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Made by - Gireesha Sharma
Made by - Gireesha Sharma
SHARMA
1. Why acid attacks are common in India?
2. Reasons behind acid attacks?
3. How to prevent these attacks?
4. How the victims are treated by society after attacks?
5. What can be done to change the perspective of
people in India?
6. A survivor’s story .
Acid attacks in India are instances of barbarism when one or more
individuals douse a woman's face with acid with an aim to disfigure it.
They are common because of the Misogynist culture impregnated into
the psyche of males. "How could a girl challenge the norms?" "How
could she not to be submissive?"
- Abuse (Verbal/Physical/Mental) treated as the order of the day. We all
turn blind-eye until it happens to us
- Trying to take out frustration over the weaker sex.
- Sisterhood togetherness - this largely depends on societal
conditioning
- Law and order situation is definitely a factor to consider( I used to
walk free at 1 AM on empty roads in Mumbai almost everyday!) The
perpetrators are usually are let free in light of the legal complications
and power struggles. At best, the perpetrator will spend some years in
jail but not under rigorous imprisonment.
Personal conflicts in intimate relations and sexual rejection
Acid attacks often occur as revenge against a woman who
rejects a proposal of marriage or a sexual advance. Such
attacks are common in societies where there is a high level
of gender inequality and women occupy a subordinate
position in relation to men.
Another cause of acid attacks are conflicts related to dowry.
Conflicts over land and property.
Gang violence and rivalry.
Acid attacks related to conflicts between criminal gangs occur in
many places, ranging from the United Kingdom to India.
Socially, politically and religiously motivated
Attacks against individuals due to their social or political
activities, or due to their religious beliefs also occur. These
attacks may be targeted against a specific individual, due to their
activities, or may be perpetrated against random persons merely
because they are part of a social group or community. In
Pakistan, female students have had acid thrown in their faces as
a punishment for attending school. Acid attacks due to religious
conflicts have been reported in Tanzania.
Acid attacks in India, like Bangladesh, have a gendered aspect to them:
analyses of news reports revealed at least 72% of reported attacks
involved women. However, unlike Bangladesh, India's incidence rate of
chemical assault has been increasing in the past decade, with a high 27
reported cases in 2010. Altogether, from January 2002 to October 2010,
153 cases of acid assault were reported in Indian print media while 174
judicial cases were reported for the year of 2000. However, scholars
think that this is an underestimation, given that not all attacks are
reported in the news, nor do all victims report the crime to officials.
As of January 2014 she is in love with social activist Alok Dixit. Both
decided not to get married and instead be in a live-in relationship. "We
have decided to live together until we die. But we are challenging the
society by not getting married. We don’t want people to come to our
wedding and comment on my looks. The looks of a bride are most
important for people. So we decided not to have any ceremony," said
Laxmi.[10] Their families have accepted the relationship and also their
decision not to have a ceremonial wedlock.n on the ground.
One should always keep in mind that at the time of our
death, who will care to consider how many parties and
pompous dinners we attended, which involved the
massacre of hundreds of animals for our sensory pleasures?
We are often living a life of utter insensitiveness and
abandon. We are taking our own life and all that it has
offered to us for granted. What are we giving back to
Mother Earth? It is time to consider. Especially now, when
time has become faster. Time has become more precious.
We are racing against time. Can you look at those who
suffer? Are you able to see these boys and girls who have
suffered because of the emotions of another human being?
This is a wake-up call. Wake up before pain hits you. Wake
up before insensitiveness and tamas lure the society like
cancer. We should get up and ACT. ACT NOW. Never be
disconnected, hide inside your comfort zones and believe
that everything is all right. A life of inertia always meets up
with compelling tragedies, beware.