The recent update regarding the Unnao rape case has proven to be quite shocking. A young adolescent girl gets assaulted, and fights for justice – but is justice available that easily? What truly is justice, a mere assumption or a sense of equality? The statue of the blindfolded lady of justice truly represents the current scenario of justice in modern times, in its truest essence. The agony of the survivor is truly beyond words, and it is deplorable that power, position and money make justice and equality fall flat openly. The utterly horrible treatment meted out to the survivor and her family is worth concern.
The convict is a powerful individual, allegedly an ex-member of the most prominent political party in the country at the moment. The culture of shaming the survivor and protecting and defending the perpetrator is a long existent process, since centuries ago. Even mythological stories like that of Medusa, or a few characters from the Bible as well, suffer because of this ever – prevalent ‘male gaze ‘. The entire country awaits the further judgement regarding the case , but the most recent case in Maharashtra and the way it disappeared gradually , bit by bit , shows in itself how corruption and patriarchy destroys everything.
