Where Is That Ray?

I need light at the end of the tunnel. For the last so many years I have been walking, working, sleeping, waking up, eating, playing, weeping, crying; all in the dark. It is like life began in a tunnel and ended in a tunnel. And the worst part is that for all these years there has not been a single ray of light at the end of this tunnel.

This is the story of my country. This is the story of a woman of my country. Probably, it is not only my country that is worried about the heinous crime of sexual violence being committed against the girl child and women in this patriarchal society. It is happening everywhere, irrespective of the stature of a country – developed, developing or underdeveloped.

In fact, a situation is better in certain countries irrespective of this stature. But overall, there needs a stream of serious action in a collaborative manner. There is no sense in wasting energies in a scattered manner in fighting against sexual violence. A girl needs to understand her rights at an appropriate time during her growth and development.

Society and family have to play a major role in imparting this education to the girl child regarding her rights. She must understand quite distinctly right against wrong and good against bad. Because if a girl child develops under fear, she will never be able to impart appropriate knowledge to the coming generations. A suppressed child can never grow into an independent and confident parent.

To avoid a girl or a woman getting caught in a web of fear, lack of education & knowledge, and sexual violence there are few steps that need to be taken care of as mentioned below:
If a girl child or woman is not courageous enough to report or raise the alarm against sexual violence it is shameful for her family, society and the whole nation. What this means is that she has not been given ample knowledge and freedom to trigger an alert in case of crisis or threat.

Right at the first instance of any kind of sexual abuse, a girl or woman must know what the right kind of action that is required is. Usually such things are accepted as a granted abuse of society and result into silence rather than speaking out against it.

Education and knowledge at the right time are the keys to this. A girl must get proper education and knowledge at the right time in her life to understanding her rights against sexual abuse and violence. Education and knowledge must be strong enough to build up a substantial level of confidence in her. It should also empower her to strongly condemn any such act in the open and bring the culprits to the society and law for appropriate action.

Workshops at the school and college level and play a big role in this direction. There is a clear commitment that should come from a nation: administrative agencies, states, colleges, schools, society regarding the safety of women and girl child. 

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#KnowYourRights, Dear Ladies!

We are a developing country. We have still not reached a substantial maturity level as far as a nation and society are concerned. We still feel proud in being addressed as a developing country. That is why probably we are not keen to rapidly become a developed country. A country where society is confident about the nation and nation is proud of its societal activities. We live in an isolated state in our country and society. We are least worried of what is happening to others as far as it is not impacting us.

The above might not be true to its fullest what I wrote above. The scenario is changing. We are getting impacted by the drawbacks in our society. These drawbacks are lingering on for so many years but finally we have started waking up from our long sleep. There are a lot of initiatives being taken from various government and non-government agencies in this direction. Despite all these good efforts that are visible, there is a lack of collaboration. There is still a ubiquity of sadness in the country as far as the safety of women and girls is concerned. Every day there are a number of related cases happening in the metropolis that cause a severe cause of concern.

If I have to think of the top three reasons of the rising importance to encourage reporting sexual violence, they would be characterized by three keywords as below: 

Space: We need to give sufficient space to a girl child to grow fearlessly in the family and society. This is not about a mere physical space. It is about intellectual and psychological space that a girl and woman needs in our country. For years, that have to live at the whims and fancies of the dominant male society. Wherever a girl or woman travels, moves or lives, they have to be cautious all the time. There is always a dominance imposed on them. This needs to go off, big time.

Freedom: We need to give freedom to every child, especially to a girl child. This is about freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of development and freedom to live in a dignified manner. There are a lot of impositions on women and girls which never let them survive in a confident atmosphere.

Education: There is a prevalent misconception in the society that a girl child does not need as much attention and education as a boy. The era is gone when a girl had just to gain mastery in domestic work and get married at an early age. Gone is the time when they just had to marry and confine themselves to domestic chores all their life. 

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Delhi --- Rape Cancer Spreading Fast ---- Capital Turning into Mental Asylum ?

The reality remains the same as pointed out  here - Its spreading fast & how!

Do we deserve this??!! Daily, Pick up the newspaper & read all the bu##$@!t  !
Keep on turning pages and along with the rising mercury, my brain's temperature also keeps on rising.

      At times I feel how helpless the healthy minded people have become in front of these sick minded people who are increasing day by day and are hiding behind masks and therefore are difficult to detect.

       What's the problem of these filthy people? Why are they so obsessed with sex? Can't they see anything in life beyond this? Why are they targeting young innocent kids who are so unaware of all this rubbish? What are they imprinting on their psyche  and body?

        Till now we were reading about aimless man of lower strata doing heinous rapes and other sexual abuses on all- young girls, boys and kids.But today I was shocked to read the confirmation of the medical report that female maids who worked with a reputed public school in Gurgaon were sexually abusing an eight year old girl - even by using foreign objects! They confessed to the crime, What type are women are they? How can a woman - a mother do it?

          Is it some sort of frustration which is leading them to this shameless path or simply the sickness of their psyche? Where & when is it going to end? Are these people totally devoid of conscience? It is high time, we have to strive for some very serious introspection - find the root cause, educate & counsel them. Both mental & physical discipline is the need of the hour. Otherwise it seems that we are sending our to a jungle daily (and not to schools) which is full of sick minded beasts and we are not at all sure of our children's security unless they return home.