Dear Editor,
What would be the fate of that society, where cops commit shameful act of eve-teasing. It was on August 24, 2015 that a constable allegedly passed lewd remarks on a girl passing through Rajpora Chowk in District Pulwama of Kashmir. This is not the only case of eve teasing on roads but one Jasleen Kaur of New Delhi was also harassed by a youth in Tilak Nagar area of West Delhi by passing obscene comments on her. Irony in both the cases was, both these incidents happened on roads in public places. In addition to this rape, molestation, eve teasing, sexual assault, and other conjugal crimes, have become an in-built habit of our so called privileged men. The bus incident in Rotak area of Haryana state, has also bowed down the head of whole humanity, where two teenagers were explicitly molested by three young men in a moving bus. Although, both sisters have maintained to shield their self by beating them to dust, the question here arises is that, is there any place in this entire cosmos where females are safe? A female is being molested, raped, and even killed at every juncture of her life. News paper are crammed with incidents like rape of minor girl, sexual assault of a teenager, molestation of an elderly woman and gang rape of a adolescent girl by three or four men. The most shocking incident of Delhi gang rape case, in which a 23 years old physiotherapist was allegedly raped by six persons in a moving bus on December 16, 2012 in Munirka area of south Delhi. This confrontation has shaken the whole India rather entire world. Irony over this was that after brutally raping her, they have torn her internal organs with a rod and threw her in deep abyss of bereavement forever. I will not hesitate to call them monsters, who have abridged the whole male community to the least echelon of humanity. There are bundle of other incidents which has made country like India, anxious for women. Not even strangers but neighbors and relatives are also involved in this heinous crime against naive, miserable and feeble girls, especially minors who cannot even resist but pay for being born as a girl child. Here, I want to point out that even God would feel ashamed at His conception of creature like tarnish men. Pages of history are filled with incidents, where minor become the prey of lustful souls. A 64 years old man was detained for allegedly raping his minor niece on October 19, 2014, in south Goa . Likewise a step father raped his teenage daughter on July 18, 2014. This and so many incidents have shaken the belief of our mothers, daughters and sisters on the relations around them. Big politicians, aristocrats and even high officials are also a part of this guilt. I want to ask a question, what will be the fate of that boat, whose sailor is intentionally corrupt? The boat will surely drown in deep sea. Our country is also turning into, a country, where sexual assault is rapidly increasing. According to National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), out of 24,923 rape cases 24,470 were committed by close relatives and neighbors. If the roof is ill constructed, the inhabitants will surely lose their safety. Irony over is, these are only those cases which are registered , more than 50 per cent of these cases remain un registered, because people are scared of social stigma, which a girl or the family of girl has to face, after the discloser. After going through the case history of innumerable cases of eve teasing, molestation, conjugal harassment, rape and cold blooded murder under lust by ‘tarnish men’, my heart is howling with questions and can someone answer me? Where should the girls go? Is there any place in this world, where we can feel secure? To be born as a girl child, is this is our fault, or to be born physically weak is our fault? Why some ‘tarnish men’ consider female as their personal property? Is male ego so supreme, that on being rejected, he should react in the shameful ways of obscene remarks? When will this exploitation end? Why male community is revengeful towards female and acts like acid attacks, rape, molestation and murder? Why female has been exploited at every stage of her life? Why crimes like female feticide, dowry deaths, rapes of minors are escalating day by day? Why girls, who are victims are still awaiting for righteousness? Who will provide them justice? Why male dominating society has been scratching a girl’s ego, credit, self respect and liberty from time immemorial? Why she is devoid of egalitarianism and freedom of choice? Can anybody imagine this world without women, if not then why there are raising crimes against women? Why blemished men are becoming vampires to women trusty for their blood and body? Why a man always overlooks that, he has taken birth from a female body? Whole humanity should need a profound insight of these issues. If the aggression against the woman keeps on escalating then, our world would turn into hell and will also devoid male community to cherish his preeminence over women.
Sunaina Malik,
Rajouri.