16 December
2012.
New Delhi.
India
News spreads
Helplessness, Agony,
Outcry, Anger,
Protests,
Street March, Slogans, Candles, Fasts
Debates,
Discussions, Editorials, Media coverage
Tweets, Facebook
updates, Blogs
Poems, Articles
Commitments,
Oaths, Schemes, Improvements
Calls for life
punishment.
Calls for
changes in the system.
Calls for
changes in law.
Will history
repeat itself?
That is the
question.
Helplessness, Agony, Outcry, Anger,
Protests,
Street March, Slogans,
Debates,
Discussions, Editorials,
Calls for
changes in the system.
Calls for
changes in law.
And the world
was silent again.
Helplessness, Agony, Outcry, Anger,
Protests,
Street March, Slogans,
Debates,
Discussions, Editorials,
Calls for
changes in the system.
Calls for
changes in law.
And the world
was silent again.
Helplessness, Agony, Outcry, Anger,
Protests,
Street March, Slogans,
Debates,
Discussions, Editorials, Media coverage
Calls for
changes in the system.
Calls for
changes in law.
And the world
was silent again.
Helplessness, Agony, Outcry, Anger,
Protests,
Street March, Slogans,
Debates,
Discussions, Editorials, Media coverage
Calls for
changes in the system.
Calls for
changes in law.
And the world
was silent again.
Helplessness, Agony, Outcry, Anger,
Protests,
Street March, Slogans,
Debates,
Discussions, Editorials, Media coverage
Calls for
changes in the system.
Calls for
changes in law.
And the world
was silent again.
Who was she?
Oh..right.
Unfortunate indeed.
And the world
was silent again.
Jammu and
Kashmir.
Hmm! It is easy
to talk about it,
But you know,
Our soldiers
are doing a good job there.
Don’t discuss.
Aren’t you
patriotic?
Someone has to
pay the price. Keep quiet.
And the world
was silent again.
North East?
What happened
there?
Oh! It must be
some foreign hand.
Who knows what the
fact is!
The media has
no other story
Let it be, who
cares?
And the world
was silent again.
Thousands, nay
millions of
'Nameless' and 'Faceless'
Go through the
agony.
Four year young and seventy year old,
Poor and Middle class and Wealthy,
Dalit and tribal and the upper caste,
Educated and uneducated,
Working in the public sector, private sector, unorganized sector, domestic workers.
Everyday. Every
moment.
Some have
courage to say it loudly.
Many die a
silent death.
Pending cases.
Conviction
rate?
Social taboo.
Police attitude,
No help from passers by ....
Well, it is still a concern.
And the
newspaper writes about one more rape.
From somewhere,
around the corner.
“Women! “
“You know, it
is not actually rape.”
“When they are
caught red-handed, they want to save their skin by framing the man.”
“Why do they
wear such provocative clothes?”
“Why do they move out in the evening?”
“Don’t they
understand the world around is not good.”
“Women – they
want independence!! These are the fruits of their independence.”
“This is all
impact of westernization.”
“This is not
our culture. We need to go back to our culture.”
“It does not
happen to us because we are good.”
“Rape happens
to only those who are ‘characterless’”
“Leave it. It
is not our problem.”
And the world
becomes silent
Again and
again.
16 December
2012.
New Delhi.
India
Agony, Outcry,
Anger
Continue to
grow.
29 December,
Singapore.
The last
breath.
I wish; we all wish that
At least now
The world would not remain silent!
However, I fear that the world will be silent again!
