tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381514424507970131.post4587505147581526334..comments2024-03-26T10:22:41.250-07:00Comments on For The Love Of Fashion And Other Things | Indian Fashion and Style Blog: What women want..and that does not include rapeFor The Love Of Fashion And Other Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571319327985223731noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381514424507970131.post-28692583506384376812012-12-26T10:00:10.253-08:002012-12-26T10:00:10.253-08:00I did not eat anything for over 2 days. Couldn'...I did not eat anything for over 2 days. Couldn't. How does not eating help, one may ask. I was troubled, immensely. Starving was not my choice. I just could not eat. What should be done with the criminals was never my question? Why the crime, was! Islam suggests that Men/Women should "lower their gaze" when they are in presence of a Woman/Man. I have started to practise it. Deep within "I am sorry", for being a Man.@https://www.blogger.com/profile/01864355543899628316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381514424507970131.post-33552975494060607882012-12-19T15:59:05.108-08:002012-12-19T15:59:05.108-08:00A lot of valid points there. I concur that 'na...A lot of valid points there. I concur that 'naming and shaming' the perpetrators is now, unfortunately, essential. In the US, there is a registry of sex offenders that is in the public domain. Not sure if there is something like that in India, but there definitely needs to be. Especially if these men are on the prowl, and not behind bars.Pixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10079052416558270996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381514424507970131.post-1116003517124704842012-12-19T15:58:46.787-08:002012-12-19T15:58:46.787-08:00A lot of valid points there. I concur that 'na...A lot of valid points there. I concur that 'naming and shaming' the perpetrators is now, unfortunately, essential. In the US, there is a registry of sex offenders that is in the public domain. Not sure if there is something like that in India, but there definitely needs to be. Especially if these men are on the prowl, and not behind bars.Pixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10079052416558270996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381514424507970131.post-52889658392664052992012-12-19T11:07:52.458-08:002012-12-19T11:07:52.458-08:00This is an outrageous crime, and I don't under...This is an outrageous crime, and I don't understand what extent of sadism inspires these low lives to act the way that they do. And it's not only the illiterate crowd now, even the 'elite' ones are equally involved in these heinous activities, though they manage to cover their tracks every time.<br />There was once a time when people suggested that the rapist should marry the girl they raped to pay the price of what they did to her. But is that a punishment for the rapist or for the poor victim to be stuck with that animal for the rest of her life? Now they say that they should kill rapists, but is hanging a man to death comparable to the life-long pain and humiliation faced by the victim, where she faces the death sentence everyday in tiny bits. Rape is like a knife which is poked in the body slowly taking it's due course where it cuts the skin, the muscles, the viscera and the soul of that poor victim. And the mental trauma that the girl has to go through is indescribable and incomparable to a simple death sentence.<br />I unfortunately know a girl who was once as lively as a chirpy bird, but she was a victim of the same crime by none other than her own cousin who she lived with all her bloody life. She was in shock, 7 years past she still is. When she confronted the family, they tried to cover it up to protect the boy. She is eccentric now, even after a lot of therapy. She still has nightmares of what happened to her every single night. What do you say to that kind of pain, which makes you hollow from inside?<br />Is this the price we pay for slogging so hard in life, excelling every field and by and large be better than boys at all times? Is it going to boil down to this every time?<br />I don't know the answers too. Like Shreya said, these are just questions. But should we really think a million times before going out for office, or sitting in a public transport, or going to a party with friends? Coz if this is the 360 degree turn the world is taking, then the future looks nothing but dark to me.N.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03395916264593013110noreply@blogger.com