She was watching a movie monsoon wedding. Shefali Shetty
exposes her uncle in front of the family for the molestation he did when she
was a child. Shefali Sheety is an orphan who gets molested by her uncle for a
long time. Janaki couldn't hold back her tears. She cried like a child and
remembered the incidence when she cried the same way in front of her husband good
long years back.
“As you know I have grown up in a village. We used to stay
at a rental place. It was a small chawl,
with four-five families around.
I must be twelve-thirteen
old Harish. I was in my puberty. I had got my periods around the same time I
guess. My mom never told me anything
about periods, the physical changes or anything. I cried a lot when I got my
periods because that is the time when mom used to sleep alone, wash her
utensils and cloths and never cooked the food for four days. For me periods was
sleeping away from my mom and sleeping alone.
I was a scholar and never missed my first ranking. I used to
actively participate in all the competitions and used to win lots of prizes. I
used to also like solving puzzles and crosswords. I used to do everything very enthusiastically.
But those four days in every month were the worst days of my life. All the families
around used to come to know about it. It was really very embarrassing.
Our neighbor was the owner. My mom used to treat him like a
brother. He used to always praise me and used to tell people that I have a
computer in my brain. I was so proud of myself. He had also a great interest in
crosswords and we used to solve them together.”
Hairsh , “OK sweetheart but why were you crying when I
hugged you and kissed you. I got scared. Please tell me – did I hurt you? I am
so sorry darling”.
Janaki-“Harish please don’t be sorry. You didn't do anything
wrong. I will tell you what happened.
It was a typical Sunday morning. My mom had washed my long,
beautiful hair. I kept it open, wore a short frock and went to neighbor’s place
to watch TV. Uncle asked, hey Janaki, let’s solve crossword. I had happily
joined him. After five ten minutes, I started feeling something heavy on my
chest. I didn't understand why I am feeling so heavy. When I looked at my
chest, I came to know that Uncle is pressing my breasts heavily. I tried to get
rid of him, but couldn't do it. When mom called for lunch, I took a chance and
ran away from there. I started feeling some dampness in my private part. My
legs became heavy and I was perspiring heavily. I didn't understand why he had
done that. Till that point, I didn't understand that my breasts have become
large. Seriously Harish, mom never ever gave me any knowledge. I ignored that
incidence and didn't tell anyone because I myself didn't understand anything.
And the same thing happened for so many times later. Sometimes he used to touch
my breasts, sometimes he used to touch my private parts. He hadn’t spared me whenever he used to get a
chance. Once he had also tried to rape me. I somehow managed to run away from
there. I never visited that place alone afterwards. I had started feeling bad
about myself; I had started feeling ashamed of myself. I couldn't tell anyone
in my family as I thought; we won’t get any place to stay for a cheap price. Our
financial condition was not good. I couldn't
tell it to my friends. No one including
me could understand that, it was a molestation through which I had gone. I had suffered a lot. I used to wake up with a
start. I used to get those acts in my dreams. I used to cry from inside. I am
still getting suffered. When today, you touched me I remembered all that
suffering. Sorry Harish but it will take some time to come out of this. You are
the first person to whom I am talking about this openly. “
Hairsh hugged her and said – “It is okay sweetheart. You had
gone through the hell. Now I understand how important sex education is.”
Janaki – “I promise Harish I will try to forget my past and
I also promise that I will be very open to our kids about sex education because
I would like to start cleaning this society and home is a best place to start.”
Hairsh – “I am proud of you my love and I will also help”.
Let’s try to make the society healthy.
First time Janaki smiled with a relief. She became as innocent as she was twelve year
old.
