Silent War

Most women face abuses that are so subtle that it is hard to articulate them. Some attitudes are so entrenched in Indian society that uprooting these weeds would amount to destroying the whole garden of domesticity. Laws cannot guarantee any justice in this silent war because men really have no clue as to what is going on. Even if it is thrown in his face, a man cannot wake up to it because the truth is that though we have the same kind of eyes we do not see the same world. It is easy to put the blame on the man but was not the man raised by a woman herself? Or is the stereotype of the father so powerful that no mother can instill a wider world view in her sons? Another undeniable fact is that women are most often their own worst enemies as they wage battles that are beyond the radars of men and stifle the cries of their brethren. Thus the legacy of silence will continue until a braver world can plant a better society.