GIRLS ! please dont do this when it happens!
I am not writing this post for the sake of entertainment
but, with some turbulence in my heart. All of this because I witnessed
something really terrible.
It was the first morning of Navratri. I happened to normally
stand on platform no.4 as a part of work
routine. Daily routines really bore you because you find nothing new .You just
keep on doing it mechanically day after day. I was in the same mood.
But, mind it ! this time it was very different. My heart
started pumping faster and mind became more alert. I had mixed emotions and a bit of disappointment.
All of time seemed so fast.
A short girl in a normal tshirt and blue jeans happened to
be my mood changer. She was on the same platform as me. Like me she was too waiting
but, for the train before me.As the trains arrived one by one, it threw along a huge
crowd of service going people. The platform went crowded again.
As train arrived she realized that it was the wrong
compartment, so she rushed towards her destined one. As she made her way
through the alighting crowd that ushered in, she stopped abruptly, turned
around to look back at some guy, gave him a stare and resumed her run towards the
door where her boyfriend was standing.
I was certain something didn’t happen right. When she showed
her boyfriend that he had pinched her stomach. I was taken aback as this
boyfriend didn’t act. She pointed out the molester in the
crowd who did it and cursed him! I couldn’t see him as I turned to look for him
. As I looked back at her, the train had started and she looked at me with
helpless eyes all saying that she is going to have a sleepless night.
What was the problem? There were policemen, a lot of
educated suburban crowd and her boyfriend. But, why did she fail? Because she
didn’t have the courage to act, thinking that she will be late for work which
became her excuse.
No! Girls need to speak up immediately when they face such
atrocities. Cursing won’t do any good. Nor complaining to your boyfriend if he
is lame. There are also people wanting to help. What is the use of capable judicial
system when victims choose to keep mum? The fact is when they don’t react;
molesters act. They grant the molester courage to hunt for more. I was deeply
moved by the incident.
Nature has certainly made girls physically weaker, but not
mentally. And I certainly don’t need to exemplify this. Blow the whistle even
if you feel that your closest guy is misbehaving with you physically. The society has certainly advanced in terms of
technology but, the moral nature…. still primitive.
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Amit... well composed article...
ReplyDeleteI think this image of society can not change now immediately... if we plan for future then we can surely change the things happening around us...
Yes. And I feel only education has that power of changing futures .Thanks for dropping by!
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