{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Drishtikone","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone","author_name":"Desh Kapoor","author_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/author\/drishtikone\/","title":"Molestation, Jodha Akbar, and being human","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Bz75cljQPE\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2008\/03\/molestation-jodha-akbar-and-being-human\/\">Molestation, Jodha Akbar, and being human<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2008\/03\/molestation-jodha-akbar-and-being-human\/embed\/#?secret=Bz75cljQPE\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Molestation, Jodha Akbar, and being human&#8221; &#8212; Drishtikone\" data-secret=\"Bz75cljQPE\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Two posts have struck me today - one, this one on Jodha Akbar from valley Chai; and second, this one on women groping in Pakistan on Pakistani Spectator. While ValleyChai talks about the many contradictions he sees in the religious affiliations of many protagonists linked to the movie and how it is a pleasant surprise; Amna on PakSpectator talks about how she and many women she knows have been groped and molested in Pakistan so many times. On that post, a person gives a comment by invoking religion (Islam) and its teachings. I have been wondering - do people interact nicely with each other or are civil because of religion or despite... or just because they are human beings, to heck with the religion. If Javed Akhtar has written two devotional songs - Man mohana and khwaja-mere-khwaja is it: because of his religion; despite of his religion; or because he is just a human??  We all know what the answer is. Do the people who grope and molest women in Pakistan as per the post, do it because of their human character or is it something to do or not do with their religion?"}