Some steps the government should take to protect woman!

I have been reading different stories and perspective on the rape case and the reactions. What amazes me is that the government is so slow on its response and the inefficiency with which the concerned senior most bureaucrats are working.

The government should bring in some immediate plans and then others should be worked upon over a period of time.

Short-term & Immediate Actions: 

1. Get officers like IPS offers' like SP Shivdeep Waman Lande in Delhi who give absolute result.

You can read about Lande here

2. Few possible options

(a)  Bring the entire NCR area under the control of Delhi police and make them responsible for crime in all of these areas.

Or

Additional paper work will not be required to pursue criminal perpetrator across any state, jurisdictional police have to help on a priority basis in order to apprehend  such criminals.

(The state's ruling parties would oppose it, in which case they should either improve their police response system in their cities and prioritize nabbing inter-state criminals)

(b) Also the police department in Delhi will report to the Delhi CM (under current arrangement the Police Department reports to the Home Ministry, Central Government. These officials can look into how NYPD handles the city and the the flurry of UN officials in New York.)

3. Irrespective of the status of the person start pronouncing strong verdicts against such criminals. Send such criminals to prisons in other states, not their home states nor in states where they grew up, rather in places where they would be ineffectual behind prisons. This should also be followed in other states.

4. Any officer not able to attend to his duty in future in accordance with the constitution will be prosecuted. For non-cooperation their photographs should be placed online. When such officers are under review for promotions the incidents of not fulfilling their duty should be taken seriously.

Long-Term and continuous effort

1. Leaders need to stand-up and change the current notion of treatment of women in states bordering Delhi -- UP & Haryana. These two states by its culture do not have high regards for the ladies of their states. This should also extend to other parts of the country where there are similar problems. Therefore, its a cultural problem and this can be resolved only when leaders' rise to the call of leadership. Rather than cowing out as most of the MPs did on the Khap tragedy, the leaders need to learn from Raja Ram Mohan, Gandhi, Nehru, Mandela and the likes who convinced people to change their outlook over years. They were not successful immediately but retrospect their work was for the better of their country.

2. A simple act that can give more teeth to vigilance department. Rooting out corruption is important because even crimes are also associated with corruption. Corrupt officers will definitely let go of criminals. Therefore, the effort to go after corruption is imperative in order to make it safe for all.

Censor Board for awareness

Few days ago I was having a conversation with my friends. And I made a remark that the govt's idea of placing a tobacco warning ad is not important in movies, in the way its being made, because it doesn't look good aesthetically. And to an extent the visual appeal can be lost as well. My friend's argument was these advertisements' are necessary as they are for awareness so that people would take care of themselves.

So this actually got me thinking. Does it actually change behavior of individuals? I don't know. But if that is the line of idea then I have many suggestion that the govt of India should do.

In all movies, they should put up a disclaimer that giving and taking bribe is a criminal offence, in the same way as they do for tobacco smoking! That will bring awareness regarding bribes.

All movies do take a certification in terms of the violence and parental guidance, which is fine, honestly its a good thing. But then if the censor board wants to take this influencing the people seriously then I believe they should also take some measure in the do the same for TV news channels. That would be essential, like a little disclaimer running under all News Anchor's who are over enthusiastic during debates. The disclaimer should be something on the lines stating: "He is shouting to gain TRPs, please read and understand the issue at discussion before forming your opinion."

In fact all TV news channels should state a disclaimer, and this should be stated by the person conducting the debate or reporter who is reporting, something on the lines 'Please read up on the issue before coming out with your opinion. We are merely trying to build your interest.' Or at least this should run as a ticker at the bottom!!

My view is that the best way of awareness is to make a sensible advertisement and playing it between breaks or before the actual commencement of the movie. An advertisement like this -- click here --could have more impact than putting up the disclaimers that they are doing as of now. If the idea is awareness then perhaps this is a better option. If the idea to actually lookout for the benefit of the people then the other way around it would be to increase the excise duty every year by 10 per cent and see the result at the end of five years.

As far as the news channels are concerned, I am pretty serious over there. They should run a disclaimer. If they can't keep up with journalism then they might rescue themselves with disclaimers.