Your silence is the strength of sexual assaulters | Story of an innocent girl.
Enjoying the evening with my girlfriends, an idea of doing something creative clicked to my mind. While everybody was busy in chit chats, I bought a big box of nail paints. The box had almost every type and shade of nail colours. Yes, exactly from light glossy peach to bright blood reds, it had everything. The funny part was everybody chose some shades of red to apply. This box was as old as my younger sister,18 years. My mom bought this for me on her first birthday. It was raining outside and after a long time, we were all together enjoying. Shreya, somebody is calling you outside: My mom said. Thinking of Pranay (her pheoncy )may be, she happily ran towards the door.
Meanwhile, we all were planning for a trip to the himalayas, mom also joined. Aunty somebody dragged shrey didi towards the jungle: Rama bhaiya cried loudly ( our homemaker). Everybody ran towards the door and we saw no one. We tried every possible way to reach her. Finally, I called up Harshad chacha to find Shreya with all the details. He is DGI, suratgarh. Such a happy day turned out to be bad for us all. Sheen and I drove the scooter towards the jungle and kept searching for Shreya. We yelled and cried in loud voices but couldn't find her. Finally, we decided to return back.
On our way, I saw two well-dressed men smoking and laughing loudly. Sadly, one of them was Pranay. For a moment, I was really stunned that how could be this possible? Watching this I was more worried about Shreya. At that moment I received a call from mom: she saying that Pranay has asked for 10 crore dowery before marriage otherwise they’ll rape her and cut her into pieces. I kept an eye on Pranay while my mom was describing the situation. Neither did I told her about this selfless man nor about the other man who was my own father, Shreya's uncle. They wanted all the money from Shreyas dad and property to be signed at their name.
Noticing this, I called up Harshad chacha and explained to him the whole situation. Taking his help, somehow we were able to rescue Shreya and put those idiots to the jail. We were all sad that how could papa join somebody in a crime. Luckily Shreya was safe, she had a few marks on her body which after testing resulted to be a mark of violence. Lately, she told us Pranay assaulted her sexually and asked her to shut her mouth otherwise he could kill her family.
I went to Mumma, thinking that she must be sad in tears because of papa but I was proud when I saw her smiling and saying he deserved this!
Weather girls or boys, we all need to be strong. You never know in the next 20 seconds whom you’re gonna meet, how the person can be or how he/she can react in any situation, how harsh they can be in anger. Getting suppressed by some other person is equal to committing suicide, do you want that? I hope the answer is no.
How to deal with sexual harassment?
Personally, I know a few people who have faced the molestations and strongly reacted towards the situation. I know it's not that easy but think about it, it's just a single step and you are done. Keep a pepper spray handy with you, it always works. Also, stay strong and bold. Sometimes these cowards get scared with your loud voice only. If you face any type of harassment, share with somebody. May it be your friend, parents, mentor or any near one you can trust. It is the best way of getting out of the situation. Shreya was lucky to get saved but life is not the same for everyone. Always be bold for yourself.
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