Bikash
Choudhury
There is a small change on the streets of Bhubaneswar ;
not many would have noticed that the Traffic Police men now wield an
illuminated stick after sunsets at the traffic signals and junctions. This was
the brainchild of our Bhubaneswar
city DCP Nitinjit Singh, a tall fare and hand some guy with turban on the top.
Commissioner of Police does many things; some pleasant and some not so
pleasant; but, the introduction of illuminated stick at the dark traffic junction
is helping the commuters and would help the traffic management after dark.
Often repeated quote; give credit wherever it is due. I thought initially, the
case of Delhi girl would go the same way as scores of cases before; but, this
time the boys and girls from the campus did neither forget nor forgive the
assailants or the incident; so do the media. And, quickly Govt. commissioned a
three member judicial commission to suggest changes in the law pertaining to
atrocities against women in a month’s time. Many other steps being taken at the
level of central Govt. and also at the level of State Government. Irony is
since 16th December 2012 many more cases of rape and molestation of
women have been reported from across the country; though, we need tougher law
on the subject as soon as possible; then, we should also concede that the
problem is much more complex and it is now the question of an embedded mindset
inside the recesses of some men and that require a psychological shock therapy.
And, therefore I suggest to the girls of Bhubaneswar
city to start a gang of “Pink Brigade” to show the Girl Power to those who need
the most in partnership with Police Commissioner. The Idea is College Students
with a back ground in Marital Arts can form a team in each locality of the city
to monitor the tormentors of girls at public places and public transport and to
offer non-violent street justice within the four corners of the law of the land
(An eve teaser can be saved off and painted black with a garland of old
shoes a few slaps from tough girls) would send very good signal to the
general public and there are chances this would help substantially reduce the
incidents against women in the city; as this is supposed to work inside the
minds of potential offenders. If this exercise were successful with
collaboration and co-operation of Bhubaneswar Police and Girl Power; then, that
could be extended to other cities and towns in the State. Do we have Girl Power
in the city or is it limited to the FM radio?
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