An Act of National Shame

We lost another innocent life in a brutal attack to mankind. We were forced to scamper in a corner and introspect quietly as a few non-human living beings assaulted the life out of a 23 year old, innocent, unarmed girl. The six men, whose parents must have prayed every night to the Almighty to bless them with a son, wouldn’t have even thought twice about their mother who raised them before committing the heinous act of incomparable proportions. The Indian parents, who can give anything for a male child, need to educate and raise their sons in a way so that they do not take themselves to be the king of the world but as soldiers to protect our society. No matter how many laws are made or how strictly the judiciary treats the culprits, the problem with our society is not the way the rapists are dealt with, the problem is that rapes take place. The real victory for our cause will come when such incidents stop to take place. Yes, stronger punishments are a good start to scare people from doing such acts, but do we want our ‘beloved dear sons’ to stop themselves from doing such acts because of the scare of the punishment afterwards or because of the respect for the women.

The real problem lies in the mid-set of our whole system. Girl child is aborted or killed right after birth. Girl child is left at the dumpsters. Prayers and offerings are made for a male child. Daughters are not given education and made to do household work instilling a sense of superiority in the sons of our society. The parents of a girl are made to fold hands and kneel down in front of the groom’s family, fulfilling their every demand, during her wedding. The uneducated, illiterate, sexist male is bound to feel superior when he sees this scene around his eyes everyday of his life. Why are these sons given so much of importance? Just because they have the ability to rape, and not get raped? What pride do these men bring to their society? What fulfilment of dreams can such boys do? It’s better to be childless than having such immoral, misogynistic kids.

The worst part is that the eminent dignitaries of our society, the MPs, the MLAs, the bureaucrats, the women psychologists, they think that the problem lies with the victim. The girls should not go out after dark. They should not wear western clothes. The girls should not visit nightclubs. The girls should not use public transport alone. The girls should give in when attacked or assaulted. If such is the case, why do we have laws? Why is there a constitution in place? Why is there a police force in every city, town and village? Then what right do we have to look down upon the middle-east for their strict and biased laws? Why is Taliban criticised in our country then? Every individual in this country has been promised the right to live freely and equally. How can these government representatives make such statements and roam scot-free on the streets of our country. They should be stripped of every public post they have been given. These kinds of incidents are bound to happen in a country where the men are treated as the bosses and where the government supports such notions of the people.

We need education; we need educated ministers; we need educated sons. Don’t blame the system for every shortcoming. Change the thinking and outlook of your father, uncle, brother and son. Stop treating them as the privileged class of our society.

CHANGE YOURSELF!!