The ugly truth

Why are we born , why are we nourished and made to go through trials and tribulations of life? Why is a girl made independent given the false hope that she can join the armed forces, be a part of the honorable service to safeguard the nation ,the country which she loves as much as any other man? Is she any  less,than  men who also stand tall to guard the sentinels of this country ?Women also go through the same arduous training, the same exams to qualify to be eligible for the posts .
Such was the endeavor undertaken by a noble person who was from the older generation and had the high lofty ideals of yesteryears. He started to educate girls who had been selected from villages of Punjab ( checking their results, IQ's and physical ability) and made them go through vigorous training to compete with boys. He also was instrumental in raising for the first time a record number of girls who qualified to be apart of the Border Security Force.
She readily started her job in the border posts of the state thinking she was independent , free to earn a living and also to support her parents who were proud of their daughter who had finally made it and was a source of inspiration to the rest of the girls in the village and also could in someway stem the rot of fetecide plaguing Punjab.
Alas, men will be men, the company commander called her to his room when she was on duty in the tower guarding one of the innumerable tower posts which stand tall against the so-called enemy, Pakistan. The enemy is within.This young girl was sexually assaulted, raped while another guard stood on duty .Is this why they guard us?

This is a true account and her complaint has been registered with the PSWC. The reason did she  not want her name, and she pleaded, begged about it was because she was getting married and did not want it to stop her marriage , she feared the ostracisim, the cruel taunts which invariably follow that she had brought this on….. just because she was a woman and someone had showed her a dream.
Irony, and here we have candle light vigils and protests ( peaceful!) to end corruption. When does this defilement end? How about a day when a man gets assaulted and raped , will that herald a new  beginning?