We have reached the year 2018. We celebrated the occasion, greeting and wishing everyone.
The next time, it will be 2019 and then 2020 and so on. But no new year’s festival can bring any glory to India until the society changes its views.
A multiple number of articles have been published on this topic and yet, there is negligible effect on the behaviour of our countrymen. Sexual assaults, rape and molestation keep increasing at a great pace. Whether it is 2001 or 2018, women still do not feel safe when it is dark. Even the surveillance authorities are not trustworthy. In some cases, criminals are only disguised as safe keepers who take you to a place in the name of safety and harassment begins.
Women are worshipped as goddesses at home and molested on the streets and in buses. Car cabs were introduced for safety but a woman only feels safe once she reaches home. So many rape cases take place in these cabs and taxis. We cry for feminism but what have we actually gained? Just increasing number of rapes and fewer girls being allowed to leave their homes, whether for studying or partying.
Yes, we are protected from international terror because of our soldiers. My brothers are always there at the border bearing terrible weather conditions but for what? For our safety. But what about what goes on inside the border? Who is there to protect us from these monsters? Yes, monsters! Not every girl can be like Akira was in the movie.
I don’t think there is a single person who has not heard about rape. They see the molesters roaming freely and this encourages them to harass others because they know the government or the people won’t take any action.
Maybe there are a few girls who have not received threats from strangers. Maybe these girls mostly stay at home. However, the ones who have suffered know how it feels – the cheap comments followed by catcalling which boys enjoy, trying to touch a girl after forcing her to stop her vehicle.
How can I even think of being happy on a new year when all these thoughts never escape my mind?