Foreboding of Dangerous Days Ahead for the Bengalis !

Snippets from Two News Posts  from The Telegraph, Metro, Friday, January 3, 2014.

Incident 1.

Threat of rape at doorstep

- Terror and trauma stalk two women, one molested in front of husband & another nearly ‘taught a lesson’

A young mother was molested in front of her husband near their house at the Rifle Range Road-Broad Street crossing last Sunday night. Two days later, she and her family were hounded to drop the case.

“Tum logon ko jo karna tha kar liya, ab hum logon ko jo karna hai hum karenge (You have done what you had to, now we will do what we have to),” they said and hurled threats of murder.

I was too shocked to react. It happened in my own para where I have been living for the past eight years. It was around 10pm and roads were not deserted either. There were people at the eatery close to our house. Yet, four men dared to molest and assault me.

Incident 2:

Peril on party street

Paromita Ghoshal, a 27-year-old BPO executive from Behala, was “almost kidnapped” by a taxi driver on Park Street on Wednesday for refusing to pay him Rs 50 more than the fare. The incident happened when Calcutta’s party street was teeming with New Year revellers around 9.30pm. Timely intervention by her brother Satya Rahul and two bikers saved her from… she shudders to think what could have happened. After taxi driver Umesh Prasad Yadav was arrested and charged with kidnapping, policemen asked her what she was doing on Park Street at night.

He turned towards me and said: “Chalo phir aapko ek achchhi jagah le chalte hain. Phir aapko sabak milega (Come, let me take you to a good place. Then you will learn a lesson).” He started the cab and sped towards Park Circus.

I have been visiting Park Street with my parents and then my friends since childhood. I have returned alone after partying past midnight. The incident has shaken me so much that I won’t be able to board a taxi alone again.

PostScript:

There are only two Phrases from the above incidents which can give us a clear picture of what would our future be in our own Home State...Please note

1.     My own para.

2.     Since childhood.

Yes, this is our West Bengal that we knew or have known but outrageously and most appallingly it is not what we see today; and more significantly it is not going to be any better.
It’s time for the Bengalis to think and take a stand before it is too late.

                      Because, tomorrow It might be

                                             You