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| Manual to avoid rape? |
The horrifying rape case has once again, brought to surface
what people prefer to ignore. The ‘dark’ sides of the world. We do not want to
acknowledge that it exists, for it might make our illusion of a perfect world
less of a reality. Every time such an incident happens, there are protests and
debates and concerns about the safety of an average woman in the city, and as
time passes, everyone soon forgets it. Except the victim, and until the next
time. And, the next time anything like this happens, the cycle repeats itself,
without any meaningful changes taking place. I’m not trying to blame the
government or the general citizens of the city here. I myself am a citizen but
what am I doing to prevent such incidents from happening in the future?
Nothing! Except vent out on my blog. And will this help in any way? I don’t
know. Except hope that someday someone reads this and feels what it is like to
be a woman in the capital city of India. Is being born a female such a sin that
we have to be cautious of our lives daily? Or is working and studying and being
out late at night an offence that we must be punished for? Delhi talks of being
a metropolitan city with opportunities for anyone from any walk of life. But
what good are these opportunities if the basic safety of its citizens and
especially women remains an issue? I do not have freedom of expression (fear of
being arrested under some IT act prevents me from voicing most opinions now!) ;
I cannot be sure about my safety if I am travelling alone in the city. But the
girl in the said incident wasn’t travelling alone. So maybe I shouldn’t travel
at all, and not voice my opinions as well. I should just sit at home and accept
all that is happening; perhaps praying to God that something like this never
happens to me or my friends….and that the city that I have grown to love maybe
wouldn’t provide me with reasons to hate it every day.