Safety for Women

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Delhi can boast of the efficient security arrangements and hospitality during Commonwealth Games and visits of foreign heads of states, but when it comes to safety of women in Indian capital there is always a question mark. With the rise in number of rape and molestation incidents in Delhi, the day is not far when the metropolitan will also be termed as the crime capital of the nation. Delhi has never had good reputation regarding the safety of women. Molestation of women, looting and rapes have become regular news and still authorities are desperately searching for solutions. In an effort to hide their incompetence, the police force and bureaucracy put blames on all and sundry. Recently, P. Chidamabaram, the home minister of India, blamed migrants for the rising crimes in Delhi. Faced with massive opposition, he had to retract his statement but that exposed the mindset of authorities. Media could have put sustained pressure on the police but it remains very selective about reporting crime against women. It creates a lot of noise when the victim is an educated women or a corporate executive but willingly ignores the news when poor women get molested or raped. Unfortunately, most of the women victims come from poorer socio-economic backgrounds. Government authorities very well understand this and act only if a lot of hue and cry is raised by media and subsequently by citizens. But whenever such incidents take place, so-called activists show their temporary anger, demand stringent laws for protection of women and then leave everything on the Delhi government, which incidentally is led by a woman. Her indifference to rising crime against women allows police to remain lethargic and passive. On more than one occasion, she put blame on the woman victim or her employers for being not careful enough about her safety, but didn’t take the police officials to task. In some

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