Spark a change

With the increasing number of rapes, murders, kidnappings and child trafficking, the only thing I can wish for is, like the title says, a spark, a miracle, a magical support and a super power. It cannot be a temporary solution; it has to mark the beginning of a revolution; a revolution for peace, safety and security; or, at least a small step towards it.

What lead to the inception of this thought was a normal bus journey that started from college to home.

Buses near colleges are mostly filled with boys and girls around the age of 18, the youth, to be precise. They are fast-paced, naive, rebellious and light-hearted. For an onlooker,  they seem unconquerable. Maybe that is what makes it challenging for a pervert. In the bus full of young college girls, there was one big man. He was tall, large in size and looked decently dressed. He wore neatly ironed trousers with a crisp shirt and a tie. While he remained unnoticed, the excitement and the hurried whispers among the girls was high and eye-catching. There was a sudden drop in the chattering and the laughs. Yes, the 'decent' man had made his 'move'. He was either trying to squeeze a girl's waist or grab her breasts. The girls lashed out at him, stamped his foot, even tried to push him off. It just did not seem to work. The man did not budge. The girls soon realized that they were too weak for him and moved away. Other girls began to fall prey to the same torture.

I began to wonder what I would've done. Would I call for help? Who could or who would lend a hand? Would I call the police? But what about the trauma? Would I ever feel safe again?

Miracles happen. Super powers exist. But, sometimes there is just the need for more super humans who can take care of things till the miracles come for rescue. Here, I mean the real super heroes, heroes who can face it without fear, who are nothing but a sense of hope to the others. I wish every woman can be strong physically, maybe through martial arts or any other form of self defense. When one is strong physically, it is not hard to face the big bad world full of dirty minded men, who take advantage of their physical self. I am taking lessons on martial arts and self defense and I often tell my friends and family the same story. I hope for a tomorrow full of 'strong' women sparking a change in the world of male dominance.

"It is true that a victim who fights back may suffer for it, but one who does not almost certainly will suffer for it."
                                                                                                          Jeff Cooper (1920–2006)
                                                                                             "Principles of Personal Defense", 1989