I wake up beyond my normal hours as it is Sunday, 15th January and
hope to line up few fun activities to elevate our family time together. Going
through the customary routine, I take my cup of tea and open the morning
newspapers to read the latest happenings. The front page speaks of 3 men raping
a four year child and smashing her head after the act. Also they had no remorse
after their heinous act but went for dinner together to celebrate.
http://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/4-year-old-gangraped-murdered-in-bhayander-on-outskirts-of-mumbai-3-accused-arrested-1648970
My hands start
shaking and I put the newspaper down. I don't feel like reading anymore.
Somewhere deep down, I feel let down again by the world. Where have we arrived?
Where are we headed? How are we behaving? What is our future?
That 4 year old
was innocent, she had no knowledge of the world, her entire life was in front
of her, all that she was doing was playing and got enticed by a chocolate. That
simple act of trusting led her to her grave and in what gruesome manner.
My pertinent questions
to all of us are given this is one brutal aspect of society we live in:
Q. How do we protect our young children from these devils?
They could be lurking in our own neighbourhood and in our fast
paced lives we would completely ignore them.
Q. How could we
help create a safer society?
We all are responsible and
accountable for those terrible acts if we don't feel and help others.
Q. How could we
help the parents who might be going through tremendous agony?
I am sure the parents might be feeling guilty for allowing her to
play when it is no fault of theirs. They must be revisiting the event time and
time again hoping they could change something in the timeline.
Q. MOST IMPORTANT:
What punishment should be given to these culprits who have no shame, guilt,
values so that no other person ever feels like repeating this cruel act again?
These acts are becoming commonplace now and slowly people might
get accustomed. That is my biggest fear.
I urge the
government as a common concerned citizen to take very strict action against
them as we are proud of our police force for working so fast and finding
the culprits. Please ensure that they never receive bail or even in their
wildest dreams think they could get away. THEY NEED TO PAY
