In October, a woman in the eastern state of Jharkhand was stripped and paraded naked before several family members by her in-laws who wanted a big dowry from her. In July, a 60-year-old woman was beaten, stripped and tied to an electricity pole in a village in the eastern state of Orissa after local people accused her of being a witch. In January 2012, some upper-caste men in Maharashtra state beat, stripped and paraded naked a low-caste Dalit woman because her son had eloped with an upper-caste girl. Incidents like these have become regular issues with the authoritative position that has been given to the Panchayat system at large. Unless the Government is forced to establish a body which oversees the workings of the Panchayat system, and rigorously so, incidents like these will continue to occur. What is all the more exasperating is the fact that people in the country have somehow developed a sense of Immunity to the same. If it doesnt sting, it will never end.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:38:44 +0000
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