Govt would respond to any action against non-local Indian citizens : Ibobi State Govt sees eye to eye with JCLIPS on ILPS
IMPHAL, May 21: Stating that there is no difference of opinion between the State Government and the Joint Committee on ILPS (JCILPS) on enforcement of Inner Line Permit System in Manipur, Chief Minister O Ibobi has cautioned that the Government would rea.....
State lad tops Nagaland Class X Board exams
IMPHAL, May 21: Helaluddin Shah s/o Md Islauddin and Sanarembi of Borayangbi under Kumbi AC has topped the HSLCE 2013 conducted by the Nagaland Board of School Education, results of which was declared in the intervening night of May 20 and 21. Helaluddin.....
More eviction
IMPHAL, May 21 :The State Government has decided to evict encroachers for expansion of roads in Imphal and greater Imphal areas. The State Government has initiated necessary procedures to evict encroachers as it feels that many roads in Imphal and grea.....
KSO suspends strike, blockade
IMPHAL, May 21 : Respon-ding to the assurance of Chief Minister O Ibobi to carry forward the backlog of 474 ST posts in the ensuing recruitment of 2000 numbers of Manipur Police Constables, and also to take immediate action regarding the backlog of 28 dif.....
CM convenes meet
IMPHAL, May 21 :Chief Minister O Ibobi today convened a meeting of the delegates who would be visiting Myanmar along with him and discussed about their forthcoming foreign trip. The delegation which would be led by the Chief Minister would take part in.....
Rabies fear stalks Phumlou village
IMPHAL, May 21: Besides report about three persons succumbing to suspected cases of rabies after the victims were reportedly bitten by dogs, locals of Phumlou village under Imphal West district are gripped with fear. According to a reliable source, atl.....
Shirui Lily Fest Showcases Rich Culture Of Tangkhul Community Cultural extravaganza marks week long fest
UKHRUL, May 21: Cultural items, display of Tangkhul traditional cuisines and attires, flower show, painting competition and entertainment programmes marked the concluding day of the district level Shirui Lily Week-2013 today at Shirui village under Ukhrul.....
Pledge taken to protect human lives, values
IMPHAL, May 21: Like in other parts of the country, pledges were taken to protect human lives and values as Manipur too joined in the observance of 22nd national anti-terrorism day today. The observance is held to commemorate the death anniversary of f.....
NGOs say no to oil exploration
IMPHAL, May 21: Twenty-four NGOs including student organizations and human rights defenders today submitted a representation to Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh urging him to take steps to halt the ongoing oil exploration process and extraction works in the h.....
CSOs raid Hotel Centre Point
IMPHAL, May 21: Volunteers of different civil society organisations today raided Hotel Centre Point at MG Avenue and pulled up its manager. Volunteers of 16 civil society organisations including CLK, IPSA, KEL, ACOAM Lup, PANDM etc raided the hotel and.....
PM corrects age to 80 in RS poll papers
Guwahati, May 21: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Congress Rajya Sabha candidate from Assam, has filed a fresh affidavit correcting his age to 80 prior to scrutiny of the nominations today. The Prime Minister submitted the fresh affidavit two days a.....
Oklahoma tornado Many children among 91 feared killed
MOORE, OKLAHOMA, May 20: At least 91 people, including 20 children, were feared killed when a 2 mile wide tornado tore through an Oklahoma City suburb, trapping victims beneath the rubble as one elementary school took a direct hit and another was destroye.....
MKS condoles
IMPHAL, May 21 :The Maram Students’ Union (MKS) has condoled the untimely demise of its former Education Secretary, R Graceson Rangnamei, a second semester student of MA at MU. A statement issued by the MKS said the union would cherish his associatio.....
‘Go Green Fortnight’
IMPHAL, May 21 :Aimed at promoting greenery, atleast in and around their deployment areas, and furthering its undeterred efforts of preserving the bounty of the nature, the Assam Rifles under a specific roadmap worked out by the IGAR (S) Maj Gen UK Gurung.....
ZU condemns
IMPHAL, May 21 : Condemning the abduction and killing of Poushingdai Gonmei, a cadre of NSCN-IM by the ZUF on May 18, the Zeliangrong Union, Bishnupur, Sadar Area Zone has appealed to all concerned armed groups operating in Zeliangrong areas not to resort.....
Painting competition
IMPHAL, May 20: A State level cooperative painting competition would be held on May 29 by the Department of Cooperation, Govt of Manipur at the premises of Registrar of Manipur Cooperative Societies, Lamphelpat on the theme Cooperative as a means of livel.....
BSNL network
IMPHAL, May 20: Telephone exchanges including GSM mobile, WLL and Broadband connections of BSNL would be disrupted at BSNL installations at Hiyangthang, Wangoi and Mayang Imphal Exchanges, due to sudden breakdown of OFC route near Pishumthong Ningom Leika.....
KRF denies
IMPHAL, May 21: The Kuki Revolutionary Front (KRF) has denied having any knowledge on the alleged abduction of Nepali youths from Gopibung, Mahavir and Shantolabari areas under Kangpokpi PS. Terming the allegation as baseless and false, a statement iss.....
Dispute resolved
IMPHAL, May 21: The dispute between Rangshong, Chief of Awang Longa Koireng and Rengsutsong Koireng was settled under the laws of Satang Area Chiefs' Association at the residence of H Gelmol village chief on May 20. A statement issued by the SACA said .....
New students' body floated
IMPHAL, May 21: Along with announcing formation of a new students' organisation christened Reformist Students' Front (RSF), its general secretary BCY Atiqur said that RSF was formed to take up issues related to rights of the student community. Affirmin.....
Letters to Editor
By : Sangai Letters
A response to Salil Gewali’s article “Damning sex and the remedy”
Sir,
Due respect for the opposite sex is the last thing that is happening in the Indian society. In the name of "raising awareness about rapes", the directors of commercial films and TV soaps have completely succeeded in glamorising the brute crime of physical violation of female body and thereby managing to raise the TRP and ring the box office! The soaps and mainstream films portray rape scenes in a detailed and violent fashion not to remain obedient to the script, but merely to make a quick buck by exploiting the shameless voyeuristic mindset of the majority section of the populace. If the script indeed "demands" a rape scene, would it have to depicted from the very first step of looking towards the victim in a lecherous way to the ultimate violation with loads of nudity and skin show, that too continuing for almost eternity! Just look at the films of the truly golden era of cinema. A mere gesture, close-up of the shocked face of the victim, shrill cry of crow or flight of the frightened birds were enough to signify the commitment of a rape. Since the films of yesteryear were made with social responsibility in the mind and the directors were cultured and enlightened people who didn't ever dream to make money by exploiting the gruesome act of rape, the scenes were shot in such a restrained way.
But we are increasingly shedding our "conservativeness" and turning "bold" enough to show the rape scenes as in actual situation! And there also exists innumerable philistines in this morally-degraded society to lap it up; the producer laughing all the way to the bank! The glamorisation of philistine Bollywood, providing social sanction to dirty pictures bordering on pornography in the name of "art", nudity and vulgar dancing in night clubs, scantily-clad pictures and shots of women in print and visual media have absolutely devastated the moral fabric of the society. Thanks to this crass commercialisation of female bodies, the upcoming generation is treating the women merely as "sex objects"; leading to increasing incidents of eve-teasing, molestation and rapes. In this sorry perspective, the increasing incidents of horrific sexual attack on the hapless girls throughout the country are only to be expected.
Since the society, morally corrupted by a section of the media, feel immense pleasure in voyeurism or anything associated with display of women flesh and sex; violent incidents upon the fairer sex are filmed, instead of saving the vulnerable ones from the clutches of the monsters as was witnessed recently in Guwahati. This is the very reason why Bollywood pictures, where the camera continuosly hovers over the cleavage of more than half-naked heroine and rape scenes are shot in detail to titillate the spectators, are instantly lapped up by the society and emerge as super-hit! The situation has come to such a dreadful pass that even Kolkata High Court is left with no other option but to direct the producer of a certain Bollywood film to not exhibit posters of it depicting sexual performances! And the most dangerous trend lies in the fact that certain "modern" newspapers shamelessly take up the cudgel on behalf of the producers of those obscene films and feel no qualms in condemning even the judgement of the Honorable High Court! And the civilized lot who protest against such rampant obscenities in films and soaps get dubbed as people harbouring "primitive" mindset! Yes, certain vested but powerful interests in the media are working overtime to brainwash this society to believe that shedding of clothes and depiction of acts resembling the dogs on the street in certain seasons are the harbinger of "modernity"! They are indeed "fools" who think that learning to make and wear clothes formed one of the most important features of dawn of civilization! Unless the Censor Board and the relevant authorities act tough and terminate the shower of nakedness and obscenities in films, serials and reality shows in TV, print media, billboards exploiting semi-naked feminine bodies to advertise even a gent's shoe or shaving cream; no power in the world can prevent the moral corruptness in the society.
Yours faithfully,
Kajal Chatterjee
Email: chatterjeesush@yahoo.com
