It has turned out to be the incident that shook Delhi most since the Anna Hazare fast. Day after day, crowds are turning out relentlessly to protest the brutal rape and assault which happened inside a Delhi private bus. So much so that even my usually 'oblivious to any thing not trending in FB' BIL also voiced his concern on the heinous incident. What I want to write about it is not clear, all I know is, I should not fail to write about it. It is almost passe and mundane to write about how tough it is for women to walk on the streets or use public transport. It is so common that it does not even count as a mentionable expereince. May be what caused the outpouring of outrage over this particular was that probably it was gruesome even by Delhi standards. Rape is an everyday matter in Delhi and even as I write now, 2 cases of rape of a 3 yr child and a 40 yr woman is trending on news channels.
After the news about 'Amanat's' rape broke, for days together, R and I would talk about it with disbelief. We would discuss how those men could do this so cold bloodedly? We talked about how these thugs should be made to suffer for the rest of their lives so that every living moment, they would regret what they did. Even if you are drunk, how can you inflict so much damage so as to rupture the intestines? If they were these base animals when drunk, they could not have been any less filthy vermin when sober. The very thought of her physical condition was painful to me and I avoided thinking of the trauma she would have gone through.Over days, as she struggled on the ventilator, I wondered why she should remain after all this, for society would never allow her wounds to heal, atleast not mentally. It was heartening to hear that she was a fighter and remaining alive and weaned from ventilator. But now septicemia is setting in and it will take all the prayers and miracles to keep her alive.
What use is tougher laws, dress codes death punishment for rape, removing tinted windows from buses and other token measures when attitudes wont change? Today this happened in Delhi. But this could happen anywhere in India. A mob assaulted a girl in Guwahati and few months later, the same has happened to a Manipuri theatre artist in Bangalore too. India is no country for women.
After the news about 'Amanat's' rape broke, for days together, R and I would talk about it with disbelief. We would discuss how those men could do this so cold bloodedly? We talked about how these thugs should be made to suffer for the rest of their lives so that every living moment, they would regret what they did. Even if you are drunk, how can you inflict so much damage so as to rupture the intestines? If they were these base animals when drunk, they could not have been any less filthy vermin when sober. The very thought of her physical condition was painful to me and I avoided thinking of the trauma she would have gone through.Over days, as she struggled on the ventilator, I wondered why she should remain after all this, for society would never allow her wounds to heal, atleast not mentally. It was heartening to hear that she was a fighter and remaining alive and weaned from ventilator. But now septicemia is setting in and it will take all the prayers and miracles to keep her alive.
What use is tougher laws, dress codes death punishment for rape, removing tinted windows from buses and other token measures when attitudes wont change? Today this happened in Delhi. But this could happen anywhere in India. A mob assaulted a girl in Guwahati and few months later, the same has happened to a Manipuri theatre artist in Bangalore too. India is no country for women.
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