A habitual gambler Ismail Sheikh of East Bengal gambled away his teenage daughter to his opponent, who took the poor protesting girl to his village, after all according to him the deal was fair loose and pay either in cash or kind, so what if it was a human being at stake.

In Pakistan a jobless man put his young daughter on sale. He announced that he will sell his 12 year old daughter Tasmia Bano to the person offering the highest bride price in front of media persons.

In Bundelkhand when the farmers are not able to repay their debts to loansharks they coolly take away the wives of these farmers to satiate their lust, after all they have won this right.

Since the mythological time women has been treated as a commodity, same as the cattle or grains or land. Ever wondered it is always the women who has to pay for the weakness of her men folk.

Draupadi, when Yudhrister was unable to control his gambling vice he put Draupadi on stake, after all she was his property, the Pandavs owned her, no one even thought of asking the poor female what she wanted.

Why is it that this vulnerable group is always the one to suffer for the weakness of the ones in whom she trusts fully. If the father was not able to secure a job he looked around and found the most saleable commodity in his home, his 12 year old daughter who did not have any say in this matter.

Ever wondered why when there is a raid for any call girl rackets in the town it is the women who are always arrested, hiding their faces what about the pimps and those people who push these girls in this racket they are never in this sordid picture, even the so called customers (again the commodity factor) get off lightly.

Hopefully there is relief in sight. The Ministry of Home affairs has told the states to book pimps, brothel owners and men who pay for sex.

A small question comes to mind, it seems that woman has some value while a man is valueless same as the currency note which has no value of its own, it is just a piece of paper. Every loan shark will gladly accept a female in lieu against his loan never a man.