A Teenage Girl rescued by the SexWorkers in Kolkata

The volunteers of the organization reached the
residence of the said Sex Worker and rescued the girl -
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A report published on 29th December 2017 on a local Bengali Daily Ei Samay which have made us dumbstruck. The report stated that a girl of about 16 years left home whenparent scolded her for doing badly in the Test Examination for
appearing 10th Standard Board Examination. With grief, sorrow and anger she fled home on last Tuesday 26th December 2017 afternoon. She boarded a bus from Dankuni to Shyambazar. After arriving there, she started walking aimlessly and finally reached the nearby red-light area at Shovabazar. Where she met a woman who is a sex-worker and eventually took shelter at her residence for the night.

Light at the End of the Tunnel

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An autonomous body of the Sex Workers is working in that area for
rescue of trafficked girls and women . Same kind of organizations are functional
at several red light areas in the state. The report had stated that in
couple of years they had rescued 862 teenage girls and 222 women from
being trapped in forced prostitution.

On the basis of the report from their source, the volunteers of the organization reached the
residence of the said Sex Worker and rescued the girl.

Twist of the Story

The girl initially was very reluctant to provide her home address and
phone nos to contact her parent . She was annoyed to return home as
she may again be punished by her parent. After several failed attempts,
the rescuers ultimately called the Police for help.
 

Finally by the joint effort of the Police and rescuers
the parent could finally bring their child back to home.

Too much Pressure

The above real life story may be symbolic to the pattern of our
prevailing societal condition. A parent lay pressure by having on the
kids to succeed , the behavioral pattern of a child may affect very
fast and sometimes the symptoms are irrecoverable. They are
paralyzed of fear of not doing well and by obvious fall out they
won't actually learn and succeed like others , to whom they are every
time compared so often. As a result the affected kids , teenagers take
irrational steps like fleeing home, attempting for suicide, murdering
and other anti social activities which stun the Social Scientists,
Psychologists and all of us.

Need of the Hour

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As a parent we often do not see or recognize any disability is
persistent in our children. The symptoms of ADD , ADHD, Dyslexia,
Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia are grossly overlooked and ignored by most of
the parents all over the world. Most cases parents are not aware of
the mental health issues or even knowing the issues, they are
reluctant to acknowledge for a fear of loss in position in the society.

Recently I had raised the issue while working with dyslexia , a senior
teacher Smt Mahuya Ray gave us a beautiful advice that we need to learn
and renovate easy to accept social terminology to address the issues related
to mental health.

 

Final Thought

Children with learning problems need guidance and understanding from
parents, families, teachers to reach their full potential and to
succeed. For school going children frustration, blame, anger may have
built up within a family before child is diagnosed. Parents and
children may need special help to overcome negative atmosphere. Mental
health professional can educate parents , teachers and children about
the symptoms and how it affects a family as well as society. They
will also be able to help the children and their parents, develop new
skills, attitudes and ways of reflecting each other. An all around
awareness program is highly needed in all corner of the world.