Domestic Violence in India
“Holding dreams within her soul
Tattered wings, on which she’d once so flown
Battered life, it had come and gone
Come now, Rescue her self, so lone
Lift her up on her rightful throne
She need not shed those tears anymore
Make a heaven her own home
It’s her claim
Hers to have earned.”
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
A country whose national personification lies in that of the Mother Goddess ‘Bharat Mata’, whose citizens chant ‘Jai Mata Di’ with more vehemence than dancing on their own weddings, it is more than impossible to envision the horrific state of the women of this country.
Marriage for an Indian woman is not just the love and bonding with her husband it is about building strong bonds with every member of her husband’s family, when an Indian woman shifts from her parent’s home to her husband’s home, she also shifts her loyalties from her parents and siblings to her in-laws. Marriage for an Indian woman means the end of her already limited independence, it is the end of holding any individual social or economic status. For the sacrificial being that an Indian woman is expected to be, her only hope and expectation of finding love, respect and care from her husband is rarely ever met. Due to the large number of superstitious beliefs existing in the Indian society, the wife is usually considered the bringer of any kind of misfortune that comes by to her husband’s family, she is also blamed for any misunderstanding caused between the couple.
Domestic violence is the act of physical, emotional, psychological or sexual abuse at the hands of a person whom a woman is acquainted with intimately. Domestic violence is mostly directed by the husband at the wife, it also includes of the woman in a relationship being assaulted by her partner. Wife beating is generally classified into wife battering and wife abuse, which are emotionally charged terms and draw attention to the abnormal behavior of the husband. These terms are applied to narrow the issue of physically striking a
Tattered wings, on which she’d once so flown
Battered life, it had come and gone
Come now, Rescue her self, so lone
Lift her up on her rightful throne
She need not shed those tears anymore
Make a heaven her own home
It’s her claim
Hers to have earned.”
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
A country whose national personification lies in that of the Mother Goddess ‘Bharat Mata’, whose citizens chant ‘Jai Mata Di’ with more vehemence than dancing on their own weddings, it is more than impossible to envision the horrific state of the women of this country.
Marriage for an Indian woman is not just the love and bonding with her husband it is about building strong bonds with every member of her husband’s family, when an Indian woman shifts from her parent’s home to her husband’s home, she also shifts her loyalties from her parents and siblings to her in-laws. Marriage for an Indian woman means the end of her already limited independence, it is the end of holding any individual social or economic status. For the sacrificial being that an Indian woman is expected to be, her only hope and expectation of finding love, respect and care from her husband is rarely ever met. Due to the large number of superstitious beliefs existing in the Indian society, the wife is usually considered the bringer of any kind of misfortune that comes by to her husband’s family, she is also blamed for any misunderstanding caused between the couple.
Domestic violence is the act of physical, emotional, psychological or sexual abuse at the hands of a person whom a woman is acquainted with intimately. Domestic violence is mostly directed by the husband at the wife, it also includes of the woman in a relationship being assaulted by her partner. Wife beating is generally classified into wife battering and wife abuse, which are emotionally charged terms and draw attention to the abnormal behavior of the husband. These terms are applied to narrow the issue of physically striking a