Nirantar 2020 - Flipbook - Page 57
What should I do?
When I was little I always used to ask my grandma why do we kill Raavan did he do
something wrong? She used to tell me the story of good winning over evil not every time and
innocent 8yr old me believed that evil can win. I am 17 today and my belief from this story
is long gone. The latest news about boy’s locker room, after reading that piece of news what
I felt is difficult to covert in words, really? Are we on that level where the word humanity has
no value? As a girl after reading all this I felt unsafe in my own block, the block where I live,
where I am supposed to feel no harm can come to me. It’s my home and to know those people
roam here, freely thinking they are inevitable DISGUSTS me. We live in a society where a
crime as big as rape is normalised. We live in a country where a case like Nirbhaya got justice
after 7 years of struggle, And even after those 7 years of long, hard struggle was justice really
served? Before being hanged the last words of the rapist was "humne Kuch galat nhi kiya,
achi ladkiyan raat ko nhi ghumti." Is this what you call justice? Because I do not. I am not a
judge, I don’t know laws but what I do know as a girl who feels the fear every other girl in
this country does is WE NEED A SOLUTION FOR THIS. Not just any punishment- a
punishment, which would make the perpetrators of those heinous crimes, realise what it feels
like when someone tries to take away your dignity. I started watching Mahabharat during
lockdown period and the way Draupadi stood up to her humiliation; She stood up for herself
like a true QUEEN. The way she made those men sitting with their heads down including her
own husbands realise that what women are worth and how her one curse can make them
regret their petty lives was inspirational. That woman caused the Maha yudh of that time just
to make everyone understand you CAN NOT TREAT WOMEN LIKE SHIT. Women are not
object u can use the way u want, think of your mother SHE is the reason your even being able
to breathe and you want to ruin the life she gave you after putting herself through hell? Think
about a father, do u even realise what a father goes through every time his daughter goes out
alone? Today when I told my father this news, I could see what he felt in his eyes and how
worried he got for my sister and me. I won’t emphasize on mothers because clearly saying
that doesn’t cause any effect so at least think about a father, think about what he goes through
after reading all this. I ask as a girl to you all tell me what should I do? Sit at home with the
fear? Compromise and adjust my life just so u can be safe because our government or society
isn’t capable of that? What should I do?
Navya-XIIC
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