Sunday, July 11, 2010

Khaps and our pollitical system

Khaps are hell bent upon to destroy the social fabric by denying the people to avail their individual freedom enshrined in constitution. These extra constitutional bodies are proving havoc for a just society. However, these are not even socially sanctioned but political class of today's is so timid that it has fallen in the line of these khaps for the fear of loosing their vote bank and this is totally untrue that they have any capacity to influence the voters' behaviour. Actually minds of politicians peep through these conglomeration of hood looms.Every other day a couple in Haryana is butchered and nothing is done against the tormentors. Some times it is felt that we are living in a "murda logon ki basti" (habitation of dead people). Social vibration is missing but only vibration of a mobile phone is known to people. In coming few days we will hear the roar on TV screen and in columns of newspaper on release of census data that will show the huge gap in female population. But girls have lost in the diktats of khaps. Either they are not permitted to take birth and if any how succeeded to see the universe then their journey to youth hood is made miserable. Proper education, nutrition, health facilities remain at bay for her. She is cursed to be treated as an obnoxious weed. It is expected from her that she should be soul less crab and barred to show any emotion. If she dares to see a companion or boy of her age eye to eye , she is branded as lecherous and condemned to torture and in extreme done to death. Every day newly wed couples out of their caste or class are compelled to seek protection for their lives. Strangely enough hyper active media make a news out of them for few days. and when this news item turns old it is thrown in dustbin. No serious efforts are made to have a discussion in the society through any public fora. This chain of atrocities, intolerance and brutality is extending unabated. These unconstitutional bodies should be dealt strongly not on the political front but also isolate such element on social level so that every one could live in accordance with ones will.