Monday, February 7, 2011

To My Sister

The prayers of a family and an entire village ended in vain with the death of soumya who was brutally harassed by a human animal in a railway track near Kerala Kalamandalam. . The 23 year old soumya who was returning to her home after work in a shopping mall in ernakulam had to face the cruel feelings of an underworld criminal. After harassing her he robbed her mobile phone and took seventy rupees from her purse. What gain did the culprit attain from his cruel act? He has shattered the hopes of a family which was slowly gaining the momentum of a decent life. Moreover he proved that safety of women in god”s own country is not even in the hands the so called “god” .

“Even if she has fallen from the train , she wont die”, the sudden response from a senior citizen of the train shows the selfish mentality of an individual. The witness who saw the culprit moving towards the girl didn’t even had the guts to pull the chain of train which could have helped soumya being rescued from brutal harassment. Usually Soumya’s younger brother used to pick her from thrissur railway station . But this time it was soumya’s choice to extend her travel in the train. But her decision was absolutely wrong this time.

Now after the death of soumya a series of discussions and talks are telecasted in the television channels and other medium. This is the season of festivals in the valluvanad region and I feel these discussions as masala mix adding to these festivals. Why are these people celebrating the death of a girl who was brutally killed instead of taking measures for the travel of women in trains. The feeling of helplessness faced by soumya at that time is the point where discussions and talks should be focused. There is no use in political organizations protesting in the state capital to an incident which happened in shornur. A clear picture should be made in the case of security of ladies compartment in the trains. After soumya was hospitalized “sms” were sent through mobile phones to pray for soumya. This can only help the capitalist mobile companies in India. How many of them who read and sent this messages won’t comment a girl next time?

Indian railways are known for its punctuality of trains. The travelers of passenger train are the mostly affected when the passenger train give way for express and superfast trains. The passenger trains should be the first to given way rather than express trains. The passenger train has travelers who are mostly employees which include both men and women who need to reach home by evening. The express trains as they travel in high speed can adjust their time in the long travel. Here also the interests of people who have paid for sleeper class and Ac class are protected. Soumya after her death must have reached the heaven. She must be smiling towards the irresponsible governmental system which could not ensure the security of its common citizen.