The shocking, repulsive, abhorrent incident that happened in Patna recently has left me speechless and numb. I do not know whether to be angry, sad or bewildered. A woman is lured away from her home with the promise of a job. When she discovers that she has been duped and is going to be abused she tries to run away. However she is caught, molested in public, stripped and humiliated for over an hour while hundreds watch and even join in the game. The so called law enforcers a.k.a the police watch as mute spectators, one of them even joining the predators.
I cannot even begin to imagine what the poor woman felt as she bore the humiliation and outrage. Only one of her tormentors has been arrested, the others still run scot-free. No one stepped in to stop the ignominy. Everyone standing there simply watched the show with glee. The entire incident was caught on camera. Wonder why the camera men did not reach out to help her.
Nothing, simply nothing can condone this outrage. Even if the woman was the worst offender possible she did not deserve this treatment. We are supposed to live in a society where laws prevail but for that hour it seemed that all was simply forgotten as predators took the stage and played to the gallery that stood as silent spectators. I wonder why no one wondered how they would feel if they woman in question was one of their own: a sister, a daughter or a wife!
I could go on writing pages about how I feel today or simply limit my words and ask: Is it worth being born a woman in a land where women can be worshiped as an image but never respected in real life?
I am amazed about law implementing authorities. Sad to know.
Hi Good day!
My question is 'Why wait for the law to come & take control?' Has the common man lost the sense of whats right & wrong & take the step to stop such a thing? This is not the first time this has happened. There are 2recent such incidents where women are molested/abused by a mob or where the public has just stood & watched.
Why cant ppl REALIZE that what they are watching is Wrong/outrageous & step in to intervene or get aid !
Hope, if we are faced with such a situation, we act with sensibility & not blame the system for not being efficient.
Speaking of self defence I saw this photoessay by photographer Aksel Sundström on the website of Outlook India, its about girls taking up boxing.
http://photogallery.outlookindia.com/default.aspx?pt=8&ptv=183