Nirbhaya is no more and the people who are responsible for
her death are still living, enjoying the protection and security accorded by
the Delhi police, eating food provided by the Indian govt, and perhaps hefty
negotiations are taking place between their concerned relatives and smart
lawyers who may take up their case, and prove that it was a human error or an
act committed due to insanity. Like most other rapists who are unfortunate
enough to be caught, they too may have to suffer a few years in jail and then
would be released into the society, and may in due course become respectable
citizens of this country emboldened by the attitude of a ‘tolerant’ society
which pretends to sleep.
Each day, as I wake up to the news of assaults, rape,
abuses, and atrocities against women and children, I can’t help feeling a sense
of shame and anger. Why do we tolerate such nonsense? The more I think about
it, the more I feel stronger laws are required to punish the guilty. But to
prevent such devilish incidents from occurring, we have to first change
ourselves, our thoughts, and our myopic, fear filled minds. We have to stop
haunting the victim, causing her to cringe in shame and fear all her life and instead
hunt down and punish the wrong doer at the earliest. The society, instead of ostracizing
her, needs to encourage such victims to emerge from her trauma and lead a
normal life in every possible manner. Let us learn to react and protest
strongly against ill treatment of women, whether at home or the workplace. Let
us teach our sons to treat all women with respect and dignity and let us teach our daughters to command that respect which is rightfully theirs and live a life of dignity without guilt.
The Delhi incident has sparked off a public outrage and
hopefully, this spark will flare up all over the country to bring about a
change in the way women are being perceived and treated in our country. Nirbhaya
shouldn’t have died in vain…
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