The WhatsApp suicide
I apologize for the incident, disgusted as I am with this, I just can&#x27;t seemingly imagine what the women in the article went through. These things shove my proud Indian head into my own @#$%@!<p>Yet would like to lay a different perspective:<p>I am an Indian, an average tech professional, doing well in a good job, in a good city.
Yes, the majority of my country is conservative. 
Yes, we have views that are biased against women. 
Do we have laws to protect them? Yes, we do.
Do we have agencies to enforce them? Yes, we do.
Do we have resources to support such agencies? Yes, we do.<p>Yet we see these incidents happening in tens of villages, towns, cities happening every day.
Sadly &quot;MOST of them unreported&quot;, let alone, being investigated, and the perpetrators getting tried and punished. Trust me on this one, most walk away free, and that encourages them to do it yet again.<p>The BIG question is then why is a basic safety not in place? You would say, isn&#x27;t it the job of the law agencies to deal with this. Ugh, yeah... But blooper, a very good chunk of them are &quot;corrupt&quot;.<p>We are not backward in tech arena anymore, though we have WhatsApp in villages where we still have 2 hours of electricity per day.<p>The technology is already in place, govt. orgs are all on Twitter, WhatsApp, etc. Do respond to requests and complaints (yeah you can tweet to our railway minister Mr.. Suresh Prabhu and he responds with immediate action, ex: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;baloomahapatra&#x2F;status&#x2F;792361492796637184" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;baloomahapatra&#x2F;status&#x2F;792361492796637184</a>)<p>It&#x27;s just that the majority of masses are not &quot;technically&quot; educated enough to put it in use. They have access to weapons already (WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook), but just choose to use them against the good use they should be put to. You don&#x27;t need guns when you have a pen (now internet).<p>To me there are two possible ways to bring in some change to my sick country:<p>1) We tell the people of my country to take matters in their hand:
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;2005&#x2F;sep&#x2F;16&#x2F;india.gender" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;2005&#x2F;sep&#x2F;16&#x2F;india.gender</a><p>Yes, bring in the knives&#x2F;guns, castrate the f@#$%ing bastards.<p>2) Educate, everyone when giving them access to the technology, the apps, the whole internet what they should be doing with it.<p>The later is a more important step too. Google started an initiative to provide free high-speed internet access at major railway stations, and here is what Patna (capital of Bihar state) did with their free wifi card:
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.in&#x2F;2016&#x2F;10&#x2F;17&#x2F;patna-is-the-no-1-user-of-googles-free-wi-fi-at-railway-stati&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.in&#x2F;2016&#x2F;10&#x2F;17&#x2F;patna-is-the-no-1-us...</a><p>Yes, Porn.<p>~~~<p>The whole point that I want to lay on the table, is we DESPERATELY need to bridge the gap between the cultural conservative &quot;backwardness&quot; and the rapid pace at which we are being given these tech gizmos to play with.<p>I beg with my folded hands to the govt. To please use my tax money (increase it if need be), to educate the agencies, the village elders, the women who go out to those &quot;doomed&quot; towns of mine, and most IMPORTANTLY the god damned f%$#$# bastard perpetrators that the tech is there to make this country a much better place than it is.<p>I am doing what I am able to, but if you are reading this please wish my country gets well soon.<p>I am a proud Indian, in just 70 years we are beating the world to Mars, yet we have burning infernos in the towns, villages, and there are no fire trucks nearby.