Cyber crime

 A man raped a lady publicly in broad daylight while bystanders and others passing by did nothing but recorded it;where the hell is your sense of humanity, India? With the growing number of harassment cases, especially ones that involve men because the perpetrators, it's become relatively easier to identify them in online and offline spaces alike. Considering that just about everyone, old and young, has access to smartphones with cameras, the probability of evidence being widely shared is now very high. A video surfaced recently during which a lady is seen being raped on a busy walkway in broad daylight within the town of Vishakhapatnam, India. While this atrocious crime was happening, an autorickshaw driver managed to record a video from his phone, making evident not only the rape, but also the bystanders,people walking by, choosing to ignore the crime. Not one person was seen intervening. The public is becoming extremely desensitised and heartless with each passing day. Are we so reception  with such behaviour that we have got just accepted that there is no stop to it? Would we like governments to initiate movements to educate people on the times to react appropriately and what steps to take in such instances? People are often scared of getting involved because there are questions like, what is at stake on behalf of them if they choose to take a stand? They often also fear getting stuck in legal battles, and there is a little question that getting involved as a third party may put their lives in a peril . I agree that it's tough to step in, whether one recognises itor not it's the right thing to undertake to . These are some reasons why bystanders don't intervene and remain on the side-lines. Though these are legitimate questions for the general public to possess, it's crucial to understand that one's actions can have an enormous impact. In many situations just like the one being discussed here, bystanders have the chance to forestall crimes like statutory offense from happening within the first place. Having said that, within the Vishakhapatnam case, a very important point to notice is that the lone rapist was intoxicated, which suggests it would have made it difficult for him to place up a fight. Yet, there was still no action taken. The purpose here is neither to specifically highlight rape neither is it to mention that it should nott incline enough importance because ,trust me, I am very vocal when it involves addressing statutory offense. The aim is additionally to not highlight the frequency with which rapes are happening in India or in any other country round the globe; because it's not fair to point fingers considering rape culture exists everywhere. The aim, rather is to shed come across bystander apathy, not only towards crimes like rape but also towards other kinds of crime and violence, which of course are a global problem.