Where do we go wrong?
It has been almost a month now, that every day when I switch to a news channel on TV, I get updated on a new rape case – and most likely with a minor. Media keeps sharing the blurred images / videos / CCTV footages and talking about various aspects of rape – victim, culprits, authority, laws, society, reforms, etc. etc. and I change the channel. Yes! I change the channel as I am too exhausted to witness the after effects of watching such incidents and the way we are tackling it – as a society. Hence, wanted to pen down here. We, as a society is undoubtedly evolving – to good. Yes! You are not mistaken while reading, nor it is a typo, I actually said “good”. I am referring to the era when a girl was restricted by her own parents, if a neighbour's girl got raped. She was advised to skip school, stay composed and not smile all the time, recheck on her wardrobe, focus more on studies, skip spending time outside home, coming back home before sunset, etc. etc. Even then, if the...