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.
For more details: NDTV
10 comments:
I've never heard of this but if it's a true story then that is horrible :(
I don't know why people are crazy for a boy child. RIP Afreen...
@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!
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. :'(
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.
@Mirage: Completely agree.
@Diana: I really hope she is because she deserves all the love and care she can get!
"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
@Roopz: I hope men realize that fact fast. The sooner they realize that the faster female infanticide and such incidents will reduce.
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..
@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
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