Alok Acharja

India is now in uproar over Moumita's rape and brutal murder. Its roots have also come to Bangladesh. will come Because rape is also identified as a serious social problem in both countries and in Bangladesh, The fact is that after the rape and murder of a doctor at the 138-year-old RG Kar Medical College in West Bengal, India, protests have spread across India.

Continuous protests are going on against this incident. The demand for the resignation of the Chief Minister has also intensified. She was a doctor from RG Kar Medical College Hospital in Kolkata. After this allegation, people from all walks of life are practically angry. Kolkata protestors said, 'We want justice. Hang the rapist; save the women.' Sexual violence against women is a major problem in India. According to the National Crime Records Bureau, in 2022, there were about 90 rapes per day in India on average.

That year, the police arrested 11 people in an alleged brutal gang-rape case. Also, in 2022, a police officer in India was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl and was arrested. In March 2024, a Spanish tourist was gang-raped while traveling on a motorcycle with her husband. Several Indian men were arrested in this incident. Due to the horror of the attack, many have compared the case of the deceased Moumita Debnath to the 2012 Delhi rape incident. A young woman was brutally gang-raped and killed on a bus.

Her death sparked protests in Delhi and other states. Under pressure, the government introduced harsher punishments for rapists and the death penalty for repeat offenders. We may remember Nirbhaya.

This is how India got burned in the Nirbhaya rape case. A man named Sanjay Roy has been arrested on charges of murder after rape. It is known in the media that this is not the first time that Sanjay has committed such a crime. She has been accused of harassing another woman before. Earlier, Sanjay collected a woman's phone number from a doctor's prescription.

India's Nirbhayas cannot remain fearless. After seven long years, death warrants were issued against the convicts in the Nirbhaya case. The Nirbhayas could not be fearless even seven years ago, nor can they be today.

Even the fearless cannot be fearless. Always be afraid of fear. No one can tell when, where, or how they will be tortured. She cannot be safe in a hospital, an educational institution, or anywhere else. The list of our abused women and children is also increasing. It is not stopping; moreover, every incident is questioning the conscience. Just when everyone is busy searching for answers, someone is being raped.

It is no longer possible to determine who is a rapist and who is a human being. People with perverted minds have started to fulfill their perverted deeds. A nurse rape incident also occurred in India after this incident. The incident of rape cannot be stopped in any way. We get that news on the newspaper pages.

In the meantime, in some cases, the people of the country have taken to the streets. Protested. Rape also happened again. This has been going on for the past few years. The invisible monster is sitting in our midst. Rapists are also brought under the law. Being punished. It is as if the incidence of rape cannot be reduced in any way. It has now reached the ultimate stage of mental derangement. At home, on the streets, in shops, at work, in schools and colleges, they are not safe anywhere. A family where a girl is raped understands the pain. Because society is very strange. The victim has to listen to many harsh words.

Again, there is no lack of people to clean up for the rapists. How many faults of the girl are taken out with a finger in the eye? This clean-up tendency also encourages the bully. But we want a rapist-free society. Rape is the ultimate form of sexual immorality. They don't keep the news of the society they are raping for the sake of lust. Who knows how long we will have to watch the wild hyena dance in a civilized society? Of course, for the sake of civilization, we have to think about whether we can call ourselves civilized in what we are doing these days.

Don't those who are rapists or torturers have sisters? Do they fear anyone else, like his brother? Does he even know how terrifying his familiar face is? In many families, when a girl was born, instead of being happy in the family, there was a fold of worry on the forehead, and it still is. When a girl child was born, everyone in the family wore this fold on their foreheads. In the case of girls, there was a ban on posts.

Their world was small. Today, they do not have those obstacles. However, with the increase in walking distance, the fear of danger has also increased manifold. Before girls can't do this, can't do that. It is not right for girls to stay here, or girls cannot do this job.

They have been reduced in various ways and made into puppets. As I said earlier, civilization is not in the clothes, but in the mind. It is impossible to achieve the excellence of civilization without a change of mentality. Before thinking from the point of view of girls' consumption, take a look at your own family. Man is the protector, and man is the eater. It is people who want justice; they are suffering from injustice, and it is people who are doing the right thing.

A society moves at its own pace. History has witnessed that women have been the most oppressed. Even today, no matter how much rights are talked about, the situation has not improved much. I couldn't change my mind. Whether the trend of society will be positive or negative will depend on the people of that society.

Our human trajectory is now flowing negatively. We are moving in that direction. To get a permanent solution to this, mass awareness should be created against violence against women. It cannot be said that it will be possible to completely eradicate senseless, cruel, and jealous people from society. Just as there are germs of disease in the body, there is an antidote for them, so this disease called rape also has an antidote. It has to be found. As soon as possible. We all expect a safe society and a safe country.

The writer is a Essayist and columnist Pabna