Blame the Girl?

    The bitter truth of the new culture of molestation of girls in India by certain section of the society who claim to provide justice by taking law in their hands only signifies India’s progress towards talibanism.

The recent incident in Guwahati, where a minor girl was allegedly molested physically and sexually by a group of 20 men only proves the fact that India never really overcame the norms which only roots to a patriarchal society.  Even though now 15 men out of the 17 identified are arrested, to actually compare the loss and the humiliation the girl had to go through, it would only be justifiable that they are to be given severe most punishment possible.

      The incident which was actually ignited by the reporter himself makes one ponder about the news ethics each journalist should follow and also the whole media production itself. The fact that the reporter started the whole thing just for the sake of covering something sensationalizing and the Television channel to keep covering the girl again and again reflects upon how journalism is now feasting upon people’s misery. More depressing the fact is, the Chief Minister and the police commandant  didn’t hesitate even once to take the victim’s name without giving a little thought at the least about the girl’s career, and as a matter of fact her life indeed. How is she ever going to live a normal life again?

     Where exactly is the society heading to, is one question which is up on most of the people’s minds in India. Assam which always held pride in respecting women had to witness something such dreadful. A girl who had simply gone for a birthday party had to go through such torture brings all of us sheer shame that people like that very much exist in the society. The orthodox mentality over the years is getting way worse than what it was before. After the incident, the question arises on what attire girls wear. Are u serious? This shouldn’t be anyone’s concern. It is a democratic country, and rather than correcting the girls attires, people should correct sinners like these who exist in every nook and corner of this country.

      Being an Assamese, I am ashamed of the fact that I come from the same place where this terrible incident occurred. It is depressing to know that after all such incidents, we are only taught ‘not to get raped’ rather than being taught ‘don’t rape’. People should fix their mentality first rather than accusing girls for the wrongs they haven’t done. 

Niyanta Sharma
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