Beta Padhao...

Beta padhao, usse rakshas banne se bachao!

This has been the best slogan I read on Instagram today; we united our countries together Pakistan and India for justice for our little girls. We tweet, we make headlines, we walk the candlelight marches and make all the proper, perfunctory noises but do we do anything to nab the rapists?

Never, ever do we do anything?  All they can do is divide us into a Muslim vs. Hindu war or the best is oh its all the girl’s fault because of the clothes she wore.

When did wearing a salwar kameez ever incite these monsters? I just don’t get it, what are we lacking.  I am disgusted and it makes me puke that men would corner her in a temple of worship, and then would gang rape her and then clobber her to death. The question is why?

We shouldn’t worry about the world war three or the systematic destruction by nuclear weapons it will just happen by the raping of each other. In fact, by saying that we have become animals is also insulting animals, they don’t rape.

Animals still have a code. We have lost it.  A little young girl is meant to be cherished, caressed, be protected, brought up in a loving manner, but no, demons and monsters, vile ugly depraved men lurk in every corner killing, raping these innocent souls to just appease their sexual appetite.

What brought this on? Have you ever thought of this? Walking the march, closing down the country for reservations, holding a candle doesn’t stop this rot. Why can’t the politicians ask for capital punishment?

I have never been shamed to be called an Indian, but the shame is there now, where we will idolize and keep her woman self as Maa Lakshmi and Durga, Sarwasati but we rape her human form in such heinous way that it just makes me shudder.

Why do you bow and pay obeisance to her form? Rape is always committed by someone known to the victim, and a rape is reported every 15 minutes that is even quicker than the times an average Indian checks his face book feed. We check it every 19 minutes. And, this is just the ones that are reported.

I am appalled by what is happening, we made a hue and cry when Nirbahaya happened and now Asifa but does it stop. The worst is that one needs to prove that one has been raped. Can you imagine the stigma and the mental turmoil that she or her family goes through? A hash tag or Not in My name movement is needed consistently. Countless more are raped but all we do is make noises for a few days and then back to wondering how we can look better on the display picture of whatsapp. A petition needs to be made to the prime minister to change his slogan of beti bachao, which has backfired so badly to beta padhao. The heavens cry and weep, as the earth’s burden is getting too heavy. This is the Mayan tragedy that was predicted we all are on a path of self –destruction.