Photograph by: Manish Swaroop
Let’s please not pull a Ghajni
this time!
Our ride from Cwg to 2G via Adarsh society (that recently
crossed the Coalgate) has been a super bumpy one and now we are at our next
station of shame – the Rape station!
But I am sure let another week pass (or let another incident
happen which will stoop us a lot lower than we already are on the moral-o-meter)
and we will forget all about Nirbhaya/ Damini/ or that brave girl who fought
till the end for survival.
Our memory is so short-lived that it won’t take us more than
a shower to hop on to something new – anything from a political blunder – to a
natural calamity – to even an Indo-Pak cricket match is enough to divert India’s
attention. (And I bet the Government is
praying on it already!)
Gone will be Nirbhaya – who made us all unite, stand and fight - and
she will join the other ghosts from our past.
Please-please-please-please do not let this emotion fade
away.
And while the government says it’s doing the best it can – or, maybe it’s
not– I don’t know and quite frankly I have reached the point where I don’t even
care for its shallow make belief reforms and steps. The point is that we really
cannot sit with one hand on top of the other.
I am not asking for a
revolution here but just go with me.
On the 29th day of December, 2012 – let us all
take an oath...
· I will raise my son with such diligence and care
that no other girl will ever be dragged down that road again.
· I don’t know about the whole country but here on
onwards I will take responsibility for myself – I will be the change that I
want in the society.
· I will never mock another person (a girl or a
boy) – no matter how inviting I may think it seemed.
· I will not sit back if I witness a girl being
subjected to misbehaviour of any kind.
· I will never be that passerby who leaves a victim
to die by the roadside.
· I will not vote only and only and only on merit------
not because my fufadh ji is a member
of a certain party.
· I will respect all women – not just my own
mother.
· I will actually respect the law and not just say
it.
· I will not pull a Ghajni this time.
· I will not let Damini die.
