(This poster is been prepared by a student from VIT, a poster which says it all)
Should I be proud, ashamed, scared or be angry to be a part of India.
Indian culture and history through its rich colors and various bloodshed has lead us to live in a free nation. But the present day states the situation differently. The word freedom has become altogether a different meaning to a particular class of society.
There is now freedom to tease, assault and rape women in India. The justice and the government are on our side, but by the time the government listens or justice is given, thousands other such heinous crimes would have happened.
We were still mourning about the painful struggle and death of Nirbhaya, that again the insanity showed us another example. A 5-year old girl, who I believe has not even learnt the word rape and assault, who doesn't even know how cruel this world is, who still believes in fairies and loves to play in the mud, has been treated as a living playing object and been used upon as a personal toy by a psychopath.
Women in India are not looked upon as a better half of society, rather they are not even considered as human beings anymore. Women are toy of pleasure and after your work is done you can just discard it and move to another toy. Who are these people?? Why are they alive in this world?? Who gives them the right to breathe?? I don't understand what kind of self obsessed and mentally sick emotionless people are these who like to commit such crimes??
Why are we so silent and so deaf about such actions?? I agree there have been improvement in the media and now such actions are not buried in silence. We are speaking up. The victims are not who should hide or feel shameful they should and they are coming ahead and taking a stand.
I salute to the thousands of protesters who are fighting for the 'right to live' for women in India. For the first time it felt that something is truly happening for the better being of this country.
But today looking at the rising crimes, I am scared to even go out of my house, I am scared to look at another person, the words trust and believe have lost their meanings. The faith on our judiciary system and government is shattered. I say this with a crying heart that I feel sorry to be a part of this country, part of this nation.
I pray for those victims for a better justice as that is the only part of peace they can have in their life, if anything is still left of it.
And the tiny little flame of hope inside me tells me to wait for the tomorrow for an India truly free of women as well.
