Hey
everyone,
Sorry for
the delay but was searching for something really powerful to come up with. And
it happened. Yesterday only I saw many of my facebook friends sharing a video
so I decided to watch it maybe just to break the shackles of boredom. Let me
tell you the video I am talking about is
the same that is doing rounds on the world wide web. And if by the slightest
chance you have no clue what I am talking about then please do watch this
documentary by bbc “INDIA’S DAUGHTER”.
16th
December 2012, a girl named Jyoti Singh ( to whom we referred as NIRBHAYA), almost a
doctor, decided to watch a movie with her friend and I guess that was her ONLY
mistake. Watching a movie with a friend (of the opposite sex) in India is a
crime. If a girl is found walking on the streets at night she will be
considered loose, a girl wearing a dress is considered available, a girl
hanging around with guys is surely a slut but a boy having multiple girlfriends
is still considered a DUDE. That’s the mindset of our society.
It took the government
merely days to put an Fir against the famous AIB roast but it took more than a
year to punish the accused of the nirbhaya rape case. And it’s not just about
this case but according to the reports there is a rape case in India every
20mins and most of them go unreported. Not just rapes but acid attacks,
domestic violence everything infuriates me and every second women in our
country. People say you gotta be the change you wish to see in the world.
But in a country like ours the victim is forced to live an isolated life coz
she has been touched by another man and nobody would marry her and the accused
is set free as if it’s his birth right
to rape women. Why do we not hear about men being raped or sexually
harassed? Has anyone ever thought that way? Nobody I believe. Then why
women? maybe because they are physically
weak, maybe that’s the part of our culture to suppress a woman for pleasure.
Women were and are still just considered as sex objects by majority of men in
our country not just the illiterate but also the most educated (which includes
the honourable defence lawyers of the rape case).
The aim of
this post is not to highlight the nirbhaya rape case as enough has already been
said about it in the last two years but its an urge to the masses to change
their way of thinking. Its all in your mind. People say girls should stop
wearing short dresses or revealing clothes but even a 2year old girl gets
raped in our country. Is this because
she was trying to seduce the man? No its
because she is a girl and she is meant to be treated like this. When a girl is
raped or harassed, she is asked to stay mum so that her family’s name does not
get hampered. But what about her inner being? Girls,we need to raise voice
against all the atrocities and sufferings and not choosing to go by the
monotony. We are not weak rather we are much stronger than the men around. Its just
we gotta prove them wrong.
It’s the
need of the hour to not just change the mindsets of the people but also raise
voice against the illogical system of our society. It’s either now or never.
