For those of you who watched and liked the movie "Rang De Basanthi" would have loved the punch line "A Generation awakens". My friend's blog Ripple Effects forms the base for this blog.
It is about a boy who succumbed to sexual abuse by his seniors at college in the name of Ragging, a boy who did not want to become one of those many stories that were washed away in the form of tears in the silence of a dark nights, a boy who did not give in to self-pity, a boy who did not want to suffer silently like many others.
He believed he need not be silent because he is not the one who has commited a hideous offence, He believed he is not the one to be bending his head in shame.
His mother committed suicide giving in to the fear of the Society around her.
She sure has left him in a dilemma not to mention the endless grief and guilt, where he would spend the rest of his life thinkig if what he believed in was correct. If society is to be blamed for ill-treating the victims, then she as a part of that society should be blamed for it. It is the shallow pride that the parents carry around with them and are in constant fear of losing it which would mean worse than death like being banned from the fellowship of the community. They lose it if thier kids dont do well in exams, they lose it if their kids are in love with someone, they lose it if their kids dont land in well payed jobs. It is this false prestige that made her kill herself. Every society or community has its share of black sheep, if only she believed in what her son believed if only she could stand ground like her son did she could have made a lot of difference. Yes there are people in this society who wait for a chance to feed on the miseries of others but at the same time there are people who care enough and strive for a better community. It is the responsibility of each individual to associate themselves with right kind of people and give two hoots to those who dont care. You are identified by the company you keep.
I pray that the boy who has the strength and courage to stand and voice out against the crime that was committed would find the strength to come over the death of his mother and still believe that he is correct. If that happens then i would say ... indeed "a generation has awaken".
It is about a boy who succumbed to sexual abuse by his seniors at college in the name of Ragging, a boy who did not want to become one of those many stories that were washed away in the form of tears in the silence of a dark nights, a boy who did not give in to self-pity, a boy who did not want to suffer silently like many others.
He believed he need not be silent because he is not the one who has commited a hideous offence, He believed he is not the one to be bending his head in shame.
His mother committed suicide giving in to the fear of the Society around her.
She sure has left him in a dilemma not to mention the endless grief and guilt, where he would spend the rest of his life thinkig if what he believed in was correct. If society is to be blamed for ill-treating the victims, then she as a part of that society should be blamed for it. It is the shallow pride that the parents carry around with them and are in constant fear of losing it which would mean worse than death like being banned from the fellowship of the community. They lose it if thier kids dont do well in exams, they lose it if their kids are in love with someone, they lose it if their kids dont land in well payed jobs. It is this false prestige that made her kill herself. Every society or community has its share of black sheep, if only she believed in what her son believed if only she could stand ground like her son did she could have made a lot of difference. Yes there are people in this society who wait for a chance to feed on the miseries of others but at the same time there are people who care enough and strive for a better community. It is the responsibility of each individual to associate themselves with right kind of people and give two hoots to those who dont care. You are identified by the company you keep.
I pray that the boy who has the strength and courage to stand and voice out against the crime that was committed would find the strength to come over the death of his mother and still believe that he is correct. If that happens then i would say ... indeed "a generation has awaken".
You know amongst all this, I realy hope the victims find a great therapist who could help them understnad all this chaos on some level and come to peace with themselves.
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