Converting potential to kinetic.

Months back we had to fill forms stating our city preferences for a software company where we would like to work. My preferences were these :-
1. Mumbai (as I live here,of course)
2.Pune
3.Delhi.
The third option was written as an act of innocence as I wanted to live in the nation's capital. This particular act of mine stirred a very sharp reaction from my dad. He said ,"Tanvi,if you get Delhi, you might as well say goodbye to your job. There's no way I am allowing you to go there". I was angry at him for being so overprotective. I wasn't a kid anymore. But today, I totally get him. Never again will I think of living in Delhi.

Today,as Nirbhaya, the girl who was brutally gang-raped,tortured and mutilated is announced dead, I have the following set of reactions :-

• All sorts of cuss-words for the rapists.
• Their body parts should be chopped of. She didn't get a peaceful death, why should they ?
• Anger at the government as there definitely was a cover-up. If she needed better care why not give it to her at the initial stages ?

One of my fellow classmates, whose dad is in the police said, "If you feel so much about it, why don't you join the IAS and become the next Kiran Bedi ?". My question is can't I do anything as a common girl who isn't in the system. Its not about getting my hands dirty. 

As a student I think I could do my bit by praying for her and her family, raising my voice against what has occurred, participating in the silent marches of protests, educating the poor so that they don't turn into rapists.

Is there any other way? I ask you all . This is the time for action.