Girls under restriction
We feel proud saying there is no single profession where we can’t
see girls. In every profession women are at the utmost position from conductor to
entrepreneur. They are changing the conscience
of male dominant country like India, that they also can do anything that men
can and suddenly ……..something disgraceful, shameful happened in the place
which we used to call safest place in India for girls. Yes I’m talking about Mumbai.
A girl who is photo journalist by profession was gang raped
in Shakti mills near mahalaxmi station in Mumbai. And we got different reactions across the
country while observing the impact of incident happened in Mumbai.
Similarly another girl was trying to catch a train from
kurla station and suddenly some random person groped her. At first she was
utterly confused but the time she comes to know train already passed the
station and she went home mutely. A girl from ahmednagar stays in pune for
education. She got annoyed by the wanton and mischievous boys around her colony
that used to tease her when she was returning from college. And after complaining,
police did not take any actions saying don’t get outside after 7 otherwise
something bad will happen. I think for
this advice police officer should get Nobel Prize for peace. What rubbish. It’s
their duty to protect her, but No.
Numbers of eve teasing cases are increasing day by day. It does
not have any limits and exceptions over time and place. At least Local trains
have different compartments for men and women, but girls say condition in bus is
more horrible. Anyone comes and does something and run away and in time we come
to know that person got out of the bus. One day while travelling in a bus, a
lady stopped the bus and dragged the conductor itself to police station. Everyone
was getting late but no one said anything.
One day I asked my friends that how many of them never
experienced the eve teasing. But unfortunately no one said they are safe in
their hometown. One of my friend said,” every
girl is a victim of eve teasing one or the other way but she never confront it
considering what people will think and its always about losing respect when you
say you are a victim.” One friend told me she carry knife while travelling long
distance.
Rape and eve teasing is not new in our country. So the girls
are been restricted to be at home before 7 in evening. Therefore they hardly have seen the world
after 8 in evening.
If there is any event in college till 9 or 10. Then girl’s
parents usually come to receive them or boys and girls together go home in a
group. And the girls who stay far never attend such events in college.
Seriously! If today any girl says she want to go alone somewhere
then her parents start scolding her saying you have not seen world yet. That’s why
many girls got habituated going somewhere in groups.
But these restrictions are frustrating for those who are
like “GYPSY” (indirect meaning- traveler). We have to face and protect
ourselves from those wantons. We ourselves have to keep that “Mumbai spirit”.
After the incident many girls got vigilant, alert and
cautious. It is not like before this incident they were not alert. But the fear
has increased in their mind. It is true that girls got disturbed because of the
incidents such happened one after another. Recent incident happened in Shakti mills
was not new to us but unknowingly it happened in our city.
And that’s why many girls have restricted their working
hours and started roaming in groups. Which concludes that when we call ourselves
we are modern and developing and keeping our girls under restrictions.
Think Again……
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