ANNUAL MOLESTATION CELEBRATIONS IN MUMBAI

Just like last year , Mumbai ushered in 2008 , by molesting two women on a crowded street.The major share of the blame, justifiably falls on the Mumbai Police for failing to maintain a stricter vigil. But I feel that this is too simplistic an approach. Every part of the city cannot be watched over when there are inebriated revellers all around. A large share of the blame has to be apportioned to the citizens, who just stood and watched the spectacle without offering to help. Some would say that it was foolhardy for the women and their male escorts to venture walking on the streets at that time of the night, that too in revealing dresses better reserved for safer surroundings such as the hotel that they had just emerged out of. If nothing, it once again brings to fore the fact that are streets are not safe for women.