Kathua Rape Makes Me Wish Against Having a Daughter
To the eight-year-old, I am sorry, we are sorry, we are ashamed to say that we couldn’t help you.
Rape, a word that has hogged the limelight in recent times, in our ‘Incredible India!’
Yes, you heard it right, the land of traditions, customs, values, and remarkability at its best. Bullsh*t!
We heard a lot about Soumya, Jisha, Nirbhaya, and now let’s add a couple more – the Kathua and Unnao victims.
The victims and the survivors belonged to different castes, communities, but there are two things that remain – they were humans and they were Indians.
After the Nirbhaya incident, people took to the streets and held candlelight marches protesting for justice. And after many judicial proceedings, finally, the culprits were awarded the death sentence. But the juvenile, who has now taken a new name and is reportedly working as a cook in South India leads a normal life. Why, because at the time of the crime, he was a minor.
The nation was outraged by the Nirbhaya gangrape. We all thought the system would change after the political elections. It doesn’t matter which party rules, the nation continues to grieve the loss of its daughters.
It’s sad that the Hindu religion, which apparently treat girls as the shadow of Goddess, do not consider the women of other religions to be the ‘daughters of the goddess’. Why?
I, personally don’t know how to react! Can we call ourselves human? Protest marches, pan-India, took place only when the chargesheet was filed and the details of the heinous crime was read by millions.
I keep talking about this little girl to my friends and family. And all they ask me is, what can we do?
What if she was my daughter? What if she was your daughter or a part of your own family? What would I have done? What would you have done?
We are feeding these monsters. No political parties or responsible netas will come forward to help you. And slowly it’ll all die down till another rape incident takes place and a few more candlelight marches are held in its wake.
All I can say is we failed as a society. The nation is answerable for the barbaric death of the eight-year-old. I wish I never have a daughter because India, now, is not the country where I would want her to grow up.
We need to give justice to the innocent eight-year-old. All those responsible for her life – police officers, the accused, politicians who spoke against your justice – should be hanged to death.
Today, we’ve failed as Indians.
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