One thing that I keep wondering is, why do people wait for a crime to happen?
The incident is going to be discussed in the parliament between the Opposition and the Government, few tears shed, controversies as to "whose fault was it?",what punishment should such culprits get, making and amending new bills (if it happens), raping the victim again and again, and the issue ends when the parliament sessions end. My question is simple..There have been many such brutal incidents in the past, have any of them bothered to sit and brainstorm to find out ways how to prevent these atrocities?
When I am into a blame game, I do not leave anybody. What about the Police Authorities, the Crime Against Women Cell (CWC), the media and we the general public. We rise when situations arise, we protest when there is another victim, we become intolerable when an event has already occurred. But have we as people, human beings, so-called citizens thought of ways to combat such social elements and crimes.
Let alone human beings, I would like to throw light on one of its subsets, Women. A small example to highlight how boys (0-15 years of age)are taken care of by their mothers: A moving Low-Floor DTC,Delhi, bus. Many people are seated, as compartmentalized, Women, Senior Citizens and Handicapped. The seating capacity in Low Floor buses is less in number, and seated in the 'Ladies' seats are a mother and her son aged 10 in the seat next to her. The not so crowded bus stops in the next bus stop, an old lady gets in. This poor thing must have missed many crowded buses (possible) to find a place to at least stand. As always, the senior citizen sitting behind the seat where the mother and son are seated, asks the mother to take his son on her lap so that the old lady could make space for herself. Bam!!, comes the reply from the mother, "Why should my son get up? I have taken ticket for him too.. he is not going to budge from here." I shrug! Everybody in the bus do the same! What this mother does not realize is that, if he doesn't budge now, he will never do. Not to the society and not even to his family!
As a spectator, my immediate thought was, are we women not our own enemy?
