WOMEN’S DAY – MAJORITY STILL AT ROCK- BOTTOM

Yesterday was International Women’s Day. It was celebrated across the whole world with much fanfare, gaiety and pageantry. Many seminars held, debates conducted, discussions too held the world over. At the same time a stark reality stares us in the faces. That is nothing other than a large majority of women were not even aware of a day called International Women’s Day. They are as always those at the lower rung of the society.
They are the ones who ought to be aware of such an important day and they are the ones who ought to be aware of their rights and the needs of snatching away from those at the helm of affairs their rights and they are the ones who ought to be aware of breaking the glass-ceilings and reaching the stature of those already at the top. But the unfortunate factor remains. They are always a neglected lot. And except mouthing platitudes by the responsible lot, the vexed issue remains as such like a difficult nut to crack.
Delhi, Indian capital where the ruling mandarins, political leaders, both, ruling and opposition all do have nice times where the citizens are supposed to live peacefully especially women and girl children especially without fear, our capital city is notorious for lack of security even under the broad-day light. Compared to Delhi, the financial capital of Mumbai is far, far better than Delhi in the matter of law and order since time immemorial. Don’t be mistaken that I have deviated from the very subject of International Women’s Day about the rights and needs of women. While discussing women’s day naturally our views and attention come around Delhi for obvious reasons.
Yesterday in Delhi, on the important day of International Women’s Day itself Radhika Tanwar, aged 22, a second year student of Delhi University was shot to death by an unidentified assailant while she was crossing the road over foot overbridge after alighting from a bus at Ring-Road around 10AM. The assailant shot point blank from behind, she fell down taken to hospital and she was pronounced dead by doctors.
The girl reportedly had no history of any love-affair and the reasons for gunning her down still remain a mystery. The attack was not intended to rob her of her ornaments as they were not taken away by the assailant and the police suspect her shadowing a one-sided love-affair. Yesterday her two friends near her house were not with her, hence she went alone and she was travelling to the college by bus. Her fateful death under broad-day light raises many questions naturally. In the capital city under the very nose of our authorities such a dastardly thing happening where security needs to be beefed up for the gentlemen and women in the saddle – whether their lives have more value compared to the citizens’? – please note the case of Radhika Tanwar is not an exceptional case, such cases are common in Delhi and its outskirts, no remedial measures, no follow-up measures, at all being taken by those entrusted with it what guarantee a human life has in Delhi?
The ladies are badly hit under broad-daylights and in the nights imagine the status of law and order condition in our capital city.
On the day of International Women’s Day Radhika Tanwar lost her life to the bullets of an unidentified assailant. How many such wild deaths must have happened the world over on the fateful day?
We, often celebrate certain important days like a ritual. That apart nothing fruitful seems to take place. That is our destiny.