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No change, Law too weak

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                                      Whether it is Delhi, UP, Gurgaon or Noida, the scenario regarding the safety of women is almost same. Every girl whether working or house maker or school going children or college student are prone to sexual assault, sometimes even in day time. Not much has changed after the brutal rape case of 16 th December, rapes are still happening and people are still turning more animal. “Animals also take mercy and do not do such cruel things” says a girl who doesn’t want to be named, when asked about how she feels when she hears about such cases. A few days back there was news about  4 years  old girl being raped, long time back about 7 months pregnant woman being raped and also 82years old woman being raped etc. now such cases makes difficult to understand whether the man is normal or not. As per the facts, the 6 fast tracks courts that were set up to tackle sexual assault case after the 16 th December case, has been able to solve only 380

THE HEAVY RING (PART 2)

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                 As years passed, the number of bruises on my mother’s body increased. More than the physical pain, it was mental torture taking over her. At times, me too. Things were getting worse day by day. My dad’s shop was under debts because over years he cultivated habits of gambling and lost almost what he had collected in past while working. My mom had to give away her jewelry to make me something in life. Yes, like you all, even I had thought the same that “ye toh poori bollywood story hai”. But then this was a truth I was facing. School somehow became the place of escapism for me. As soon as I enter school I am a different person, I forget my worries, but then school was just a part of life, it was not life. Soon my school life was to get over as I had my board exams for 12 th , almost on my head. Remembering the moments when, with my own eyes, I saw my dad abusing my mom, throwing the plate filled with food on her face just because the salt was insufficient or r