What could be tougher?

In the wake of the recent incidents of rape with 5 and 6 year old children, the country is once again ablaze with talks of tough punishment, rigorous imprisonment and even death penalty.

Honestly, what can be tougher than what has been inflicted on the children?

What kind of punishment can you think of?

The stigma of rape is something you can never overcome. No matter how much water passes under the bridge, the horrors of that time will haunt them forever.

What can be more painful than being in unimaginable physical pain?

What can be tougher than enduring the violation of your modesty, decency and privacy in the most horrendous way imaginable?

What can be worse than not knowing or understanding what is happening with you and why?

What can be more hopeless than the situation they came across?

I wince in pain every time I read about the extent of their injuries. I get enraged even thinking about it.

And yet, here I am. Doing nothing about it!!

What can I do? How can I change the mindset of people?

What will it take for the rapists to stop and think?

No amount of Sorry’s, atonements and confession can right this wrong.

I am sorry, children. I am sorry for being so helpless while you writhe in pain.

Where are the culture cops and God men of the world now?

Why don’t they protest this attack on our culture?

Why don’t they comment on the dress?

Why don’t they advise her not to have men friends or venture out in the night?

Why don’t they give some mantra or something which the children could have recited to save them from this trauma?

Why are they silent now?

What kind of seduction could a 5 year old think of?

Answer me, my dear country. Please!!