"Why do we have to leave dad?" sh asked.
"It is because your daddy has got a better job dear and we will have a big house and more toys for you to play!"
"But what about my friends? I don't want to leave them."
"What if I said your best friend is also coming with us?" he said.
"Yeee! Daddy I love you," she pecked him on his cheek.
"Love you too princess," he smiled. Everything was as it was expected.
He turned back to find his wife looking at him. She turned swiftly and walked away with long strides towards their bedroom. He went behind her. The room was no less than, what looked like the remnants of a tsunami. Clothes, folded and unfolded, flooding the room. An American Tourister on the verge of bursting with clothe; boxes filled with the useful things that they might consider taking with them.
"Hey dear, you know we have no other choice," he pulled her into a hug from behind.
"Why did you lie to her?" she asked fighting back the tears.
"What else do you expect dear? Tell her that she isn’t safe anymore? Tell her that even at this tender age-of seven-she could be abducted for some vile reasons? You know we are leaving for her own safety. You know neither of us will be comfortable with this sudden change but we have to. For her.
Tears rolled out of her eyes. They could hear their daughter talk to her best friend about the trip. A trip that will take them away from their homeland, a trip that may even cause their children to be oblivious of their homeland. And she was so happy about everything as she didn’t know what could’ve happened if she stayed.
Maybe another rape victim and the case will again be closed on the name of caste and religion.
A land which once was supposed to be the home of one of the best rituals, that once was a home to the cultures that defined purity of mind and soul all around the world is now a place of vicious people satisfying their needs by a child. India has become a country of men with three things in their mind- religion, money and politicians. It has become a place where people will die so that a movie shall not be released, where people will oppose the imprisonment of someone killing an animal just because he is famous and a very good man-only on the big screen though. We now live in a country where after any rape case there are 2 significant events:
There’s a big candle march for days for the protection of women and just to raise a voice.
And after the voice has been raised the government realizes they should do something about it. Until then it is just a matter of money and power.
And what after these two events? Everything just goes back to normal until another case comes to the eye of a common man.
Ashamed to say that everything has just been a fact all about religion, money and power.
I just read an article with this picture and it truly defines our today’s situation.
As per the survey of TOI a girl is raped every 30 minutes in India.
(Silence).
Explaining the bloke how to behave is a true option that you can do. Explain your boy how to behave with a girl. Tell them if it wasn’t for a woman, he wouldn’t have been here to listen this. Just the way you teach your child to respect all the goddesses, teach them to respect every woman they come across and be a helping hand and not raise a finger on them.
It is funny how the authorities claim to make the future better when the condition of our today’s society is menacing by each passing day. A building without a base doesn’t stand for a long time.
It is no longer that female infanticide will again become a common event. Not because they don’t want a girl child (Who doesn’t want a beautiful princess to fill their life with awesomeness?). It will be an act of protection of their child. No parent wants their child to go through all this stuff, isn’t it?
Radio Jockey Naved has spoken very well about these cases in his talk here. Do consider listening to what he has to say.
And now it is you that I am talking to-as I believe explaining a mature and sane person is better that explaining a schmuck or an oaf. Now when you’re down till here I suppose you truly understand what is right and what is wrong. And it is you who has to decide whether to help menacing the situation by getting along with some hindus and protesting for their bail or to be a human and revolt against them no matter a hindu or a muslim. Being human is important. Being hindu or a muslim will only help you find solace when you are out of your depth but being human can help our country a better place to live in.
MURDER ONLY KILLS THE BODY BUT RAPE KILLS THE SOUL.
This post was put up on my other site and surely needed an update after i saw this.
In the yesteryear's people would leave their children with neighbors in case of any emergency. in Shani Shignapore, they still don't have doors to their houses. And here, in the big cities, a girl has to be safe from the neighbors. These days they aren't even safe with the family.
At times it is difficult to judge the person we trust.
I had read an article that stated the rape of a teenage girl by her mothers lover and that too with her mothers consent.
Where are we heading?
Towards the end...
Listed here are some of the books related feminism. What women have done, what they are doing and what they can do.
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