Got the Courage to Fight ??

The freshness of air, the blossom of the fields and the narrow muddy roads occupied with cattle. This is the picture you get when yo think of any villages. Every frustrated or tired IT professional once in his life time must thought ... earn money for a while and then settle down in their own village or some peaceful place away from the busy city life. Here is one thing to think about it is - do villages still hold its charm, warmth and peacefulness. Does the ignorance of the village people has become a weapon for crime or is been misused for ones own benefits?

Recently i read an article regarding the current issues India is facing i.e. "Taliban of our very own". You may wonder now where does Taliban exists in India and how does it relate to villages. Before you start wondering... let me tell you that it exists in almost all villages of India which are located remotely and no one knows how things can go wrong terribly.

Here, villages have their own Government, Rules and Punishments (soo inhuman that we cant imagine). which is called as 'Khap Panchayat' where Caste plays a major role. They take the Law into their hands and neither Police nor Government dares to get its involvement here.

Marrying/eloping a lower caste with upper caste is a crime and it will cost their lives and also suffering to their entire family. Marrying a person belongs to same Gothram is again a big crime and this too will costs their lives. When i say it costs life ... its not just killing but its torturing worse way and then kill and when it comes to women its becomes more brutal and i cannot describe the crime scenarios i have read.

Just imagine ... watching cricket is a ban and no love marriages are allowed. Of course its a complete sin. Having a baby girl is a sinful and she will be killed immediately after her birth or even before .... which makes the sex ratio so terrible in those areas. And here we feel bad and thinks we don't have enough freedom if our parents asks us to do something which we don't feel like doing it.

After reading the article. i was left with various thoughts and thinking process but remained like many other people who feels bad about the wrong things going around and feels bad ...rather standing up and initiate the fight against it. Hope i can make it one day with enough courage.