No it is not an unrelated paragraph. The other poster said that India is in a mess. And you wanted to strengthen his statement saying Sati would be made legal.
This is obviously about religion and religion being used to make rules for people. The school or college, is a minority institution. If not for religion why would they come up with head scarves for girls? I dont mind Muslim girls wearing scarves, but why should Christians, Hindus and other religious groups be FORCED to wear it even if they dont want to? Dont they have their rights?
And I personally consider such rules made for religious reasons as backward. I only gave another example, the Shah Bano case where Muslims protested the Supreme courts ruling because of which a Muslim woman suffered. If anything backward is being done then in these cases it is the Muslims that did it. This is merely fact. It isnt a communal diatribe.
Lastly, I dont know about the UAE case, but that Indian does not represent India, a country of 1.2 billion people. Its like picking out a Mullah from Pakistan and saying that he represents Pakistan. That wont be right. And yes the protests against girls being forbidden to use mobile phones is indeed the right reaction. I believe that women should have social and sexual freedoms and anyone going against these freedoms should be put away. But the fact that they weren't generates anger amongst the sensible folks. This does not display a lack of heart, it only displays that most Indians have a large heart.
Well, most Indians I have come across do not display a large heart.
That said, the world is full of different communities, cultures, religions, societies etc and the rights of all are protected under the UN charter. However, it is a mere paper which has something written on it and nothing more.
The Mormons in the US have a dress code which is respected though their right to polygamy is not, many US states and many countries have rules which forbid inter-marriages between cousins whereas being in love is an accepted universal phenomenon, the animal rights are protected in many countries whereas they are also slaughtered in large numbers, though humanely etc etc.
There is a difference between enforcement of enacted laws by various nations and the respect due for various communities, religions and groups. When the balance unduly tellingly tilts towards one side, the problems arise and this is the case in most parts of the world.
Many years ago, no one was even pushed as to who wears a scarf and who doesn't, but these days everything even remotely related to Muslims as an entity turns in to a matter of major debate. At most times, this is also related to historical baggage between various religions and cultures.
Those Indian Hindus who are against women covering themselves as per their wishes, surprisingly, also relate it to the invasion of Muslims. They say, it was primarily done to avoid the invading Muslims from abducting their women and therefore, the women were told to cover themselves and now they shouldn't. Incidentally satti also supposedly falls in this category. But both these practices are still apparent in India even today.
I wonder if your opinion is based on what you saw and absorbed while growing up or is it based on a communal viewpoint or is it based on your own thinking - which must have a basis hidden somewhere or in something.
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