Inverted Thoughts

“You are talking about Suraj Mishra? The son of the Mahayug Party MP?” Shyam asked, his expression showing little surprise. 

It is indeed him. The president, his face blazing with rage, remarked, “I have no words to describe the type of person he is.” 

Maya had a lot of courage. Maya wanted her story to be heard so that no other girl would experience what she did. In most cases, women are afraid to speak out against sexual harassment for fear of being judged by society. 

It’s not their mistake that these ladies don’t step out and speak up on these situations. We made a mistake by failing to provide them with the assistance they required during difficult times and by beginning to pass judgment on them. We frequently make remarks that cause people more pain than the attack, like

Making a remark on the dress!

What is she even doing there at that time?

She is a girl/woman and she needs to be more careful! 

They even begin mistreating the girl’s parents, but Maya was a courageous and resilient young lady!

Despite intense pressure from all sides, Maya and the rest of us filed a lawsuit against Suraj and took him to court. 

The case drew a lot of attention and was a sensation at that time. Hearing her story many people supported her and somewhere in our hearts even though there was this slight fear we stayed strong and were happy that we would definitely get justice.

But…

People say money can’t buy everything but looks like it’s pretty easy to buy justice in our country   

Every witness we gathered turned against us and soon things started getting worse, the media started showing us as perpetrators instead of victims.

The police used to visit our community every day and beat us. “They treated us like garbage,” the president remarked, his voice choking with tears,“They stripped us naked in the guise of inspection. Do our lives have no worth?”

Hearing such comments there was a sting in my heart, somewhere deep down I was ashamed of myself.

Wiping down his tears, the president continued, “Day by day our lives started getting worse. All the paths were blocked and we lost hope but a day came that shattered Maya into pieces, the day on which Maya truly died.The day her own father took back the case!”