Whaddup?

Dear Government of India/Andhra Pradesh/Any Other Institution That Has The Audacity To Call Itself A Governing Body Over The People Of This Vast, Beautiful country,

The Nalsar-Rain incident is still fresh in our minds, you know. Yep, we still remember how local media faced NO penalty for false reporting and defamation of young women in the city.

Fine. Accepted. Indian courts are independent of any direct government force, so when no one from the government made any kind of appeal to law-men to hit back at these “journalists” we thought it was just another opportunity for you all to sit on your asses and do nothing.

But wait. You did do something about it.

You prohibited free distribution of liquor, effectively ending every single bar, pub and club’s “Ladies Night” and other similar promotional events.

But of course, not to be outdone by anyone else, you went ahead and outdid yourselves by banning women from these outlets after 10 PM. Reasons cited for these, oh SO, very progressive and modern rulings – none.

So let me get this straight. You actually believe that drunken women are MORE dangerous than drunk men? You think the city’s streets are safer at night, when you allow a group of men to get drunk at 11 PM, walk out and sexually assault/harass/rape a sober woman? Does a sober woman have a better chance of escaping her 5 drunken assaulters than a drunken one?

Or is it really just the nuisance bit where drunken women fight with auto drivers outside pubs to bargain for a decent rate at which to travel? Because men have NO problem holding their liquor and keeping their voices down and not be a nuisance, right?

No, dudes.

Honestly, I wouldn’t have given as much a shit about this if you had introduced a blanket ban on liquor after 10 PM regardless of whether you’ve got a penis or a vagina. This also raises other doubts – the LGBT crowd’s a little confused. Does this mean that lesbians, transgenders and bisexuals need to sit out too? Or is it okay if they prove that they like having sex with women? Is it counted if they use strap-ons?

But I digress.

What you’ve done, government peeps, is angered a large section of the community who feel very strongly about issues concerning gender equality. Women who are sober (thanks to you), very pissed off and cannot have a drink after long, hard day at work, where some of them have to deal with sexist pigs like you. Women who want alcohol just as much as you do when you’re handing out free quarter bottles of cheap whisky to people so that they attend your political rallies. You think drunken women are a nuisance? Ha. Wait till you see what women who DON’T have a drink in them do.

Warm regards,

A social drinker with a penis.