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when i was in college i never had a chance to travel in buses because all my study centres are very near to my home and now all the things are changed and today i had to wait long hours for the local buses in order reach my office on time what a tragedy?????
What is so important about a bus trip u may think...but experience it once and u will know for sure...
In kerala the front portion of the bus is for ladies and behind is for gents...the bus reaches the bus stop like a fully pregnant lady and u will feel the baby would just fall out now...people hanging on the foot board,,some hanging for their life ,some posing on one leg some how i push myself in and stand like a cheese slice between 2 bread slices crushed..The ticket checker usually gets irritated when there is so much rush on the bus and he starts grumbling .and i pretend i did not hear him and gave him the money..he grabs it from my hand and and pushes the ticket into my hand..
It was an event that occured the other day that triggered my thoughts into writing this...As most of us who have travelled in a public bus in kerala must know this for sure a very familiar problem and common one that a man harassing a girl in this case one old enough to be her grand dad! the people around were aware of what was going on but pretended not to and looked the other way..and the girl was turning out there and she has not a little space there to move apart and i moved a little and allowed her to stand in front of my seat...and she looked at me and i can see what was her eyes trying to tell me ....and i gave her a smile...
Now this set me thinking as to what gave these men(or shall i say monsters?)the right to behave this way?Don't they realise that this leaves a scar deep inside that never heals?Whatever the reason is the truth is that women face this problem everywhere being pinched at on the bus ,fingered at by "heros"on cycles.,being subjected to gestures and comments... when is all this going to an end?I think ladies are not confident enough to raise voice against these sick guys .she is not confident enough to believe that the public will respond to her plea in such times of harassment.since some or many ladies don't act brave such incidents will occur again and again..such incidents should be shouted out.ladies must have to make a noise about it..only she can help her to get out of this . and i agree the fact that there are some brave ladies that react very spottily against this and slashes the monster and i felt very proud of it and here i gave a salute to all that ladies ..and one problem with that is if we show the slightest signs of fighting back we are termed aggressive and unconventional... if we don't we are treated as dormats..! so what does the society which has much to say otherwise suggest we do?should they want us to wear suits of armour wherever we go??????
i have seen it too. and i feel so ashamed about it. Thanks da for bringing out into the open, well known, but ignored realities of our state. Only through eye opening articles like this, can people at least make an attempt to change this pathetic situation in our hometowns.
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