Foot In The Mouth: The Hon’ble Minister For Women And Children

The Hon’ble Minister backtracked with the usual “my comments are misinterpreted” excuse.

Here is the link

This is what the Hon’ble Minister originally said:

“men cannot be trusted. A woman should not feel shy about keeping condoms with her. She is equally responsible for her health and she should be prepared for any any kind of eventuality. Women is always more vulnerable.”

This is the excuse by the Hon’ble Minister: “”Yes, it is ironic. It is a tragedy that it is interpreted like this. The people, the women I have met are women who are survivors of HIV, people who are living with HIV/AIDS. And the women themselves have said it in the audience, in front of everyone that we have got AIDS because of our husbands,”

Err, is this an issue of misinterpretation or one of foot in the mouth ?

Can we at least get someone who can communicate to be a Union Minister?

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Due Process In India: An Article From IE

Here is the link: Due process

An excerpt: “What is due process when it comes to India? What is the record of our police and security agencies in terms of always respecting basic constitutional principles and guilty-until-proven-innocent rules? What is our record in quickly processing terror cases? Fourteen years after the Mumbai blasts, the convicted are still being sentenced. None of this is to suggest that India shouldn’t be concerned about its citizens abroad. But remembering how we run our own criminal justice system is useful when judging others: due process appears to have been followed in Haneef’s case.”

The Express asked some good Questions.

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