From Samiyala to Uncle Sam's: Rest In Peace Amanat, Damini, Nirbhaya...

So, "Amanat" died yesterday, December 28th after struggling for 13 days. I have started believing now that 13 is indeed a bad omen. The brave girl fought so hard and wanted to live. I hate to confess this but deep down I knew that she won't make it because the severity of her injuries. Also, at one point wished that the poor girl better leave this world and its brutality. She will be safer dead than being alive. But now that she is indeed gone, I still can't believe it. It's more than over 12 hours since read the news of her death in a Singapore hospital. I just wish she was alive. Right now my feelings are exactly same as this. She would have been very glad that entire India was praying for her and rallying behind her.

Read every possible news again and again through the night and still can't accept that she had to die because 6 monsters. But I guess it's more than just 6. We all failed her and couldn't protect her. And it's time for us to think what's gone wrong? Have we failed as human? As a nation? As a society? Why can't we respect women? It's needless to say our government has failed us. Our police force has failed or. But we too have failed ourselves!

At this point I just want to blame Man Mohan Singh and his govt. for everything. Right from day 1 they haven't done anything right - be it handling the protests, or communicating with people or closing metro stations. They failed every where. I wish they take her death more seriously and heed to the fact that why are they protesting. On a side note the media reports quoting her doctors even suggested that there was no need to shift her to Singapore medically. It was a pure political decision. Why?

Anyways, this isn't about a single rape. There are literally thousands of women, girls being raped every year in India and most go unnoticed. In fact, there have been headlines of at least 5 rape cases since her rape. Everyday someone becomes a victim of rape and/or sexual abuse. I just hope Amanat your sacrifice won't be in vain. If this doesn't awaken the sleepy nation and its politicians and its courts and its police and its citizens, then nothing will!