Delhi's Date with Slutwalk

If we look at the history of heinous crimes against women especially in Delhi, one slutwalk falls miserable low an agitation against the constant assaults against women over centuries. Some people argue whether a slutwalk can change the perverse mindset of men against women, but the logic remains so long as there is no movement against any social evil, society at large takes it for granted a birth right to tread the wrong side of the law, and hence to shake up the status quo a protest like this is essentially desired. Well, yesterday's slutwalk around the Jantar Mantar area of New Delhi if vociferously reflected something was nothing other than a bold attitude of participants towards those nincompoops of our society who fundamentally think violence against women is an indication of their chauvinism.

Over a period of time Delhi has been the most unsafe place for women. When a woman is born the fight for her survival begins simultaneously. Our feudalistic mindset has become another anathema for her tribulations. Whenever she establishes her legitimate presence our male chauvinistic society always takes it as an offense. As a pluralistic society we have failed to understand the fact that the growing violence against women is an obnoxious index of our alarmingly rising insensitivity. The more we tolerate the crimes against the women, the further we destroy the balance of social fabric. Is there any resurrection from this impending danger?

Of late the same society has sensed the urgency of a change in attitude towards the women folk. Perhaps, that's quite evident from the recent slutwalk in which the men also came forward to participate in the campaign. Now that's undoubtedly a plausible change in the male chauvinism that otherwise was centred around “I, me, and myself”. Every one is equal irrespective of gender. The message has certainly percolated down the society that the time has come now for a complete overhaul in our narrow mindset.

We must take cognizance of the fact that any advanced civil society doesn't carry room for any amount of social discrepancy. In the name of frivolous tradition and culture we can't sacrifice the tenets fundamental civil rights that are essential for our progress in a liberalized world. We must shun our conservative mindset to embrace the reality of 21st century. And I wish many such slutwalk campaigns would bring in a visible change in our attitude towards civil rights of women. Long live slutwalk!