Switching and surfing through the various news channels, I find it appalling to hear them wax about Navratri and the girl child. How much pain she must have undergone and why no one heard her screams for help.
And ofcourse now we must all gear up to watch a series of debates over the weekend about the plight of rape victims. And sure enough we will see the same faces over and over, mouthing the same inanities about capital punishment....and wowwww! Bollywood ko bhi bohat gussa aaya hai!Some will shed copious tears and others will end up in candle marches!
The point is : A crime is a crime.An action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law. The laws of the land are supposed to punish criminals not provide loopholes from which they can slither out unscathed.
Nirbhaya's case sparked off countrywide anger and protests; Gudiya's is doing the same. But then public memory is short-lived which is why when such crimes come to light with enough evidence to prove that the victim has been violently attacked, justice should be meted out at lightening speed.
Talking about changing attitudes is a very vague approach and not one that can be easily achieved. All the more reason why once the perpetrator has been identified and interrogated, he has to be punished immediately as a deterrant to similar crimes.
Now, Manoj is flying from Muzaffarabad to Delhi, he will be clothed and fed, protected and provided psychiatric analysis as well as counsel!
If nothing else the girls who were violated have been christened with *meaningful* names !
And ofcourse now we must all gear up to watch a series of debates over the weekend about the plight of rape victims. And sure enough we will see the same faces over and over, mouthing the same inanities about capital punishment....and wowwww! Bollywood ko bhi bohat gussa aaya hai!Some will shed copious tears and others will end up in candle marches!
The point is : A crime is a crime.An action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law. The laws of the land are supposed to punish criminals not provide loopholes from which they can slither out unscathed.
Nirbhaya's case sparked off countrywide anger and protests; Gudiya's is doing the same. But then public memory is short-lived which is why when such crimes come to light with enough evidence to prove that the victim has been violently attacked, justice should be meted out at lightening speed.
Talking about changing attitudes is a very vague approach and not one that can be easily achieved. All the more reason why once the perpetrator has been identified and interrogated, he has to be punished immediately as a deterrant to similar crimes.
Now, Manoj is flying from Muzaffarabad to Delhi, he will be clothed and fed, protected and provided psychiatric analysis as well as counsel!
If nothing else the girls who were violated have been christened with *meaningful* names !
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