A Headline today is tomorrow’s history. The chaos created in Mumbai is a burning topic to debate but very soon this will be a forgotten. People will continue to live their life normally.
Sometimes you won’t even see the traces of such incidents after a year or so. The motive of such attacks is regardless. Time and again, we have seen violence on rise.
I wonder how the affected people continue their living. These are the sectors of society we forget to remember. Some might have lost their loved ones, a body organ, and means of livelihood. In spite of all these heartbreaking situations, People never lose their hope of living. That is what I call braveness.
The blog is dedicated to a person who had faced a similar situation and has shown immense courage in living her second life. When i saw her smile, I never thought she had an ill fated story to tell me. I learnt that the world is bad and No one is spared.
Life taught Pooja (name changed) brutal lessons at a young age. She was just 8 yrs old and was enjoying her childhood with her parents. Little did she know that her life will take her on an emotional roller coaster. The story of this girl starts when her cousin, Abhi(much elder to her) starts living with the family.
Abhi had come to the town looking out for jobs. Pooja’s dad helped him in getting a good job. Abhi enjoyed his stay and was amused by Pooja’s innocence. She was always around her big bro and wanted him to join in her games. Abhi was also good to her.
One morning, Pooja’s parents went out. There was no one at home. Abhi and Pooja started playing their games. As they were playing, Abhi started kissing Pooja. She was uncomfortable and showed resistance. Pooja was then molested by Abhi. She didn’t know then it was a crime. She knew it was abnormal. This continued for a while.
Pooja then confided in her mom. Her mother was aghast but all her mother did was to give an oral warning to Abhi. He understood that he can try his luck again. He tried to molest Pooja again but she threatened him saying she will go to her dad. Abhi stopped it for a while.
The girl knew something was seriously wrong and was upset. She went to her dad for help. He made sure that Abhi doesn’t repeat his actions again. Abhi continued to live in the same family.By then Pooja had already learnt to protect herself from this moron.She knew she had to fight it all alone.
Pooja told me that later when she asked her parents why they didn’t make it a big issue. The parents told her that Abhi’s parents are closely related to them and they didn’t want the relationship to be spoilt!!!!
I was taken aback. I would have killed such devilish people. It is sad that her parents didn’t care about her safety. Abhi is now happily married with a child. He still comes to her house and is treated with great hospitality. Pooja is silent as her Bhabhi(sister in law) is very good to her. Pooja has moved on in life.
This is the society where we live in. It is sad that a girl child cannot live her childhood in joy. She can’t be safe on the roads nor at her own house. The predator being her own cousin brother. She was a small child with no help around.
Criminals and rapists are walking free. Women have come in par with men in almost all the fields but isn’t it still a male dominated society?? When the media reports of a rape, don’t we make a comment on the carelessness of the victim?? We don’t hesitate to say that the girl provoked the rapist. What did the innocent Pooja do?? Are we to blame her if she wanted to include her big bro in her games??? Hasnt that been a part of our wonderful childhood???
Sometimes i really think that being born as a girl is a curse.She is always at the receiving end. She doesn’t even have the right to complain. It is sad that we cant take immediate action against such people. Capital Punishment is a must for these hard hearted people.
Things are changing for good. I do see people respecting women. But we have a long way to go.
Sometimes you won’t even see the traces of such incidents after a year or so. The motive of such attacks is regardless. Time and again, we have seen violence on rise.
I wonder how the affected people continue their living. These are the sectors of society we forget to remember. Some might have lost their loved ones, a body organ, and means of livelihood. In spite of all these heartbreaking situations, People never lose their hope of living. That is what I call braveness.
The blog is dedicated to a person who had faced a similar situation and has shown immense courage in living her second life. When i saw her smile, I never thought she had an ill fated story to tell me. I learnt that the world is bad and No one is spared.
Life taught Pooja (name changed) brutal lessons at a young age. She was just 8 yrs old and was enjoying her childhood with her parents. Little did she know that her life will take her on an emotional roller coaster. The story of this girl starts when her cousin, Abhi(much elder to her) starts living with the family.
Abhi had come to the town looking out for jobs. Pooja’s dad helped him in getting a good job. Abhi enjoyed his stay and was amused by Pooja’s innocence. She was always around her big bro and wanted him to join in her games. Abhi was also good to her.
One morning, Pooja’s parents went out. There was no one at home. Abhi and Pooja started playing their games. As they were playing, Abhi started kissing Pooja. She was uncomfortable and showed resistance. Pooja was then molested by Abhi. She didn’t know then it was a crime. She knew it was abnormal. This continued for a while.
Pooja then confided in her mom. Her mother was aghast but all her mother did was to give an oral warning to Abhi. He understood that he can try his luck again. He tried to molest Pooja again but she threatened him saying she will go to her dad. Abhi stopped it for a while.
The girl knew something was seriously wrong and was upset. She went to her dad for help. He made sure that Abhi doesn’t repeat his actions again. Abhi continued to live in the same family.By then Pooja had already learnt to protect herself from this moron.She knew she had to fight it all alone.
Pooja told me that later when she asked her parents why they didn’t make it a big issue. The parents told her that Abhi’s parents are closely related to them and they didn’t want the relationship to be spoilt!!!!
I was taken aback. I would have killed such devilish people. It is sad that her parents didn’t care about her safety. Abhi is now happily married with a child. He still comes to her house and is treated with great hospitality. Pooja is silent as her Bhabhi(sister in law) is very good to her. Pooja has moved on in life.
This is the society where we live in. It is sad that a girl child cannot live her childhood in joy. She can’t be safe on the roads nor at her own house. The predator being her own cousin brother. She was a small child with no help around.
Criminals and rapists are walking free. Women have come in par with men in almost all the fields but isn’t it still a male dominated society?? When the media reports of a rape, don’t we make a comment on the carelessness of the victim?? We don’t hesitate to say that the girl provoked the rapist. What did the innocent Pooja do?? Are we to blame her if she wanted to include her big bro in her games??? Hasnt that been a part of our wonderful childhood???
Sometimes i really think that being born as a girl is a curse.She is always at the receiving end. She doesn’t even have the right to complain. It is sad that we cant take immediate action against such people. Capital Punishment is a must for these hard hearted people.
Things are changing for good. I do see people respecting women. But we have a long way to go.
10 comments:
well written. what i feel is that awareness is still not there in india. slowly things are changing. in London, Priya (the gal who u know) would have taken Abhi and her parents to court.
Hey Anu! Good show! I must add... in most situations life throws at you one needs to be alert, aware and react accordingly. People continue to live/survive/exist out of the sheer reality that they are faced with absolutely NO CHOICE.. ! We have to learn to be more tolerant and kind.... at the same time cannot afford to be naive! Perceptions at some point of time have to be broken and demystified!
Cheers..continue the good work.
Gr8 work,yaar. I believe that our society en culture plays a vital role in this increasing crime rate. This would cease only when a person knows his/her rights completely. A kid however is not aware of all these stuffs,that would be the reason 4 the increase in child abuse. Educating them could help 2 certain extend,i guess but the involvement of parents in this matter is very important.....There I gave u my views....Anyways, keep up ur work...Its improving 2 the best
hats off anu.well said about the the present scenario in india.still it is the men dominating society.priya was a child and was unaware and didnt know to protect.but there are r youngsters and women in this society who knowingly dnt bring out these issues.this is wat is happenning atleast in kerala.when a girl is been teased or harrassed parents blame the girl.dressing of a girls never provokes neone unless the oppsite gender finds a reason..al the best anu.
Hey hello,damn good man,doesn't seem like u are an amateur as a writer ;-)
Dear Anu,
Very Intense n insightful at the same time.I fully agree wit ure views.
The prob in our country is not the lack of awareness about these issues,but the lack of response towards the same, v all are (@least t majority)aware of the issues, but none of us really do anythin about the same.
I jus hope people get inspired to ACT, which is t need of the hour.
keep doin the good work,
God Bless
Hey Anu...
Good stuff yaar....
I liked it.
5 on 5 for u.
Cheers & All the best
Aashish
Anu,
hey great show yeah rightly said nowadays women ve equal rights but misintrepted incorrectly interms of rural world.hey not to worry as a urban women ve the power and voice to raise as u c n many women activist for ex talisma i was moved by her teachings and writings coz she went against her religion where she has written about principles of women and how to walk without "burkha" she has problem intially but now she has prooved it....So anu keep up the spirit i was shaken when i read this blog...No words but hey i wud say just awsomoe lukin for some more blogs......all the best its just fantastic + fablous = fantablous......
Your Well wisher
Paul
Hey I don't know you but your work is really good. I hope men change their views towards women .You keep writing more and keep it up.
hey...that was impressive...both content and the presentation. But, wanna tell you something da...child abuse to not specific to girls its so common with male kids as well. And a US survey about child abuse says 95% of abuse is done by a close relative or a care taker or neighbour. Mostly ald aged people. "m talking bot US survey, because no such surveys can happen in India...even guys are not open to this kinda questions. one point of time i was so confused about these things and i did a lotta research on this...and i learned a lot of unpleasant things because of that research :|
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