Men's crimes are forgotten and women are tried, says
@NidhhiGuuptaa in her hard-hitting poem on rape and its aftermath.
@NidhhiGuuptaa in her hard-hitting poem on rape and its aftermath.
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00:00What is this shadow that has always suppressed me?
00:04Sometimes it's my body, sometimes it's my soul.
00:07I kept screaming, I kept shouting, I kept crying, I kept shivering.
00:13No, don't do it. Leave me.
00:20It is always shown that I am alone somewhere.
00:25Why does it always come to my mind that I am a girl?
00:32I am Durga, I am Shakti, I am a mother, I am a woman.
00:37I am someone's sister, I am someone's daughter-in-law, I am someone's daughter-in-law.
00:42But it is always shown that I am alone somewhere.
00:48Why does it always come to my mind that I am a girl?
00:54Do you remember some of the incidents that took place?
00:58And if you don't remember, then today I will remind you.
01:02Those silent nights that kept making noise and shaking your heart.
01:07Yes, those same nights that kept strangling you.
01:12Some incidents when many helpless girls gave up their lives.
01:18Some incidents when many innocent girls gave birth to babies.
01:24And what happened to Nirbhaya?
01:28When many old files came out, on which there was dust of centuries.
01:34And on that day, for the first time, a serious issue like rape had shaken the whole country.
01:44The people, the government and even the law-makers were crying.
01:49The great leaders and officials were quietly in shock.
01:56But this is a common thing, what is special about it?
02:00Why are you in shock? What is this new incident?
02:03This has been happening in India for centuries.
02:07The crime of men is a mistake, the woman has been tested.
02:12Why is it that I am judged on the basis of every test?
02:17Whether it is my fault or not, the blame falls on me.
02:23What is this shadow that has suppressed me all the time?
02:27Sometimes to my body, sometimes to my soul.
02:31Like a worm, you have been destroying my body again and again.
02:35In a few moments, you have destroyed all the pages of my life.
02:42Someone closed his mouth, someone put his hand on his chest.
02:47Someone held his waist, someone made him sit on his thighs.
02:54I kept screaming, I kept screaming.
02:57I kept crying, I kept whining.
03:00No, don't do it, leave me.
03:04I am in pain, let me go.
03:09Someone help me.
03:11I kept asking here and there.
03:13Neither did anyone come to help me, nor did anyone come to help me.
03:21I couldn't breathe, I couldn't breathe.
03:26He didn't listen to me.
03:28He was not afraid of God.
03:31He broke all the limits of my dignity.
03:35And then he left me on a desolate road, stained with blood.
03:41In a moment's lust, he made me a disgusting creature.
03:45He made me a mere toy from a living human being.
03:51That mother must have also cried for you, the day you abused her womb.
03:57He snatched away all the happiness, made me infamous.
04:01Then he defamed the whole society.
04:04And what should I blame the society for?
04:08You say that she must have gone out with someone.
04:12She must have been dressed in a certain way.
04:15She must have worn small clothes.
04:17And she must have done some such things.
04:21O people of the world, when will you ask questions to those who made me a question?
04:27Keep the bag of shame on my head, those who celebrated.
04:32Instead, you give me pain by accumulating the rights of the dead.
04:36Why do you call yourself a man, those who insult me?
04:41So listen, I will not consider the life given by God as my fate.
04:48I will not consider the life given by God as my fate.
04:52I have been a stranger since childhood.
04:54I will not consider myself to be dishonorable.
04:57Now I will not tolerate any injustice and torture.
05:01I will not let you forget that I am your existence.
05:06I do not say that only I am right and all the boys are wrong.
05:10I also do not say that only women should be respected and men should be insulted.
05:16But I just want to say that there is a relationship in this world of humanity.
05:22At least respect it, at least respect it, at least respect it.