[Reader-list] Keeping women out of sight

[Billu23]

I have been living in Delhi for the past six years. I am not trying to 
ruffle any feathers but the fact is, Delhi is not exactly the friendliest 
of towns.

I have found that the general attitude of Delhi-ites is that of hostility 
and aggressiveness. Everyone here looks so insecure and angry about 
something or the other. The fact is that much of Delhi's population is 
paranoid and there's a complete lack of trust and communication among 
residents. Coming from a small town like Bhopal where people were friendly 
I've found this attitude hurting a lot.

But building special pathways for women, where they'll be out of the sight 
of the men, this is beyond expectation. Who thought of this crazy idea? I 
mean did that man/woman/person even think what's he implying? What was 
he/she trying to do? Do a mass burqah-karan of the population?

Guards! indeed. In the city when the policemen themselves establish a lead 
in harassing women (Recently 5 policemen in a car harassed some social 
workers of Navjyoti an NGO who were travelling in a Maruti Van, they were 
reprimanded because Navjyoti is promoted by Dr. Kiran Bedi),  the pathways 
will probably provide a more secluded spot for the would be harassers and 
rapists.

In my opinion, a better alternative would be to educate people. To 
establish a sense of fraternity and belonging in Delhi-ites which is 
missing right now. This would encourage public safety more than anything 
else, because most crimes in Delhi are not committed by Delhi-ites but by 
outsiders (Ghaziabad...). If Delhi-ites learn to help and protect each 
other, nothing else would be required.

Let's not make special pathways for women please. It is absurd.