Ashvi Narain Explores

Be compassionate towards others and yourself too. When things go wrong and life feels suffocating, the day you realize that you aren't a good person and deserve to die, try to feel the pain of those unfortunate ones. Try to put yourself in their shoes   and imagine how lucky you are. Set a clear vision as of what you have to pursue. Whenever you feel even slightly depressed, try to persuade yourself; that others are busy searching for someone to convince or comfort them. No one but yourself can uplift your spirits. You are the bearer of whatever you do and possess in life, even the sins you commit will behold a price to be paid in future. This life is a train, your tickets are issued by your parents when you board. Slowly and steadily other people board and get off the train. Ultimately, you too issue the tickets of others, that is, your children. You make friends but still many go unnoticed as if they never existed, just like those uptight silent co-passengers on your train....

And then one gloomy shatter day, the maniac creatures gathered between the hazy lights, and she got raped beside the pavement amongst the city lights. I could very well imagine the above headlines in tomorrow's newspaper and I hurried home with a quickened pace. I rescued myself from being a victim of rape today but could very well be one of those in the near future, as per the current scenario of our country. Maybe in the future, I could be encountered with one of such heinous acts, who knows? Hello, scared women of our nation! I honestly feel no pleasure in typing this but my emotions are raging upon listening to the heights reached by these lustful misogynist maniacs in our country. Do we still need men to protect our sanctity, who are in turn responsible for swallowing it whole? Men have proved to not understand the meaning of the word consent, let alone acknowledge it. If someone's sister is unsafe because of a man, then his sister will be unsafe because of someon...