It is really hard to hit a girl…

It is really hard to hit a girl. If you are hitting her hard then it is still harder. I came to know this fact with my personal experience today. You couldn’t believe RaMo hitting a girl hard right! But it all happened today.

At 9.00am while I was taking my bath, I heard some one opening the main door. I thought it might be one of my room mates and called “Hari…Shekar…” I heard no response. I came out of bathroom and saw main door open. I couldn’t see anyone in the room. I ran out to see who might have opened the door. I could see a girl of age 20+ who was standing in front of my neighbor’s door. When I asked her who she is ... She replied “be… bey…be...” with some signs indicating she couldn’t speak. I couldn’t believe that she was really dumb. She is not just a girl by records; she is a real good looking girl, tall and slim. My neighbour just then came out and gave her Ten rupees.

Suddenly some thing flashed in my mind. I ran into my room and saw my purse, cell phone etc, and found Rs. 380 missing from my purse. I got hold of her and checked her bag. To my surprise I found my 380 rupees and 1,740 rupees… CASH...!!!. She is a THIEF… damn it… I couldn’t stop my hand hitting her on her cheek. After I smashed her, she yelled “Anna.. nannu vodiley anna…”. She was pretending as if she was dumb.

Basti people came running to my room and checked her completely. She was running out of my hand. I couldn’t hold her. When basti women got hold of her, she fell on my feet, caught my legs and started crying… I knew she's acting but felt uncomfortable with her holding my legs (so tight). I could only kick her to get rid of her. Every one was shouting at her. After a long lectures and hits, she was let free with a severe warning.

Thought of taking the rest of the amount and dropping it in a temple hundi. But I did not do that. Any way the thing that’s bugging me is… whom should we sympathize with ... whom should we trust… these questions remain unanswered. Events like these are driving compassion and love for fellow beings away from my heart.