India is a country of 330 million gods they say. Quite clearly the number is inflated and according to vedas there were actually 33 prime gods. Even if we ignore the two numbers and just take a count of the festivals where we have goddess as the protagonist then 3 festivals pop out in my mind, namely Durga Pooja, Kali Pooja and Sharada Pooja. The former two being the biggest festivals in the east of India especially west Bengal.
Based on the above statements it is quite clear that the feminine divine form did get a lot of mention and power in our religious history and continue to get a lot of attention in our current way of life as well. Having set that context, i would request you to please visit this link ..
If you have bothered to click that and had the time to go through the video, you would realize that a very important question is being posed at us.
- If these girls are really such a big curse on the society (by the way the society treats them), then why did we create them in the first place.
- If we really are not hypocrites then why are we not respecting the women the way they need to be respected.
Personally, i am not against prostitution. It has been one of the oldest thriving businesses from times immemorial. The disheartening part though is that the treatment that these sex-workers get is worse than one would give to a dog. Every business is governed by the principle of Demand-N-Supply. In India approximately two million sex-workers are living in the shadow of fear, insecurity and mostly a bleak future. To have a supply of two million, we do definitely have significant demand in terms of libido outside of the currently "socially acceptable" relationships.
Our society is the one that doesn't want them by the day but loves to have them by the night. Why shouldn't we legalize prostitution in India, if this can at least guarantee that the industry doesn't have to do things clandestinely. Though, there is nothing clandestine about it. People know which areas are so called "Red-Light" areas and who are the sex-workers. We only are shy to accept that we know about it. This illegal aspect of prostitution leads to several layers of exploitation for the people who are at the very bottom of the chain, the sex-workers.
In a way every country that doesn't legalize prostitution but also is unable to root it out in a morally right way, is just covering up its cowardice and impotency. Every human being who is not causing harm to another is useful to the society. Why do we have to treat sex-workers as untouchables if it is our carnal lust that led to the flourishing of this industry?
What could be a morally right way (if we choose to use that solution!!)? you could ask...because this "Dhanda" has been there from vedic times...The solution is simple, reduce the demand...by market law the supply will stop. And provide alternate paths for those involved in the supply part of the chain. To reduce the demand penalize the receiver of the sex-services and protect the provider...
By the way...This could be another way
Neither legalizing it nor uprooting is just like sitting on a time-bomb!!
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