Fight for those who cannot fight for themselves

Recent noida killings has really shocked the whole nation and without doubt I am moved. But what is appalling to me is that this act is still widely being referred to as gross murders than as an extreme case of child abuse. Civilizations have risen and fallen, wars have been won and lost, super powers have come and gone, but the child abuse in many forms have always been haunting many countries. While countries like US have at least tried to recognize the fact that CA is a disease to the society and try to sensitize their people about it by providing knowledge about it and ways to fight it, our country does not even seem to recognize it as another or the only worst crime, let alone sensitizing its people. Our culture suggests close knit families and strong bonds among the people yet stands right in the way of fighting against CA by placing the family pride much higher than the CA. Can you imagine a case of child abuse by family members being reported? Somehow the culture and religion on which the whole nation is rooted seem to stand in our way of doing good. I wonder about the purpose of the culture and religion then. I would ask the power that be--If the culture and religion cannot protect its people at all levels, especially the children, then what is it for? 15 million children are subjected to abuse in India as some statistics say. A country where the First citizen meets the children on a daily basis at one end placing biggest hopes on them to take the country forward and on the other end being subjected to abuse--worst being that the children don't even can understand that they are victims. Caste, unemployment, poverty and other issues of national importance stand no chance when compared to CA except to find its place in political manifestos with a very short life span. Aren't we ashamed? I am. Alas! 5000 years of culture only seem to have left us with no face in the context of CA. The more I find about it from the world wide web, the more I feel being drawn into it. This blog is just to mark my promise to myself that I will fight someday for those cannot fight for themselves.

ps: more information/related links on the child abuse :

http://www.indiatogether.org/2004/dec/chi-abuse.htm
http://www.sawnet.org/orgns/child_abuse.html

I will post more information and links as I find them.