Murdering innocence in broad daylight

I do not like reading the newspapers for a variety of reasons, but somehow I always end up reading them. Sometimes I feel there is no tomorrow. Today I again read how newborn babies are being disposed off. This is something that happens every day & will continue to happen. Worst of all, our corrupt police doesn’t even register any case. Killing newborn babies is a criminal offense. In fact, it’s a capital offense. In spite of that, you could see the inefficiency of our system that doesn’t even bother to register a case in the 1st place.

Bodies are packed or wrapped in plastic bags & are found in garbage dump sites, sewers, drains or filthy narrow lanes. In some cases, they also throw acid on the bodies. There are a couple of things I don’t understand. How do they manage to hide for 9 months? Whoever assists them, why can’t they just put the babies in the cradles that are almost everywhere?

I don’t think in our country they would ever legalize abortion. And there are few people who actually adopt these kids. Although innumerable people talk about adopting babies, but we all know that it’s only big talk. Moreover, it’s a very big responsibility. Most of us can’t even do justice to it...at least I know I can’t. But nevertheless I don’t see the need to murder such babies.

We have coined terms such as illegitimate for our own convenience. I think the acts, deeds & thoughts of humans could be illegitimate, but an innocent baby cannot be called so. Only a cruel society can derive pleasure by following such a rotten practice of killing babies to hide away their sin. It’s gross, to say the least. And the fact that people stay silent also shows that we are a degenerated nation. As long as bad things are happening to someone else, we don’t care.

This is actually a very sensitive issue & the silence of people only reveals that we are least bothered. I often think about this problem, but I don’t see any solution.

The height of hopelessness!

3 or 4 times I have read in the newspaper that kids are being left to grow with the cats & dogs in the house. Such children bark, & walk like dogs & cats as they have been raised by them. Parents throw food on the floor for them. Whenever such kids are discovered, they are taken away immediately. Of course truth is stranger than fiction & we get to hear crappy stories on a daily basis. The thing is…nothing shocks us anymore.

Children don’t come in this world just like that. Needless to say, it’s a very big responsibility to look after a child. I have also gone through reports about illegitimate kids…people throw acid to get rid of these infants. Sometimes they leave them in garbage sites where stray dogs kill them. In fact, people become so damn creative when they want to hurt anyone.

Few years ago, an infant was left outside the mosque in Karachi. When people saw the child, they informed maulana sahab about it. And maulana sahab was quite sure that the baby was illegitimate. According to his closed mind, anything illegitimate was the symbol of impurity & he asked people to cast stones at the baby. And everyone there thought they were sinless just like the new born baby & so they were in the position to lynch that infant. And that’s how all the bastards killed that infant. Nothing has ever been done about it. Most probably, maulvi sahab must be having anal sex somewhere. My doctor friends say that it’s one of most favourite activities of the clergy. Their wives often come to the clinic with this problem & nobody will ever call it an abuse.

We often see these little girls & maids looking after kids. I don’t know how could people trust servants to this extent. My mom told me that once she saw this servant hitting a child with her shoe in the park. Who is responsible? A child being hit & abused by a servant is not just a sorry story. It also tells us about the irresponsible parents who have no time for their children. Wasting your money on the child is not everything.

I still remember how I bothered both my parents when I was a kid. I’ve also heard stories from my mother, khalas, uncles & aunties how Ammi & Papa used to go out of their way to do something for me. The fact is…kids are supposed to bother parents. It’s something natural. It’s sickening to know that parents can be so irresponsible & selfish.

This is beside the point. But whenever I go to the clinic, I often see servants bringing the pets for their check-up. I’m very sorry to say but I find this equally abhorrent. What’s the point of keeping a pet when you don’t even have time to take him to the clinic. I have also seen these damn servants treating the animals so badly.

Whether it’s a child or a pet – servants would treat them badly, if they could. I’m not saying that all servants are bad. After all, they are humans. Some are good but mostly, servants aren’t that good. Abandoning your kids at the mercy of servants is not that great an option…at least in my opinion. Leaving children with the pets to grow up only highlights how untrustworthy & fucked up those parents are.

All I know is that kids ought to be treated like kids. And such stories only give one headaches. For a better tomorrow, you must work on your kids.