Aradhana Panigrahi

S he was carefree, educated and independent who never thought of moving back from anything without giving it a try.  She always aimed at gaining a name for herself and that she could with her academic and other creative activities. She always thought that she was safely protected by four walls; however, one was yet to be completed. The three walls were her Father, her Mother and her Brother & sister-in-law. She kept herself and her little niece secured within it. For the little one, who was her life, she was a guard herself. They were the parents who constantly pushed her to move on and face new experiences and achievements. She was a free girl with her traditional and moral values intact.      A girl, when it came to marriage, she always believed of being a perfect wife and an ideal daughter-in-law. The day arrived and the man, who was expected to complete the Fourth  wall of protection, was finally there.   It was an ideal match. He fascinated...

Rest in Peace or Return if Possible is not meant for the small kids for whom it is too early to leave the world. The reason-- they were the victims of Child Sexual Abuse. For sometime the media and public will be in outrage as a result of the murder of a little child victimized of an attempted rape during the school working hours, which grabbed all attention, but after a few days who is going to remember, apart from ‘ a mother who carried the kid in her womb, a father who carried to tomb and a sibling who accompanied to school but alas lost a friend forever ’. Once you leave your children at the school gate or anywhere and keep watching him/her till she fades away from your sight, you are not sure that you can see them safe at home again until they come back with a happy and cheerful face. That’s the sad scenario of today where a child begins the formal journey towards life and the society  in which the children are meant to be kept secured. The kids, neither a girl child nor a b...