I recently read an article on yahoo about how a 23 year old girl was sexually assaulted by a group of 5 to 7 men including the bus driver and the conductor in Delhi. Ironically this city is the capital of our nation Sheila Dikshit is the cheif minister of New Delhi who is also a women, so is Prathiba Patil, the ex-President of our country, so is Sonia Gandhi the most powerful person in the UPA government all are residing in New, Delhi which is coined as India’s Rape Capital.

Delhi registered 568 rape cases followed by Mumbai which registered 218 cases according to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Cities like Bhopal, Pune & Jaipur follow these 2 cities. Most belive that these numbers are not the real figures and most incidents of sexual assault go unregistered for fear of societal pressure and more importantly the existence of a culture which punishes the victim and glorifies the criminal.

To top this all there exists a system which consists of corrupt police and government officials, weak laws and notoriously slow motioned judicial system which deny justice to the oppressed.

India is a land were people worship goddess Lakshmi, Sarswati, Parvati, Durga and Kali, we have 100 of Devis to worship, the birth of a girl child is considered to be a sign of Lakshmi (Goddess of Wealth) and yet in we have the highest rate of girl child foeticide in states like Punjab and Haryana.

Women are asked in our country not to give birth girls but to boys only, girls are been considered as a liability in many households. Home, workplace, schools,colleges, streets and bus stops there isn’t a place were women of our country have not suffered sexual harassment in one form or another.

Our country used to be a land were a mother is considered to be the face of god because of her ability to give life. A land were women are respected and loved for their love to their families and the devotion they give to their work. Most importantly their honor, pride and self integrity was held high at every cost. Unfortunately that land exists only in a distant memory.