Why this focus on ’rapes in India’ by world media?

with one stone you have shot many bulls maria through this article. Excellent read. A westerner highlighting the real status of western countries while most of we indians believe all is well there …but not here.

The west is used to bashing India. There was a time they all came searching for it. In the near future it will again gain its lost stature. The west is used to looking ahead hence the bashing.

Maria’s is one of the few voices questioning the agenda behind India bashing. Kudos to her for being bold and challenging the dominant narrative.
A common mistake is to believe that if one speaks a western language, is educated at a university and comes from an affluent society, then one must be a progressive minded seeker of truth, capable of discerning the truth and uncovering the layers of deceit and propaganda. But alas the reality is that most westerners are as much victims of propaganda and agenda driven news sites as were people under Hitlers Germany.

Individuals like Maria who question the assumptions behind whatevers currently the most fashionable theory are still rare.

Do keep up the good work.

Regards

I accept every single point made in the article. India is the only country in the world where a large section of west influenced media repeatedly broadcasts something unpalatable. People can see the truth behind it (except the few judgmental idiots ). However if a lie is not merely repeated but broadcast thousands of times, it is natural that sensible people also get influenced. Can we blame the people? No, because wherever they turn they find the same non-sense; hence nonsense prevails over sense. Indians need to overcome this docility for their own good.

I just have one request. Please do not try to bring in the topic of homosexuality in every possible instance. They are very much humans- but a little different. Let us be accommodative and not shun them. Let us accept the way they are… If not we are starting another cascade of social stigma.

Gays are of course not only humans, but often very humane and sensitive, and some feel inadequate due to feeling differently. However, in my view, this issue should not be dragged to the marketplace with gay parades, talk shows and openly ?coming out?. Hindu society left alone would deal better with it than Christian and Muslim societies which demand punishment and liberal society which wants to celebrate it as something special and great. Hindus would see it for what it is. It is not the norm, but deviations from the norm happen everywhere and are obviously part of the scheme of things. It would certainly not be punished, and also not be celebrated.

good post

Unfortunately, the truth and facts have no place in India as far as such issues are concerned. The agenda got hijacked by few naxal/ left leaning so called intellectuals or paid media. In our country, the 4th estate is not independent or non partisan. The recent example of rise of AAP. Anchors sitting in their studios spitting venom for 24 hours, were actually working and promoting AAP. Secondly, the so called intellectual classes operating under foreign agencies (every street in India, you will find 3 NGOs !!) – the most lucrative business is running NGOs in India – won’t be surprised if Tatas, Ambanis and Birlas may also move into NGO activity) – the best and easiest way to make money and become famous without any accountability.

No one is bothered and media just talk emotionally (pick up isolated incident, invite so called champions and fill air time). The nirbhaya gang rape happened in a place called Mahipalpur (one isolated dark corner near a national highway – close to Intl airport). I pass through this place every day. Today, it is is worst than it was in December 2012 – these crying babies are not bothered about this. Even today, life for women in this place is a nightmare. These so called progressive brigade will be happy if some other mishap happen so that they against get visibility on television.

The city is not safe, admitted but lot of it is hype created by elements with ulterior motive (the reason is: this city is the same for many years and suddenly too many things are talked about to defame the city). I have two teenage daughters and of course I too am concerned but the scene is not as is made out by these elements.

In closing, I am in complete agreement – THERE IS INDEED A DESIGN…

Its interesting that none of the comments on this post appear to be by Indian women – they’re either by Indian men or foreign women. I agree that it does seem quite suspicious that the rest of the world is so focused on the issue of rapes in India – hidden agenda much? – but you have to see that most Indian women feel vulnerable and targeted. I’m speaking of the urban demographic of females, from the age of say twelve to the mid-sixties – even before the recent rash of rape reporting began we have all felt vulnerable. To eve-teasing, sexual assault in public and private spaces and transportation, violence, rape. We have all have been leered at, groped, harassed, we have felt violated in some way or another since puberty, whenever we have left ‘safe confines’. Safety – this is what I have never felt out in the open unless I am accompanied by my father or some man old enough to be so. This is why I am pushed to remain inside the house – this is why my college authorities, my family and I enforce stringent restrictions on my movement even during daylight hours. Tell me this – does this happen in other countries? Do you try to scramble back home after 5pm even in neighborhoods which are considered safe, do you dread the thought of public transport, do you constantly need a male chaperone?

“Sita is still an ideal for most Hindu women.”

No, I would say Draupadi or Durga Ma would be my ideal – and she is for many women I know, from the maidservants I know to my grandmother. Sita was a pushover, Draupadi stood up for herself.

“Anyone who cares to find out will easily discover that rape is not in the culture of India, and women have a good, even respected position compared to other cultures or countries. This position may not be in tune with the view of feminists, but are feminists the measure of all things? Do those feminists believe that village women in India want to be like them? In my view, those feminists look pitiable in the eyes of those often very strong village women who see Sita as their ideal. The main anguish of those women is poverty, not gender roles.”

Yes village women do in fact want to be like us. I know because my extended family lives in small villages in West Bengal, I know because I have spoken the maidservants and drivers’ wives I encounter since I live in a high-rise building – they want education, they want jobs and money, they want the right to choose how many children they will have and when, they want the same rights as the men in their families have enjoyed for generations. Ask any woman about her daughters and her eyes will light up with pride as she speaks about how well she’s doing in school, how she wants a better world for her and worries that her husband might try to marry her off early. We, with all our advantages, do not look ‘pitiable’ to them – they want to be like us and more power to them.

“For example the minor in the rape case of Jyothi is a Muslim. This news, however, did not make it to the mainstream media.”

This is ridiculous. A minor’s name would not be disclosed and Hindu or Muslim or Christian, why make an issue about his religion of all things? That would be the height of communalism.

Maria, you make many valid points in your essay and I am sure that you have the best of intentions, but I feel that you are missing out on the perspective of actual Indian women.

Jaisriram.The number of rapes in other countries may be more higher than India.But our intention is there should be not even a single rape in India.For this the Govt’s should change the worest system of Mechale education n impliment moral n culture based education along with their regular subjects.

Adriana: as a spaniard Hindu who feels outrageous with the mainstream attitude from the west towards India and Hinduism, I do appreciate this info you provide, which, together with Maria´s article, I´ll try to spread among my acquaintances. In the news here they keep informing widely of each and every rape in India, and only by chance I came to know about this piece of news of what is happening in Spain itself. Shocking.

It´s a matter of pure justice to defend the truth.

Thank you Maria for such a lucid and objective article. I have had in mind many of the questions you asked – and I am thankful that you have given some answers and supporting points too…it was great to read your writing!

There is reasonable ground to suspect that the Christian Missionaries are at work behind this incessant barrage connecting India ( read Hindu) and rape. I will not be surprised if the UK and the US are as usual on to their mischief to denigrate and bring disorder in Indian society. Per capita of the population there is much much more rape in the US and in some countries of Europe! To say this is not to soft pedal and put a gloss on the shameful incidents in India. Has any one considered WHY so many rapes THESE DAYS? See the TV shows and cinema in the poor country. add to that disgusting “freedom of expression” the massive and unrelenting urbanization. The rural people have no work to do and no food to eat. They are willing to be on the pavements of Delhi and other big cities as anonymous beings with no accountability to the environment.
R.Venkatanarayanan

Sanya,
You have made very fine observations. I agree with some of your points.
My wife keeps telling me how insecure she feels when traveling alone. I have personally observed boys and youngsters leering and commenting on women. I have never understood what kind of pleasuew it gives them to make such obsene comments.

I also agree that Maa Durga should be the ideal for today’s women. I believe women should train in martial arts and self defence.
However, I feel that women should not leave Sita altogether. Sita’s modesty and chastity should not be forgotten. It is this trait that sets Indian women apart.

Well, times are changing. Indian women are capable of deciding what is good for them and set their own course.It is not for us men to order them about.
Women have always been the centre of India’s culture and tradition. It is they who keep our heritage intact.
My opinion India’s cultural legacy is now in the hands of its women. My only hope is that they preserve it to some extent.

Maria,
Your well written article should be an eye opener for Indians mainly rather than to any foreigner for they understand this country better than the natives do.

IMHO of a western hindu, and given that NOT all the paths lead to the same goal, only dharmic lifestyle brings the fulfillment that everybody is looking for in life. But in the west, they are looking for it in the wrong place. Be proud, brother, of being different. For that I would suggest you if you permit me and if you don´t know it, the book Being Different by Rajiv Malhotra. It will give you the grounds to defend by your own living the richest spirituality that has already proven successful for taking us to the highest level, which again even unconciously, is what everybody is looking for. Read inspirational sacred shastras and books on hindu saints, create for yourself an adequate atmosphere, meet like minded people if possible, practice some sadhana. That will charge daily your batteries for facing the kurukshetra that is living in a decadent society while being dharmic. And not only at the end of the day, but much later in your life, when you look back you will have an inner satisfaction that no freedom of the ones you can get here, it will give you. Because at the end, the journey is made by the jiva, no matter the whole world around see things differently when you know what you are doing.

Well, Anand ji. As far as I know, Sita being raped by Ravan and shunned by her comunity and husband is NOT the only version but the most popular perhaps. According to other versions, Sita didn´t have to prove anything afterwards and was not shunned. Things are not black or white and that is taught by the hindu culture. No society is perfect, that is for sure, including Indian, and here this is not said. As far as my understanding is, Maria here is simply giving a different view from the mainstream, making us reflect that perhaps the things can and should be seen from a different point of view. Not denying there are many things to be improved in India (as in EVERY country) I feel that many indians don´t see the things beyond what the westerners want them to see and beyond.
And I find it not fair your last sentence: in a society, all tasks are required to be done. An the eye-opener role that Maria is playing is very much required.

Maria,

There are two Indias. I am generalising here. The one we call India speaks English and is comfortable with sexuality, homosexuality, Adam vs Eve or Battle of Sexes, Individualism of the Ayn Rand kind, and is actually capable of getting “disgusted” with their fellow human beings for attending Nature’s call in open environs without facilities. This wonderful India does not mind contrived morality(Big business money, stock markets,sports betting, prostitution, drugs,etc.,) but it unleashes its fangs at the thought of state corruption( Scenario: A cop who makes very little money takes a bribe to buy new shoes for his daughter. I don’t endorse his kind of ethics but then I do not have fangs either).
There is another India called Bharat. This one considers sex to be a private affair. It says man should lead the woman during marriage ritual and also in life. He has to protect her and the kids. It believes collective trumps the individual. It also does not get disgusted with fellow human’s uncomfortable moments.

You and your readers can decide on whose behalf the Indian Media (English one in particular) functions.

One of those guys who understands both Indias a little, and can confirm that things are getting lost in translation.

Thanks

Sometime i (sorry for small letter, trying to melt it down more) feel i love both value systems simultaneously sometime tend to hate them both because i strangely feellike why can’t both extremes of human mind respect the worth of another in a more evolved imagined society where they both can smoothly mutate into each other proudly if they feel uncomfortable with their particular system of life. However in conditional approach i prefer more disciplined and structured rigid relationship over mandane sensual oriented and less responsible one that is hindu prudeness over western brainwashed progressive ideals.

Maria,
Allow me to follow the ‘KISS’principle(keep it simple stupid!).A study of Gopikrishna will indicate what happens when the Kundalini serpant uncoils.While we can say that Shankracharays Advaita
indicates One with the Absolute,Madhvacharyas Dwita is actually the same except that the Serpant is uncoiled.Sanathan Dharma’s ‘Way Of Life’would imply that in the theological ocean of Hinduism,the Gita’s central philosophy of non attachment duty would be central.Thus one who follows this Way Of Life is automatically Hindu irrespective of the lower level of ‘Religion’followed.Hinduism has two major offsprings,Philosophical and Ritualistic.Through the Centuries,whenever Hinduism degenerated due to stratification of caste,out of it’s womb sprang new Religions with rigid connotations.Caste was by inclination,hence choosing your Laxmi or Saraswathi path.Hinduism,Judaism,Islam all defend their Dharma.Christianity shows the other cheek.Thus Christ’s most imp msg was before he died.Islam is perfect,a rule for each situation with Wahabbis and Sufis at either end.One must thoroughly read and analyse and interpret correctly and objectively.Very few can do this.They instead follow half baked interpreters.Brahma the Big Bang,Vishnu the present universe,Shiva contraction.It’s not about Nation,Culture or Religion.It’s about as Johnny Nash put it’I can see clearly now,the rain has gone!’Perhaps’Flirt Schools’may educate and lessen Internet porn fantasies being acted out without female consent.Love Kojak

The KISS Principle:Brahman is the Absolute,Yoga is tuning the body for Union with the Absolute.
Rest is Mythology,Concepts etc.Islam jumps direct to the Absolute(Allah),Hinduism as Vivekananda explains,has idols for focus of those who cannot understand the Absolute.Christianity has photos.Concentration through laser sharp focus in meditation opens the Pineal Channel?Is God Tachyonic light from other universes?
Rape is not about populations.It is about attitudes and mindset’s.Hence perhaps ‘Flirt Schools’may educate men to allow the woman always to decide.

Maria,
No confusion.Hinduism and Islam defend their Dharma,Christianity seeks salvation.Any of the philosophical systems can work.

Hi Maria!

I don’t want to say anything more about what kopterkojak’s comments, because I am trying to understand his spiritual and philosophical points too. I don’t want to bring in what Francois Gautier has to say about Christianity in India(I have read your open letter to the Pope), because things will get too political. I don’t even use my real name because recently I was spammed by a well known Indian media house(Indian Media has FDI connection, so they cover up their bias with selective op-eds,free speech, editorial policy limits, etc.) with whom I registered. I don’t think they appreciated what I had to say or maybe the way I said it. So, I just closed that e-mail account. I am not even a confrontational person by nature. I think they just mistook me for a troll.

I agree with your point on Bhakti in principle.

Thanks

Good to read you’re continuing to produce articles that say, right or only partially right, what many others don’t look as deeply into. As an American journalist for 20 years, I see the rapes-in-India issue probably as simplistically as journalists there see it today. India is know by most people in the West as Gandhi, gurus, and “om.” So naturally rape is a sensational contrast to that. A news desk isn’t concerned with why or who else; any story reporting the unexpected is a read-me. Interpreting the news or putting it in context is for the op-ed page. I’ve lived in a conservative Indian fishing village for two years. Within visual distance of my house are the houses of a man who killed his wife (hushed up by neighbors), a molester (his grandson, also protected), and a chronic “Peeping Tom” (when he got in a fight with a priest he was finally sent to jail for awhile). Rampant alcoholism and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome are increasing and are behind a lot of the sick behavior we are seeing. The dowry system stands strong, continuing to impoverish families of the lower and middle classes and certainly not doing much to enhance the desirability of female children. No communal group wants to campaign against it. And so forth and so on …

Western bodies like CIA attacks on a country use many tactics from covert funding of NGO’ to paying writers to promote a particular topic to attack a host country or even funding local media to the military. This seems a plausible reason for the India Rape stories. Classic is the Malala (girl shot by Taliban) story which was backed by US agencies as a soft weapon to fight Taliban.

White House report says 1 in 5 American women have faced rape/attempted rape yet no cry made by White western Media on this issue
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/01/22/renewed-call-action-end-rape-and-sexual-assault

Divya is correct.Once upon a time a bedecked woman could safely walk at night in Cal.Shankracharya defeated the equal 50% woman in debate.She and hubby became his chelas.He showed that woman was equal to man.Khajuraho shows the freedom of women.Tantra.Islam followed by Victorian prudery submerged the real culture.

Hi Divya,

It definitely is unfair that women are leered, groped etc in public and often have to hole themselves up at nighttime instead of going out. Freedom is a necessity. But if a person were to go to an area of a city, in any part of the world, that is bad in the middle of the night then that’s just asking for trouble. And dressing decently is good advice too. Have you seen what western women wear nowadays? That doesn’t mean you can’t look attractive.

And while I do disagree with Gurumoorthy, you should feel safe anywhere you go and the police should back you up. But people like Gurumoorthy are not worse than India bashing, culture bashing and gender bashing.

That’s why I don’t like the west’s portrayal of this horrible incident. Its all just negative and points fingers but does little else. Do they really want to help our women or do they just want to feel better about their own country and culture? Why would they think India bashing and men bashing would help? It will just create more divisions and hatred between us.

What needs to be done is to get rid of bad mouthing India and stop creating a gender divide. Men and women working together are needed to bring gender equality. Bad mouthing each other would make us want to help each other less. And its only by learning the lessons ourselves will we truly appreciate them. When we do have better gender equality people like Gurumoorthy will be laughed at. But all this foreign negativity will just create self hate and get us nowhere.

RAPEOO AND RAPE
In Telegu rapeoo means tomorrow,perhaps tomorrow there won’t be such sorrow,
as rapes of innocent girls,women too.
Didn’t someone tell em they only owned one body,which was their own.
Even yoga says its a one way ticket to union,so ask for permission,if you even think of union.
It’s not about nations for the wise who know,just about permissions sometimes very slow.
And if she says a big big no no,just go away,join a flirt school and educate yourself some more!

Way back in 1999 I visited Punjab, India with my husband and his family. A family friend which we refer to him as Uncle warned us about going out to a Nightclub in Chandigarh. I was 29 at the time and my husband 33. A French foreign student was raped and because the suspects come from wealthy well connected families, they got off. So we followed their advice without incident. We left to travel to Singapore, Malaysia, Bali and returned to India when the weather warmed up.

My dear Ms Canadian,
1.Laws are tighter in the West.2.Laws are not implemented speedily here.
Only after Public hollering about the Delhi rape case,something was done.As I once explained to a Canadian Officer,most men have an eye for exotic women.Only the degree varies.In Canada,out of ten men,perhaps seven will know where to draw the line.In India maybe four.Anywhere in the world it is always good for women and men to have trusted local advisers.You were wise to be prudent.Regards Kopterkojak@utube/Soldier(LA Taxi Live).

As long as level headed people like you are there Maria , Indians need not worry. We are almosr certain that there is an interntional agenda to malign India in all fiends to scuttle its growth globally. Indians have an unique character to take such slanders stoically which is their strength. As long as our faith in our religion , Hinduism remains strong , which it will, , these will ultimately prove pin pricks ; these wil end as matters of academic interest to psycologists and reasearchers!

Reblogged this on smital viswambharan and commented:
did u ever hear the news of rape from other countries? even in pakistan leave about far off country… well rapes happening in india are heard across the globe… why?

I’m not a Ramayana or Hinduism scholar so i’ll admit defeat on that point, however, that is the predominant story that I heard growing up.

Unfortunately Maria, Maria’s (the author) alternate views don’t help India any. What this article does do is support the people that try to offset the blame or point fingers. It allows the bureaucrats to drag their feet in legislation. It gives the police an arguments as to why they shouldn’t try as hard.

Now I’m not saying that everyone in the society is of the same mindset, however, for the minority that are, this article is their salvo. When a child performs poorly, you do not accept from them, “well, that other kid performs poorly too”. You encourage them to study hard and independently succeed and not worry or pay attention to how others are doing. Furthermore, violence against women isn’t some kind competition to see who has the least. Just get your own damn numbers low!

Outsiders will always be critical, and westerners love to make the developed world look bad, I don’t know maybe to keep the money flowing to the West? SOME but few may have ulterior motives, but if we support the views of authors like Maria, then those lazy folks in charge have yet another reason not to enact change.

I agree that Indians should not be influenced by what westerners think of them, but heck when you have an intervention it’s usually brought on by a 3rd party. In this case it’s media shame, and frankly if the outcome is a safer India, what is wrong with that? The media isn’t proliferating some trivial issue here e.g. lack of deodorant-use or excess body odor or even skin color. They are talking about a very serious problem that if not dealt with by India as a whole, will result in a LOSS OF TOURIST INCOME. Tourism generated 6.6% of GDP in 2012 and employs millions of people. So fine, don’t care about global image, but do care about money that you use to feed your people.

If women stop travelling to India, which I’m sure the numbers already show, then what should India do? Tell people that they might get raped in Germany too, so come to India instead? That’s Maria’s argument. The solution is to fix the core problem.

BUT please don’t call her an eye-opener. If you’re stupid enough (my apologies) to get caught up in media hyperbole, that’s your own problem and Maria isn’t helping anyone at the end of the day.

Finally, until the problem is gets better, Indian journalist should feel free to write articles about rape going on everywhere else in the world.

I notice a condescending tone about the need of my constructive remarks on this topic. I’d like to point out that you don’t have to worry about this. The owner of this blog will take care of my comments if they don’t add value.

Why I insist on this particular point? Just like how this blog talks of how India as a whole is being unjustly pointed out for the rapes that are happening among many other worse nations. Similarly, on a smaller scale it is being played out inside India too. How you demonize north India compared to the south even though there is not much credibility to believe this bears testimony to this.

Your first proof talks about skewed sex ratios which is not directly related to the topic that is rapes. But even if you do want to discuss it, the complete sentence from that report is below,

“The southern states (Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh)
have the lowest number of missing women and make up only
10% of the national total. The remaining bulk of the missing
women are distributed throughout the rest of the country. ”

First of the southern states doesn’t include karnataka, what about it?
Next, it clearly states compared to rest of the country so why would you particularly point out the northern states, why not the western and eastern states? Is it that anything apart from AP,TN and Kerala is northern states? Sure?

The second report you posted proves nothing. Its just the number of cases region wise in India. Why I say it proves nothing is because the population of the northern states is significantly higher than the southern states so if you take per 100000 people then there won’t be significant difference between north and south. Northern states are bigger than southern sates area wise as well as population density wise.
Here’s a more authentic map from the government,

http://ncrb.gov.in/CD-CII2012/CII%20Maps%202012-Final%20PDF/80%20Incidence%20of%20Crime%20against%20Women%20-%20Number%20-%20Total%20-%20Map.pdf

This map shows the numbers are pretty much the same whether the north or south. Again south has lower population.
I humbly request you to please not to spread false propaganda we already have 24 hours news channel for that.

whatever man, I really don’t care as much about north vs south as you clearly do. Did you even notice that my post was mostly about the problems in general? You have your own agenda and/or insecurities and you read what you want to read.

W/re: to your comment Maria’s article, unjustly? REALLY?!?! PLEASE go and tell that to the many women that are raped each year, “Maria says we should stop talking to the foreign media about our rape experience. We wouldn’t want India to look bad now would we? Lets quietly return India to its ancient value system” What’s funny is that this article is entirely contradictory, “Don’t care about what west says, but lets tell them they’re wrong for saying it”. If you don’t want to care about what the west says, then don’t care about what the west says!

It’s sad that you and Maria came online to defend the just portrayal of India instead of standing up for the just and humane treatment of women. Your defense of the north and support of this article makes me think that you care more about image than actual issues.

‘@ Prateen. I’m not here to talk about north vs south, seriously, despite my solitary comment that you can’t seem to get over, I’m not. Anyone reading these comments will see not only your crazy overreaction on the internet but also your conspiracy theories on my statement. If you’re so concerned about spreading untruths, then go talk to institutions like the WSJ, since they wrote about what I had already inferred from empirical evidence. Then again, most people reading this article would probably agree with you anyways and think I’m in the wrong, so congrats.

We’re on the same exact page re: Aryan vs. Dravidian so I won’t argue there.

But negative PR? Come on?!? Things are a lot simpler than that. This is not west vs. India. It’s the news cycle looking for a good story! Western paper editors aren’t sitting around looking for ways to bring India down. Governments are not telling the papers to find articles to make India look bad. She keeps asking, “Why?”. The answer is simply money. More people read extreme articles. That’s how they stay alive. I think most major news is pretty piss poor because of that. They should take more responsibility on what and how they cover news. But to call it some Western conspiracy just lets the politicians drag their feet. I mostly hate media overcoverage, but i make an exception in this case. Let the media shame the politicians into improving things.

What else will encourage them to enact serious change, I ask?

It is the result of vested interests coming initially from the West, most of them, like different streams with connections within India, and with the aim of Breaking India (as they have already broken and destroyed so many cultures), Once again the same policy of divide and rule. A must read the book “Breaking India” but Mr. Rajiv Malhotra, and all his books to know what is going on. Plenty of proven facts and data.

man i wish some hindus would respect other people as much as we respect them…try doin that then ul see the world as a better place God bless you

Thank you for your post ma’am.
Hope this brings some perspective in both convinced indians and biased outsiders.

Listen Mr.Ustad, you are declaring the statement as if you are holding some high level govt. post in India or you are in Media where you gained some concrete statistical info. On behalf rest of my fellow Indians, let me warn you to control your tongue. Never provoke anybody by using degrade words like one you used in your comments. May be you are from PAK or BANG,, and we respect your country, it does not mean you can talk anything you want to, against any country by sitting safely in your country. That is the culture your country has taught you. Be aware that as you said your comments that millions of people leave our country, is absolutely untrue and never ever propagate such false allegations.

And Hindu doctrine condemns Christians to eternal rebirths which is likened to hell. What is your point? The beliefs of a particular religion religion have little to do with whether or not the people in the religion respect each other.

I’d say Christians feeding a large portion of the Hindi population is more respectful than Hindus wanting to forcibly remove Christians from India as well as killing tens of thousands of Christians. But, maybe that’s my stupid morality speaking.

I’m not a porkistani ,dumb ass. And yes, filthy pakis also kill Christians. What is your point? You guys are the same race. The same habits and behaviors.

Typical desi thinking is “they do it too!!!” like little children.

Not sure if you read what I wrote since I didn’t provide any figures of any kind. But, you are free to use google to ascertain the facts about Christians being killed in India. And no I’m not Indian, nor am I Christian, but if I were would that make any difference?

Well, I just googled it. Lots of links. Lots of info. Denial and really odd and immature scoffing won’t make facts disappear.

There were over 42 million results when I searched it. Maybe you’re not familiar with how to operate google. More likely you’re just extremely dishonest. Below is a starting point if you want to apply a little intellectual integrity instead of a dogmatic pro-Hindu bias.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/holy-war-strikes-in-india-35-christians-killed-and-50000-forced-from-their-homes-28481626.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILc7wdhst1Y

http://christianpersecutionindia.blogspot.com/

http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Orissa:-thousands-of-refugees-and-new-victims,-massacre-of-Christians-continues-13093.html

http://www.christianpost.com/news/thousands-of-christians-flee-from-violence-in-india-34044/

this entire comments thread and most of the article is blaming everyone except for Indians for their rape and claiming that there is no problem but rather a western conspiracy to tarnish the image of the “pure race.”

When school shootings happened in USA, did anyone ask why India was reporting it? No. We don’t care if you report on bad things that happen here.

As for USA and Europe, you should look into WHO is raping in these countries. In USA rape is committed in a highly disproportionate manner by everyone except the white Europeans. Mainly it is people of African descent but most non-Europeans are overrepresented. Even Indians, Pakistanis and other South Asians are often caught raping our women. Yet, you will almost never ever hear of a European raping one of your women.

Even during the British Raj, rape against British women was so prevalent that there were laws in place especially to protect their women.

These issues aren’t about quality. All cultures, races and ethnicities have good and bad. The issue is quantity. We don’t all commit these crimes in the same proportions. Ask yourself why millions of Indians leave India but almost no Europeans want to live in foreign lands. Ask yourself why even your women are more safe in our presence than your own.

India needs less excuses and more introspection. A bit of positive eugenics wouldn’t hurt either.

Dear Divya!
you really need to revive your knowledge about our ancient stories. Infact a big part of India is suffering from post feminist syndrome. We as women need to draw a line what is decent limit to expand, our rich scriptures gave freedom to women but at the same time, not to loose virtue,
Some of the stories you posted from scriptures are the poisoned one by britishers, intact most indians know only these version, so hereby i request you to visit’ Ajit Vadakayil” ‘s blog, not only you will find true version, you will be more proud of being an Indian women. And i m 100% in agreement with Maria, If she hadn’t had written, i would had cover this topic later or sooner. I live outside india and i understand what maria exactly mean.

Mariaji, I am a devout Hindu but I will not say that publicity western media is giving to rapes in India is baseless. There is a problem and the patriarchal sexist mindsets of the general masses (esply concentrated in the states surrounding Delhi) who today are brought up on a daily diet of sexist crude entertainment and complete lack of sanskaar, needs to change. Education and aggresive media campaigns is the only way forward, I would like to see an India where not a single rape happens and our women will be free to travel alone anywhere in the country after sunset

Shashwat
Frankly, I wished those with no experience of dogmatic religions would not take up the cause for those relgions. Just look at history. Look at the present situation. Do those religions allow others to flourish?
Look how I described in short the Christian ?belief system? and see whether you want to encourage anyone to believe these stories.

The majority can be wrong, especially when it had to be forced into the belief system in the first place, which happened with those religions. Now, since Christianity has no blasphemy law in place anymore due to secularism, people are leaving in droves. In Germany alone in the last 150 years (only since then it is possible to leave the Church) some 30 per cent have become atheists (which is not the best solution either).

If you find time please read http://mariawirthblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/27/is-hinduism-a-religion/
It may clarify some issues.

Maria, Western media is led by American media, which caters to a public that that has a rather meagre education and can only understand other cultures through a cartoonish characterization, which is also reflected in a protectionist stance toward newer immigrant communities in the U.S. Also, in the circumstance that another country can easily become an enemy in the endless push toward greater economic imperialism, it’s useful to inflame traditional xenophobia at home. Making out that India is the home of rape both explains away the protests and revision of laws, while never mentioning that the laws that enabled rape date from British rule, and also lets the American rape culture off the hook, since there are no comparable protests here.

“severe amount of rape against them (Imperial British) in India.”

So you won’t stop this now, will you?
You pulled out another ‘piece of information’ from your rear!
Debating involves giving sources for any information you may puke out in public forums.
How about I say, “Mr. Ustad is a serial rapist” and when confronted by Mr. Ustad I will say, “You can go google it”.
LOL

Just because I haven’t given sources doesn’t mean I can’t. Indians aren’t capable of rational debate so I don’t really try very hard when talking with them. And yes, if you fail to not only search yourself but also to believe in anything that suits your own desires, that is your own fault.

Do you see a single link to any source of info whatsoever other than in my comments? I don’t.

Wonderful writing, Maria. Wonderful. It is a credit to India that you have made her your home. We are very happy that you have made India your home. To get people like you, sometimes we also have to let in people who are not all that wholesome. What to do? To have one like you, we are prepared to tolerate a dozen of the other idiots.

India = Hindustan & synonymous with Hindus- and not a Porkistan
Any more clever question?

I have to thank you for bringing out this subject to the public.This had been how ever going on for centuries and I am least surprised that we have survived this cultural genocide attempts up to today thanks to our ancestors who have laid down their lives for people like us to be able to sit here and type our opinions freely.It was not us who built this sacred Civilization,but the sacrifices of those who came before us.This Great Civilization was built upon their blood,sweat and tear.Even when they bled for us they believed that their next generations would remember their sacrifices and protect it from the invaders.So to all those insulting Indian culture,please don’t do so,because it was built out of the blood of many a brave son’s and daughters and son or daughter of this country cannot tolerate it.

I have see organizations like The UN condemning India for rapes but have never seen em condemn any violence committed on Hindus in India or else where.Now for those who say it’s communal to s term Hindu’s and their plight,I would like to point out that other communities also pin point their plight,how come it is never communal and only Hindus talking about Hindu genocide is communal?

And finally as far as the western view point of Indians is concerned,Just look at what is happening to the Romani people in Europe and check out their history.Just because they migrated from India to Europe centuries ago and has an Indian link makes many a people in Europe demanding them to be send back India.Also should check up Romani persecution by Hitler.and the persecution they suffered from times of their arrival in Europe.How do you expect such poor innocent souls to integrate after what they have gone through.

Secularism when Hindus are majority and the moment they become a minority the persecution begins,haven’t this been the case all the time when Hindus have become a minority in any place whether it be in India or out side India?I read some comment before that clothes should not be brought into context and isn’t it victim blaming.I have to ask you is it victim blaming if both men and women are asked to wear traditional dress?I believe dress is part of our culture and i do not believe that it would be possible to preserve or protect our culture by skipping any part of our culture.When Gandhiji boycotted goods he wasn’t selective was he?and we do know that today Hindu value system remains mixed with other cultures values in our society and thus how can you blame Hindu culture and call it rape culture?

West have targeted Indian culture through education by giving western education but some how we survived it.Now at last they realize that Indian women are the pillars that hold these civilization together and wants to turn them and many our brothers also against us to wipe out our civilization permanently and make the Indian Hindu culture a museum material like say for instance The Greek civilization.Our only hope are people like the author and many of our patriotic brothers and sisters upon whose shoulders now the great responsibility of protection of our civilization rests.

Jai Hind!

I loved your comment and the way you think..You are a true Hindu…You know what our Dharma is truly :)Thank you…

According to the National Crime Records Bureau 2013 annual report, 24,923 rape cases were reported across India in 2012. Out of these, 24,470 were committed by relative or neighbor; in other words, the victim knew the alleged rapist in 98 per cent of the cases.

So this makes it 2000 Rapes per month. These are statistics of reported rape. 90% rapes in India are unreported.

The definition of rape in India has an Exception. ?? ‘Sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under fifteen years of age, is not rape.’ So these stats do not include marital rapes Otherwise figures will be 10 times higher.

I do not like to compare situation of this country to another country. If someone says that rape is an epidemic in India, I do not see as comparison to the rest of the world.

I read your article in one Hindu forum as it appeared as search result for ‘world media on rapes in India.’

Ethics have always been illusive as far as India is considered. Indian society has always been violent however extraordinarily non-violent the ethics be. Marriage has always been part of Indian society and marriage has always been based on ‘spouse as a property.’ I do not judge religions by what is written in their scriptures and what they teach. I judge them by how the preachers and the preached behave. If we keep our eyes open, we easily see that.

Thank you.

Really rapes in india is cause of loose law and punishment system.

I’m sad that author chose to disclose the name of the Delhi rape victim. Protecting victims identity is a moral decency that I guess is followed both in west and east.

informative article. the way data is presented is touching

As per national crimbe record bureau Govt. Of india

The conviction ratio has gone down drastically

Most amount of tapes happening in new delhi capital of indian and metro the most secured place in india is delhi after j&k

Only by the statement of women anyome ks arrested n sent to jail

75% of rape cases are aquittals n false
85% of #498a dowry cases are aquittals and false
98.2 % of domestic violence cases are aquittals and false

1.66 lac men suicide vs 90k women in india
in a tier 3 c group city like jabalpur in Madhya pradesh in india nearly 4500 men have chosen calibasy n living like nomads near by river ganga as scared of false alligatiins n cases.

Global geminist agenda will fail in india and is failing very soon people will know the reality

Reblogged this on fightforlifeblog.

There is another main reason for focusing India – COMMERCIAL VALUE.

Certain news articles have more money value than others. Take this post for example, has any other article on your blog received these many comments? I’m sure this also gets a lot of hits. Please an ad on this page and you can make a decent amount just by writing about “rape and India”.

This is precisely the strategy of news media, when rape is reported on Indian newpapapers all news on achievements (and other things to be proud of) go to the middle pages and one can find ads on real estate and Rolex watches on the front page.

Moreover rape in metropolitan cities like Delhi and Mumbai and reported with so much of enthusiasm while similar violence in villages go to the middle pages in the form of an one inch article featured only on one day.

Articles appeared now, often written by Indians with Hindu names, that Indian (read Hindu) culture is to be blamed for the rapes, because it does not consider women as ?autonomous entities?, which probably means that they can?t do what they want.

A clarification here, the same applies strongly to men also. If you’ve seen the movie “3 idiots” you’ll understand better. A man cannot independently choose his career and he is always compared with his peers on the basis of his salary and qualification. After marriage if he listens to his wife he is a “parent abandor/disrespecter” while listening to his mom make him a mama’s boy. I can write an entire book on the problems faced by men.

And 99% of Indians who talk and police others about “Indian culture” are actually following the age old Victorian era’s culture. The REAL Indian culture is much more liberating in terms of dressing and sexuality, this is highly evident from the statues in many Indian temples.

Dear Maria…

Please provide us with a reference from holy Quran and holy Bible which backs your statement ” Christians and Muslims have traditionally used rape as a tool of war. For them, the ?other? was never worthy of any consideration and could be brutally raped and killed never mind if they were civilians.”

I appreciate your understanding about Hinduism but to prove it right and appropriate, you don’t require to condemn other religions. Request you to study others theology equally before concluding anything, especially when people of different culture and ideologies are following. .. u lay this burden.

Secondly please do not underestimate Indians, we are very well aware of our values and heritages. And we don’t have to chant mantras and yogs to proves our sincerity towards our country and religion.

And there is no wrong if we have started raising our voices against any crime, here RAPE, no matter the percentage is lower than other, this proves our superiority of. Values as our reputation is not dependant on other’s view. Yes media does hype such incident but it is shown when it exists. .. closing our eyes or ignoring the issue won’t solve our problem standing tall for right will.

lastly, kindly stop dividing us on the basis of religion because we have lots of issues to resolve and we don’t want to get stuck to communal debate, it has no end but it stops other initiative and developments

you have wrong idea about indian culture india is already sexual ly libberated. west having so many he lth problems they cant even enjoy proper sex.1in6guy have prostaye problems in west liver csorisis alzhimer infertility is rampant. no wonder pedofiles aussies goes to thi and india for surrogacy. having multiple partners doing sex with stranger doing sex with Animals is ot sexually libberrating but it’s dangerous for your own reproductive organ. if person dont treat std on time that perspn woman uthera and mans prostate and penis will get infllammed and youre immunity system will constant attack youre organ hence permanent d as mage and dead cell means impotency. search chronic prostate problem due to std and it is very dangerous even anti biotic doesn’t works well. indian practiced head lrhy sexual l relationships. west is practicing unhealthy thing. white man soo addicted too porn he cant get up to normal woman at all.

y ou can search pedofiles in vatican to vatican is full of pedofiles and homosexual.
search bastality brothel in germany and dutc. media reports nothing they all do is policing thirld world country sp there citizens will think inferrior about themself and they will start thinking west is better. so 3rd w orld citizens will obey to white master. which is done by medi. media =rothschilds order

http://m.youtube.com/watch?vIAKiCdD0hkEE

you’re speaking about eve teasing. in http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rU_g-TX3mOonew york cat callinrU_g-TX3mOo

you’re really racist towards african. whole system in white country is against black. if white caught with drugs or prostitute white police is not harsh against them but if same thing black do they will be in prison. in usa kids are raping handicapped classmat. when delhi rape case happened same time gangrape rape happened in usa but media didn’t reporte. forget about rape in usa.pporn industry iitself is abusive towards woman. woman are forced to do anal sex spanking huged dildo in the ass. mostly thos actress take painkillers. there is child porn and bastality is also rampan. you should search how east european woman traficked and dragged in to porn, sex slavery, prosstitution. which is all done by youre master you worshipp. they shout about human trafficking in india but never enclose that they are traficked for kidneys liver testicle etc for white man who fucked up with bad lifestyl. such thing media never exposed. media knows only blame game. and media cant controls Indians any more.

no one need to learn about hadit, bible. person need higher consciousness. and blog like ajit vadakayil

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Such a irrational sl.. just wait and watch, lol. ..We r cming

‘@Shawat, wherever the dogma religions have gone they have destroyed the local culture that existed prior to their arrival. The extermination is complete and diversity is completely eliminated. History has shown this over and over and over again

Ah, a whole lot of deluded stupid idiots here, especially the author of this ‘blog.’

Be warned, one thing is for certain, most of you have booked one way tickets to a really fiery place. I can imagine you cursed people, entering the said place, all struggling and screaming, begging for one more chance. That is indeed a nice vision.

To hell with all of you.

Oh Mr pshr we know who you are..hahahaha.. you are the ones who live in a really fiery place (your green-colored-1 room house – where you see your abbajaan mounting your ammijaan in the living room in front of you and your 40 brothers and sisters. You are the ones who are cursed – both in life and in the after-life. from the day you are born to the day you die you struggle and beg and steal and rob and rape and try to convert people to your F’d up cult. you are living clumps of s h i t. shame on your entire existence and your death.

Why you traitorous Teutonic turncoat, do you not see that backward Indic culture with it’s patriarchal Fascist “family values” is the reason for all the rapage? What was the point of the British trying to civilise these barbaric baboons for so many centuries if a parsimonious Prussian pontificator like comes along and tries to tell these mulligatawnean meshuggenehs that their ignorant ways have always been the most idyllic? Areh, tooom kaisun auwrat hai?! Hüten Sie sich vor der hier gedeihenden Ironie, ich Ihnen über die Ironie bemerkte, auch vom Paradoxon gesagt sein!!

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Husain,

The article is absolutely correct in doing so. Because the attack was never on India, but on Hindus. Nobody never not wanted India, It’s the Hindus they can not stand. Neither Hinduism nor Hindus are perfect, but historically they have evolved and prevailed. Hinduism and other eastern school of thought have influenced rebellions that had weakened power of institutions of the dogmatic faiths in past centuries. During the same period Hindus undertook many social reforms and evolved. Europian post-modernism and western values, having successfully defeated and defaced conservatism of dogmatic faiths, is appearantly interested in eastern values. In my opinion auther is rightly pointing out absurdities of linking Hindu culture with the so called “rape culture” undettered by the facts. Don’t you think Hindus also deserve right to defend against malice?

What exactly do you mean Mr. Anjum when u say ‘wait n watch, lol, we’re coming’?
U have been coming since 800 yrs from 1000AD.
Now we’re well prepared n on the guard, just ‘come’ n see…
If you desire I can leave my address n number too for ur convenience….

Did someone really try to claim that Anglo-Indians are the product of rape? Sorry, marriage isn’t rape. And while the rapes keep piling up and getting more violent in India with children hanging from trees, and Hindufuses and Mudslimes keep making more excuses and lies about their own savagery.

‘@J.K.Rowling,
may i ask you what you know about India and what your sources of information are? i live in India since 35 years, travelled non stop for 7 years and know the west also intimately, during my first 29 years.
Yes, attempts are on to weaken the family system, all this focus on rape in India is one aspect of it. But compared to the west it is still strong, even very strong.
Please read some other articles on this blog and you may realise that Indians, especially Hindus have a different mindset than westerners. less hypocritical, as they don’t have to believe something as true that is hard to believe.

Ustad, please see this study done by The Hindu.
http://www.thehindu.com/data/the-many-shades-of-rape-cases-in-delhi/article6261042.ece
it will surprise that instead of under reporting, there is heavy over-reporting in India. Apart from fake case, cases are registered as rape when a marriage promise is broken. Try to do this in the west. The police will laugh at you.
further if a girl under 18 elopes, a rape case is slpped on her boyfriend.
in the west, in most cuntries, the age of consent is 14 – so again many many more cases for the west, if it would follow the Indian procedure.

My God, you’re a liar. Just stop. There were entire gangs operating with the only intention of kidnapping Japanese tourists for rape, doctors and police have been raping tourists, school teachers and tutors from abroad routinely report being harassed, followed and groped. I’ve been to India multiple times and I have never met one single female tourist who hadn’t been groped by men.

Stop your shilling. One German girl who wanted to make her parents feel good means nothing.

Maria, let me congratulate you for having the guts to write this blog! Your analysis is correct and with so many people, nexuses and foolhardy media projecting such a disgusting picture of India, it requires courage to stand up to what you believe to be the truth.

India is awakening. Nobody can stop it from reaching the pinnacle of every human endeavor that is inspired from truth, justice, freedom, compassion, science and spirituality.

We are working to solve problems that hold us back on all fronts. It is but a matter of time!

In the meanwhile, India will face all the insinuations against its people, culture and history resolutely and will emerge victorious, very much like a phoenix rising from the ashes.

I thank you once again for posting your valuable thoughts. I pray that it goes mainstream and people see nothing but the pure truth. Vielen Dank!

Finally some one has shown guts to express the truth. Now days it really unfortunate that most of the media is commercialized and in-fact they might be aware of the truth but never brings it in front of masses and only publicizes the thing which are commercially benefited..Hinduism is the only religion which accepts the people with religious differences.

“We are working to solve problems that hold us back on all fronts. It is but a matter of time!”

You’re working toward fixing problems that all of the civilized world solved centuries ago. You’ll never catch up.

Hi Maria, I appreciate your view point. what media is trying is to paint a negative image about India or Indian culture/society just basing on few incidents or people. Good and bad is there is every society. I really appreciate you taking time to express your views.

‘@ Matt, maybe you could quote one of my many “bigoted views”?

‘@ Shaswath

I am surprised to read your comment ” There has always been a section of the Hindus who feel that India should a Hindu nation”.

You forget a fact that India is a Hindu nation. I can make this statement because I understand what Hindu means. Is “Hindu” really a religion or someone coined that term because he really didn’t understand a religion that was followed by people living on the south-east of river “SINDHU”. The latter is true, it is a “Sanatan Dharma” followed by people residing in areas below Sindhu river. But all the invaders who came down from Khyber pass in search of a wealthy, rich heritage and prosperous nation i.e. Greeks, Persians, Turks, Mongols, etc. named it as such. Because their language skills or phonetic skills were not as evolved as compared to “SANSKRI”, some couldn’t pronounce “S” from Sindhu correctly and so the people and the region was continuously referred as “Indhu” and eventually that became “Hindu”.

Time should be spent in understanding why there were no attempts made to gain knowledge of “Sanatan Dharma”. And the answer is lack of understanding of scholarly Sanskrit scriptures and not having enough patience to learn it. So, a continues attempt was made to obliterate all the scripts and culture that one cannot understand. Britishers did it to the core. They cooked up some “Aryan” theory about invasion of India by some fair skinned, blue eyed immigrants from North Eurasia (part of Russian and East Europe) to really help people of India to understand that your country was never owned by you but ruled by outsiders, you accepted “Aryans” why don’t you accept us we bring prosperity, development to your country, so take it and in return give us your soul.

Maria,

Great writing. I really appreciate the research you did to write this article. Thanks for bringing all the good things to us to read.

The western world had constantly misunderstood India. I am not surprised by that because 50% of American’s don’t know anything outside America. Europeans do (but they choose to ignore) because there are so many neighbouring countries that they understand what neighbours mean and what cultural differences are. But all that has happened because of the history lessons the western world is getting through schooling. One of that example is in USA, there was a continuous effort by India association to make the schooling system take a serious note of the wrong Indian history they have introduced in the “World history” textbook or chapters. Believe it or not but there are only three to four topics in the America Textbooks about Indian history, 1) Gandi, 2) Dowry system 3) Caste system in India and 4) Poverty in a developed nation. There is nothing other than that. So, it is clearly a political agenda or a careless attitude towards a 5000 years plus civilisation, culture, religious practices and knowledge. But, no matter how systematic approach was followed to destroy a religion or nation, it prevailed and grew stronger. I truly consider India’s population is not a curse but a silver lining in achieving this.

indians should respect their values and then expect others to do so. The answer of this ridicule is within us. India is culturally rich and westerners always have tried to break India to gain India. History is proof. United v stand devided v fall. Indians need to stand for their culture and v wont have to complain y India is targeted

Anjum Khan “Such a irrational sl.. just wait and watch, lol. ..We r cming”

This is the root of all trouble .. co existence is not on the agenda it is we are going to remove you , our way or the highway ….. Sorry India has held strong against the ravaging mughals.. try but you will be disappointed and will end up losing the only home on earth where the mullah dont rule your lives , but then perhaps thats what you crave for ???

It is not going to be Hindus are Tolerant any more, Now on it is ,Hindus with full equal respect, minimum. lot of lessons will be learned

Great read.. Thanks Maria

“westerners always have tried to break India to gain India”

Nobody wants India. Why do you arrogant small people think that everyone is so obsessed with you? MILLIONS of you move to our countries. Nobody moves to your country. Don’t you understand that? Nobody wants to be around you. You are forcing your presence on the world and saying “they want our country!” It’s the exact opposite. The direction of migration is clear. You’re the losers coming to leach off an infrastructure that your people are unable to create.

The British just wanted raw resources, but not your people and “culture”.

Rapes in the US GROSSLY UNDER REPORTED: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/21/rape-study-report-america-us_n_4310765.html?ir=India

Rapes under reported in Europe:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/unreported-rapes-the-silent-shame-7561636.html

see also:
http://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra-2014-vaw-survey-main-results_en.pdf

Muslim rapes under reported:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/346059

see also
http://www.iris.org.il/blog/archives/757-Pan-European-Arab-Muslim-Gang-Rape-Epidemic.html

Hats off your knowledge on Indian history Ustad. I strongly recommend to read Indian history throughly first, then dare to talk about!

Mahmud succeeded his father, a warlord who had carved out an empire in central Asia and had established his capital at Ghazni, south of Kabul, in 998 AD at the age of 27. He launched aggressive expansionist campaigns, and invaded India no less than 17 times between 1000 and 1025 AD. 17 is 17 because many of his “invasions” were hit-and-run attacks, albeit at a grand scale.

Mahmud Ghazni always raided and went away with the loot before the local kings could retaliate unitedly against him. Mahmud did not win in all the 17 raids. Some of the indian kings were successful in defending their kingdoms. Mehmud attacked Somnath temple in Gujrat and looted and idol of God Shiva was desecrated.

British came to India in the name ‘trade’ and later gallowed the entire India for her enormous natural resource and wealth. If you read the history you will understand this.

Today, Indians are away from their home in other country for their mental and physical skill not for slavery work. Remember, if India (for discussion sake) recalls all Indians in US, the NASA, the computer sector (Intel, Microsoft, Apple, etc.), Medical sector will collapse in no time. Same will be the story of other countries (including few Gulf countries).

Wherever Indians are, there peace remains. Indians do not like to fight. It does not mean they do not know how to defend. (e.g., several Indo-pak war, Indo-china war, etc.). Pl. consider our goodness as goodness not as incapableness. You can see our capabilities in our Satellite Technology, Nuclear Technology, IT sector, Defense, etc. etc.

We are like fire. You can make use of us for your development, but if you try to touch, you will be burnt off completely without any trace remaining.

Let’s live together, develop together.

Let Allah give you more knowledge on peace!

One thing to remember is that much of the rape in the west, actually the majority in many places, is committed by brown people such as IndoPaki savages. You rape more. There is nothing to argue about. You know it as well as anyone, but you want to use the Huffington Post, essentially a tabloid newspaper, to justify your rape habits.

Is anyone willing to bet with me whether or not Maria Wirth is actually a jew who either denies it or has changed her name? The level of dishonesty and rape apologetics can only be done by jews or 3rd world savages.

‘@Ustad, why so much hate for India? btw, i am not a Jew, grew up in Catholic family. If i was a Jew i wouldn’t know Christianity so well, but what else would be the difference? aren’t we all human being?

please see whether you can get over your brainwashing. Neither Muslims nor Christians have any proof that they (who?) REALLY will go to paradise. before an aunt died, though she went for all her 87 years to mass, she was worried whether there is life after death. And it she was right – she should be worried whether what she was told as a kid is really the truth.

Truth is not opposite of lie (our story is true) but what is the basis of this universe

Your article has so much bullshit written all over it…. its just too cumbersome to even respond…. its like u have love for Hinduism and trying to defend the same….pretty lame!!

If you are a woman, you are 6 times as likely to be raped in Germany as in India. In the USA, you are 15 times as likely to be raped.

Thanks for the article. America with 10 times as many policemen and lawyers per capita as India, has 13 times as many rapes as India. But many Indians are too silly to think, and so they swallow the propaganda by the Pakistanis and fundamentalists. The comments below this straightforward, factual article illustrate this quite well. India does seem to have a severe air and water pollution problem because, despite eating rice, so many Indians appear to have low IQs, judging by the comments from the Shashwats and Hussains here.

yes please share the article. it is difficult to get into mainstream, i tried Pioneer twice and the Hindu once. Pioneer wanted to take one, however make it into a staff report and bring in comments from ‘another’ community, too…. i declined.

India does have an extremely low average IQ. But that isn’t the point. The point is that you’re comparing EXTREMELY unreliable data ie from Indian gov which is one of the most corrupt in the world, and comparing data of ONE ETHNIC group to that of multi ethnic countries. The reason why the west seems (but still doesn’t actually ) to have more rape is…. Guess……. BROWN IMMIGRANTS. Turks, Pakis, Hindus, etc. and the most rapes in America come from blacks.Yes the same blacks who raped you in Uganda.

‘@ Jerry:

” I have numerous friends, families and acquaintances who in fact have kept it under wraps for fear of stigma associated with, to preserve family honor, etc?.”

Neither you nor Ustad are residents of India (by birth or by citizenship), hence, talking based on few incidents with your friends and their family experience is invalid. The sample data you Jerry, taken from some of your known Indians does not represent crime data of India, may please be understood. Secondly in a mass population country like India, there are so many illegal happening go unreported (such unreported crimes are happening every part of this world). If public, on their own do not come forward to report, what Govt and police will do?

Further, you mentioned fear of stigma by rape victims or their relatives. Might be true, a decade ago, but now, as far as rape crime alone considered it is not correct. victims are coming forward and reporting.

Look at the graph by UN and published in Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics#/media/File:Rape_rate_per_100,000_-_country_comparison_-_United_Nations_2012.png

Another website http://www.wonderlist.com reports under the title: ‘Countries With highest Rape Cases’

The countries with highest rape cases are Lesotho (91.6 per 100000), Trinidad & Tobago (58.4 per 100000), Sweden (53.2 per 100000), Korea (33.7 per 100000), New Zealand (30.9 per 100000), United States of America (28.6 per 100000), Belgium (26.3 per 100000), Zimbabwe (25.6 per 100000) and United Kingdom (23.2 per 100000).

It does not justify the rape cases in India. Indian Govt is sincerely taking steps to curtail and wash out such cases in future. If any such happens, the criminals must be punished suitably.

If rape cases are alarming level in India, how it would be increasing people in tourism here year by year?

Jerry, Ustad is mentally unstable, coward, disguised man from somewhere in Africa. Pl. don’t get influenced by his dirty comments (mostly against India).

http://www.more.com/news/india-rape-capital-world

Is India the Rape Capital of the World?
We’re horrified by news reports of rape in India and feel lucky we don’t live there. But the country with the highest rate of sexual assault isn’t India?it’s us
by Sally Kohn

“And yet India only ranks third for the number of rapes reported each year. What country ranks first? The United States. In India, a country of over 1.2 billion people, 24,206 rapes were reported in 2011. The same year in the United States, a nation of 300 million, 83,425 rapes were reported. In the United States, every 6.2 minutes a woman is raped.

Even if sexual assault in India is dramatically underreported, which most likely it is, the statistical difference is still striking?as is our uniquely American inclination to dismiss such monstrous human rights violations as problems that other countries face. Not only is violence against women a global pandemic but the United States may be leading the pack.

Oh, but you think, women who’ve been sexually assaulted in America are better treated. Rape victims in India, especially in rural villages, are often subject to shaming and considered unfit for marriage. But meanwhile, in Steubenville, Ohio, two young men who were convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl too intoxicated to consent continue to be defended as upstanding football players while the reputation of the young woman is smeared. When the verdict was announced, a CNN reporter came close to portraying the rapists as passive victims: ?These two young men that had such promising futures, star football players, very good students, literally watched as they believed their lives fell apart.? Other media coverage seemed equally sympathetic to the perpetrators”

Your Hindu hatred is oozing from your comments.

“Sita was raped by Ravan. She was then shunned by her community AND husband because she got raped. Really Maria, you are going to argue that Hinduism isn?t part of the problem?”

A very late reply, but I just have to correct the above misconception of M. Anand:

Sita was NOT raped by Ravana. Ravana kidnapped Sita. After that she had to prove Her chastity to Rama by entering a fire, which was build by Laksmana on the order of Rama. Coming out of it unscathed, She proved that Her chastity was intact; ergo, She was not touched by Ravana. Agnideva and Vayudeva also confirmed She was pure. Because some of the inhabitants of Ayodhya began to erroneously criticize that She was not pure yet Rama still took Her back, Sita was exiled by Lord Rama in order to maintain dharma, even though He knew She was pure. Sita did not object and accepted this plight without hesitation, because She is also showing the common people how to act according to dharma. She proved Her chastity multiple times without question, so there cannot be any rape.

Also, another thing that people like to read into this husband/wife situation is that they consider that women were being oppressed and kept like abused, harshly treated slaves who were forced to act as subordinate to their husbands. This is a gross misconception Actually, both parties agreed to this arrangement according to prescription of dharma, and in this way society would go on nicely. You have to remember that all of this happened in a time when society was of an impeccably high standard. There is absolutely no comparison to the degraded standard of living of people in this current age we’re living in and think of as the height of culture. The current society is actually the opposite of that. Simply having been alone with Ravana in his palace was enough in those times to question a wife’s chastity. That is not a flaw on account of dharma, that is in fact a very good and beautiful standard. Lord Rama came to show everyone the perfection of dharma. Sita showed this as well. Every pastime of Sita-Rama is there to show the height of dharma; they are all lessons that teach us how to live properly. There is no flaw. The flaw is in us that we nowadays are being indoctrinated by weak and flawed so-called modern thinking and are taking that as the proper standard. Ravana was a big, big demon, but in today’s world, he would have been almost like a saint.

If the clue you are getting out of these pastmes of Sita-Rama is that rape is something Hinduism endorses and that this shunning is something bad in the case of Rama-lila, then clearly it is not ‘Hinduism’ which is a part of the problem, but the problem is really within yourself, when you have an indoctrinated western mind ready to jump at the chance to lay blame on religion (it’s just so trendy and easy), even though lacking any kind of understanding about those kind of transcendental subject matters, nor having bothered to study them deeply. The topics of Ramayana and other Vedic literatures are an immensely deep treasure, but unfortunately, nowadays, even most Indians are too lazy to study them thoroughly, often claiming they’re too confusing or too complex (without even trying to understand), and so they turn to make shallow judgment calls on these scriptures based on mere hearsay, turn to other, ‘cheap’ religions or become outright atheists.

It is very clear that there is an agenda at work here with all these Indian (gang) rape reports that the news media keep unleashing, and sadly enough it’s working. The masses are taking this in without question. There already has been a riled up crowd decapitating a man accused of rape, who later on turned out to be innocent. Good old divide and conquer back in action. Britain during the time of Ghandi instigated the violent muslim-hindu riots that utlimately paved the way for Pakistan and Bangladesh in a final futile effort to maintain control over India. This evil-minded media indoctrination will hammer into the collective consciousness that Indians are rapists and that their “backward culture” is to blame. Another attempt to bludgeon India into submission.The Indian rape indoctrination of world-wide western-minded media began shortly before the election of Narendra Modi. Cooincidence? Not likely.

Dear Maria ,I think you are like my mother,It’s a very true story but we Indians are beaten by wrong impacts of media and western culture ,it is very hard for Indians(hindus) to realize our real hindu culture and to understand our ancient and most scientific books like vedas and Bhagvadgita etc,because there is no any tool to save this but still when people like you and me live on this earth and realize it’s value and spread it and stand for it sanatan dharm will be safe.I am thankful to you for such a good thing for Hinduism i.e our vedic culture.

Índia need femenism

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They already have feminism.

Mr. Taylor you reflected India very well! Kudos! It is mere vested interest by Indian Media, as most of the media in India are owned by foreigners. Reason you know, I believe, as to why they project India like this. We need more people like you to propaganda about India high in your respective countries to counter this media terrorism against India. Will you pal?

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Very well said mam…
i have a incident to tell..
Today someone from USA replied to my comment by saying that “India is worst country of world and everyone hate Indian men and even wife’s of Indian men are ignoring them because 1000 of women are getting raped everyday”. I don’t know who told them this bullshit.
This is what people are getting about India, and their is only one to blame and that’s media.

very well said mam..agree with you..

God bless u…who are u…and where have u been….my perception always changes time to time about my religion, society and culture…and i am unable to decide which perception is correct….May be u r the person from whom i can learn a lot…Thank you so much..for sharing ur wisdom…

Maria u are doing a great job

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Read before you jump with a dagger on her throat.

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I am from Mumbai.

The incidents of letching, cat calls in Mumbai’s crowded suburban railway stations have virtually disappeared now after the tremendous media coverage being given to r*pe incidents since 2013.

Believe me, such coverage has disciplined hoodlums a lot.

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Very sound, unbiased and pious logic expressed in a candid language.

Whosoever tries in whatsoever evil designs possible, the Truth has it’s own invincible way of bringing light to the humanity irrespective of any physical, metaphysical or political boundaries.

The history of humanity is abound with examples that the evil designs ultimately entertain its’ own devastating death.

A beautiful work calling a spade a spade. If one was to express an opinion close to what you?ve written, he?d be loathed by those immediately close to him in real life, treated as a monster and literally lynched by the so called women rights activists? mob. I want to share this work on FB but since you?ve named the victim in Delhi rape case, I cannot; the law forbids identifying a rape victim or publishing information by which she is identifiable. Consider editing-redacting her name so that people who want to disseminate this can do so without legal wrangles.

Can’t do that under the laws in force in India. As far as I can remember, no one has ever published the real name of any rape victim in India.

True, but after she had died her parents wanted her real name to be mentioned. I only have it from the press.

Very empathetic to the Dharmic cause Maria! Kudos!

it would have been great if you could have taken “authorative” sources to quote the rapes per 1000 in India versus each of US/UK/Germany/France etc. That number which I have seen in some other equally honest writeup is a big eyeopener! That number is so low for India as compared to US or UK or France or Germany or European countries that this entire racketeering to portray India as a rape country just falls flat and shows the agenda in even more great detail

A very absorbing article .I agree with its core message .But somehow i feel that situation could really be quite bad in India where for evrry ten reported cases of rape 50go unreported due to the stigma attached and the unusually high premium on virginity here.Sex is not treated as a natural instinct and is a taboo even amongst consenting adults.This leads to rape atempts pr

Well written Ron, you have understood India and her cultural values very precisely.

Let me add a few more points: India was betrayed and brutalized more than 600 plus years (you mentioned 400 yrs.). Self-reliance is the only way to defend these fallacy Western menace.

What we need now is vigorous revamp educational system. The present education system of education is only helping to know as to how to make money. It does not cover the values of ethics, patriotism, moral, etc. Until certain level (say, 10th or 12th standard) we must allow the students to study freely, and on the higher studies they might be allowed to take-up what they want to study. Testing or examining here, would help them stronger. This is not a correct platform to discuss more on this subject.

Overall, we must stop dependency in any manner or in any area with other parts of World.