Though
I am not religious, the accepted first woman of this majority population of world
is Eve. If one believes that the unknown Indian Girl raped and dumped out from
the moving bus with her intestines allegedly pulled out with a iron bar (Source:
Wikipeadia, in the absence of other authentic source), the victim is indeed connected
to her Mom by way of umbilical cord and if a person traces the continuity of
the umbilical cord, the 16th December, 2012 victim is also connected
to the first woman of this Planet, the Eve. Hence by all means she can also be
called as a Fragment of Eve. Hence I call her Eve.
Also
for the very first time the Indian megalomania Media have followed the basic Journalistic
ethics of not revealing the name and the picture of the victim of a rape
incident. It is unfortunate that this basic norm is not known to the
megalomania media who advocate “celebrating” the name of the Victim. May be,
now she is no more and hence the norm of not divulging the name ceases and
hence the Government may name the victim or may not. But is that the issue of
contemplation?
In this
country, in rural pockets, bonded labours, migrant labours and a large section
of marginalised women are subjected to brutality of sexual abuse which is one
of the forms of abuses to them. When the same is happening in New Delhi, the
issue now carries its core message. It is apparent that Women in general are
not safe whether it is rural or urban or semi urban.
Where
does this start from?
In
this case, the bus is owned by a Private School, which plies bus for school children’s
commutation. The driver of the bus one among the accused has been serving a
school as a bus driver! How come his other side remain undetected? One may ask,
is that the job of the School Owner. Yes! It is the job of the School owner who
runs the school for his private benefit with only a minimal social benefit. Would
he permit such persons to serve his house as his personal driver for his wife
or son? Each day those innocent school kids have literally escaped this onslaught
and “Eve”; you have taken it on you. RIP.
The
friend of Eve, has made a statement that he went unconscious and knew about the
whole gamut of incident only after he read the statement of Eve. Typical of
Adam!
The
Young Girls of Delhi, according to Rasheeda Bagha quoted from an article
in Business Line "Indian women are
tired of being lectured on how to dress, speak and behave. All these years the
onus has been on them to remain safe. If they were molested or sexually
assaulted they were to blame. A clear message that came out from young girls
holding placards which said:”'You have the evil eye and I should stay covered?”.
Perhaps this is the turning point in Indian Social Behaviour where very clearly
the girls, women have sent a strong message (of course in an Urban Context) that
they no longer subscribe to the fake protection of men, the prime perpetrators.
But the million dollar question is that how far our Legal and law enforcing
institutions are accommodative to this vital question:
1. The existing
institutions where females are employed say for example Defence, Police Service
and even other fields where by Constitution they are levelled at par with male,
the situation of their status and recognition is grim.
2. The
number of women officers who feel insecure in service whether coveted or non
gazetted are growing more, merely because of their very identity, admits a
survey conducted by bonafide organisation.
Thus
when females are not in a position to levitate themselves where they are constitutionally
empowered , what about a moving bus with tinted glass controlled by few vandals
or the rural , subaltern space where the “Body of the Woman” is commoditized
completely.
What is the sad irony is that these
girls holding placards shouting for liberation might fail the test for
contending such emancipation in true sense – for example:
a. How
many of the Girls are not
conditioned that her body is never hers but for the pleasure and procreation of
another male? Is that not the bounded duty of every parents and if any eve
violate she will be honour killed! The post modern revival of Sati, killing the
girl along with the lost honour!
b. How
many of our girls mentally don’t have the feeling that they are groomed for
becoming someone’s wife and forbear children, lest her purpose of creation gets
defeated?
c. How
many women here, there and everywhere are able to lead a life of her choice or at
least given some exposure?
d. If
this is in urban context, how many rural Indian women Pradhans/Panchayat
presidents – officially elected by the Village people as their representative
are given a minimum dignity by their husbands? ( I know the reality as a
researcher in many of the Northern States)
(if anyone who reads these above
positions and discuss among your friends, there lies the success of this blog)
The
corporate media that fuel the enraged mass movements are also inserting
advertisements of beauty products and cosmetics. Here they conveniently mislead
the world on “Freedom of Choice” and the recent media advertisement, later
bungled up for criticism on “tighty whity vagina is the height of such corporate
arrogance. It is these merchants of opportunities, merchants of commodifying
women as a symbol of sex speak of women liberation. For them TRP rating matters
and the dose of visual opium matters for filling their coffers. (http://www.firstpost.com/living/tightey-whitey-vaginas-the-boys-are-depending-on-us-413651.html).
We are living in a civilized society and there are people who advocate “ It is
choice that matters – Freedom of Choice” – yes I agree ! to what extent and at
what cost with what objective? Can we fall prey to these corporate honey traps,
that has been all along been selling womanhood as a profitable commodity? Wake
up Girls wake up. Revolutions not mean boosting the sales of candles. It is
beyond that. Let us redefine definitions. Prepare for a mental revolution.
The
rogues who stand accused of this heinous act of violence are also our products –
Yes We the State, we the Civil Society, we the corporate, we the spineless intelligentsia,
we the people who cannot educate them, who cannot give them a equitable
education are abettors to this crime!
Sorry
Eve! We know you will never pardon us...yes shamelessly we plead your apology.
We will again come up with another apology shamelessly after another incident
and promote candle sales!
Not at all a
Happy New year!
