Just a couple of days have passed since the really demeaning and brutal gang-rape which happened in our so called "capital city" and it disgusts me that for a nation who talks so much about equality and women's rights, taking action on the accused is just becoming a matter of discussion.
I cannot help but wonder the victim's plight..... At least the media is trying to create awareness and bring in some justice but as we all know it would take a lifetime to pass a judgement... Imagine many other's who face similar situation and the accused goes unpunished?
Quote by Robin Williams says it all : " the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time." !
And as Farhan Akhtar rightly put -
" What is this country that I live in?
With no equality
And the quality of life
Differs from husband to wife
Boy to girl, brother to sister
... Hey Mister, are you the same?
Contributing to the national shame
Replacing your mothers
With the bent ideology of another's
perception that women have a particular role in society
Fills my heart with anxiety
Where is all of this going?
What will emerge from these seeds that we're sowing?
It makes my head spin
But I'm not giving in
Will keep asking the question
What is this country that I live in?
What is this country that I live in?
That takes away her right to love
Brutalizes her with an iron glove
Rapes her without fear
of there being justice for her tear
We've demeaned our goddesses
Gone back on all our promises
Become a gender distorted nation
Given our conscience a permanent vacation
what do we tell our daughter's?
That she's growing up to be lamb for the slaughter
we've got to make a change
Reboot, reformat, rearrange,
and never give in
no matter how much our head may spin
Just keep asking the question
What is this country that I live in? "
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