Gujarat Rape Survivor Asked To Balance A 40 Kg Rock On Her Head To Prove Her ‘Purity’

Imagine a woman in modern India balancing a 40 kg rock to prove her chastity?

The High Court Of Gujarat denied abortion to a rape survivor and has been asked to undergo a purity test. Moreover, in order to live with her husband and get her child back, she has to perform an ‘Agnipariksha’.

Apparently, she has to balance an 88-pound rock on her head to prove her purity.

In the name of God and so-called purity of religion, some people blindly follow the ethics of ancient times. Agnipariksha is either a dark part of Hinduism or maybe something interpreted in a wrong way.

And what is purity? What gives someone the right to test someone’s purity?

Practices of social evils like ‘Agnipariksha’ is already a thing of the past. Such traditions have no relevance in the modern Indian society.

As long as the mindset of the society doesn’t change, women in India can never be safe. Every other day strange cases of rape, molestation, and sexual harassment are getting reported. India needs proper education, social development and punishment on such issues instead of fighting for religion.

Where is the change? It is this backwardness that I have always been afraid of. If this is the case, leave Modi, not even god can bring Acche Din!

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