Hypocritical Nation Treats Girls and Women with Disdain. Alas!

We are a land of hypocrites when it comes to treating girls and women. When an incident of rape happens we all pretend to be shocked and chocked for words. Candle light marches will be organized.;Government would ban cabs; Social groups would pledge support; Media will print bold headlines. Few days pass, things cool down, everyone forgets and we again wait for the next crime to occur. 

India has not learnt from its past and never will.

The girls and women who stand up and fights these sick  molesters and rapists are ostracized and harassed in this country. Look at the fate of the two Haryana sisters who beat up the molesters in the bus. 

At first things happened in the most unpredictable manner. The army refused employment to the molester youths, the state government announced bravery rewards for the brave girls. Wow! I thought this nation is changing...finally the girls will be celebrated for standing-up and fighting for their rights.

However things were too good to be true. Some women (yes women) in the bus accuse the brave sisters of fabricating the story and unnecessarily beating up the youth, the villagers of the village where these boys reside submit affidavits to the government pressurizing them to acquit the boys of the charge, some intellectuals dig up the past and accuse that the girls are habitual beaters and male haters and finally the state government decides to put hold on the felicitation of the girls. 

The accusation against the girls are -

1. They fabricated the case in the bus and unnecessarily beat up the boys.

How stupid! You think in India where girls are so unsafe, without any rhyme or reason would go to this extent. The fact they tried to call the women helpline 1091 before defending themselves has been conveniently ignored in this story.

2. They are habitual beaters

Last time they beat up another youth, he was also a molester. In India most girls and women quietly suffer such harassment that are almost everyday affair for them. Few dare to stand up and fight. What else they are supposed to do? Quietly let the molesters and rapists unleash their demonic acts? Pramod Kumar very rightly wrote on First Post - "So what if there's a second video? We should still celebrate Rohtak sisters".

3. The girls carry belts in their bag
One of the women who was also in the bus said, "It was all planned. Why would the girls carry a men's belt in their bag?" Even if they did, what other choice they have? I know many girls and women who carry pepper sprays etc, in their bags since they know that at every corner of this land, there is a habitual molester or rapist on the prowl. 

The fact that these sisters have received death threats after this incident and faced with a social charge against them have offered to the police to undergo Narco Test to prove their innocence are clear indicators that truth has been buried under bags of lies and hypocrisy.

It is shameful that these brave girls have been pushed to this extent and have to face so much social ostracism and have to try so hard to prove their innocence despite being the sufferers. 

The international media on the other hand has celebrated the bravery of these girls. And here most of us instead of supporting and celebrating these brave hearts have gone and done character assassination of these girls. 

After this every girl, every women in this nation would fear even more to stand up and fight these molesters and rapists because here the victim is guilty till she proves herself innocent and the criminal molester enjoys social protection. 

Shame on us!