Every child is special, so is every motherA great saint once suggested, "why should we talk ill of her, who gives birth to kings”… We are only killing her. Recently I was reading a report of what they call a ‘landmark case’. For the first time in India a court has taken assessment of psychologists who counseled a rape victim as evidence. It’s a story of a daughter who was repeatedly raped by her father when she was little over 10 years. For me, it’s a ‘case of landmark’ because her mother stood by her.
40 per cent of married Indian women regularly experience spousal violence in India. Where women don’t stand by women against men’s violence, and where most women don’t even utter a word against their husbands; there, a mother fights for her daughter’s justice, indeed is a marker. The mom further recalls, “the cops often asked me to drop the case after my husband falling at my feet in their presence.” And sent her husband to seven years rigorous imprisonment on December 21st, 2007. (A verdict by a Delhi court).
In our country, 2000 girls go missing, 50 are raped and 480 subjected to molestation and abduction everyday. The silent victims of societal prejudice, this has resulted in a drastic imbalance in the sex-ratio between girls and boys. Surprisingly, the ratio is more evident among the educated, urban and well-to-do families.
No one expects this statistics to help much; domestic violence is raising more with education. The old saying turns true many times, Women can be their own worst enemy. But what about being your own enemy? Is there a ‘martyr’ image associated in being assaulted, kicked, slapped and rapped by men and yet keeping quiet? I felt yes! And what image do we wear, when we’re cheated by men? Perhaps, an idol of love. This time, I just want to sing loud with Bob Marley: Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
40 per cent of married Indian women regularly experience spousal violence in India. Where women don’t stand by women against men’s violence, and where most women don’t even utter a word against their husbands; there, a mother fights for her daughter’s justice, indeed is a marker. The mom further recalls, “the cops often asked me to drop the case after my husband falling at my feet in their presence.” And sent her husband to seven years rigorous imprisonment on December 21st, 2007. (A verdict by a Delhi court).
In our country, 2000 girls go missing, 50 are raped and 480 subjected to molestation and abduction everyday. The silent victims of societal prejudice, this has resulted in a drastic imbalance in the sex-ratio between girls and boys. Surprisingly, the ratio is more evident among the educated, urban and well-to-do families.
No one expects this statistics to help much; domestic violence is raising more with education. The old saying turns true many times, Women can be their own worst enemy. But what about being your own enemy? Is there a ‘martyr’ image associated in being assaulted, kicked, slapped and rapped by men and yet keeping quiet? I felt yes! And what image do we wear, when we’re cheated by men? Perhaps, an idol of love. This time, I just want to sing loud with Bob Marley: Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
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