Acid attack !!!

ACID ATTACK ON WOMEN’S SOUL: SCAR TO INDIA

“I have a dream of becoming a charm and Beautiful lady. I don’t want to be in competition but I love to dress up and do make up. The only thing is that I am a girl and I love to do such things which make me happy and pleasant” and this the story of every Indian girl who deserves to be the protagonist of her life, not the victim.
Victim!!!!!! Yes, Victim. A victim of the crimes increasing against women, and occurring in abundance.  One such crime that not only vanishes the girls dreams but also her life, soul and ambitions- Acid attacks, especially on women, have seen an alarming growth in India over the last decade. Acid attacks are a form of violence against women, where the perpetrator splashes a person or object with acid in order to deface or kill them. Although acid throwing, also known as vitriol age, has been a form of violence known to be committed throughout the history, still there has been a gentle rise in the cases documented in recent years, particularly in certain cases of India, which are needed to rationalize abruptly.
Laxmi was only 15 when she was attacked in broad daylight by a man and a woman on a motorcycle. The male attacker, who Laxmi refused to marry, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2009. The woman was given a seven-year jail term.
Since the assault, Laxmi has spent around one million rupees ($16,638) on plastic surgery, most of it paid by her father’s former employer. Her father was a cook for a New Delhi family. He died in 2012.
Is it a conundrum for the victims that they neither get justice nor the rehabilitation? A Ludhiana Bride Acid died off due to severe injuries after the acid attack on the day of her marriage in 2013. But Justice seems nowhere because as the victim died at the end of the year, the case got closed.
Many victims ought to be as 2013 decision by Supreme Court, had not brought any change instead of suffering. There are no official figures for India but New Delhi-based group Stop Acid Attacks says around three cases are reported nationwide each week.
Such cases are deadly. Such ruthless behaviour of being human discouraged the nation’s pride in case of acknowledging women’s strength. Seriousness is not seen on the part of government in handling such issues. Instances of acid attacks are no longer a rarity in India. Despite this, there are no specific laws that deal with this heinous crime. While these attacks can be attributed to various factors such as the social weakness of women in a male-dominated society, the situation is exacerbated by the general neglect of the lawmakers.
Restrictions against such crimes were done through ban of sale of acids but outcome seems nil.  As acid is inexpensive and easily available, it serves as an ideal weapon for the perpetrators. So far, there is no separate law to deal with acid attacks. Thus, every convict feel free to go against the law and attack on the women’s soul.
The strong correlation between acid attacks on women and the presence of a large number of unjustified cases underscores the need for strict regulation of production, storage, distribution and sale of the chemicals. India has either comprehensive data on the number of acid attacks or the regulatory procedures worthy of mention.
Every human dreams and challenged themselves but why women’s are always challenged physically? Is looking good or rejecting the proposals leads to such dreadful crimes?  Further, as this offence is bail able in certain situations, the punishment does not act as a sufficient deterrent in most cases. The crime of acid attack has a gender dimension in India, with majority of the victims being women. Men who commit these crimes are usually spurned suitors who want to avenge their rejection. Other cases involve denial of dowry by women, caste discrimination, marriage proposals rejection and land disputes.
For India, the most important liability to stop such crimes is to restrict the laws and accomplish them. This is the accurate fact that whole nation knows, then why the government in a democratic country doesn’t apply strong law and strictly mandated on it? Acid violence rarely kills and causes not only physical challenged pains but also the soul of the woman who dreamt of an astrologer, Doctor, Teacher, Journalist and many more. Moreover, a dream of settling a home with the bride look but assailants took away from her and she suffered it for whole life in expectation of the justice for her.
Though, woman’s dreams from married life to her professional life ruined after the acid attacks took place. From looking beautiful to the suspicious career, she sometimes sacrifices for her closed ones but what she gets in return is an aggregate example set by the nation India. Isn’t it??
IFWE Campaign challenged that instead of increase in such crimes, it should not be happen.  Why such offence leads to take place? Because the most powerful reason behind the occurrence of acid attack is the culprit’s ego or mindset which doesn’t finds any solution of dealing with the situations in spite of going for such atrocious crime, such cases are found in large cases as justice is seen nowhere.
For the victim, Rehabilitation must be the solution but treatment costs a lot for which the government should give the help and look after the medical expenses. But before that, government must punish the convicts in a restricted way that it must not be repeated or ensued by any other.
“Let the women’s lives their life, as everyone have the right to do so.
Let they looks like the way they want, they are too meant for fulfilling their wishes and dreams.”

By Ritu Thakur.