Are you raising a Man or a Beast?

When the doctor came out of the operation theater and announced, "It's a Boy" many faces lit up and cheered but the same faces didn't lit up an year later, when the announcement was " You are blessed with a baby girl."

And since that day the child was constantly reminded of the ill-fate she has brought to the family. She was denied the luxuries her brother was given and was often scolded when she raised the subject of partiality and injustice.

 

But she didn't give up, she fought and fought until she came face to face with the monster her own family has created. One night her brother returned home drunk with some of his friends and as soon as she opened the door the beasts pounded on her as if she was just a piece of flesh thrown in front of them to satisfy their hunger. She cried for help but no one came to her rescue. And this became her fate from the day thereafter.

Threatened  by the Beast that she will lose her life if she uttered a word about her ordeal to anyone, still she mustered enough courage to approach her own mother and sought her help. She was immediately suggested to keep her mouth shut if she wanted to survive, and do not discuss the matter with anyone as it would bring shame and dishonor to the family.

Some other terror filled nights followed after her first ordeal and then came a day, when she had nothing left to offer anyone as she was found brutally murdered in the corn fields. The first one to give a statement on the matter was the same Beast  which made her suffer and regret the day she was born.

The next day all read the headlines, " 18 Year old girl's naked body found in the corn field " the story contained words like love triangle, dishonor, eloping and the tragedy leaving the family shattered and ashamed of their own upbringing. The Beast was not the prime suspect but the girl who died became characterless over the night.

No one  was arrested and no one punished but the one who died. People passed comments such as that is what she deserved, she should not have fallen in love with two men, she was a whore and got her payback for being such.

So many innocent girls die because the proud mothers are so busy teaching their sons that they are a superior being. They can do anything, anytime and still they will be loved and respected cause it is their birthright.

Nothing will change until and unless we change the definition of Man, the mentality of Indians towards such things and the laws which punish the ones in question. Stop treating girls like a machine for reproduction and the pound of flesh necessary to fulfill your hunger, They are far more than that and every now and then they have proved their worth. Don't forget you won't be here if it weren't for her. And to all the mothers out there who have a son and a daughter, if you tell your daughter not to wear short clothes coz it might mark her as characterless then you should also tell your son that he should never have been born and put a bullet in his head at the same time.

Change will come only when we start changing ourselves. So are you ready to be the change you want to see?

It is high time each mother should ask this question to herself, " Are they really raising a Man worthy of such praise or just a Beast worthy of disgrace? "