Our National Pledge starts with these lines: "India is my Country. All Indians are my brothers and sisters". A sister was admitted into a hospital, her body and soul raped by her brothers, my brothers, our brothers... All Indians are my brothers and sisters. Few weeks later, my sister died. Some of her brothers and sisters moved her mortal remains and some of her brothers buried her at the dead of a night when all other brothers and sisters were deep in sleep. Some brothers announce to all her brothers and sisters that she was not raped, her tongue was not cut, (maybe) her spine was not broken too. Lot of her brothers and sisters took to public spaces and virtual spaces to protest against the way their brothers and sisters forced the closure on one of their sisters. A brother of her who retired as our Supreme Court Judge a while ago went onto explain why what happened happened to his Kathra sister and many other sisters in other parts of our land with this: 'Sex is a na
நம்மைச்சுற்றி நடப்பவை அனைத்திலும் நாம் இருக்கிறோம், செயலாகவோ செயலற்றோ. மாற்றம்... நாமே!