Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Delhi girls are like no other!

Delhi girls- stuff that dreams are made of?

All right, let me get this correct. I am not writing about my fantasies or publishing material on the web fit for a guy's wet dreams. This is about them -yes, them. And not their details (my more unsophisticated friends say stats!)
Delhi girls are seriously like no other. They have a hugely different world-view (mostly centre-left but customised to individual preferences), awesome skin (and hair) and very active S & D status. They are also quite experimental (and I hope you get what I'm referring to. If not try DPS). They are also extremely knowledgeable (they read their books and papers), smart (quick, perfect accents but not usually cocky, but I've seen that type also), argumentative and accomplished in professional life.

The ideal image of a modern woman?
Yes and No.

Why yes? Their uninhibited lifestyle (pubs, male friends, boyfriends, sex, short-term relationships, smoking, drinking, even drugs) are all good signs. Do not get me wrong here. Some of the things mentioned in the last parenthesis are habits and overdoing them might land you up in trouble- social, moral and physical.
But there should be acceptance of such lifestyles- if a man can smoke, so can a woman. The process takes long, there will be people talking about it and there will be people staring at women puffing. But there should be a conscious effort to dismiss such talk and discuss that it is not such a big deal (wherever possible). If a man can move on from one relationship to the other, then so can a woman. Right now, such a man is a stud, and the woman a slut. That needs to change.
Lets emancipate our women from the stereotype of the "Indian Woman"- principled, traditional, homely etc while we (the male species) are free to so whatever we like. Some argue that we (men and women) should both practise such rigid lifestyles to maintain "purity" and what not?
The reply is that most often it is not possible, and even if possible, maybe not desirable. A man (and a woman) should have the right to do as he (she) chooses.

Without getting adrift, we were talking about Delhi girls. They are a odd bunch. They mostly come from illiberal families (let me be careful here- this includes traditional, repressive joint-family settings and modern nuclear settings where new money rules and so rules extreme pragmatism, the preclude to neo-con ideas, if you know what I mean). So I feel that, more often than not, women trying to prove a point, trying to break out, and with a vengeance. That explains the unsavoury incidences.

It is instructive that NCR is also not a safe place for young women. It fits into my hypothesis- the society is still medieval. The man still thinks women are inferior and are sex objects. The frequent rapes are, I believe, are a function of the prejudices and the mindset as well as arousal.
The problem is, uninhibited lifestyles may make the men believe that women are mere playthings and treat them so. Ideally, we would like them to accept the women with her own independent lifestyle. But a scantily-clad,tipsy woman can also be declared an easy.
There are two solutions and they are both reinforcing. On one hand, the men of liberal disposition should make it a point to try and change their brethren's mind. Just a small chat does wonders. I have tried it out. There is still doubt on the sceptic's mind but it does help.
The women can use their learning and wisdom to make good role models. Role models, accomplishments etc do make men realise that women are just part of the human family and can in no way be a toy, a plaything; a human being with either less, equal or more intelligence and skill.

The Delhi girl can do this- they get the best of education, they are smart and there are plenty of opportunities in NCR to prove your mark. And why just stick to NCR? We are children of globalisation right. Its time to justify our lineage.

Its time to change- not just our lingo, our clothes and the work. Its time our society changes.

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