SATYAMEV JAYATE 2 - It's first episode, discussing the issue of DISGUSTING RAPES with a quite helpless approach. (By Bobby Sing)

Aamir Khan proved to be a socially aware & concerned celebrity thinking about the country too with his first season of SATYAMEV JAYATE in 2013. Though the fact remains that most of the issues taken up in series are still there without much change or any major action taken towards the suggested improvements, yet the move was no doubt appreciable and the program did receive a grate favourable response all over.

So as expected, watching the first episode of SATYAMEV JAYATE 2 in 2014, I truly felt sad & disturbed thinking about the sickening issue of RAPES in our present society. But at the same time, honestly didn’t feel satisfied looking at the way the subject was treated by the veteran anchor, in an already known or clichéd style simply ignoring the criminal who is actually responsible for the heinous crime, not in the picture. Plus I really felt confused wondering why Aamir was doing the same again, i.e. discussing the problems verbally without coming up with any strict, straight solutions or leading any immediate action movement himself, as required.

In fact, it was an episode made with a fixed mindset talking about the issue in a very helpless manner focusing only on ‘THE AFTER EFFECTS’ and not ‘THE REAL CAUSE’ strangely.

In other words I strongly felt as if they were all talking about the issue, straight away assuming that yes RAPES have always been there in our society from ages and they will be there in the present or future too following an unstoppable mode. Therefore all we need to do is to adapt a more emotional, sympathetic and helpful approach towards its unfortunate victims and forget about finding out the reason that why these are presently happening in the much educated and developed social structure of the new millennium too?

Now, no doubt it’s really sickening to admit that our society is still thinking about the RAPE VICTMS in the same disrespectful manner as we did in 1950s, 1980s and in 2000s too. Moreover, our POLICE still remains shamelessly corrupt, the MEDICAL institutes are disgracefully unhelpful and the JUDICIAL system actually humiliates the RAPE victim more, instead of service her the justice immediately as required. So looking at the sad scenario, we do need to understand a rape victim with all our compassion, love, care and dignity. Plus we also have to ask for a change in the 3 key basic systems of our social structure i.e. Police, Medical and Judiciary as soon as possible.

But at the same time, the other major point of concern remains that why these RAPES are increasing in numbers and are still happening despite all this awareness, agitations, revolts, dharnas and candle marches?

And this is exactly what I found completely missing in the first episode of the series which despite being an emotional one, followed a simple one sided approach solely aiming at getting the sympathy of the viewer with a more commercial motive as it seems. Further it once again touched a relevant, burning topic, leaving it right there without giving any further action plan to achieve the desired change as usual.

Now if truth be told, yes we do need to take a good care of all the unfortunate victims of a rape, saving her from any police, medical or judicial torture after the tragic incident. But the other strong questions which need to be asked, missed by Aamir in his important episode are, that:

WHAT is the kind of mindset which inspires a man to rape a woman?
WHAT is the deficiency in his upbringing which makes him a rapist after becoming a grown up?
WHAT influences him to do so despite having a mother, sister and aunts in his own home?
WHY he sees the other women with an eye of a rapist and not his own women in the close relations in the similar manner?

Moreover in some extreme disgusting cases,
WHY a rape is also seen in the close relations too?????

And to be pretty straight,
WHY these rapes are happening in such a continuous manner in our so called developed society even in the present times?
WHAT we urgently need to teach our SONS about their moral behavior before teaching the DAUGHTERS to be safe while moving out of the house?
WHAT is the undisclosed contribution of our society in BREEDING these kinds of RAPISTS in the normal homes? and
WHAT are we doing wrong that this BREED is rapidly increasing and not getting extinct with the development all over?

Now frankly I am thinking this way because I really don’t want the situation to arise where we are supposed to feel sympathy, offer help or be emotional for a woman after she gets raped………..! But instead we should collectively work towards making a society where she is not prone to such life shattering threats and secure her very existence right in time, instead of consoling her after the cruel event has happened like we have always done in the past.

So where AAMIR KHAN made the whole program assuming that RAPES are inevitable and we need to do something to help these innocent rape victims after they have been brutally attacked, I would like to think about the problem right from its point of origin and seriously wish that we all work together for the same positively, before the RAPE actually happens.

More so, since along with the ‘effect’, the basic ‘cause’ also has to be considered and dealt with strongly, otherwise this would continue forming a never ending chain and we will keep on growing this hidden BREED of RAPISTS amongst us only without any major change for long.

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