I was appalled to hear a woman politician from Uttar Pradesh's
Samajwadi Party say that there have been cases of rape in UP, too, but
not as ghastly as the one in Delhi.
I write this not with the hope that the person in question will get to read it or change his ways if he happens to read it. I write this because rape is an outrage, no matter where it happens and to whom it happens. I write this with the hope that this time, it is time to change the factors that allow men to rape. And, cliched as it may sound, change begins at home; change begins with the way we educate our children.
Dear Mr Randy-in-Delhi,
I understand that your hormones have taken over your limited capability to think beyond your testicular appendage. I understand that for you, being born with a penis is a matter of such fundamental mighty pride that none shall stand in the way of what your revered phallic tool wants. I understand that you must satisfy your carnal cravings in any which way you can, or please. I understand that for you, everything is on offer, and that you must grab it, without having to feel the need to ask. For you know not the meaning of refusal. And even if you do, you do not wish to take no for an answer. You are not one to back off. For you, grace is not in backing off, but in violating that denial because it deigns to defy your aforementioned penile pride.
I understand that you must at least ogle at a woman, regardless of her dress, and at least pass a remark, a slur. And given a chance, grope, touch, feel as you please. I understand that you are given to believe that a woman is always ready to get laid by you and only you. I understand that you have taken upon yourself the highly sacrosanct mission dictated by your dick to deflower a virgin, violate a non-virgin, and shatter any ideas a woman might have of her being human. I understand that violence is an extension of your might. That you must use it when faced with resistance. I understand that you wish to obliterate non-acceptance from women's conscience altogether.
I understand that you have the support of those who blame everything on Earth and beyond but you for your macho desire for flesh. I understand that somewhere, you've also had the support of your parents who brought you up to believe you are god's gift to the universe and god forbid anything or anyone that tells you otherwise.
I understand that you believe law is there only to protect your interests. I believe you have kin in high places who will bail you out in the rare instance that you are caught with your pants down. I understand that you bank on collective amnesia; you believe others will forget, media will move on to the next breaking news, people to protests about other matters, police to newer cases and governments to debate on quotas and FDI.
Mr Randy, I want you to now understand that your misplaced sense of machismo, your false masculinity, your smugness reek of your rotten self. Mr Randy, I want you to know that you are scum. You are the shit that this country needs to flush out, and believe you me, we will flush you out - one changed mindset at a time.
Yours sincerely
A new Delhi.
I write this not with the hope that the person in question will get to read it or change his ways if he happens to read it. I write this because rape is an outrage, no matter where it happens and to whom it happens. I write this with the hope that this time, it is time to change the factors that allow men to rape. And, cliched as it may sound, change begins at home; change begins with the way we educate our children.
Dear Mr Randy-in-Delhi,
I understand that your hormones have taken over your limited capability to think beyond your testicular appendage. I understand that for you, being born with a penis is a matter of such fundamental mighty pride that none shall stand in the way of what your revered phallic tool wants. I understand that you must satisfy your carnal cravings in any which way you can, or please. I understand that for you, everything is on offer, and that you must grab it, without having to feel the need to ask. For you know not the meaning of refusal. And even if you do, you do not wish to take no for an answer. You are not one to back off. For you, grace is not in backing off, but in violating that denial because it deigns to defy your aforementioned penile pride.
I understand that you must at least ogle at a woman, regardless of her dress, and at least pass a remark, a slur. And given a chance, grope, touch, feel as you please. I understand that you are given to believe that a woman is always ready to get laid by you and only you. I understand that you have taken upon yourself the highly sacrosanct mission dictated by your dick to deflower a virgin, violate a non-virgin, and shatter any ideas a woman might have of her being human. I understand that violence is an extension of your might. That you must use it when faced with resistance. I understand that you wish to obliterate non-acceptance from women's conscience altogether.
I understand that you have the support of those who blame everything on Earth and beyond but you for your macho desire for flesh. I understand that somewhere, you've also had the support of your parents who brought you up to believe you are god's gift to the universe and god forbid anything or anyone that tells you otherwise.
I understand that you believe law is there only to protect your interests. I believe you have kin in high places who will bail you out in the rare instance that you are caught with your pants down. I understand that you bank on collective amnesia; you believe others will forget, media will move on to the next breaking news, people to protests about other matters, police to newer cases and governments to debate on quotas and FDI.
Mr Randy, I want you to now understand that your misplaced sense of machismo, your false masculinity, your smugness reek of your rotten self. Mr Randy, I want you to know that you are scum. You are the shit that this country needs to flush out, and believe you me, we will flush you out - one changed mindset at a time.
Yours sincerely
A new Delhi.
