Tuesday 10 March 2015

Short Story : Caterpillars into Butterflies.



 


There was something about this guy. She always wondered what it was. Was it those deep blue eyes or those dimples that kept her looking at him? Every time they cross each other, there is an intense feeling. A sort of feeling that she had never felt before. It left her wondering even more about everything.

Unlike the other egoistic guys who would say all sort of nasty things in front of a girl to make themselves feel better, he was nothing like that. He would be among them, but never behaved anything like them. And that made her curious about him.

It has been almost 2 years of their awkwardness without a single word of conversation, but she yearns for his attention whenever they are at the same location. She wouldn't bother about the other guys, because for her the only thing that mattered was that one mystery guy.



There were days where he would look right into her eyes and smile, not the normal sort of smile though. It was the type of half smile. It is something that she couldn't put into words to describe but that smile made a million caterpillars in her stomach turn into butterflies in that split moment. It was just beyond a normal moment for her.



But the next day, when she looks forward to another moment like that and in hopes that he would actually walk up to her to finally start a conversation, he decides to ignore her. As if she wasn't even there. It crushed her more than she realised but she still has a tiny hope that someday or hopefully before they head on separate journeys that he would give her a chance.

Till then, she will be waiting for more moments for her caterpillars to turn into butterflies.

butterflies escape



Friday 6 March 2015

A Thought : India's Daughter.


 


Last night, I was scrolling through my Facebook News Feed and I can across a few posts about a documentary on 'India's Daughter'. I usually don't read much articles that are shared on Facebook because most of them barely makes sense and are waste of time, but there was something different about this post because the people who shared this link were people who would not usually post anything random.

I didn't want to kill my curiosity by reading the comments of the posts, so I went straight for the link.

I had a basic idea that it was about the rape incident of a female medical student in India that happened in December 2012. I heard of the incident in 2013 but I wasn't into current issues at that time. Probably my thought at that time was, why is it made into  such a huge deal when rape is something that has been happening all around the world all the time. Extremely naïve I was.

So, I started watching the video of the documentary.


I have to say it brought tears to my eyes and a rage of frustration made my heart pump in an irregular rate.

 
 
This is the documentary of India's Daughter. It has been banned almost all over the Internet, but I managed to find this link.


My opinion :

To start off, I am awfully disappointed with the human race we have become. Look at us. A girl can't even go for a movie with her friend in peace. Why is this happening? No, this is not only an issue in India. It is an issue wherever rape occurs, therefore all around the world.


 

In the documentary, one of the rapist named Mukesh Singh said that the girl was raped to make a point that women and men will never be equal. Whereby a woman should not be out of the house after a certain time of the day but apparently, the incident occurred at 8 pm and how is that even considered late ? The defender of the rapist said that women in India are influenced with the western culture and that has become the issue and that women belong at home. That was utter nonsense.




"A girl is just like a flower. It gives a good looking, very softness.. performance, pleasant [sic]. On the other hand a man is just like a thorn. Strong, tough enough. That flower always needs protection. If you put that flower in a gutter it is spoilt. If you put it in the temple, it is worshipped," M.L. Sharma, the defence lawyer for the rapists, says in the documentary.

He also says at one point in the documentary, "India has the best culture. No place for a woman in our culture."

He also said that a woman is like a diamond and men are like dogs. "If you put the diamond out in the streets, you should expect the dogs to take the diamond."

I don't even understand why do those rapist need defenders. They committed the crime of rape and murder, how can anyone justify that it isn't wrong? Listening to the absolute ridiculousness from the defence lawyer made me lose all my faith in humanity. Yes, it's all gone. These men see women as a treat and fear that if women were to be at their position, they won't be valued as much as they have been. We, women deserve recognition and we just want to do what we like, just like men. We do not want to be a treat to anyone. This is obviously an issue in certain countries. Countries that accept equality are progressing well without any problems, so why can't this be adopted by countries such as India?

He also said that a woman is like a diamond and men are like dogs. "If you put the diamond out in the streets, you should expect the dogs to take the diamond."

Why is the woman linked to a gem and men associated to dogs? This is wrong. Men or women, both are human so why is it so hard to just respect each other and live like decent human beings ? Is it too much to ask for ?


Yes, it does come down to women rights in this case. Women are not treated equally in most countries and this has made many men get away with crimes as they know that  women will never speak up about the incident.

We live in fear of falling in the Devil's trap but fail to realise that the Devil lives among us, threatening the humankind into all sort of wrongness. A part of the documentary showed the protest in India and there were thousand of people fighting for women. It's heart-warming to see that there are men in India that do support woman in rights and equality.

I can't imagine the pain that she would have gone through and I don't think there will ever be words to console her parents.

I really hope that this awareness will be spread till it makes changes.

The victim of the rape incident deserves justice, just like the thousands of people who were raped
and not given justice


Jothi Singh made a clear statement which will make us question ourselves and that question is ,"What is the meaning of a 'woman'?"