On December 13( Three days after which The Delhi Rape happened), a teenage girl had been raped by 16 boys, of whom nine were minor, six were 18 and one was 19 years old in Meghalaya. Meghalaya is one of the seven sisters in the Indian Territory. I didn’t hear about the incident earlier and read about this in a story titled ‘A cry in the dark’[i] (The Indian Express, 7 April, 2013). On the night when she walked, her Vagina was mutilated, her body was attacked, and her thoughts were harmed. Who is responsible? Was she responsible when she asked her parents to visit the show supposed to end by 8:30pm, which she wanted to see with her two friends? Was she responsible when she decided to walk without any her male relatives? On 19th April a five years old girl was raped, and the neighbour who raped her inserted objects into her body. Who is responsible? A poem in dialogue form sprouted out my hand, to ask, who is responsible?
He raped her,
They raped her,
Who was responsible?
Who was guilty?
The teenage who raped?
Or the adults who tried to escape?
Or walking in the night raped
her?[ii]
Or walking without a veil raped
her?
Or questioning to your authority
raped her?
Or did saying NO rape her?
Or did saying hey!! stop beating
my friend rape her?
Who is responsible?
They say,
Be ‘NOT ‘adventurous to walk
at night,
It might have saved her…
Be ‘NOT’ modest in her dress
It might have saved her…
Oh seriously, here is where the problem
lies?
But I do have a question,
Who is responsible then,
When a five years old is raped?
I have another question,
Are they watching and waiting,
and lusting
When She will be out at night
Or alone at her house,
Or trapped in a non-consensual
marriage
Or will be unveiled…
Seriously I’m asking who is
responsible,
You pathetic man minded feudal
world?
Then who is to Culture and who is
to Nature?
Who is responsible for the death
of a bird?
Flying in her world of skies and
clouds…
The hunter or the bird?
Who is responsible?
When a man excretes urine on the
road,
And a woman waits for the same to
reach her home!
Is it man’s anatomy or his
privilege to express himself.
Who is responsible
When FIR is not made?
Who is responsible,
When protesters against rape culture are detained?
Who was responsible,
When Asiya-Nilophar was raped?
Who was responsible
Who was responsible
When Soni Sori went through custodial rape?
Who is responsible?
[i]
The Indian Express: A Cry in the Dark: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/a-cry-in-the-dark/1098688/0
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