![]() Girls are given a long list of things to do and not to do, among which avoiding the State-installed unemployed youth standing at curbs are right on top. Right around the time a kid reaches the threshold of high school – hormones kick in. Growing up in the warm and safe cocoon of this Sanskriti, a woman can never feel violated. The male gaze plays a huge role in keeping women in their lanes. Now how does Sanskriti relate to the male gaze? Every feminist, ‘ brain-washed‘ by Western philosophies, talks about the male gaze when truly, it is just a way to maintain discipline in society. In a country like India, we are governed by the many-pronged rules of “ Sanskriti” also known as culture in English, but it really does not translate the emotions or ethos of the original word. But what kind of woman would I have been without that gaze? ![]() The soft raspy voice singing Bheege Hoth Tere as those innocent cow-like eyes branded my skin with shame and fear is one of the more delicate moments of teenage life. I do not think I would have realised or accepted that I was a “ woman” without the first graze of the street-side gaze – the kind that gives you goosebumps and violins start playing off-key inside your head, as rose-tinted glasses of rage blind you.
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