Rape. Yet again.
Ironically, most of the times the girl used to be put under scanner; what happened this time?
Girls are not supposed to be gregarious.. are supposed to underplay to avoid getting over noticed.
But, what could a five year old have possibly done to cause this heinous crime?!!!
I have been resisting myself to write about Delhi victim but admitting here that I never really prayed for her survival. According to me there was no life left for her. All I wished for her was less pain(physical & emotional). However I was pretty sure that this wouldn't had happened by her coming back to the same society. If the relief had to come via no-more-breaths-to-bear, let it may. And it happened.
No, I am not talking about physical recovery of hers that is too overt to mention. Following such incidents, the emotional and social factors are far more important. Even if I believe the claims that she wanted to live and indeed was a brave heart to overcome emotional trauma, the social factor alone would have been too torturous to live a normal life.
I might sound discouraging here but speaking the bitter truth- that is how our society is.
Just imagine yourself crossing her on a street, even in the best of your intellect, intention and gesture you would look at her once with sympathy/pity. You just wont ignore her like another passerby! And that, my hypocrite society, will revive the pain and leave the cut bleeding once again.
Or, for example take another immensely followed social norm- Marriage. I am damn sure no man would be manly enough to marry her.
Now.. what is the solution?
Honestly speaking I don't know and practically speaking there is no thumb rule.
Probably a mixture of the following would do some betterment: A 'justified' justice, wisdom to react in dicey situations, improved public security and the most important and difficult part - educate the youth to be socially responsible, remain humane and respect women!!!
May someday we have a safer society!
