The Indian Trumpet - January - February 2014

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2014. We’re at the starting line yet again. Beginnings are beautiful, powerful and pure. We extend warm wishes to each one of you & your loved ones. We hope and pray that 2014 is a year full of love, courage and luck for one and all.

2013. It was a year that was ‘welcomed’ in the midst of screaming headlines of gang rape. We were shattered, experienced shock. We woke up, fought back. We cried, held hands. We protested, said prayers. We stood by each other. We realised it could have been ‘us’ instead of ‘her’. We found strength from Nirbhaya.

Are we still there? Have things changed? Have we become more sensitive? Is there hope? Will justice be delivered? Will our mind sets change? Will we be able to fight this plague? Yes and no. We find answers to the many questions in this woman special edition. And guiding us and walking us through this issue is an NRI & ex-editor of a weekly newspaper with a contribution of over 30 years towards active journalism our guest editor Promod Puri.

On 16th December and the days to follow we held our heads tight, hands on our ears. People were talking, panicking, protesting, screaming and wailing. Someone was chanting a hymn. Many were flooding the ‘authorities’ with their questions. We couldn’t see the commotion and pain that engulfed India because we were not \'home\'. We could sense it. The sound of fear was ear deafening. We just needed a moment of quiet, to think, to figure out what we wish to pray for... And this issue is all about the ‘wish’ we need to pray for, fight for, hope for, live for…

We pray and hope that in 2014 we witness moments when the mind sets stop hurting, the unreported gets reported, the courageous find their smiles, the words get heard and acted upon, justice gets delivered… and we all experience togetherness, love, courage and strength.