Sir,
This is to inform you that the students of BMC department of St. Xavier’s College of Management Technology, Digha Patna have initiated a candle march on Saturday 27th August at 6:00 PM from St Xavier’s School, Gandhi Maidan to Gandhi Statue to support Akeli(the 12 year old rape victim who is being denied justice), together with the students of St Xavier’s College and the SXC Alumni Association. Everyone is invited to come and join the protest in solidarity.
These are the reasons why I will join the candle march.
India is a country where various Goddesses are worshiped. Daughters have been given the place of Goddess Laxmi. Our government comes out with various schemes like Beti Bachao Beti Padhao. Recently, we celebrated daughter’s day on 11th August.
But my question is, what the benefit of all this eyewash is when a girl always has to live a fearful life. She is scared to walk on the streets, take public transportation, and even sleep in her own house. I believe there is not a single girl in Bihar, who has never faced such situations.
When we turn the pages of a newspaper, we come across many headlines reporting cases of sexual assault, molestation, sexual harassment, trafficking and ill treatment of women in houses.
The rape cases have always been on the headlines for years. Take the case of 2012 Delhi gang rape. People took out candle a march. They consoled with the girl and her family. After that case many other rape cases came to light. Recently a case was reported about a 12 year old girl (nicknamed Akeli by Media), who was not only a victim of rape, but is now the mother of a child caused by that rape. She happens to be a Dalit girl from a village in Bihar. Why is it there is no public outrage? Is it because she is poor, or because she is not relevant because she is not middle class, or from ‘middle caste’?.
The ground reality has still not changed. Girls are still not safe in India. Lighting candles is not enough. Being a citizen, we have our duty to contribute towards bringing an order to ensure dignity and respect for women. So that she can also enjoy her human rights with sense of pride, freedom and confidence. People need to change their mind set. The criminals should be given swift punishment without any bail.
Yours truly
Seema Kumari
BMC 3 rd year, St. Xavier’s College of Management & Technology, Digha Patna
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The condition of the women in our society will not change until and unless the changes start from our home itself. It’s not easy to change the mind set of our society, as society is made by we people if everyone will try to make changes then only positive results can be seen. But I think it’s a myth only why would anybody change ? So many cases we have seen, heard and read but the condition and environment for women in our society is same. We talk about freedom, but still the freedom for girls is lacking behind and need to be tackled.