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It’s been five years, yet the brutal gang-rape of Nirbhaya still haunts the world. However, it is a sad reality that even after witnessing such an incident, crimes against women have not subsided. Not only that, there are still people in the world who have ceased to realise the grief of the family who lost their child. Remember the teacher who told her students that the rape was Nirbhaya’s fault?
Another case of a similar nature and mindset came to the fore when an ex-DGP commented on the physique of Nirbhaya’s mother and said that he could only imagine how beautiful Nirbhaya must have been. As if this wasn’t enough to cause outrage, he went ahead and defended his disgusting remark and justified it as a compliment.
While Nirbhaya’s mother was offended at the statement, she only said that we were far from progress. However, her mother has now penned a powerful letter addressing the DGP. The letter was published in Khabar Lahariya. She wrote,
When you commented on my physique, you didn’t even think if such a comment was appropriate or not. Neither did you consider whether it was appropriate for you to compare my physique with the beauty of my daughter Jyoti. Even after this disgusting remark, the advice you gave to girls, has crossed all limits. You said that if someone overpowers you, you should surrender to them, at least your life will be spared that way.
You not only insulted my daughter’s resistance (to her rapists) but you have also displayed your regressive and patriarchal mentality. My daughter’s rapists made the same statement and justified how they couldn’t bear her resistance.
I don’t see any difference between the benefactors of the society like yourself and my daughter’s rapists. You, through your statements, are advising girls to remain weak and compromise every step of the way in your life. If someone dominates you, you should remain calm with them.
I just want to ask you whether we should give our soldiers, who sacrifice their lives and remain stationed at the border day and night, the same advice? Should we tell them to surrender their weapons when they are overpowered by enemy forces?
At least, their lives will be spared.
To lose a daughter to such a traumatic crime is a great travesty in itself. The last thing that the family needs to be subjected to is such regressive mentality. We salute Nirbhaya’s mother for her courage to call such people out, even if they are in a position of power.
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