"Of all the evils for which man has made himself responsible, none
is so degrading, so shocking or so brutal as his abuse of the better half of
humanity; the female sex." M.K. Gandhi
The night of 16th
December 2012 shocked the entire nation… people suddenly realized that it was
not human beings, but humanity that the Mayans predicted was about to end.
There were protests, both real and virtual, all over the country. The problem
with the protests was that there was no clear agenda. Some wanted justice for the
23 year old girl, some were protesting against the rape crimes and rising
violence against women, while others were there because they were afraid of
their and their family member’s future in the so called ‘rape capital of the
world’. The ones with clear agenda were the opposition. The police was
definitely tempted by few miscreants, who wanted the police to attack the
innocents and make one more case against the government that was already
weakened by corruption. The weakness of non-violent protest is that one small act of violence gives the police enough reason to attack and breakdown the entire protest. Amongst the pandemonium one thing was clear, people
were concerned…and there were good reasons to be.
