Divided by States, United by Rape

The alarm bells are already ringing nonstop.

With one rape every 30 minutes, Hindustan is fast turning into ‘Rapistan’. This concept sketch indicates that every woman, from a housewife to a corporate executive, a tribal woman to a modern city girl, even an old grandmother to a newborn, is constantly on the radar of perverts and sexual predators. Statistics reveal that in more than 90 % of the cases the victim was already well known to the predator and also that clothing of the victim (the bête noir of conservatives) had no role to play so every nook and corner of his country is unsafe.

The clock hands indicate predators too come from all age groups, from elderly men to young men and even juveniles and school going boys. Well, it strikes me that we, as a nation are-

“Divided by states, united by rape”

Note- This concept struck me this morning when I read about a few rape cases in today’s HT. In one case, a woman was raped and burnt alive inside a temple, which is outright horrendous. In another, a three year old was raped inside a well known school in Delhi-NCR. Through this sketch I am describing that women of all age groups and backgrounds are unsafe in India, which is extremely shameful.

(12-Grandmother 1-College girl 2-Purdahnashin Woman 3-Modern City Woman 4-Housewife (I don’t mean a housewife cooks all day and the rolling pin/Belan indicates she is a nurturer) 5-Sports woman 6-Newborn 7-School Student 8-Foreign Tourist 9-Tribal Woman 10-Corporate Executive 11-Invalid woman)

Medium- FC Pitt Pens and watercolor on 130 GSM art paper