Daughters of the World
Jyoti Singh Pandey did not want to be a martyr. She, like any of our daughters, was looking forward to life, love and fulfilment. But she lost her life, her future, her dignity most brutally to men who have lost all trace of humanity and have become worse than beasts.
Alarmingly, this crime is not uncommon nor is it restricted to India, as is apparent from the wave of fury that swept the world. It comes in the guise of many acts of violence against women. Domestic violence, a political weapon, ethnic cleansing…….
This was violent and criminal attack on a young woman but sadly it has stirred up a hornet’s nest of wider implications.
Here is an example-
"Here is the News"!
‘A man returning home from a night out with his friends is mugged, kicked & beaten and dies from his injuries a few days later’.
(There is sympathy, anger against the attackers and a wave of tut-tutting at the sorry state of society today).
"More news----"!
‘A woman travelling home with her companion is gang-raped and brutalised. She dies from her injuries some days later’.
(There is sympathy, anger and then questions are asked about whom she was with, where had she been, how was she dressed and what she had done to bring this upon herself).
The woman’s trial begins long before and ends long after that of her attackers. The attackers will be caught and punished but a woman continues to relive her pain time & again through her own ordeal as well that of thousands of others the world over - that is, if she survives.
Isn't this UNJUST!
Everyone has a view, an experience, a question on their lips? What can we do to stop the atrocious crimes against women and against humanity from happening again and again, the world over?
Isn't it time for who care to lend their hearts, minds and voices to join millions of others who are Saying STOP! May the strength of our combined voices hit these beasts where it really hurts!
Jyoti Singh Pandey – May her soul rest in peace because no-one else should, until justice is done and this wrong against womanhood and humanity be righted. Rape is a crime against humanity. Punish the criminal, not the victim. Destroy the Crime.
