Height Of Innocence

As a girl, we bloom with innocence and simplicity which seems beautiful but sometimes it becomes responsible for darkness in our life. We get easily targeted because of our innocence. When a girl is born, she is worshiped by her family members as her birth is symbolized as the welcome of Maa Lakshmi in a home. Still, now, underage kids are getting easily preyed on by their family members for sexual satisfaction.

"Are we all insane?"

Do you know that the years will pass by with time but it's very tough to erase those pain and moments which have imprinted in our subconscious mind since childhood. We blame ourselves and feel guilty for the situation which is not our fault. Our painful cries get hushed in the four corners of the room. Those moments kill us from within inside but unfortunately, we feel helpless because of so-called society. When the assailant doesn't feel the same in doing such activities,why should we hide the fault done by them to us?

"Just to save the family relations or on the fear of society".

Obviously, it's not our fault but still, society will raise questions about our dignity which got lost due to our innocence or wicked people.

It is true that every girls faces such odd situations but can't expose truth because of fear of society. But when I was a child, once I was a victim of sexual molestation. I was around 9 to 10 years old when I got easily preyed on by one of my family members for his satisfaction.

It was a quite beautiful sunny afternoon when we all kids along with family members were busy flying kites on the eve of Makar Sankranti. We were all dancing in happiness,when we wins in a kite flying competition along with our neighbors.

Then my mom called us everyone for having lunch. We all ran happily by keeping all the stuff on our terrace. When everybody went downstairs for lunch, I was piling up the kites and keeping them aside along with my uncle. I was not aware that something unusual incident gonna happen to me which will slip the ground from under my feet. Suddenly he sat on the stairs and pulled me from the back and forced me to sit along with him. He started keeping me busy in his worthless conversations just to grab my attention. While talking, I felt like something moving on my breast. When I bend down to see it, I got shocked to see his fingers dancing on my upper part. I thought for a while and started questioning myself that why it is happening with me. His hands quickly ran under my t-shirt and he was pressing my naked body shamelessly. I tried to run from that situation but unluckily his hands were too stronger than mine. Before anything wrong gonna happened, I started praying god with my teary eyes. Luckily after a few minutes, I could hear my dad's voice. I pulled his hands away from me in joy and ran towards my Dad by jumping 4-5 staircases one at a time. I felt relief inside after hugging him tightly.

This moment is still flashing back after 20 years as well. I always felt to speak out his evil deeds but unfortunately in the fear of relations will getting spoiled, I kept hidden those moments within me. I promised myself on that day and accepted the fact that the situation which I have faced, should not reiterate with anyone else.

I used to keep my sisters away from that wicked Uncle.

 

I wanna say that parents should keep a strict watch on their kids with whom they are playing with their family members. Its not true that only girls get preyed for sexual assault even boys get preyed in this evil situation.

Every parent should teach their children about the wrong touch and right touch. If they face the wrong touch, then what should be the next course of action for the same. Instead of waiting for any actions taken by the government, safety measures should first start from their parents.