a borrowed camera. light fades out before i can actually click anything. slowly, the dark creeps in, as does the night.
no trace of sleep in the eyes. its been like this since last an year n half.
its three in the morning. i am restless, after clicking around everything i could lay my hands on. macro shots, uselessly clicked for the heck of it, close up shots, for the fun of it.
its chilling cold outside. maybe, 5 degree Celsius and its foggy.
i start reading "dr jekyll n mr. hyde" but there' something which holds me restless.
soon, i am battling the cold outside. fingers exploring the consoles through a layer of leather. my cheeks can feel the brush of the wind. even though it's supposed to be daybreak, it's unbelievably dark.
i stop at a chai wallah, thinking i might get to click something. i order the kid for a cup of tea. click a few pictures. a sweeping thought of going back home comes to my mind. i just dont pay heed to it.
steering through the fog i can hear a cacophony of noises. its a bus conductor shouting. I follow the sound, board a bus.
i don't know where this might take me to. the conductor is still faraway, busy issuing tickets.
a song plays in the background, as i clear the lens of the camera with my muffler.

"phir se ud chala
ud ke chhoda hai
jahaan niche main
ab tumhare hawale hoon hawa"

you'll torture 6 people to death. taken.
you'll castrate them to death. agreed.
but wait, weren't the culprits in the infamous Delhi 1978 case- ranga and billa hanged to death.
didn't the same fate awaited the rapist of isha shanbaug, the Mumbai nurse.
rapes still do happen and at a much increased rate.
this girl, damini, took all the precautions we could have expected her to take. she was with a trustd male friend, it was not dark at night and she certainly didnt had the so called provocative clothing, and it was not a private taxi where the incident took place, it was a goddamned public transport bus.
you can change 1 thousand display pictures, but think for a moment, and think logically, if a rapist will think of your display picture before committing such a heinous crime ?? do i see you nodding your head in no ???
there is death penalty for so many crimes, and a life imprisonment for murder. but people do murder each other.
tomorrow, we'll have a new ruling govt with a new set of ministers. a new system. you'll kill these 6 people, tomorrow 60 more with be born again, with a much more retarded mentality. it's not a solution, anymore
change yourself, people. it will take time. 60 0r maybe, 100 years.
and it won't begin with those stupid candle light marches. certainly not. the change of perspective has to come from within. a lot needs to be done.