Sunday, December 27, 2009

The man who destroyed the beautiful dream...

There was this girl. A tennis enthusiast living in an uptown city in India, a place where great sages and the Mahatma lived... This girl was once called by a man to his office only to be molested by him. The girl confused and traumatized reported this to her father. The incident was reported to the DG of one of the most developed state of India, a place where great sages and the Mahatma lived..

The man called the girl's father and asked him to withdraw the case or else he would destroy the family. When the complaint was not withdrawn, he sent policemen to the girl's house to threaten the family. The family was told they would be thrown out of the house if they didn't withdraw the case. The man, then sent the goondas to the girl's house, who threw stones at her house. During the day, the goondas screamed filthy abuses at the girl. Cases of auto thefts were registered against the girl's brother. When the girl's family still did not budge, the girl was thrown out of the school. The girl had to give up tennis, her passion. She began to live like a prisoner in her house.

The police, then arrested her brother and began torturing him. He was beaten up, again and again, often in the presence of the man, who threatened him even as the policemen tortured the boy.

In October 1993, her brother was picked up by the police, handcuffed and paraded around the neighborhood. Her brother was again beaten up in jail. He was denied food and water.

On December 23, 1993, the girl's brother was released. The boy was happy to be released but was unhappy not to find his sister anywhere. His sister was angry with this man. She cried and cried and thought about the miseries she had brought to her bother and her family. She finally decided to leave this great place, a place where great sages and the Mahatma lived, a place we are all proud to be part of, and went to live with the gods..

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