Rape

Indian culture is in a moribund state for quite some time now.  The critically low level of tolerance, forbearance and patience witnessed by a free thinker in the country points towards radicalisation of thoughts and beliefs of the populace. Rape is a phenomenon that media has recently taken fancy to. Cricket remains a distant second to the rape sensationalism by the media. Barring some, Rape has almost become a pure commercial interest for the media. And rightly so, after all who doesn’t like to watch a good rape story unfolding in excruciating detail on the idiot box. In the name of fashion, page3 and moviesa news channel would happily garner TRPs by objectifying women for which ironically they have booked a prime time slot for a debate on the issue of women empowerment. Women empowerment should first start with the minds of the masses and only then should it reflect on the legislation and the laws of the nation. Harsher laws won’t stop rapes but changing mindsets will.  

 -Sunny Gusain

Liberty-Equality-Capitalism

What is liberty? Is it absolute? Is liberty natural? Is justice legal or is it moral? Dwelling on the ideas of liberty, morality and legality makes us giddy. A true free man is one who is free naturally. One who doesn’t fear laws or worry about morality? Natural instincts are the only rules that the true free man abide by. The government, the ruling classes and their ideology hold us hostage in the name of development. We may not necessarily relate or agree to either their style of ruling or their ideology. The act of governance itself is synonym of perfidy to the natural ethos of justice. Is development the concrete that is erected in a matter of days or is it the new anti missile system coming up in your country? Public good by the government may not necessarily be its motto but public control surely is. The rulers are in control of you and me. The company, corporation or any entity you work for is bound by capitalism. Capitalism, which is the son of Darwinism theory of natural selection, is marred with irony. The Irony that people perceives capitalism to bring justice by bringing equality and inclusive development while capitalism’s true nature is wiping out the unfit. Justice and equality are two different entities anyways, and as we all know, justice does not always equal equality.  

-Sunny Gusain