No More Silence: Breaking the chain of Abuse

Crime against a girl child in our country is on a rise. I was molested by my own father and uncles. When I once told my mother what was happening, I remember being pushed aside, told to stay quiet, and warned never to speak of it again. So I obeyed. I stayed silent, endured the abuse, and kept believing it was somehow my fault. Later, I met the man I was going to marry and shared my childhood trauma with him. Yet history repeated itself when he abused his own daughter..

The moment I learned what he had done, I followed every legal requirement: I filed FIRs, responded to constant calls from the police, endured humiliation, medical examinations of my child, and every clinical procedure demanded of us. I found the strength to break the generational cycle of abuse. A 6‑year‑old child, who does not even know what a male genitalia is called referred to it as “pee pee,” described oral sex in graphic detail. Is this what our world has become? I am in a FIGHT..

Each night as I kneel in front of Jesus and Mother Mary, there is only one question that runs through me, “WHY ME” “WHY MY DAUGHTER”, “WHY US”. Is being born as a girl such a BIG CRIME. Is there no safe haven for girl child anywhere. If she is not safe in her own house, where is she safe. I took my plea to the police, the state CM, State DGP, CWC, National Human Rights commission, but they did was hear the noise. When will the legal system separate the sound from the noise and hear our plea. An investigative officer is supposed to investigate but in my daughter’s case even that right is blatantly denied.

No woman with self respect will stay with an abuser ever. It is my fight for righteousness and I will continue my fight. I did not choose abuse for my daughter and this is not the legacy she inherits. Enough of the shame and guilt. It ends right here.

People are forgetting Mother Earth is the most benevolent. It’s her benevolance that we have life on Earth. And you call Earth, ” A mother”.  When will society finally recognize that women are the source of life and must be cherished, not violated?Children, especially girls, must be protected; they are our future. Politicians loudly proclaim slogans like “Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao,” but how will you educate daughters who may not even survive to be protected?

Shame on a society that sides with pedophiles and abusers out of fear of consequences and discomfort. Justice delayed is justice denied, and in my case, it feels as though justice has been completely refused. Those who clasp hands with injustice commit a sin even deeper than the original crime.

Is it a crime to be a woman and is it a bigger crime to give birth to a girl child? Who granted these men the entitlement to treat women however they wish? Who gave them the right to abuse? If this is what “divine will” looks like, then I reject such a divine. If my own parents tell me to let it go—as they have—I reject their stance as well. I will become Kaali, Durga, and Chandi for my daughter. I will not allow the asuras to treat the birth of a girl child as curse. A pedophile father, a modern Tarakasur, will be held to account for his actions, and I will fight through the legal system so that no father ever dares to touch his child and no man ever feels entitled to violate a child. Every asura and every asuric tendency will ultimately be destroyed by a Kaali, Durga, or Chandi. Stop provoking her fury and start opening yourselves to her grace. #RespectWomen

The world must awaken. Candlelight marches are symbolic, but we need bold, creative action that ensures no child ever lives in fear. Let us pledge to protect women, children, and especially the girl child. No more trauma for our children. Let us#BreakTheChainOfAbuse #JusticeForOurChildren #EndChildSexAbuse #ProtectEveryChild #BetiBachaoInReality #NotOnHerBody