A barrage of emotion – RIP Keenan and Reuben
TweetOn my timeline in twitter are two very contradictory post’s, one reads :
My life is this awesome movie that is unfolding in front of my very own eyes each moment..
and the other :
National outrage over the savage killing of 2 youth by eve teasers.
As I read the details of the Keenan and Reuben case, I experience a barrage of emotion – anger, shock, disgust and helplessness. I read snippets of family and friends stating “Reuben is the bravest person I have ever known” and “My son died a brave death”. The rest is a blur.
Every such incident is a fresh reminder of the conversations with girl friends on incidents when we were way to young to understand what was going on, a reminder of the conditioning to ‘ignore’ as the jerks around pass lewd comments, the endless arguments and fights with ‘street whistlers’ and almost a final compromise by many to stay home and “safe”, to dress a certain way, to control ones habits and behaviour.
There is a collective sense of pain when you lose individuals like Keenan and Reuben – the rarest kind of Indian men who stand up for a woman’s respect and not order them to look down and walk away.
Tragedies bring people closer and despite all the noble and positive effort directed by many to bring the murderers and perverts to justice, the hard fact remains that two young lives can never be brought back. Tragedies are also thriving grounds for fake bleeding hearts that come with the life span of a news headline. Social networking sites are collectively gathering momentum and solidarity for the Keenan and Reuben cause with the hope to pressurize authorities to speed up justice.
A sense of helplessness will prevail till closure is obtained and Keenan and Reuben would have been immortalized as the brave men that they were, as their murderers are hanged. But I hope, that we all are able to find peace in the justice that is met to the offenders and in all the sincere thoughts from wishers across the Globe.
As for me – my resolve to spit on, slap and castrate any pervert only grows stronger.
