Rape of woman: A dark spot on a civilized society

The recent happening of rape of a 23 years old girl in a bus on 16th Dec.in the capital shock the whole country. The girl is under medical supervision and not out of danger. Many times she lost her conscious. She has undergone a terrible situation. If anyway she recover medically but can she live her normal life physically or psychologically? The incident of rape is not happen first time in this country but the brutality of this case shock the whole Nation in fact whole humanity. So many questions again raised on the security and  social respect of a woman in the country. We the Nation which shows a high value for a woman in its culture, but the fact what happening today is raising a question mark on our own culture.

A girl who deliver the life by taking the risk of his own life is criticized for every movement of her life by the society. Even in the case of rape many people of the society try to make her the cause of rape and pointing finger towards her, these are the people of sick mentality. A girl is being criticized as a girl, whether it is matter of her wearing clothes , matter of love , matter of selecting a partner for her for marriage, matter of  taking education, even she is criticized on her birth.

The recent rape event should seriously be condemned, no civilized society can tolerate such kind of event with a woman and justice should be given to the victim as soon as possible.

The whole event shock the roots of humanity, a very cruel picture of human came out from this crime. It is not only the matter of woman security or justice but it is matter of shame for all civilized society. How can a man be cruel to a woman with this extent? He become complete insensitive about physical and psychological pain of a woman during and after the crime like rape. 

Government is showing its solidarity on this ghostly crime and promising that they are going take enough measure for the security of woman. But the question is here what they have been doing for sixty five years, rape is not happen with a woman first time. Are they waiting for such kind of crime? 

A situation of  dissatisfaction spread everywhere in the country. Especially in  the capital, The young girls and boys have come out on the roads and asking for the justice for the victim. This kind of movement by youth has came into seen first time. They understand the pain of the victim, they are not the brother and sister of the victim but they are human and came out just by the relationship of humanity, as this crime of rape happened not only with a woman but it is the rape of humanity. They do not have a leader, in fact they are leader of their own. The incident of Lathi charge on these young brigade is  seriously be a matter of concern for the government because they have not come with any poor intention to making lose of government or public property. They are protesting against the government policies and measures which are not enough capable to provide the security of a woman in the capital.

Definitely the government should take the responsibility of this event and try to find the ways which ensure the security of a woman in whole country. The government ensure that the source of sexual agitation like  movies with vulgarity , posters of  semi pornographic and pornographic movies immediately be banned and  removed from the walls on every city in public places. These source are responsible for spreading a bad culture among youth and agitating to commit such crime. Sex is natural demand of youth but these vulgar sources urge the youth to adopt criminal ways to fulfill this demand. These kind of sources project the  image of a woman as sex fulfilling object. 

Equally at the same time it is the responsibility of the each person of the civilized society must understand the value of woman in the society. Every woman in the society must be respected as woman no matter she is a mother, daughter , sister , wife, or a friend of someone. She must be respected as woman for which she deserve for.   

No more Distance Education under Maharishi Dayanand University(MDU), Rohtak

Maharishi Dayanand University (MDU) Rohtak, a renowned university of Haryana, which has been providing different kinds of graduate and post-graduate courses in different streams closed all the courses under the distance education programme. The GAZ notification dated,Oct 12, 2012, regarding this decision came on Dec. 12, 2012 and can be seen on university website www.mdudde.net. A large number of  students are taking education from different corners of the country under distance education programme of this university. This decision has created a situation of uncertainty to all the students who are enrolled with the university under different courses.

Distance Education has started with intentions of providing higher education for all at their doorstep, so that, if someone is not able to get his education in regular courses due to financial crises, colleges are out of reach of the students, they are in some job, they have some family problems etc. For above reasons distance education has become popular very soon and a bless for all those who couldn't able to pursue their education.

By the time the distance education has given a big opportunity to earn money for the universities and the study centres belongs to universities. A large no. of study centres has grown in a very short span of time and  earning a hefty amount of money. The basic intention (Higher education at doorstep) has changed into money making. The quality of education has been decreasing.  

An Important article on dated Sep. 28 , 2012, in Times of India mentioned nearly 150,000 students face an  uncertain future after the Haryana Government directed the Maharishi Dayanand Univeristy (MDU) in Rohtak to shut down its more than 11,000 study centres across the state. 

The Haryana Government last month passed a bill in the assembly amending the MDU Act of 1975 , closing down the study centres of its Directorate of Distance Education (DDE).The university has its only campus in Rohtak but its distance education study centres are spread all over Haryana and also in neighboring states.

"Since the state has developed a sound institutional with as many as 30 universities , approximately 693 colleges, inclusive of government, government-aided and self-financing colleges , two post- graduate regional centres, it does not seem necessary for the state universities to open study centres," the government stated.

The article further informed that, the death knell has been sounded earlier with  the University Grants Commision (UGC) following Supreme Court directions and asking all the states to ensure that their universities stop all off-campus study centres outside academic jurisdiction of these institutions.

According to official data , MDU had been running over 11,000 study centres. Of these 1,168 study centres were directly setup by the university , while nearly 10,000  were opened through its 10 Global study centres across the nation.

"Since distance education is the major source of income for the university, the closure of distance education courses means a huge loss," said Professor Narender Garg, director, DDE. The department had earned revenue of Rs. 120 crore in last financial year.

"The goverment should allow enrolled students to complete their courses as a large number of students have either reached the last stage of their courses or finished more than half, "he added.

The government's order has come as a shock for the many students in the middle of their courses. Every day,  a large number of students visit the DDE office to ask about the university's plan for them but university authorities say they can't do much.

"The government is playing with the future of students by taking such decisions without contemplating over its negative impact, "said Sunil Hooda, a student of BCA(bachelor of computer applications). "The government should either roll back its decision or allow the enrolled students to complete their courses."

Satish Kumar , an owner of the study centre , said they were planning to challenge the state government's decision in court. "Otherwise, it would be a major setback for those working youth who wished to study along with their job."

Garg said the DDE  was waiting for further directive from the government side regarding the fate of already enrolled students as the position of these students was not made clear in the recent amendment of the act.

The courses offered range from one-year postgraduate diplomas to three-year courses like a BCA. Some courses like MA and MBA are for two years. The fee structure varies -ranging from minimum Rs 5,000 per year for conventional courses to Rs 15,000 for professional ones. The study centres offer at least 24 courses.