29 December 2012 : All i can watch on news channel, social networking sites or in my neighborhood is long faces. With no exception, everyone is distressed and anguished with the news of a 23 year old girl -nicknamed "Amanat" passing away. 16 December it was when she was raped by 6 men, i will prefer demons, inside a luxury bus, beaten by a rod and finally thrown out of the running bus. It is one of the most shameful and brutal act i heard in my life. Just thinking about the situation she has fought through gives me a shivering. I don't know how many of us would have surrendered in such a situation. She fought, and fought till her last breath with those frightening memories, with the mental and physical sufferings, with the evils against women security through the voices of thousands of people protesting all over the country and finally fought with the death.
She is a hero to me and the fight she started must not stop till every girl and woman feels safe and respected in this country.
It took a gang-rape , beating by a rod till the victim's intestines came out of her body in the National Capital - Delhi to bring us out on road. If it would have been in some other city, I wonder people would have been even aware of the shameful act. We are living in the society where Police rejects rape case questioning the victim's character and offer her money to take her case back. She decides to suicide rather than living in shameful society where everyone will challenge her dignity (a case from Patiala). And if Police happens to register the case, even after the hearings of fifty witnesses and filing of thirty page charge-sheet, a politician will come and call victim A PROSTITUTE (a case from Kolkata). Or to the worst when there are thousands of people protesting down on streets against the rape case, they will be lathi-charged and will get all media coverage required but the respected Prime Minister will take two days to come and address the people.
It took anti-incumbency, previous awakening of mass by social-activist Anna Hazare, increasing rape cases every day, this brutal Delhi rape case and a very good coverage by our media persons to light this fire against this evil of our society.
Losing her in such a way is a black-mark on our society. I am too distressed as you feeling the same anger and anguish as every sensible human being is feeling, but somewhere I am having a fear. A Fear : what if this fire stops without bringing a change ??? I would like to call it as our only bet. Once people get back to the old attitude - "Yeh India hai..!!! yahan kuch nahi badlega.." there will be no coming back. In the corrupted world we are living, we can't expect Mahatma Gandhi and Anna Hazare to to take birth again and again and awaken up the mass. I don't know how many gang-rapes and molestation cases again it will take to raise the matter of Women security and respect.
What will happen if it will just become a political issue to be discussed before public during elections??? What we can can expect from politicians when some of them are charged with rape cases themselves and we are sending them to the Parliament. Enacting new laws or amendments, however tough they be, will not do anything worth because the society will still have the same Police which will not register the case and same politicians who will support the rapist by calling victim -a prostitute. Rapists will always find their way out with the police and political support. Need of the hour is to keep this fire burning, keep fighting till the end.
We are a family and we lost a sister. We will not forget her and we will not forgive any of the rapists living in this country.
Let's take an oath that this fight will never stop until respect for women starts running in our blood - that the cause will not be lost with the New Year's hangover and resolutions -that we will fight till the last breath and pass this to our next generation as a matter of great value.
Let's bring the change so that our next generation will never have to encounter a gang-rape, and tell them - gang-rape as worst and filthiest of the crimes and Women respect as the highest of the concerns.
Let's just know but also follow-
यत्र नार्यस्तु पूज्यंते रमंते तत्र देवताः। यत्र तास्तु न पूज्यंते तत्र सर्वाफलक्रियाः॥
Meaning : Where women are worshiped, goddesses dwell.
Where they are not worshiped, all actions are fruitless.
Media channels preferred the case over Gujarat elections, Sachin's retirement and India-Pakistan cricket match series- a commendable job i must say. Hope they will keep supporting us till the end in eradicating this evil from the society.
If you agree with me, please share the word.
Thanks,
She is a hero to me and the fight she started must not stop till every girl and woman feels safe and respected in this country.
It took a gang-rape , beating by a rod till the victim's intestines came out of her body in the National Capital - Delhi to bring us out on road. If it would have been in some other city, I wonder people would have been even aware of the shameful act. We are living in the society where Police rejects rape case questioning the victim's character and offer her money to take her case back. She decides to suicide rather than living in shameful society where everyone will challenge her dignity (a case from Patiala). And if Police happens to register the case, even after the hearings of fifty witnesses and filing of thirty page charge-sheet, a politician will come and call victim A PROSTITUTE (a case from Kolkata). Or to the worst when there are thousands of people protesting down on streets against the rape case, they will be lathi-charged and will get all media coverage required but the respected Prime Minister will take two days to come and address the people.
It took anti-incumbency, previous awakening of mass by social-activist Anna Hazare, increasing rape cases every day, this brutal Delhi rape case and a very good coverage by our media persons to light this fire against this evil of our society.
Losing her in such a way is a black-mark on our society. I am too distressed as you feeling the same anger and anguish as every sensible human being is feeling, but somewhere I am having a fear. A Fear : what if this fire stops without bringing a change ??? I would like to call it as our only bet. Once people get back to the old attitude - "Yeh India hai..!!! yahan kuch nahi badlega.." there will be no coming back. In the corrupted world we are living, we can't expect Mahatma Gandhi and Anna Hazare to to take birth again and again and awaken up the mass. I don't know how many gang-rapes and molestation cases again it will take to raise the matter of Women security and respect.
What will happen if it will just become a political issue to be discussed before public during elections??? What we can can expect from politicians when some of them are charged with rape cases themselves and we are sending them to the Parliament. Enacting new laws or amendments, however tough they be, will not do anything worth because the society will still have the same Police which will not register the case and same politicians who will support the rapist by calling victim -a prostitute. Rapists will always find their way out with the police and political support. Need of the hour is to keep this fire burning, keep fighting till the end.
We are a family and we lost a sister. We will not forget her and we will not forgive any of the rapists living in this country.
Let's take an oath that this fight will never stop until respect for women starts running in our blood - that the cause will not be lost with the New Year's hangover and resolutions -that we will fight till the last breath and pass this to our next generation as a matter of great value.
Let's bring the change so that our next generation will never have to encounter a gang-rape, and tell them - gang-rape as worst and filthiest of the crimes and Women respect as the highest of the concerns.
Let's just know but also follow-
यत्र नार्यस्तु पूज्यंते रमंते तत्र देवताः। यत्र तास्तु न पूज्यंते तत्र सर्वाफलक्रियाः॥
Meaning : Where women are worshiped, goddesses dwell.
Where they are not worshiped, all actions are fruitless.
Media channels preferred the case over Gujarat elections, Sachin's retirement and India-Pakistan cricket match series- a commendable job i must say. Hope they will keep supporting us till the end in eradicating this evil from the society.
If you agree with me, please share the word.
Thanks,
I think, people should feel responsible for not just their family but for the society they live in as well because when we say that something is a social evil and it should be eradicated, we tend to forget that society includes us. So, we can't wait for the change to come from outside, it comes from within. As, Vishwas has pinpointed, we should not let "the feelings that such brutality arise" fade away with time. These feeling include anger for the culprits, dismay over the ineffective law and order and the empathy (although I can't even imagine the brutality that occured). I wish that we keep empathising with the sufferers and be "as human as" we can. Let's give the women the respect they deserve. Only then can we hope for a less darker tomorrow or optimistically even a bright one. Amen!
ReplyDeleteThe case of a 23-year-old medical student who died this Saturday after a brutal gang rape on a luxury bus in New Delhi has seemed to snap India to attention about its endemic sexual violence problem. Hundreds of Indians poured into the street to mourn for the young girl, and police announced that the six men arrested in connection with the attack had been charged with murder.
ReplyDeleteIn recent years, New Delhi has earned the title of “Rape Capital” of India, with more than 560 cases of rape reported in the city, but violence against Indian women is widespread and has deep roots.
I would like to add on few reasons why India is facing sexual violence problem:
1. Very Few female cops available :- When females who are sexually assaulted try to file a complaint against the criminal, the police refused to file the complain. Hence, women are more likely to report sex crimes if female police officers are available.
2.Blaming Provocative clothing:- It is assumed that the sexual victims are themselves the cause of sexual harassment. In a survey, 68 percent of the respondents said that provocative clothing is an invitation to rape. But its a myth,victims who are fully dressed are also facing the same.
3.Encouraging Rape victims to compromise:- Rape victims are often encouraged to compromise by dropping the case( if she had filed complaint against the criminal)and even they are asked to marry the same criminal(specially in rural areas).
Such compromises are aimed at keeping the peace between families or clan groups. What’s more, a girl’s eventual prospects of marriage are thought to be more important than bringing a rapist to justice.
4.Cases are taken very lightly here due to the Sluggish court system of India.Indian court system is very slow, due to shortage of judges. Here in India, we have 15 judges for every 1 million people. Once estimated it would take 466 years to get through the backlog in the capital(New Delhi) alone.
5. Most important-"LOW STATUS OF WOMEN" is one of the reason for sexual violence in India- Women are only considered as a "Product" so called "Maal" by the Man who just know that when they want us(Women) we are easily available to them.. Or if not available they will themselves find one anyhow!!
Women's are not been treated with respect that they deserve from the Man..Due to which crimes are going on..
Mostly in India, the politicians use both money,power and muscle power to become elected. In addition to the societal issues with low treatment of women this adds to kind of license for the goons and thugs to start with eve-teasing and then progressively harass women. When they get caught the criminal justice system is so inept and corrupt the perpetrators go Scot-free. That encourages them to take on other criminal activity including Rape.
At the same time the middle class stays inside walled compounds with security guard and does not care what happens outside its surrounding until it happens to them.
And the cycle continues........
There is an urgent need to direct our sincere efforts towards improvement…Respect for the Women is highly needed.
Do act as a human not as an animal!!!! It's only we who can change the brutal society of India!!
So whatever initiatives one can take for ensuring respect & safety for females in India, Please go ahead..and make India a place to be live in..Then only we can say our Nation as "An Incredible India"...