When asked by Barkha Dutt-"Kya aapko lagta hai ki aapko nyay mila hai?",pat comes the reply-"Nyay mila hai lekin mujhe unn policewalon ke chhot jane ka gham hai.Main ladoongi.Chhodoongi nahin."
It's been six years since the Bilkis Bano case came to light for the first time in 2002.The entire nation was shocked to see Inhumanity reaching new heights.14 people of a single family were killed including Bilkis's little daughter,Bilkis herself was raped when she was pregnant at that time.But slowly,we all forgot.Bilkis Bano's case became another heinous crime in that long list which shoot to glory instantly and remain there until next heinous crime comes!
How do we live in this nation where public memory is so short,where the very definition of the word 'Heinous' is changed every minute? How do we justify the rape of a pregnant woman? The killings of 14 members of a single family? The refusal of the police department to register the case? The re-election of same government that was accused of being insensitive to the interests of a certain minority group? How do we justify our very existence in this nation?
The Modi government has accused Bilkis of sensitizing the whole issue.What I ask is,How does a woman sensitize her own rape?
Bilkis Bano has truly become a role model for those many other muslim women who are fighting for their rights.Her Never-Say-Die attitude is an inspiration for all of them.When this case came to limelight for the first time,this woman did not even know how to speak hindi.And now,look at her!
What so many people still don't know is that all those 14 people,men and women alike,were "RAPED" before being killed.And killed,they were,by huge rocks.That when the police buried their bodies,they threw salt on them so that noone could find even their bones.And still,the court said,this wasnt the "rarest of the rare" cases!
A special mention of Bilkis's husband Yaqoob.Move over all those Alpha n Retro males-they are good for nothing! Here is a man,who not only accepts her woman after she was raped,he even fights her battle! He claims that he knows only as much about his wife's rape as the rest of world coz he has never discussed it with her.
This is what I call a Man of Substance!
Today,if Bilkis has moved on from being a mere name to a phenomenon,it's truly because her exceptional courage,determination and not to forget a truly exceptional Husband!
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