The latest Bangalore molestation case has got everybody concerned,
including Deepika Padukone's mom Ujjala Padukone. During a latest interview
with a famous tabloid, Mrs Padukone stated how terrified she was for her
daughters and how mothers should raise more decent sons.
She told, "Girls have every right to live their lives
the way they choose to, just like the boys; to wear what they want, go where
they want, just like the boys. Nobody should tell them what to wear and where
to go. But I feel boys' parents have greater responsibility. They need to teach
their sons to respect the women. In India, women have a basic respect for men,
why can't boys be taught to respect women? The mindset has to change for
that."
She further added, "As a mother, I'm paranoid of my
daughters driving or stepping out alone in vulnerable areas. It is so
contradictory when in their respective careers, my husband and I keep telling
them to reach out to the skies. Recently, I was in Morocco with my younger
daughter for her golf tournament. I had to step out in the night to get
something for her and I was scared. But I was assured that women are 200 per
cent safe in that traditional country. I wonder why can't women be safe any
time of the day in our nation. I feel it all boils down to administration. If
those men (in Bengaluru) were scared of the law and the cops, they would never
have dared to indulge in such atrocities. If the laws, cops and politicians
could instil faith in people, such things would never happen."
This is a good message to understand the women safety issue.
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