Today I came across this video in Facebook -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKzDtYJR2b4
The minute this started playing I went back down the memory lane, when I read about the sex trade, human trafficking and Maiti Nepal in newspaper during my teens. Yes I read, I was moved and I felt pain deep inside. I remember myself imagining me a part of such an effort and saving innocent girls from being sold like use and throw commodities, and I remember all the novel ideas I had. And then it all went lost in my own day to day life. Never did I care for another girl of my age who could have had a life as good as me, but she doesn't because her parents weren't able to protect her. I kept cribbing and sulking about my own life, and how much more do I want for myself! I have everything that most of those people won't even dream of, and still I am dissatisfied because I don't have my Armani in the color I want! Ashamed I am, of myself, and of every single moment and penny we all are wasting in vain, in running after excessiveness while there are so many people suffering in unimaginable ways!
I got goose-bumps when I heard that this lady, Anuradha Koirala, saved 12000 odd girls since 1993, and that is only in Nepal! 12000 - are we living in a sane, civilized society? How does it feel to endure even an unwanted touch on yourself, we all, almost any girl from this so-called civilized society know - thanks to all the crowded buses, trains, over-populated roads, lonely house in eerie afternoons, frustrated middle-aged uncles and perverted elder cousins (I don't mean all of them, those whom I mean will know the minute they read this). Even how horrible does it feel to stand helpless and naked in front the shameless, greedy eyes of the opposite sex! And then imagine being forced with 30-40 men everyday!!!! At the age of 10!!!!! Oh God, I remember Manisha's childhood in Dil Se, I remembered Draupadi-pratha, I remembered Matrubhumi, I remembered Lajja and I remembered our own society. I can't stop tears rolling down my eyes! Where are we living? What are we heading for? What am I doing for the ones with whom I can atleast try to identify, being a girl! How can I forget all these and remain sane and measure my own cup of coffee? How can we all close our eyes or just remain ignorant! I am feeling so overwhelmed that I cannot write anymore, but, once, truly, I swear on my girlhood, I am ashamed of myself!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKzDtYJR2b4
The minute this started playing I went back down the memory lane, when I read about the sex trade, human trafficking and Maiti Nepal in newspaper during my teens. Yes I read, I was moved and I felt pain deep inside. I remember myself imagining me a part of such an effort and saving innocent girls from being sold like use and throw commodities, and I remember all the novel ideas I had. And then it all went lost in my own day to day life. Never did I care for another girl of my age who could have had a life as good as me, but she doesn't because her parents weren't able to protect her. I kept cribbing and sulking about my own life, and how much more do I want for myself! I have everything that most of those people won't even dream of, and still I am dissatisfied because I don't have my Armani in the color I want! Ashamed I am, of myself, and of every single moment and penny we all are wasting in vain, in running after excessiveness while there are so many people suffering in unimaginable ways!
I got goose-bumps when I heard that this lady, Anuradha Koirala, saved 12000 odd girls since 1993, and that is only in Nepal! 12000 - are we living in a sane, civilized society? How does it feel to endure even an unwanted touch on yourself, we all, almost any girl from this so-called civilized society know - thanks to all the crowded buses, trains, over-populated roads, lonely house in eerie afternoons, frustrated middle-aged uncles and perverted elder cousins (I don't mean all of them, those whom I mean will know the minute they read this). Even how horrible does it feel to stand helpless and naked in front the shameless, greedy eyes of the opposite sex! And then imagine being forced with 30-40 men everyday!!!! At the age of 10!!!!! Oh God, I remember Manisha's childhood in Dil Se, I remembered Draupadi-pratha, I remembered Matrubhumi, I remembered Lajja and I remembered our own society. I can't stop tears rolling down my eyes! Where are we living? What are we heading for? What am I doing for the ones with whom I can atleast try to identify, being a girl! How can I forget all these and remain sane and measure my own cup of coffee? How can we all close our eyes or just remain ignorant! I am feeling so overwhelmed that I cannot write anymore, but, once, truly, I swear on my girlhood, I am ashamed of myself!!!!!!
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