Today she died. Everyone is shocked and sad. A mix of sadness, anger, frustration and helplessness and gloom. She is no more and it makes no different to her what happens now. But will her death go in vein just like any other case? So many crimes happen everyday and are forgotten with the news of the day, but this time whole country is mourning for her.
Who killed her?
The police?
for not providing protections?
for not filing FIRs for hundreds of such and similar cases happening everyday.
for not taking action on molesters and criminals?
The judicial system?
for being so slow and inefficient that it takes decades and all your earnings to get judgement, but still not the justice. Where advocates and judges have a nexus to delay the case forever. Where all kinds of reforms and accountability measures are just pending like millions of cases.
The transport department?
for letting such illegal buses run in the city and letting those criminals use it without any check. For not providing safe and secure service. for not taking any action on them despite complaints.
The politicians?
for letting all that happen. Do I need to even talk about them? Do they even care?
or
Us, the people, the society? for ignoring hundreds of such cases happening everyday.
for living comfortable despite everyday some crime was happening in the very city we live in.
for not doing anything for inferior and insecure position of woman.
for blaming and shaming the victim for no fault of hers.
for letting woman be treated as a property since the Pandavas used Draupadi as a property in a game of dice.
for not letting them feel equally human?
for not respecting them.
for not being sympathetic but pathetic.
for voting for politicians who themselves are rapists?
for letting the corrupt rule and letting the whole system rote?
what were we waiting for? A gruesome death to shake and awaken our conscience or to happen it to ourself?
Is it gender insensitivity and discrimination, lack of reforms (police reform, judicial reform, social reform, political reform, election reform .......the list is endless) ,corruption, negligence, or moral decay or defeat of humanity?
Who killed her?
The police?
for not providing protections?
for not filing FIRs for hundreds of such and similar cases happening everyday.
for not taking action on molesters and criminals?
The judicial system?
for being so slow and inefficient that it takes decades and all your earnings to get judgement, but still not the justice. Where advocates and judges have a nexus to delay the case forever. Where all kinds of reforms and accountability measures are just pending like millions of cases.
The transport department?
for letting such illegal buses run in the city and letting those criminals use it without any check. For not providing safe and secure service. for not taking any action on them despite complaints.
The politicians?
for letting all that happen. Do I need to even talk about them? Do they even care?
or
Us, the people, the society? for ignoring hundreds of such cases happening everyday.
for living comfortable despite everyday some crime was happening in the very city we live in.
for not doing anything for inferior and insecure position of woman.
for blaming and shaming the victim for no fault of hers.
for letting woman be treated as a property since the Pandavas used Draupadi as a property in a game of dice.
for not letting them feel equally human?
for not respecting them.
for not being sympathetic but pathetic.
for voting for politicians who themselves are rapists?
for letting the corrupt rule and letting the whole system rote?
what were we waiting for? A gruesome death to shake and awaken our conscience or to happen it to ourself?
Is it gender insensitivity and discrimination, lack of reforms (police reform, judicial reform, social reform, political reform, election reform .......the list is endless) ,corruption, negligence, or moral decay or defeat of humanity?
Till when we will keep ourself in this illusion that "it is not my job to care" or "what can I do about it".
Who is to blame? what be the punishment? or we should rather think on how to make it the last such case ever. There is a great distance to go, but when will we take the first step? when will we start moving? When will be understand that cumulative small steps of millions will make the journey smaller. When will we realize that millions drops makes an ocean. That we need to walk together but we also need to walk alone before we can join others. lets not keep standing, lets move. its time to act. Be vigilant. Use RTI , use vote, use yourself against any thing wrong, no matter how small or big, related to this crime or anything. Because those small things, when left unchecked come out as a monster who do heinous things and then we say we are helpless, weak, alone.
Act! or else we are also among those who killed her...... or let her die.... whats the difference!
Well said.. it's us who need to take the step, step to educate our self and coming generations to respect women..
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