Daughter of Zaiuddin yousafzai, Pakistani activist and runs a chain of schools over the region. At the age of around 11, she had the privilege to speak at the local press club, due to his father's contact she was in with BBC and was writing blogs at an early age. She was part of a documentary as well as by 2009 she started to appear on national television. Later, she was a national icon attending many events and awards even by the Pakistani Prime Minister. The rise behind her was her own dad, he wanted her daughter to be a politician and he himself at once wanted to be, but circumstances didn't allow him to be. Many critics alleged him to using his daughter for his benefits and fulfilling his dream of becoming a politician.
In October 2012 while on the way of going home after completing her exams, she was shot by unmasked gunmen owning their loyalty to Taliban and Islamic laws. One bullet traveled 18 inches from the side of her left eye, through her neck and landed in her shoulder. She was airlifted to a military hospital in Peshawar with Pakistani as well as British doctors, after many changes in hospitals the Pakistan Government decided to shift her to the United Kingdom, on Pakistani government pay. During that time, many almost all Internation personalities condemned to the incident and heavily criticized the Taliban, owning to the pressure Local Clerics also initiated Fatwa against the killers.
She is a noble laureate and one of the influential of the world, having spoken in the house of commons and many other places like oxford. She spends most of her time now traveling to parts of the world and fighting for injustice and helping women's education.
Now comes, Surekha Bhotmange- an Untouchable due to his lower status of caste, practice in Hinduism religion. Her dad was not running a chain of schools and obviously he was not activist. She was about forty years by now, though educated more than his husband and his two sons studying in College and a daughter in School. Surekha and her husband had bought a plot of land in the Khairlanji part of Maharashtra. Surrounded by lands of upper-caste families. rural parts of India still practice untouchability although the law has abolished it. they are forced to be manual scavengers and many daily essentials are not provided by them such as electricity and water from wells surrounding upper-caste families. Due to tensions of land amongst the neighbors and they wanted to carve a road, their fields were run through bullock carts of the Upper caste villagers and when she complained to police, they never took care of. Upcoming months saw the killing of his relative owning to caste problems, and again she complained to police and some arrests were made which were bailed after.
Then around 6 P.M on 29 Sept 2006 her house was vandalized by around 70 villages of Upper casts. some reports show the presence of BJP MLA and MP in the village meeting before the incident which most probably was decided in. While her husband was on the field he had heard noise calling him outside and in fear he hid behind a bush. Villagers entered into the house and attacked the family, Initially, the boys of Surekha were made of rape by her mother and sister but when they refused they were killed and genitals were mutilated before. While Surekha and her daughter were gang-raped and stripped naked and roamed all around the village before dumping her into a canal. The post-mortem reports as usual were changed. The Caste norms include having a sexual relationship with lower caste women but not vice-versa. Also many Dalit women are raped and mostly due to the status of the rapist and his caste they are often not reported. The Police also the most time in Rural, refuses to report and the caste is settled in the police station with money or other aid.
But did anyone condemned this incident? United Nations? Internation Personalities? Did anyone write a Book named I am Surekha? NO.
Nowadays Human Rights forums are mostly of a PR activity by the Wives and Internation Personalities to make themselves call a philanthropist. Indians heavily supported the cause of Malala, which was not a problem, but when it came to Surekha why were all quiet? In rural India, there are many like surekha some died and some survived. After around 70 years of Independence still, People suffer from these chains due to their ancestral occupation, which they cannot do any of to change. Activists like Malala were having the privilege of speak, but what if when a lower-caste speaks. The Dalit population still believes that the British were good than the current, though they were treated like slaves, there is nothing changed yet.
-Annihilation of Caste, Arundhati Roy.
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