Wherever I get to see my Indian friends,the topic of conversation automatically switches to the Delhi incident-It has disturbed everyone very much.One question that frequently comes up is "Why is India so unsafe for women now?"...well I'd say when was it ever safe..it is not a recent development..It was always extremely unsafe.
Don't you remember-how we wondered why our parents were so overly protective..remember their anxious faces in case we were a few minutes late ..as we grew up..there were strict timelines..and with mobile phone in the picture..remember how they were constantly checking our whereabouts...remember..how we used to groan and compain about it....But,now we do realize the sort of tension our parents have felt raising girls.But why the morbid fear?One would wonder...
Well,lets face it..India is a huge country with all sorts of people in its nearly infinite population.People with all sorts of upbringing..and if you look at it,financial differences are much pronounced...with a country which has the richest to the poorest in the world.In this sort of differences,you might spot a billionaire driving his brand new Merc in the same road where a beggar might be dying of hunger.Its a world of difference-I believe this variance is one of the major culprits,the country breeds men who may not have a home,was born in streets-not even know who the parents were..may have grown and earned daily bread by hook or crook,this is a population which doesn't know what ethics are,this may not even know what being "human" means,Adding to this might be horrid circumstances they have lived and they would be one of the brutal animals in human form.
On the other hand,the country is growing rapidly with massive western influences,and is trying to believe that women's freedom does exist,but how is that ever possible where the former crowd exists?Is a transformation possible?- how does one identify the psyche of people,figuring out from their upbringing from the nearly googol population?
The fact remains that, it is an unsafe place-not just India..but any country with a humongous population and massive difference among its people..this lack of safety is bound to happen.
To deal with it, the only way is to give the scariest form of punishment..the horror of the punishment should be made known and then there would be intense fear to even think about anything like this.
We know the country too well...This issue will be forgotten in 2 months,and the country will get back to daily routine..and there would be another incident waiting to happen.
Hopefully the young and responsible India would ensure justice happens,and the best way possible is we participate and change the rules of the nation.
An ancient country,which is always known for its rich culture and traditions is shamed here,a country where the "goddess" was always the prime and treated "the above" is now notoriously unsafe for women.
All what most of us can do is to spread the word, talk about it and the let the intensity of the fight not die....
Hope is the only hope...
Ambily
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