Wednesday, April 11, 2012

RIP Afreen

Recently during my research viva, my external asked me to mention in one sentence how I, as a member of the media and society would help in reducing the number of smokers in India. The answer I gave was ‘Your parents wanted the best for you. Don’t you want the same for your kids?’ I stressed on the fact how smoking can affect one’s future generations and their babies. But I wonder how I would explain it to people like baby Afreen’s parents, who not just didn’t want the best for their daughter but didn’t want the daughter at all.

I wonder how her father could so brutally murder her that he didn’t even give her the chance to enjoy the rights she was entitled to. What would have twisted his mind so much that his crave for a son enabled him to brutally assault and kill his own daughter? His very own flesh and blood. Couldn’t he just glance at those innocent eyes that would look after him much better than a son would have during his old days? Hadn’t Afreen got his finger even once in between her tiny fingers, and wouldn’t he have silently promised to look after her from all odds? Wouldn’t she have smiled her innocent smile at least once melting her father’s heart?

Or was her father’s heart so cruel and taken aback due to the lack of a son that all these seemed irrelevant to him? Maybe he was unaware that it was because of him that Afreen turned out to be Afreen and not Afridi! Maybe he felt a son would look after him a lot better than a daughter would. Maybe he would have been right. But he didn’t even give a chance to Afreen to choose whether to look after her parents or to walk on her own. I wonder how all these still prevail in a so called ‘democratic’ country where everyone is entitled to certain rights which they have the right to enjoy.

RIP Afreen and I hope at least in your next birth you get parents who deserve you. Who would look after you like an angel. Like the love of their life. 

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10 comments:

Miss H said...

I've never heard of this but if it's a true story then that is horrible :(

Saru Singhal said...

I don't know why people are crazy for a boy child. RIP Afreen...

Writing Bee said...

@Hazel: This is just one story. In India you have tonnes of such stories. And it is extremely horrible!!

@Saru Di: I guess people have not yet understood the worth and value of a girl!

Vinati said...

A heinously painful situation. It aches the heart so much to see people still stuck in the cliched desire to have a son and not a daughter.

Poor girl child. :'(

Anonymous said...

What a heart breaking story. She is now at peace and in the arms of her heavenly Father who loves her.
Thank you for sharing.

Writing Bee said...

@Mirage: Completely agree.

@Diana: I really hope she is because she deserves all the love and care she can get!

roopz said...

"Maybe he was unaware that it was because of him that Afreen turned out to be Afreen and not Afridi!"
The sentence I loved the most... Again I saw many 'may be' in the post... We can only assume as we are Females! Afreen's dad (ohhh...does he deserve such an address) should have thought that he too was born because of a female.

Regards
village girl

Writing Bee said...

@Roopz: I hope men realize that fact fast. The sooner they realize that the faster female infanticide and such incidents will reduce.

Sonia said...

I wonder how can people be so ridiculous even now.. Haven't they saw any boy whose parents are in old age home while their son enjoying with his family.. RIP Afreen..

Writing Bee said...

@Sonia: Completely agree. It all depends on how well your kids love you, be it a girl or boy. It all depends on your luck