The percentage of acid scars in
our society is very high. It is a serious gender based issue. It is highly
observable in South-Asian countries like Bangladesh, India, Afghanistan and
Pakistan. By this illegal and inhuman violent assault women are affected. In
most of the cases women play the role of victim. What really happens when one
drop of acid falls on beautiful face. It leaves the victim with severe burns,
disfigurement and even blindness. It smash the nose and melt the eyes. Acid not
only eats the facial bones but also the conscience of the person throwing it.
The assailant fails to hear the little whispers of God coming from deep inside
their hearts. It is usually said that person without conscience are worse than
animals. So what makes the person even worse than animals. The reasons are not
justified like the man become angry with women for ending relationship and
refusing the proposals of marriage, sexual harassment, sexual exploitation and
demands of dowry. These reasons are not surely enough to cause destruction in
their beautiful life they are leading. Everyone in the world knows how much time
women spend on their looks. They become conscious when a little pimple appear on
their face. They become restless until that pimple completely disappear. So how
it feels when acid eats their face within a fraction of seconds. Acid ruin their
life psychologically, socially and mentally. Psychologically they are in
complete depression and anxiety. Socially they have increase self-consciousness
in social sphere and lower self esteem. Contrary to it, they find difficulties
in finding job. The victims are often dependant on the spouses or other family
members and most are discouraged to leave the house without fear or public
reaction to their faces. But the evil natured man has nothing to do with this.
He doesn’t even feel ashamed of this act rather they feel they are honored by
satisfying their so called family prestige and ego. Although they are succeeded
in dominating on their suppressive counterpart. On the other hand the society is
in deep slumber that it doesn’t help to eradicate this curse. Now I am
addressing the Judiciary, Human Rights Organization, Civil society, Women
protection society and watch dogs of Islamic Values. The society has become
ignorant and painless because the powerful people have become so powerful that
there is no place to help accountable for their wrong doings. There is no
conscience. And as far as God is concerned …. I won’t comment how much we regard
his presence. We must put efforts on global level to eliminate the physically
and mentally scarring crime so that we will bring this incursion to zero.