Yesterday was
World Food day and hence through our show we tried to find out what featured in
the top favourite street foods in this part of the country. The ratings were
very similar to what we had expected, the top five favourites were chat,
phuchka, biriyani, momo but the undoubted winner was chowmein...
As we
discussed about the mouth watering delicacies, a lovely article on a leading
news daily came to my notice:
“Haryana khap blames consumption of
chowmein for rapes
CHANDIGARH: A
khap panchayat in Haryana's Jind district has blamed consumption of chowmein
behind the growing incidents of rapes in the state saying it leads to hormonal
imbalance." Chowmein leads to hormonal imbalance evoking an urge to
indulge in such acts," said Jitender Chhatar, a resident of Jind's Chhatar
village and thua khap panchayat leader.”
For all those
who disbelief the authenticity of this article they are most welcome to Google the same.
Well, people
in general, scientist and doctors till now have not been able to justify the
claims of Jitender Chhatar.
“This is just
one of those stupid illogical statements the khap makes to gain publicity”
exclaimed a listener who apparently found the statements entertaining. But
given the fact that such “solutions” keep on coming from different powerful
eminent personalities the last one being “Marry off girls at 16 to check rape”
one has to wonder what can be done to
check the same.
Possible
solution 1: Put a cello tape on the
mouths of such leaders
Possible solution 2:
Take responsibility, as any developed society can guarantee a minimum
level of security to its inhabitants.
Possible
solution 3: Marry off all the girls
by age 14,.... make the population problem worse,.... stop eating chowmien and.... hope and
pray that such heinous crimes do not take place.
The decision is in our hands. Given the state
of affairs it’s high time we act responsibly...... ‘Chow ki na Chow’.
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