They have me at their mercy: Malaika pens down a powerful letter on women's safety

Mumbai: Are women safe in our country? This is an age-old question that never got a justifiable answer. Our country that boasts of supreme and rich culture has time and again tarnished itself courtesy shameful acts by some of its denizens.

Recently, the entire country was raged when the news about a girl being molested on New Year’s Eve in Bangalore broke out. Many expressed their disgust and sorrow on the issue, including our Bollywood actors such as Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Aamir Khan and others.

Now, letting her emotions flow into words, Malaika Arora Khan penned down a heartfelt letter on the shocking incident. The actress took to her official Instagram account where she slammed those who point fingers at the victim and also gave her readers a taste of how it feels to be a liberal girl.

“So, I went out with my girlfriends to party on the crowded streets of a Metropolitan city, they came out in large numbers and molested us...... But my safety is my responsibility so... The next time I went to a discotheque, it was enclosed and had bouncers, they came into the place and beat us up and ripped our clothes off.......But my safety is my responsibility so.... I went to a movie with a Male friend for company, they pushed me into a bus and shoved an iron rod inside my privates.......But my safety is my responsibility, so...... I went to my college, fully clad in a "decent" salwaar kameez, they caught me around a corner and squeezed my bum......But my safety is my responsibility, so...... I decided to stay at home in the comfort of my own house, they broke down the door, tied me up and videotaped the things they made me do with them.......But my safety is my responsibility, so...... I went back to live with my family feeling safe and secure with them, they were my uncles but they didn't think of me as their niece when they made me take off my clothes and have their way with me.......But my safety is my responsibility, so....... These days I sit in the bathroom, locked tight, not coming out at all. They stand on the terrace opposite to it peeking in through the bathroom window, but I don't take a bath.......because my safety is my responsibility....... Now, they have me exactly where they have always wanted me, my spirit broken, my ability to fight back gone, my will to do something destroyed.....at their mercy.....still stuck in the bathroom.....dreading the time when the knocking starts on the door as they come to get me here too,” she wrote on her post.

Moving further, the actress added, “I am that Indian Woman who can excel at sports, win medals for the Country, join the Army, become a CEO, go to the outer space and be the talk of the world.....only if I can come out of this bathroom......But my safety is my responsibility, so.... Disclaimer: Girls wearing short clothes and drinking and partying are copying the Western culture.Boys who molest them r copying the Indian culture???”

Isn’t it heart wrenching? It’s time that our country penalizes these wrongdoers with severe charges.