Its been many days that i have been wondering if i was right or wrong.Even when i discuss the matter with my girl frens,i always get a mixed reaction which ultimately leaves me feeling more agitated and more confused.In my mind i have gone through the situation thousand times and tried thousand different things that i could do.

It all happened a few weeks back,my mom had undergone operation,was recovering so my cousin n me had gone to hong kong market for some shopping,some stuffs that my mom wanted to spend time with,wool,knittg needle etc.It was a sunny sunday afternoon,we had just started shopping.My cousin was walking infront of me n i was just behind him.As i was looking thru all the fancy socks hanging,i could see a hand thru the corner of my eye n i could feel the hand brushing thru my chest.I dont know how to describe,was it my reflex or gut reaction,i just caught hold of the hand.

After a second the hand that i had got hold of got a face,from the looks of his face n style i could make out that he was an army man.I am very bad at fighting verbally n that affected me so much that day,wish i could scream like mad.The moment i started confronting him,i could see the dead like facial expression.To my utter surprise the next moment was 1000times more surprising than my wildest nightmares.To be precise it was more like outer body experience.I could see my right hand flying in the air n slapping his cheek.You wouldnt believe but the next thing was more unbelievable,he raised his hand too but i ducked and it barely touched my cheek.Everthing happened in a matrix time for me.By this time my cousin was beside me asking wht happened?As i was tellg him,the pervert’s frend starting talkg nonsense.Once they saw my cousin,they just left.My poor cousin just 19,so unaware of the worldly ways went so silent.I decided to return back,but all the way my cousin who is generally a “hala gari”was dumb.Later in the evening when i talked abt the matter,he said he felt guilty.He felt guilty as he felt he failed to protect me.

Afterwards when i started to think about the incident i started to recall what i had worn(black kurti n jeans,no make up)Then i got angry with myself thinking why am i trying to find mistakes with me when i have not done nothing wrong.He is to be punished not me.Next my thought was,did i do the right thing or was it wise to keep quite n suffer.Was he usual offender,was he used to considering women as a “thing”.Had a girl dared to do what i did the first time he did it,would he have the courage to do it again or after my incident will he hesitate even for a fraction of second before doing the same offence.

For men it must be just a joke or fun to eve tease,to molest or to rape but for women it is am emotional death each and every second of their life.Every second of your life that is haunted is a life worse than death.Shame on army people,they are suppose to protect the country but in reality they make a major portion of pervert who abuses women in India.

Dont provide us with reservation in parliament,we dont want that.We want a society which is safe for women.

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