The article on Domestic violence in the newspaper today drew mixed feelings from me. As I have worked in an NGO I understand the nuances of violence and how women react to it. This article talks only about one woman and how she is still wanting to save her marriage albeit wishes her husband to change. The author captures attention only at one place where she explains how one can go to Crimes against women’s cell and Domestic Violence court where no money need to be spend and one does not need a lawyer. Husbands are summoned to counsel him against bad behavior. An entire column dedicated to ‘why husbands beat wives and not their friends after drinking’ is a futile effort as everyone knows answers to it.

It would have been a more interesting reading is if the author had done more research on other cases and how one can deal with various aspects of domestic violence. Why women still want to save their marriage even after being battered several times would have made an even more indepth analysis of human relations.

Everyone reacts to violence at home in a different way. Also some women do not find anything wrong with it as they have seen it happening to every woman while growing up. Another category of women do not know whether a small ‘misbehaviour’ like breaking her stuff and threatening her life can be called as violence. Do verbal or sexual violence amount to domestic violence? Many such questions can be answered with a little more research and can give readers an insight and knowledge into this matter. This is what we expect out of our top most journalism to contribute, not some half baked story where the author can show how well she is connected with celebs like Kiran Bedi.

A good idea for woman websites like idiva.com would be to connect with Woman’s cell and write about real situations and what a woman should/can do in it. Such an information would go a long way in understanding their rights and also be more empowered in taking decisions for their own life.