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Tribute to Nirbhaya: Jyoti Singh Pandey
The Delhi gang-rape victim succumbed to her injuries at a Singapore hospital on Saturday morning. The death of 23-year-old Nirbhaya (a name given to her by TOI) not only leaves us sad and heightens our sense of outrage, but also makes it important for all of us to focus now on the real reason behind her agony — the lack of respect for women in our patriarchal society. It will be a long and demanding fight within ourselves and with the world outside, but it will be one that genuinely honours the Fearless One. Instead of venting our anger in mindless violence, let us seize the moment to make a collective pledge. Let’s make a pledge that:
- We will personally treat all women at home and elsewhere with respect and demand the same from others.
- We will not practice discrimination against women at home and in the workplace and will fight it wherever we see it.
- We will intervene in whatever way we can when we see a woman being harassed whether verbally or by deeds. In all such cases, we will insist on FIRs being lodged and acted upon.
- We will not vote for politicians who treat women with disrespect.
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