Can we Live Better in Her Death?
EVERY happening leaves a message but this one has literally shaken the nation. For the first time the country has expressed, and expressed decisively, on gender issues. The youth, mostly with dreams about future has shown how much it is concerned about society. It was generally believed that gen-y is self centered, concerned about itself, its career and future, selfish enough to bargain and gain from the Noe-liberal policies of the government etc. But the kind of sensitivity it has shown about the issue is unparalleled in the history of India. It is demanding instant justice in gender related crimes. We should analyse what can be done. EVERY social issue begins at home. Social scientists advocate change in mind-set that can begin in the family. Gender disparity begins in the family as the daughters are told to be submissive, not outgoing and pay respect to the brothers even younger to them. Even when a gender related crime takes place, the female child prefers to suffer in silence t