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 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?
Just a thought.
Jass