{"id":268,"date":"2005-09-08T18:06:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-08T18:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/fiction\/2005\/09\/delhi-police-and-real-men.html"},"modified":"2011-06-30T20:40:42","modified_gmt":"2011-06-30T20:40:42","slug":"delhi-police-and-real-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/fiction\/2005\/09\/delhi-police-and-real-men.html","title":{"rendered":"Delhi Police and &#8220;real&#8221; men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his article, Sorit Gupto presents a Delhi Police advertisement printed in the local newspaper :<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;There is a scene of a bus stop where two young persons are teasing a young lady. In that frame, five persons are also there but they are just mute spectators of the event, in which one of them is an elderly<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> lady.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">The copy of the advertisement says,&#8217; There are no Men in this Picture.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">At the bottom of the main visual the copy continues as, &#8216;Or this would not happen&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">It again says, Suerly you can&#8217;t let a women be teased in front of you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">You are a real Man.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">You know how humiliating and embarrassing it is for her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">So protect her. And help her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Escort her away from the scene. Or inform the nearest PCR van.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Save her from shame and hurt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Help some one in need.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Protect women from eve teaser.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Solution to eve-teasing : Men, become &#8220;real&#8221; men. And women, alas what can you do ? Remain helpless, in the absence of law-order. If this is the mentality of Delhi Police no wonder the law and order situation doesn&#8217;t improve.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/gender-gupto070905.htm\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/11570614-112621736250220096?l=reviewroom.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his article, Sorit Gupto presents a Delhi Police advertisement printed in the local newspaper : &#8220;There is a scene of a bus stop where two young persons are teasing a young lady. 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