'An Indian drinking problem'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/04/india-women
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/aug/25/television.channel4
'India to unveil the £7 laptop'
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/30/india
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One Article:
I decided to do the article called 'An Indian drinking problem', as I believe is a significant topic, especially around an are like Southall. As there has been many cases of young Indians, under-aged drinking; and further young Indians being hospitalised due to the amount of alcohol consumed in a stereotypical "binge-drinking", Friday night out.
Further the article mainly points out how women are being 'attacked' due to drinking in pubs: "Apparently Indian women drinking, or seen in drinking establishments is simply not in our culture, and indicates a dilution of our heritage". This therefore showing how Indian women and Indians in general are being under-represented as this article is showing how Indians are very stereotypical and further seems to be "set in their old ways".
"One rule for the boys, one rule for the girls is surely a dying ideology that began its decline 20 years ago. Now, as British Asian women hold key roles in major corporate organisations and become power players in finance and media, it's pretty unforgivable". This quote taken from the article just plainly shows how women now have equal rights to men, and that they are not living 20 years ago. So therefore it should be acceptable for Indian women to go out to the pub and have a drink. However India is a very old country with old customs and believes in the old ways, and more so in the patriarchal society; with the men as the bread-winners and the females as the housewives.
Further with the idea that if women are seen drinking in bars, it can be said that the community will "look down on them". "Women are not treated differently in terms of education, they become second-class citizens when domesticity raises its head", this shows how the women should be doing the stereotypical role of the housewife, which further shows how Indian men and women have different rules which are applied to them.
In my personal opinion, we live in modern times and I believe that it should be acceptable for women to drink in bars, clubs, pubs etc, if they wish to do so. Even though I understand that it can be said that the community will look down on you, it shouldn't change the fact that they have to realise that we are in 2009 not 1809. Women now have equal rights to men but still are deemed to be lower than men, as an Indian male myself I enjoy the drink now and then and have no problem drinking with Indian women, and maybe in a couple more years it would be deemed more acceptable.
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