Rotten Action Polluting Environment (RAPE) - Let's rip it apart (PART 2) - Conclusion

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We can go on counting endless reasons like communal vengeance, personal differences etc. but what we must focus on is the solution that envisages a society that is free of fear and oozing equality. The so called development cannot be achieved if our societal fabric is under developed or poverty stricken, so to say.  The balance of the seesaw of our society is already skewed with unequal payment, foeticide, ill-treatment, and countless other problems.

Rape in India is not a new born baby. It existed even in the past but sadly, women didn’t report out of shame. They are not to be blamed for it. It is our hypocritical society that looked at raped women with contempt rather than a victim. The recent awakening due to women empowerment, media presence and sense of awareness has brought women to a platform from where they are willing to shout out loud.

The situation directs us towards measures to be taken to obliterate the entire activity of rape and molestation. Well, that brings us to extreme reaction like people of Dimapur, Nagaland, who lynched an alleged rapist Syed Farid Khan brutally, out in open, or, waiting endlessly for the justice to be granted to our beloved Nirbhaya. In my opinion, both are extreme. Death penalty awarded instantly in certain Middle East countries are also a very inhumane decisions as sometimes even an incident suffers. So, what is to be done, then?

Fast track court is for rape purposes is the order of the day, like the old saying – justice delayed is justice denied. There has to be speedy process that brings the doer to its knees and awarded due penalty thereby. 

We need a positive moral policing among the youth and teach them to treat women with respect. Saying is easy but in practicality it is equally difficult. The values have to percolate right from their childhood and the responsibility lies completely on parents and teachers.

Legalizing prostitution to some extent with certain preventive measures is another way which may lessen if not eradicates the problem. In a sexually frustrated nation like India where rapists don’t discriminate between an septuagenarian nun (W.Bengal) or an infant leave alone the prospective victims, legalized prostitution may bring respite to an extent.

Societal Vigilant committees: Every society/village/mohalla should come up to formulate a team bestowing them with the responsibility of acting as a vigilante for the safety of women. Instead of demanding everything from government, coming up with these small groups might come handy.

Ultimately it is each of individual’s duty to be vigil and guard our own society. I agree that police have the job of protecting the common man but we must also be firm in stopping any incident rather than shunning away from shear confrontation. Let us all join together, build a robust wall that prevents the unwanted elements of the society to unnecessarily pollute our paradise called India. 

Jai Hind.