By Sudha Dixit
I am, by nature a very gentle person if I say so myself. I am not blowing my own trumpet rather confessing that I am a coward. I can’t kill a mosquito with my hands (clapping & having blood on them). Similarly I cannot step on a cockroach. I get a feeling of revulsion. But, at the same time I don’t want to die of Malaria or H1N1. So, what a softy, kind-hearted, & mild-natured person, like me is supposed to do? Eureka! I close my eyes, keep a distance and manage to eliminate both. How! Simple! I use Hit spray–black for Anopheles, female mosquito and red for cockroach. Yes, I ‘hit’ & don’t run (I abhor hit-and-run type). I kill & don’t even feel like a killer. While putting my chronically sick dog to sleep ( for the purpose of euthanasia) makes me feel terribly guilty.
We campaign for save Tiger, Peta, Ban Cow-slaughter, Ban hunting of black bucks. This ‘Save‘ has been extended to all species in animal world including snakes. But not to cockroaches, mosquitoes & flies. Why, because they do not contribute anything to their habitat & to the world. All the creatures of animal kingdom, we want to preserve are in some way or the other beneficial for ecology.
Coming to point, point-bank, I want to point out that there are some, so-called humans (sub-humans) who are as trivial or rather as harmful to the society as mosquitoes & cockroaches that they need to be eliminated.
Look at Mukesh Singh–The Rapist. He does rape as his birth right; he says that girls should not resist rape, they should allow it . Wow! Like a thief saying “I have right to steal, it’s freedom of action, so let me do it.” Such mosquitoes have developed immunity to local, milder remedies. So now the only remedy remains is – ‘Hit’ them hard and kill them. The juvenile master- mind of Nirbhay case is cooling his heels in Reform Home, doing painting and cooking. Obviously, when he can’t go raping girls, he has to do something for time – pass. We all know that Reform Homes are breeding grounds for criminals. The tender offender goes in there and comes out as hard – core criminal. It’s a proven fact , let’s not close our eyes to it and gush with milk of human kindness. The doctors, treating this Raza Khan (the juvenile) ,while admiring his skill and effort say that he is not at all ashamed of what he did; and unless & until he feels remorse, he should not be allowed to go free. Mind you, the baby brute is due to be released in a few months. My suggestion would be – let us find out the exact date of his release, gather together outside the Reform Home and the moment he come out smirking, lynch him a la Dimapur crowd. If the law is mild for these insects ,we the people should get tough.
While on insects, specially the mosquitoes and cockroaches, I would like to mention a milder but not very seemly variety of such insects which does not cause Malaria or H1N1 but cause enough irritation to provoke you to reach out and hit them, may be not by ‘Hit’ but by Pepper spray. This species consists of backward, narrow – minded, outdated and misogynistic people who though do not bite but create enough buzzing sound that you feel nauseated . These are some unethical politicians, political outfits like Bajrang Dal or Ram Sene etc. and surprisingly some celebrities. They whine about women’s dress as if burqa – clad women are very safe. Frankly when music maestro Yesudas spoke against jeans and advised ladies to wear Sari only, I had to retort , Mr. Yesudas, keep to your Indian music, the Jazz is not your forte. Also, since he expressed his unsolicited opinion regarding our dress sense, I too offered him an advice and asked him to shave off his beard as he looked like a terrorist with it. Well that was only for quid pro quo.
My point is that all talks of humanity, kindness and tolerance etc. is very well, but death Penalty for some sick psychopaths and jail term for whining – buzzing insects voicing their unwarranted opinion about women’s attire, is absolutely necessary. We too have tongue and know how to use it. So keep your voice down mates & keep your dirty hands off us gentlemen!
About The Author: Sudha Dixit is from Lucknow and studied at Aligarh Muslim Univ., Lucknow Univ. and Banaras Hindu University. She currently resides in Bangalore. She writes articles, poems in both Hindi & English. Her hobbies include painting and reading.
Its a very well written article on the truth of what is going on these days. It’s a shame that we boast about being a very cultured country when such malicious acts go on & instead of taking action against the culprits the victim is further humiliated & held responsible for what happened to her. No wonder no concrete action is being taken against the culprits because they believe they didn’t do anything wrong as it’s the victims fault for being a woman.
congrats for a very well written article lynching such abnoxious men/ boys is just not enough even those who rule over the nation talk filthy. their comments about women and rapists are like the venomous sting of a snake it isd time some drastic action was taken against pandheras, and men like those soaking their dirty legs in reform homes at the cost of the nation such leeches should be given as brutal a treatment as they gave to nirbhaya
Thank you so much Poonam & Shobha,Not only for liking the article but also viewing your opinion. Not surprising that the response came from women.We have to support each other and raise our voice against such despicable people and such horrid incidents.Thanks again.
Sudha
The above article reflects the true picture of society.sudhaji has highighted very apt solution for such ‘worms’.She has humourously hammered the irony of the time.We are progressing in so many technical ventures but still a major mindset is sick patriarchy who objectify women and try to justify their own misdeeds by shouldering blaim on woman itself!what a scornful scenario!.
Kudos sudhaji ..keep it up….pallavi sharma
Thanks Pallavi.We need more of your tribe to fight this malaise .