After another an incident, the social media trend followed, voices raised, marches ran and protests striked.
Would SC monitored CBI be dispassionate?
Will this ensure that the government will back off from coercive actions against protestors and journalists?
NCRB array show that India had a rape incidence rate of mere 5.2 cases per 1,00,00 peopleas of 2018 which pales in comparison to Sweden, US or South Africa. This is because most of the cases here go unreported, unheard and this proves that these figures may not be strictly comparable.
Time has arrived for India to avenge for its ‘Bharat Mata’. There had been times when Madhya Pradesh Tribes, Kol and Baiga offered daily prayers to their mother goddess, Mai. But are things same as for now? No, certainly not.
It’s not about blaming the system, its we who need to act seriously and wisely against them.
The 2012 gang rape and murder of Nirbhaya made is yearn for effective policing and justice. But shouldn’t we be ashamed that it took eight years for four convicts to be hanged? Besides Nirbhaya, there have been numerous examples at Ajmer, Unnao, Kathua, Bikaner, Kamluni and many more to mention.
And the trend is simple, firstly there’s extreme anger and shocks, leaking of details of the crime then social media descends into blaming of society mindset, marches, protests, vigils follow, politicians villify statements. Finally, the rape disappears from public memory. Viragos raise their voice againt patriarchy practised but much of it is left unnoticed.
The only difference between the traditional Mahabharata and the contemporary one is that there is no existence of Krishna in this Kaliyug. There is only a Shakuni and Kaurava, the descendants of King Kuru, that too not in hundreds but thousands. Draupadi would have to help herself rise above the her lines of afflictions and strive for all her mates. Its time for her to avenge the shame that has arrived, yet again.
