Fun, yes, but!

 There is this series on the internet that shows Mona Lisa in very many Indian garbs. En passim I saw five Indian avatars of "Mona Darling". Well, since she is presented in the Indian costumes, why not give her the famous filmy moniker? 

In one of these presentations, she is the Marathi Tai, in another, the New Delhi socialite, in yet another, the Gujju Ben, and so on. Sure, it is fun. It is creative in a way, too, especially because a cursory glance at these 'creations' showed the careful detailing. Fine and fun so far.

Yet the very fact that it took the internet by storm proves the possibilities of female harassment hidden in such 'fun'.  Honestly, the mobile inter-net-ted is a dangerous combine as the Chandigarh University episode proves.

Well, in a way, some people would argue that ,to quite some extent, the Chandigarh episode began between two consenting adults, it seems, and thence went viral. In a way, it was the personal choice of the woman concerned to get into the 'web' thus.

The  Mona Lisa re-drape, on the contrary, shows the dangerous dark side of the internet. The fun Mona Lisa attempt proves the identity tampering possibilities involved. Anyways, very many such horrible identity stealing's are already a reality, it seems.

With very effective enhancers, filters and editors, photoshopping is now child's game literally.  In other words, 'soft'ware is getting harsh and hard by the day. Let us not forget the AI induced 'metaverse'! In other words, by the hour literally, newer and more sophisticated tools for re-creating reality are getting finer. 

This is downright dangerous for women. An absolutely innocent woman could fall a prey to such a prank as any face can be photoshopped to any body in any context. I believe many such cases are already pending, waiting for justice.

Well, it is true that technology is innocent, but what to do of/with the weird wicked viewpoints of cheap people with truckloads of time on hand? Moreover, banks are bending backwards to provide loans. Anyone can hence buy a multimedia mobile, even a swanky one, right?

I suppose, the internet cell of the police must get stricter with such 'toolboxes'. There must be very many trained women officers, I think. The best solution, of course, has to be sensitising the male point of view as such horrible weirdos possibly could not have any mind.

 Any trespass in the private space of any human being, especially a woman, is downright criminal. Just as laws must get stricter, men must grow up, too! First must they learn to take a "no" which is every woman's birthright. 

I fervently hope that such a prayer for a fair, and therefore lovely, ambience gets heard during the navaratri utsav which would then transcend mere ethnically dressed dancing with truckloads of training! 

Pratima@ The way to hell is paved with the best intentions, or these days, it could be with the latest re-creation-al software!