I wrote something in 2015 after an incident of rape with a 3 year old girl Child, it excavated my heart and I couldn't stop myself from penning down these emotions. Though it is not a poem but thought of sharing this here with Kavishala. I feel scared before leaving from my house alone, I feel insecure for mine own while walking on the footpath, being a modern lady/girl I feel ashamed that I feel such things in the era of Two thousand fifteen. But I don't feel ashamed because of being a victim of such mind set even when I am a woman of open and frank mind instead I feel ashamed because of these anti social elements emerging aggressively day by day on streets, roads, in cabs, autos, in any shop where I go, in my city or other, my school, my college, in a relative's house, a neighbor's house, on any floor of my building or anywhere else I go, possibly in my own house. I am supposed to be available to be a victim of evil activities in case I am out on the road or anywhere else whether in the day time or any other time, I am meant to be. I am a girl child of 2/3/4... years, I am a teenager of 13/14... years, I am a lady of 20/30/40/50.... years living the time of 2015. Where I believe in the equation of equality, such people who believe in exploiting my body make me believe in discrimination equation. They make me believe that I need to be protected, whether or not I am independent. It doesn't matter if I am living in an age of open conversations, they still call me a slut if I indulge into a blatant discussion. Doesn't matter if it is 2015, I can't wear skirt because it ignites them; they say so! They make me believe that this era is still of some other century of conservatism and don't allow my mind to believe on the time. I want to get rid of this, I want to breathe, I want to feel, I want to enjoy the time I have. Don't hamper it, don't deprive me of living cheerfully, willfully and happily because you don't own me to do this to me; I accepted all this because it already happened to me and you did this to me. I used word "I" collectively for women. 'I' denotes 'Us'. #रshmi   [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="400"] Photo Courtesy: Google Images[/caption]