Dec 22, 2012

Whom are we protesting against?


As a human and as someone having a "heart", I felt sadlugubrious and pessimistic when I read about the recent Delhi rape saga.

Then I stumbled upon the news of wide spread protests against the act and that made me feel we have finally got out of the "chaltaa hai" (don't care) attitude. As I say it, I also wonder that whom are we actually protesting against? 
  • Are we protesting against the policemen who indeed carried the injured couple to the hospital as the common public stood there like mute spectators? 
  • Are we protesting against the judiciary which in 2004 sentenced a man to capital punishment when the brutal rape charges against him were proven? 
  • Are we protesting against the government which is not giving us a one bodyguard per citizen facility?
Why are we not protesting against ourselves?
  • Why are we not protesting against the men who rather than saving a girl from a moron actually co-participate in the rape?
  • Why are we not protesting against the society which lays more stress on a girl's virginity rather than her other definitive qualities thus making rape a bigger taboo resulting in victims not exposing the culprits?
  • Why are we not protesting against the society which puts the whole burden of avoiding rapes on the girls, rather than the perpetrators of this shameful crime? 
Our administration needs to "step up" to curb this menace but that's because we as a society have "stepped down". I wonder if any of you guys protesting would actually dare to marry this girl and live in the same society. 

Just a thought.
 Jass