Shame on every human

The brutal rape of 23 year old girl in a moving bus has shaken the very foundation of our society. Rape is one thing and inserting iron rod in one's private part is completely different, nothing can be more brutal than this. Police, political system and the society are to be blamed equally for this shame. The society which is highly unequal, the religion which is highly patriarchal, where women are not allowed to burn the holy pyre, where most of the rituals are to be done by males, where female foeticide is a norm, where sex ratio is deeply screwed, where honour killing is a norm and where women are treated as sex symbols to be violated at will and to be killed at will, rape becomes the logical conclusion. 

Strong laws act as deterrent but the real change comes from within and this change can only be brought by giving respect to women, empowering them and by not treating Sex as a taboo subject. There are numerous films, features etc that  spread immorality, a random scanning of any newsportal will prove this point but it is also said that films etc are the reflection of the current trends of the society although i dont agree completely to it but there is indeed some truth in it. Immorality should be condemned, it should not be encouraged.  A country that worships Goddesses does not feel shame in violating the very sex represented by these Goddesses, this needs to change. 

Last weekend saw the highly successful anti-rape protests of youngsters at Raisana Hills, India Gate etc. I was deeply inspired by these protests and watching this on Times Now, i was cursing my geographical location. The words of  William Wordsworth about French revolution is equally true here "Bliss was in that dawn to be alive, but to be young was very heaven". But the way this protest was violently crushed by Delhi Police is utterly shameful and a stigma on our democratic credential. Democracy  becomes a non-democracy when the ruling elite stops talking to the people and instead of heeding to their legitimate demands, starts calling them hooligans or gundas. When the youth of the country awakes from the long night sleep, the country is destined to rise higher and higher and this energy should not go astray. This is our right as well as responsibility.

May Santa bring life and happiness to that 23 year old girl battling for her life in Delhi hospital and May God give peace to the soul of Policeman Tomar who has succumbed to the injury caused by the violence. Amen.