Voice of Women

Looks like the woman folk in the country are eager to exercise their freedom of speech. First it was Khushboo (By the way, do you know there is a breakfast dish by name "Khushboo idli" sold in many restaurants in Chennai) who cracked her vocal cords by stating, "It is fine if girls indulge in premarital sex if proper precautions are taken." The statement had enough spark and fuel to thunder into a controversy. While clarifying the statement she made another comment stating, "men shouldn't expect their wives to be virgins." The later statement only added fuel instead of water to the fire.

The hue and cry that was made about the statements, burning effigies, filing 20 odd defamation cases, arrest warrant being issued and Khusboo surrendering in Mettur court are other side of the story. But, when South Indian Film artist's Association (SIFAA) didn't back the actress, Suhasini Maniratnam was quick enough to apologize to the actress on behalf of the Tamil film industry and back her.

Looks like Sania Mirza has taken cue from the Khusboo, although she didn't comment whether it is right or wrong to engage in premarital sex, she stated that it is not possible to stop people who would engage in premarital sex and hence it is advised in their best interests to take sufficient precautionary measures or care. She also pointed out that it is a matter of her choice as to what she wears (referring to the length of the skirt she wears while playing tennis) and others don't have to worry about it.

Miss Universe and Russian born Glebanova was last in the series till date to support Khushboo, she had the same opinion as Sania.

The only thing that I am happy about this episode is, you have something interesting to look at the newspaper early in the morning, something that interests you to read. I am surely not a feminist, so, I would not write anything here about the said incidents that would stand for the cause of woman, their rights, their ..... Etc. I am neither going to get judgmental about who is right and who is wrong, because there exists nothing like right or wrong, there is only one thing called power. This is a free country and people can talk and do anything that they want to provided they are going to own their words or actions and be prepared to face the consequences. What surprises me the most is how do people find so much time to burn effigies, file court cases, stage protests against one individual who just voiced what she thought is right.