Dear Society, You’re Killing Me!
Earlier, I used to roam outside for hours – sometimes I would come back only in the evening. Now I even think twice about whether I should step out of the house or not.
Once, the streets were my playground. Now even a simple walk feels like walking under a thousand judging eyes.
Society, you make me feel undressed.
A girl from my neighborhood recently became a Chartered Accountant. She made everyone happy – herself, her family, and the people around her. But I’m not happy, society… because even after becoming a CA, she is still judged by her clothes.
And the houses that live in you, may look very happy, but the girls living inside those houses have nothing except discrimination.
And the girls who are happy and staying away from discrimination, chasing their dreams overnight, they become prey to the wolves living within you, the ones who are also called men.
Those happy, dream-filled girls are openly raped, picked up and thrown here and there.
In the name of justice, they are given shame and disgrace – while those wolves are given freedom. – Maybe I shouldn’t call the men living within you wolves, – that would be an insult to wolves.
But these girls are your citizens too, aren’t they? Then why does this happen to them?
And what about those girls who, if they argue with their brother even over a small matter, are told – ‘You are a girl, Girls should learn to listen. They have to adjust and keep listening till their last breath. So start getting used to it now. Learn to always say yes. That’s what girls are meant
to do.”’
You don’t have equality, society. That’s why girls, even when they have everything, live like mute spectators in their own houses.
I don’t trust men anymore. The news we hear every single day is enough to destroy the image and mindset of your sons. Their growing boldness is breaking the courage and trust of girls like us. Dear society, this is on you.
These days, gathering the courage to trust people feels like ruining your own life with your own hands. It’s like swallowing slow poison.
The people you raise within you and their greatest talent is…character assassination. Passing new judgments every day and throwing filthy comments without a second thought.
Equality? My foot.
Dear society, equality lives only in your slogans and catchy phrases. In reality, it doesn’t exist within you at all.
No matter how hard we try or how much we prove ourselves, there’s one thing you have always failed to give us – equality.
Gender bias, caste bias, color bias, class discrimination – these are the dirty gutter worms growing inside you, society. You nurture them, protect them, and you’ve never truly had the courage to destroy them.
Rape. Dowry. Burning brides. Abuse after marriage. Not even sparing little girls. Constantly humiliating women, belittling their work. Over and over again, women keep dying because of all this. And yet, nothing ever happens to you my dear.
The women living within you are destroyed completely – but you remain untouched.
Society, every single day you force every girl to think – I wish I had been born a boy.
You have become like those people who only value and respect someone based on how much money they have, haven’t you?
“Society, you’re killing me. But I don’t care anymore, because along with me, you’re destroying yourself too.”
I hate the discrimination against girls. I hate those staring eyes on the streets. I hate those taxi drivers who adjust their mirrors just to keep staring. I hate those people in crowded buses who push without any reason.
I hate the rules that don’t let me live freely, on my own terms. I hate your rules. I hate you, society.
I hate you because you’re hollow from within and you’re slowly making me hollow from the inside too.
I’m trying to start living again from scratch. Can’t you try to do the same?
