This blog has been inactive for more than a year now. And I never thought that I would be inspired to start it up again. However, the atrocity of the crimes committed against women should be enough for most Indians with even a slightly modern point of view to get up and voice their opinion through any channel or medium available to them.

First, there was Mangalore. Then Bangalore. And then Bangalore again. And again. And again. Where will this end? How long are we going to tolerate this behaviour for?

The trouble really is this. These were the first incidents to be publicised by the media, but so-called moral policing has been a hidden phenomenon of India, operating covertly in places you would never expect it. There have been scores of articles condemning "moral policing" in recent days, yet the governement, the police, politicians, the people we expect support from, do absolutely nothing to stop it. And in their silence give these men further encouragement.

Have we really come to a situation where women could be forced to act, talk, walk, dress differently? Whatever happened to the democracy and freedom that we prided ourselves for? We have spent years looking down on countries that have been in similar situations and hence slipped down to road to regressive and negative actions. Yet we find ourselves in the exact same position.

To find a constructive long lasting solution that will put these men back in their places (which in my opinion is jail) is the real puzzle. Any suggestions?