Whenever we read about Nirbhaya, our
insides shout with anguish and hate. It disturbs our mental peace. And whenever
some disturbing statements of the rapists come to the fore, we want to distance
ourselves from the reality of it… We
cannot allow that to happen! They have
to be killed! How can they even think like this? We begin to curse the rapists;
we clench our fists and wish that they die a painful death. But we are
frustrated with our helplessness.
The public furor against these
unsettling thoughts is good, but that doesn’t seem to put a stop to it. The whole
country was shocked with the extreme acts of injustice against that girl, and
for a moment we thought we could actually bring about some change. But then the
horror came to the surface. It’s a travesty that rapists are still out there
large in numbers. People who blame the victims for a rape are also still
roaming around, having fun by poking around their disgusting thoughts in the media.
It is uncomfortable, but it is
the truth.
