Neetu Shambharkar

Drama Inspirational

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Neetu Shambharkar

Drama Inspirational

Break The Silence

Break The Silence

7 mins
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Every day in newspaper, there are different news right from politics to business to sports to robbery, etc. But, there is one news which is often sighted in newspaper – news of eve teasing, rape, molestation and what not against girls. But these cases which we read in newspaper are the officially reported ones. There are many cases in which women suffer at different levels and they do not report their cases. The reason for these unreported cases is the family pressure, fear of defamation of herself and family, future vision, etc. But women and their families need to understand that their silence is acting as an encouragement for the crime against women.


This story is of a young girl named Riddhi Sharma. It shows how she broke her silence and took a stand not only for herself but also for her fellow colleagues who were in the same boat.


Riddhi Sharma got a job in a multinational Company which was highly reputed. Her financial condition was poor and she had many responsibilities to fulfill. This company was good and the job was also well-paid. She was very happy and contended to get that job. Her parents and her younger brother were happy too.


It was her first day at job. She entered the office with great positivity. Her boss, Mr. Malhotra, introduced her to other colleagues and she instantly gelled up with all. With all this contentment and happiness for the job, there was one thing constantly striking and troubling Riddhi, the way her boss stared at her when she entered the office, the way he held her hands for handshake while welcoming her and introducing her to others. But, she ignored this.


The next day, her boss called her in his cabin for discussing a project. She went there and while discussing, his body language was different which Riddhi instantly understood. He also tried to inappropriately touch her, which made her very uncomfortable. Riddhi kept mum and stepped out of the cabin.


She was in complete dilemma. She was not able to understand anything. She thought that on one hand her boss portrays himself as a true gentleman and an inspirational personality and on the other hand, he was misbehaving with her. Her heart said to leave that job as she could sense something wrong. But, her mind said that if she leaves that job, she would not get such a well- paid job so easily and quickly. She was not in a position to afford financial instability at that point of time.


Riddhi decided to give her job and boss one more and last chance. Next day, she continued her work of preparing a PowerPoint Presentation for a very big project, the responsibility of which was assigned to her. She was preparing that presentation as some foreign collaborators were going to visit their company the very next day. She completed her work and went to show it to her Boss. The moment she entered his cabin, he closed the door and started molesting her. She started crying and tried to save herself. She told him that she would inform everything to the Police. On this her Boss said that if she does so, he would defame her to such an extent that she would not get any other job elsewhere. She wiped her tears and stepped out of his cabin.


In the lunch time, she did not join her friends for lunch. So they went searching her. She was in the basement parking area, alone and weeping. They all asked her the reason for her crying. So, she told them what all happened. Shockingly, all her female fellow colleagues told her that, Mr. Malhotra had misbehaved with them too. The reason they never made a complaint against him was that he was a very powerful personality and he always warned them not to disclose anything to anyone about him, or else he would ruin their career and life. This forced them to seal their lips.


This came as a big shock to Riddhi. She was completely dumbstruck on hearing this. All other female colleagues also had tears in their eyes and a feeling of helplessness. This all brought a thought in Riddhi’s mind. She discussed with her female friends that their boss and his ill-intents should be revealed and brought before the entire world. She convinced her friends to support her in her plan so that they should all get justice, all other girls in the future should be saved from his evil eyes and the culprit (boss) should be behind the bars for his actions.


There were 2 CCTV camera’s installed in her boss’s cabin, the footage of which used to be only at the office laptop of her boss. Riddhi somehow wanted the entire CCTV footage which would help her to remove the mask from her Boss’s face. She contacted a maid, who kept the keys of his cabin daily. Riddhi told her the entire scenario and the maid agreed to help her in her plan. Luckily that day, Mr. Malhotra went out for some office work and Riddhi and the maid took advantage of this situation. She took all the CCTV footage in which he was misbehaving and molesting the female staff of the office. Riddhi’s friends acted as guards handling the outside scenario so that the work of getting the footage could be done without any interruptions. Riddhi cleanly and successfully did her work so that nothing can create a doubtful situation. She also informed the Police about all this and the Police agreed to come to the office the next day in civil dress without anyone having doubt on them.


The next day foreign collaborators were going to come for a very big project meeting. Riddhi’s plan was to show everyone the CCTV footage and the true colors of Mr. Malhotra on projector instead of PowerPoint presentation which she had prepared.


The foreign collaborators came and the meeting started. Riddhi along with other colleagues was in the same Board room. Mr. Malhotra, unaware about anything that has been planned against him, welcomed everyone, sat on the chair and asked Riddhi to start the presentation. On hearing this, Riddhi had a fire in her eyes and a sense of satisfaction that now everyone would see who truly Mr. Malhotra was. It was the time for justice, the time to execute the plan. Riddhi pressed the button of the remote and all the footage, the true face of Mr. Malhotra was before everyone. Seeing all this, he started shivering and was completely wet with sweat. The foreign collaborators started whispering about what all they saw. Everyone present there had eyes red with anger and seeing this Mr. Malhotra tried to escape. But, thanks to Riddhi’s foolproof plan. Police were standing out and he was caught and arrested. Riddhi and all other girls who were victims, told Police everything. All the girls breathed a deep sigh of relief on the sight of Mr. Malhotra’s true face being revealed and he being arrested.


They earned respect and confidence for themselves. They all thanked Riddhi to give them the courage to come out of their shells of fear and pressure and speak the truth. That was the moment when they all felt that they all got justice. They also saved girls in future to be the victims of his evil intents.


This story of Ridddhi reveals that how necessary it is for a woman to break her silence against any kind of wrong being done against her by anyone. I hope this story will give every woman the courage to break the silence and the walls, to take stand for herself and all other women who are suffering.


Dear Woman, if you keep silence, you are indirectly encouraging the other person. Your silence gives the other person the liberty to behave in the manner he wants to behave. If you don’t stand up for yourself, nobody else will. You have to take the first step with all the courage it needs. Remember, you are not alone. God is with you. You are God’s most specially gifted and crafted creation. So, respect yourself first before anyone else. Value for who you are because you are miraculously magical and wonderful the way you are. Set an example for your daughters, sisters, friends and all other women watching you. Stepping out of a bad relation, bad marriage or any bad situation is not called giving-up. It is called SELF-RESPECT.


So ladies, please break the silence and be the voice the entire womanhood needs. You never know, your voice can also boost and encourage other women to break their silence.


HAPPY WOMANHOOD!!


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