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Somehow after the intense appeals of the first 3 episodes, the one on Medical Malpractices and today's Honor Killing have both left me cold. I think in the one on Medical Malpractices - the show was spread too thin. A lot of issues were covered under one umbrella that probably required individual episodes.
We saw SMJ deal with discrimination against women in wonderful separate episodes - Female Infanticide, Dowry Deaths and today Honor Killings. All are but different facets of bias against women.
Why then would the makers choose to lump under one head -
These are huge issues and there are a lot of worms under the snakes underbelly that are still to be attacked.
My issue with last week's episode was that there was not enough data on
number of Hospitals and Doctors available for rural areas?
Difference between rural healthcare and urban healthcare
Oh! it goes on and on. My point not enough research, not enough statistical data.
The problem with today's episode was that the makers seemed to hesitate to make a strong point. Also, again like last week not enough research. Out of the 3 stories taken - two have been covered in other shows and extensively in media. Why did the makers not try o approach other victims' families? There could've been other stories that the public at large is not mentally immune to.
The issue of Honor Killings has been achieving alarming proportions in the last 20 years or so. Some statistical data would've helped make that impact. The entire show seemed to be lop-sided with heavy emphasis on the North, what about the South and the West? There are enough horror stories emanating from there too. Maybe some attention should've been given there.
But most importantly, the show seemed to ignore the fact that in most cases of Honor Killings, the opposition seems to have come from the girls' families. Maybe the questions raised should've been -
We saw SMJ deal with discrimination against women in wonderful separate episodes - Female Infanticide, Dowry Deaths and today Honor Killings. All are but different facets of bias against women.
Why then would the makers choose to lump under one head -
- Public Healthcare grievances,
- Private Malpractice,
- Doctor-Pharma-Lab nexus,
- Med School Malfeasance,
- Medical Test malpractices,
- Drug Distribution Corruption
These are huge issues and there are a lot of worms under the snakes underbelly that are still to be attacked.
My issue with last week's episode was that there was not enough data on
number of Hospitals and Doctors available for rural areas?
Difference between rural healthcare and urban healthcare
Oh! it goes on and on. My point not enough research, not enough statistical data.
The problem with today's episode was that the makers seemed to hesitate to make a strong point. Also, again like last week not enough research. Out of the 3 stories taken - two have been covered in other shows and extensively in media. Why did the makers not try o approach other victims' families? There could've been other stories that the public at large is not mentally immune to.
The issue of Honor Killings has been achieving alarming proportions in the last 20 years or so. Some statistical data would've helped make that impact. The entire show seemed to be lop-sided with heavy emphasis on the North, what about the South and the West? There are enough horror stories emanating from there too. Maybe some attention should've been given there.
But most importantly, the show seemed to ignore the fact that in most cases of Honor Killings, the opposition seems to have come from the girls' families. Maybe the questions raised should've been -
- Is it ok for a son to marry whom he will, but when the daughter exercises the same right, then it becomes a question of honor?
- In most cases the girls seemed to come from affluent and stronger families than the boys. Then the real question is, is the opposition to the match on economic and social status grounds and being camouflaged under the heading of Honor killings?
- Isn't Honor Killing another guise for the murder of girls who die due to insufficient dowries? If the girls' parents have opposed the match, obviously the girls would've come without dowries.
- Of late there is a trend of girls resorting to violence against their own families, feeling that if they broached the topic of marriage to the person they liked, they might be killed instead. Isn't the social blindness to Honor Killing therefore disrupting the basic fabric of the society itself by undermining trust within families?
- What guise does Honor Killing take in Urban areas vis-vis Rural areas? In Urban areas with better infrastructure and access to help resources, why is it that the guilty are able to get away with such heinous crimes?
- Why aren't these cases treated as premeditated and preplanned murders? Isn't the use of of the term "Honor Killings" giving these acts of barbarity some sort of social approval and standing? Why do we hesitate to term the culprits - thugs and goons and killers?
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