Breaking News: Sri Ram Sena takes over

Under a hypothetical situation where Sri Ram Sena becomes the central ruling party of India, following will be the rules (closely resembling/ inspired(!) from the rules of Taliban) for women:

1- Complete ban on women's work outside the home, which also applies to female teachers, engineers and most professionals. Only a few female doctors and nurses are allowed to work in some hospitals in Chinchpokali.

2- Complete ban on women's activity outside the home unless accompanied by a close male relative such as a father, brother or husband, lets call him Mr. M.

3- Ban on women dealing with male shopkeepers.

4- Ban on women being treated by male doctors. (Note that, women are not supposed to be doctors except at Chinchpokali. So if they fall ill, they should just die.)

5- Ban on women studying at schools, universities or any other educational institution. (Girls' schools should be converted into religious seminaries.)

6- Requirement that women always wear saaris, cover there faces with the pallu. Always wear Bindi, Mangalsutra etc if married. (If not married, of course they should first get married.)

7- Whipping, beating and verbal abuse of women not clothed in accordance with Sri Ram Sena rules.

8- Whipping of women in public for having non-covered ankles. (why not?)

9- Public stoning of women accused of having sex outside marriage.. (If a woman has managed an affair under these rules, shouldn't she be given a Paramvir Chakra?)

10- Ban on the use of cosmetics unless Mr. M (only from higher caste) wants to showcase his property on certain occasions.

11- Ban on women talking or shaking hands with males other than Mr. M.

12- Ban on women laughing loudly. (No stranger should hear a woman's voice). She must learn one classical singing style, but never be audible.

13- Ban on women wearing high heel shoes, which would produce sound while walking. (A man must not hear a woman's footsteps.) But women must learn a Indian cultural art form. (Dancing with Ghungharoo is encouraged for the benefit of the Indian cultured men.)

14- Ban on women riding in a taxi without Mr. M. (This is primarily because she won't be able to tell the taxi driver where she wants to go due to rule 11. And so this in particular is to save her from getting beaten up.)

15- Ban on women's presence in radio, television or public gatherings of any kind unless they are performing one of the culturally prescribed roles and they are not from lower cast.

16- Ban on women playing sports or entering a sport center or club unless they are being encouraged to do so my Sri Ram Sena members.

17- Ban on women riding bicycles or motorcycles, even with the Mr. M. This may lead to they enjoying themselves and that is primarily banned.

18- Ban on women's wearing brightly colored clothes. In Taliban terms, these are "sexually attracting colors."

19- Ban on women gathering for festive occasions or for any recreational purpose unless they are cooking for men and performing rituals prescribed by the culture rule book.

20- Ban on women washing clothes next to rivers or in a public place. But they must wash clothes. They are not allowed to discuss how they will do it. That may lead to they gossiping and this again is banned. This may make them united and that is what is banned too.

21- Modification of all place names including the word "women." For example, "women's garden" can be renamed "spring garden".

22- Ban on women appearing on the balconies of their apartments or houses.

23- Compulsory painting of all windows, so women can not be seen from outside their homes.

24- Ban on male tailors taking women's measurements or sewing women's clothes.

25- Ban on female public baths. (if that wasn't obvious from the previous rules. Rubbing it on.)

26- Women are allowed to be dev daasis as that is allowed by the Indian Culture.

and so on.... :)

Don't these sound a tad bit worse than the Taliban rules?.