Is Indian saree held as a weapon?
Has Our Traditional Saree Become A Nuclear Bomb?
Was Indian Ambassador, Mrs. Meera Shankar targeted for just wearing a saree by the US security checks?
Patting down in public view of Indian Ambassador to US, Ms. Meera Shankar, one of the most highly profiled Indian diplomats in an airport in Mississippi on December 4th despite she presented her diplomatic credentials, and only passenger to be singled out for secondary screening among 30 odd in the line, as it had been informed that just because she was wearing a saree for the security alert,
Is it not indeed shameful?
Is it not a big humiliation to a lady ambassador just for security and other related issues?
Pat-down/Frisking!!!
For the security agency records, it iterates the search or an act of passing the hands over the body of a clothed person to detect concealed weapons, drugs, etc., but passengers who have undergone that process in US say it could at times be very humiliating. In India as well, never mind, how many times, the people who are given privilege of being not frisked, people who get frisked complain and it has become a big issue. There is clamorous violation many a time (being flying on air often, me too gone through this kind of security checks, this has been, beyond doubt, an issue of humiliation from my perspective. We indeed need to sort out alternative method of screening for security purposes. Is it not part of violation of human rights?).
Is this the high time that India should have norms to 'strike back' the headstrong, absurd, ‘diplomacy’ of American, which hurts Indians often, for no fault of their own?
We may recall how former Indian President, Mr. Abdul Kalam was treated while he had to undergo security check at the US airports.
Yes!!! What happened to Mrs. Meera Shankar and Mr. Abdul Kalam is definitely contemptuous. This humiliation just reveals that how modern day diplomacy has become so crude. While despite privileges being there for the diplomats, if they had gone to do this, it shows how independent the agency is from the government and the other aspect is how ignorant they pretend to be of things.
Can we do this to the US diplomats in India? Was Ms. Hillary frisked at the airports in India in her last visit or Mr. Obama singled out for screening issues? Not at all as we always bend backward when it is a white or a diplomat to waive all the normal screening checks. US will only learn when its diplomats in India also go through these normal measures. If we can do this to the US diplomats in India, issue will be resolved once for all.
What prevents the Indian security agencies to do the same thing for the Americans or any other nationalite? Are not the Americans involved in any kind of terrorism? It should be recalled that one of the mastermind terrorists of the Mumbai Taj hotel, David Headley, is an American (or maybe Pakistani-American)!!
It might be expressed that correct procedure was followed by the security officials, nevertheless, the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton was very concerned about the incident that took place and apologized privately, we just not need this kind of apology, but US security officials are now expected to issue fresh further guidelines so that saree wearing people are not targeted and as well the diplomats to be entertained in a more dignified fashion.
Nonetheless, Americans should be hailed for taking security seriously as no terrorist attack took place in that country after the 09/11 WTC blast!!!
