When Will "such men" Ever Learn?

Another Rape victim reported in Delhi.

This time,the victim is not a woman, but a girl. A little 5 year old girl.

When I first read this news on Yahoo! news, I Cried and felt extreme anger and helplessness over the inability in doing something. Of course I can join a protest, or write a Blog or talk to many people. But that is what we all have been doing whenever such a news comes out.

Has it ever been effective? If it was, then such crimes wont happen.

Dec 16, 2012 the news about Nirbhaya (the 23 Year old gang-rape Victim) was out and it led to a huge protest that was pretty effective in empowering the rape victims to come out and report the crime boldly. Yet, The real change that is mandatory is yet to come...

The change in Men.

A fear that should be installed in the minds of Men to stop them from doing such things.

The facts about this current rape case of the 5 year old girl is sickening. Things he has done to her is horrible. He is definitely an animal in the skin of a man. He has mutilated certain parts of the child's body. How can someone be so inhuman? Is he even a Human?

So what is feasible?

Following are the suggestions by the people during different protests and public debates:

1. Mandatory Death penalty.
2. Castration.
3. Mutilation of their body in public view.
4. Make them run naked and stone them to death.
5. Denial of all basic, civic, legal, humane support to them..

However, the foremost thing to do is, to SHOW the face of this accused to the public. Reveal his identity to the people and to the world, regarding his name, age, occupation, residence, education...etc. Why safeguard his identity and human rights when he had no regard for the basic well-being or human rights of a 5 year old child?

Why cover his face?

There are many explanations that can be given in defence of this 'covering of the face'. The questions like: "what if he is not the real accused?" Then an innocent man might get defamed unnecessarily. But, if the accused has accepted to the execution of the crime, then why not reveal his face so that, He can at least undergo the mental trauma of being humiliated in the society for this heinous crime? Am sure this mental agony is nothing compared to the two days agony undergone by the little 5 year old girl!

It has always been done this way. The accused in India is given more identity protection than the victim. They did not care about innocent people's rights... Why should we care about their rights? This is how the bad men misuse the good humane rules and laws. So lets STOP being Good to such men.

Something serious need to be done. A solution is necessary to bring a fear in the minds of men or any individual who wishes to do such a crime.

It is high time we define the Rarest of Rare case and STOP thinking about the so called "human rights" of the accused. 

(Human Rights for accused)

What about the "human rights" of the 5 year old child? 
or the 23 year old physiotherapist?

Its time we think and prioritize on who is a greater victim (The Victim of the Crime? or the Victim of the Good Laws?) and thus use the concept of Balance of convenience, which definitely tilts towards the victim of the Crime and NOT towards the accused. 

To all the men out there who have this untamed animal hidden within them,  BEWARE.

People of this nation might be silent, but do remember that it is the few steps that the lion takes backwards before attacking. The day will come soon when such men will get their most deserved punishment. I just hope it comes real soon before another such incident is reported.

The Blast

The recent Boston Blasts

Pic source link:

( http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/blast-scars-sacred-day-for-local-boston-marathon-runners/2013/04/15/753b08ea-a618-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html )

They all woke up thinking their day would be amazing and fun-filled. Marathon is something that we all love to see or participate. It would have been a morning of fitness filled with laughter, surrounded by cheers and encouraging statements from the supporters of the marathon runners.

Many would have got their camera ready to capture the lovely moments of their loved ones giving their best in the marathon. What a moment it would have been to capture!

But Boom went the sound. 

Who would have imagined it? Expect the unexpected! Yet, This unexpected event is something no one will wish to expect. Who wants to expect a blast in moments of happiness? 

There are elements in the society present in every nation who plan and implement the notorious intentions of ruining the happy moments of the society. Is it just about ruining happiness? I doubt that. It is much more than that. It is the will to prove that "I have the power to take lives!"<--That<-- is filled in the minds of terrorists.

But I would Just like to remind the terrorists that... Irrespective of the number of lives that they take away, they can never take away the love and affection that binds every human together during the moments of chaos and trouble  Terrorists should not switch off the TV after seeing the blast they masterminded, instead keep it rolling for some more time and see the way people help each other to survive; and encourage the victims to hold on for few more seconds till they reach the hospital and get treated. 

This is the will of humanity: To live and let live. This "will" lives and blooms in the hearts of all human beings in this world except terrorists. So terrorists better understand that they can never win and will always remain loosers; because they can never remove this will from our hearts.

As far as we all continue helping each other and thrive to sustain the humane touch in our hearts.... It is always a "Fail" for the terrorists!

CHEERS TO HUMANITY...!

A Milli-Second Escape

On Feb 1, 2013: Saw close  the back of the three wheeler cart and next second... All I felt was pain! I woke up and felt numbness in my mouth. Tried to check out my mouth to find out what was wrong there. I felt the absence of a tooth. I was shocked! I lost a tooth!? checked my watch. It said it was 2:46 PM. I started driving my vehicle at 2:30 PM. Am sure the accident would have happened in between 2:41 PM to 2:45 PM. But the great escape was in few seconds. 

I sat down on the pavement and I touched my head and my hands. All was fine! Praise the Lord. I just lost my tooth! Yay!

Yay!? Well... That means i have to see a Dentist!! How i hated to sit in that dental chair. Now, I will be forced to sit there. Who knows for how many sittings!? I checked my watch. It said it was 2:50 PM. 

It was only after i subjected my mind to all these series of thoughts, that i looked around me. Saw where I was. I was in the Marina Beach Road. People were standing around me. There was a girl in Burkha who kept saying "Oh she was driving so fast!" and she continued to say that "And she did not wear a helmet!"

Now, this made me feel so guilty and scared. My mom will be so mad at me! She always said "wear helmet" at least 10 times before i left. And all that i would say was "Oh sure!" or "Yea mom..." but never really took it seriously.

Today, because I did not wear a helmet, I met with an accident and lost a tooth; which means i will have regular appointments with Dentist hereon. "Sheena!!!!" I scolded myself.

The pain in my mouth started increasing. And i heard people discussing the hospital i should be taken to. One man offered to call up "108- Ambulance". I then felt the urgency to speak up in pain and make sure that am not dumped in some hospital or clinic, but insist on running to my home! My home sweet home, where I have my parents who are doctors and can decide the best for me. So I tried to shake my hands and speak, and made it very clear that i want to go home!

One auto driver understood what i was insisting on and offered to take me home. Finally i got into the auto and as we started the ride, I saw one boy riding his bike close to me and insisting that I should get a TT injection in a near by clinic. I told him that "I want to go home" (Like a little kid would say 'I want ice-cream'). The auto driver gave a stern look to the Bike rider and zoom went the auto leaving that boy far behind. He assured to me that no one can take me to any other place than my home! I felt relieved. Though i knew he was eyeing at the huge amount he would get to drop me safely home from Marina Beach (far distance indeed), yet i appreciate his capacity to make the entire mass of people who wanted to take me to a hospital in an ambulance silent.

Feeling safe and comfortable in the auto, i called up my father first. Checked the watch. It was 2:56 PM. I told him that I met with an accident and tht am coming home. And i also informed him about my tooth. He just said "ok come home soon". My strong dad!

I then called up my sister and she was giving assurance that my tooth can be mended and that she is glad i am fine enough to go back home safe on my own in an auto! I felt relaxed. Right then the auto driver asked me whether i knew the girls in the two-wheeler riding behind me.

I turned back to see who they were. It was the same Burkha girl and her friend. She was following the auto. (How sweet of her!) But then the auto driver felt insulted. He was grumbling that people don't trust auto drivers now a days. I just did not have any energy or strength to pacify him that he has been a helpful auto driver today! I Just told him "Thank You!" Thats all I could speak with my injury.

Finally my campus arrived and i saw my mom and my nephew waiting to recieve me. The girls in the two-wheeler too came over and spoke to my mom. the girl in burkha made it a point to inform my mom that "she did not wear helmet". I then relaised the real motive behind her visit. (hehe) As expected, my mom gave me a sad stern look that said "u never take me seriously!" 

I thanked those two girls with all my heart and they smiled brightly and said "take care"

Life has its own surprises. Accidents are the greatest! But each accident teaches a lot. I saw how helpful people can be to a fellow human, and also saw how a milli second can change our entire life!

I fell face down on the solid road. Had i touched the road with my fore-head first, i would have got a severe head injury, or maybe i would not be here typing all this!

Am thankful to God for keeping me alive today for whatever purpose he has in my life! 

Every second is a gift indeed! :)