Violence Against Women

#30 - Come to think of it, the fact that a 6-year old cute little girl`s case is getting so much publicity all over the world, tells us a lot. Was there any need to reopen an old case? Ideally, we would like to see fairness in every aspect of life. I am not sure if that exists in its perfect form, therefore I do not want to present the west as the epitome of perfection. But I do want to appreciate the obvious that is alien to various other parts of the world.

The root cause of the perpetual pessimism in South Asian culture is the lack of a fair legal system. I do not believe that it has anything to do with democracy or no democracy. Institutions should be able to survive and function regardless of the garb they decided to wear. Coming from a project based thought process, I would like to see a decent closure to the prevalent issues that many of our women have been repeatedly writing about. Is there any closure to any women related issues in Pakistan? Will there ever be any fair and decent closure? The weird timelines are the cause of unnecessary anxiety and unspoken stress among our women.

Re: # 31

Samina

[How are you?]

Theek Hoon :)

Good points. Your last para gave me some food for thought. What should Chowk do to attract ``that`` audience? Send out an invite to those intelligent women or invite them to a special gathering where only the handsome creation of God is invited to entice the women into writing something moving and stirring(all positive) .... Do you think that will work?

Re: # 34

Zahra,

Yes, that is a start. :) From your lips to chowk`s ears....

Well.......the article is as good and informative as it should or possibly might be, but the thing i noticed on part of interaction is that many people have made it a personal war of ideas or views rather than just commenting on the published stuff. a lot of Zara, Saminasha episode and the reactions of HP have made this page a chowk of a slum where triffles are more important than the intellectual issues.
anyway.....write more Emma, after reading a lot.
good luck.

Re: # 36

Here`s where critical reading and thinking skills are necessary, nade. The issues being brought up in the responses are connected to the issues being discussed in the article. Once you put your mind to it, I`m sure you can connect the dots. :)

Emma dear

I am at a loss to understand what this woman empowerment means. They say there is a woman behind every successful man. The reverse is also true. Take the case of Mukhtaran Mai. It is the alleged rape of her by Mastoies that made her so rich and powerful that she became a challenge even to the all-powerful general Musharraf. Can a man wish such an easy way to power and glory. So man and woman can be a mutual source of power for each other. It is only the woman who sometimes become a `churel`, seeking power for herself to humiliate the opposite sex.

Re: # 38
To Teshah...

They say there is a woman behind every successful man. The reverse is also true. Take the case of Mukhtaran Mai. It is the alleged rape of her by Mastoies that made her so rich ...
Ans: Yeh...the rapist may be behind as well as above the wretched lady and switched to couple of other postions to ensure her success....Nice logic!!!!Keep it up you Pakis...

Re: # 32
Ahmed madani...
Strange conclusions...If a drink, which is supposed to nourish and heal body causes health trouble, what the health ministry should do? You Pakis are animals, so you don not need to perform puja or get concerned about health issue...
Indra Nooyi is not entering politics and winning an election in India is not that easy. You need to be smart enough to convince people...

Re: # 27
Saima...

My proposal is that we invite formally groups of South Asian/Pakistani/Indian/Bangladeshi/Sri Lankan/Bhutani/Afghani and/or Muslim/Christian/Hindu/Parsi/Jain/ Jewish undergraduates women students and ask them to write about their experiences as students, workers,

Ans: This is typical moslem problem, which you guys inherited with introduction of barbarism/Islam.
Go to any College/University in India...Situation is different....Bangalore....

Re: # 7
(i) Islam was initially equitable for women in economic sense AS LONG AS each woman resigned herself to the domain of the man in charge at the moment of her life. That was a victory of sorts in the Seventh Century AD
...
Ans: And Muhammed was married to lady at her 40s with three experience of earlier marriages...nice example of women suppression in pre-islamic arab...

Shaukat Aziz — Former Executive Vice President & Head of Global Private Banking Division of Citibank, former Prime Minister of Pakistan