiving solidarity from many countries across the world. He suggested that all countries in the world should work together towards total eradication of terrorism. Terrorism is an obstacle to the development of countries. The unity of the people is an invaluable asset for India, he added. Further, Prof. Surya Prakasa Rao said that Operation Sindoor has shown the country's strength in the field of defence. Education department professor T Sharon Raju stressed that India always aspired for peace and at the same time but will not tolerate those who pose a threat to its people. He urged people to extend support to the army who are working tirelessly across the border for the security of the nation. Education department faculty Prakash and Ali were present.
