India lost her daughter

The brave girl lost her battle of 13 days for life. The entire nation is shocked, rattled and aggrieved at the death of the 23-year-old victim of the brutal gang rape and assault in Delhi. She was shifted to a prestigious hospital of Asia in Singapore to save her life but all endeavours went in vain. She was a brave girl who fought for her life valiantly but lost. With her death, a message must go out to the government that now enough is enough and there must not be recurrence of this kind of crime against women. Undoubtedly, it is the failure of police machinery that this kind of horrendous crime against the girl in national capital Delhi but at the same time the society can also not evade from its responsibility. Several records show that in 95 percent rape case, rapists are known to the victims in one way or other. Women are victimized everywhere. They are victimized in their home, on streets, buses,metro,trains, work places, schools and colleges. Untill the idea that women in the form of goddess Durga, Kali, Lakshmi and Saraswati are worshipped by us on one hand and the same women in flesh and blood are raped and assaulted on the other is revived in the minds of the people, atrocities against women can not go from our society. This sad and tragic incident of Delhi gang rape had triggered an outrage across India. The death of the girl in Singapore hospital has shocked and dejected all Indians. We all feel as if we have lost our own daughter. Now, the brave girl has succumbed to her injury inflicted on her by the rapists. The Government of India must take into serious account the seething of entire India in anger over the horrendous crime and the massive protests of young girls and boys at India Gate for the harshest punishment i.e. death sentence to rapists. There must be immediate promulgation of law that could award swift and deterrent punishment in any offence against the women. The legal procedure of cases of atrocity against women must be speeded up by forming fast track court. The police machinery of not only Delhi but the entire nation must be overhauled and sensitized to the crime against women. The lack of interaction between the police and the people in society must also be brought to end. Police should be made more accountable to the people. They must not display their Lathi as sign of their power. They must think that they are meant for serving the people. Their business is to strike fear among criminals on one hand and friendly with law abiding society on the other. But contrary to this happens. Police strikes fear among law abiding people and they dare not deal with criminal elements with heavy hand.