I am a youth ! I am a citizen of Delhi studying in Delhi university who have witnessed the horrendous Nirbhaya rape case and have seen my city being named all over the world as rape capital of India registering huge number of cases of rape,harassment,oppression,humiliation against women.

Recent data from UN shows that there still prevails huge cases of dowry in India not only in rural areas but also in pseudo liberated urban areas.

We as responsible citizens find it our duty to find out all sort of possible Initiatives and actions in order to bring down such an image of city as one battering women at all levels.

In the same row,We can not forget the gathering of people not only at India gate but in even small parks,streets of Delhi to express their anguish against the increased crime against women and specially in regard to the Nirbhaya rape case due to sheer negligence on the part of government,but is that enough for a society to change ? Isn’t mind the worst monster which pushes one to commit such brutal crimes ? Obviously yes ! 

So I would specially like to mention here that we all know what are the responsibilities of government and how each time we vote for a party and sits empty handed with unfulfilled election promises of women safety and what not !

But the point specifically needed to be raised is how we as youth are continuously doing to change the scenario because as responsible citizens we are endowed with some fundamental duty and it becomes our duty to act when situation demands and here the situation is as I mentioned, a very important one and that is “To protect 586.47 million females of our country”

What we as a youth studying in prominent universities are doing? Isn’t there a need to not only rise when we hear a case of crime against women,isn’t its our responsibility to strengthen each girl we know to become empowered and independent on her own part? Obviously yes ! 

What I said lacks attention specially if I take into consideration the interest of youth studying in universities,for example Delhi university. There was a mega initiative taken by the student organisation  Akhil Bhartiya vidhyarti parishad regarding women’s safety to teach each girl of not only Delhi university but of whole nation to become self independent and taught them the survival tactics to deal with any unforeseen situation,to prepare the mind of girls to react instantly to any emergency and the name of the event was MISSION SAHASI i.e to make them fearless,empowered and confident to deal with all unfortunate circumstances being faced by them in near future.

This saw participation of more than 5 lakh girls all over the country which is quite commendable but why don’t you think learning this can be of huge benefit to any girl to ensure her safety and this could have witnessed even more participation if girls would have themselves shown keen interest to take out their time for their ownself. There is a need to spend time on yourself.

Onus lies not only on girls ,but boys and friends who plays a role as motivator to them to go to such events which can help girls to feel liberated mentally.

Not only this is an example of youth least interested in such events which are organised to help them,there have been several examples in recent times which show that until and unless any thing harms you,you are not interested in coming forward.Then how can we expect this youth to walk beyond chanting slogans to demand justice to actually act to become a change maker.

This was in general about youth of Delhi university or I say of Delhi who dwells deep into the culture of pub,clubs or even restricted to four walls of their house for academics,I must object this,human are nothing without moral values and knowledge is of no use if it is not helping fellow human.

Generally speaking,it become important for youth to become pro active to act against the injustice and become an instrument of change in society which requires participation,action and mobilisation at large level.

There is need for change in atmosphere of Delhi university where students specially girls colleges instils in the mind of girls the fear to participate in any activity outside the college as it is not secure, I object !is this how we as moulders of personality will make our girls empowered ? I think this is the worst act of injustice to girls.

Organisations and students studying are interdependent and if we act with open minds we can see that organisations play an instrumental role in bringing a big change in society where students become equally capable to act instantly whenever they see any injustice being done ,be it at university level or at level of country as a whole.

Girls safety starts with change in mindset from being fearful about things to becoming confident.Confidence and mental strength are two powerful instruments which holds potential to become harbinger of change.

Hence to conclude,I would mention two things-

1. Let us be pro active and understand it as our responsibility to become active participants in events for ensuring safety of girls to take hold over rising cases of crime which has its direct connection with characteristics attributed to a girl that she is shy,weak and voiceless.Its Time to fight back and this comes when we step out of our comfort zones.
2. Student Organisations as I mentioned ABVP’s mission sahasi which work for ensuring safety and put in lot of effort for bringing change in atmosphere of fear,we must by using our rational mind work with them for all issues pertaining to bringing a change in society at large because as we have always heard a drop of water makes ocean .

We are youth, we can study and we can fight. We are human we have immense potential and we can work for ourselves and society at same time.Lets not be fearful,let’s feel liberated in true sense .