This is an effort to give voice to my reflections. A serious
attempt at a blog after many abandoned efforts while welcoming 2013. I hope my musings here resonate with you.
A very happy and joyous 2013 to you all. Those of you who
know my evangelical zeal for appreciative inquiry will understand why my blog
is called Celebrate the
Right. However, the choice of the title may appear paradoxical,
particularly today, when urban India is grappling with sadness due to demise
of the most widely reported and covered rape victim. A crime that incited millions across the
country to voice in unison.
A cause for what impacts tens of women every day and ruins
thousands of spirits every year. The sheer energy of protest pushing 'the
powers that be' towards the righteous path is worth celebrating. The fact
that comatose political and administrative powers have been stirred is worth
celebrating.
The earnest effort of media to debate various aspects connected
with the issue - encompassing collective social psyche, punitive law,
efficacy of policing, mindset of power & role-holders, plight of
victims and slackness of judicial system is worth celebrating.
I wish 2013 becomes the watershed year for India in addressing the
root-causes of heinous acts of eve-teasing, molestation and rape and the
remedial steps to eradicate them. I hope the momentum achieved over past
few days is sustained and doesn’t get forgotten in the din of new year party
music and Indo-Pak cricket.
In conclusion I have three specific wishes:
1. The law enforcing
agencies could lay ambush (aided with video cameras and voice recorders for
evidence) to trap the perpetrators. Volunteers of social organisations
must come forward in support and offer their resources.
2. VIP security could be
drastically reduced and diverted for safety & security of common folk.
3. Speedy justice can be
achieved through court-room interrogation carried out by a panel of eminent
citizens, the recordings of which can be presented in front of judges, lawyers
and professors of Law at Universities. The judges may of course carry out
additional interrogation, which, in turn will save hasten the verdict.
I echo your thoughts and your article of faith.
ReplyDeleteYour wish for the year 2013 must become the slogan of every Indian today...We must all pledge to eradicate the atrocious acts of eve-teasing, molestation, rape and sexual harassment.
The Government of India must make punishment rigorous, uncompromising & speedy ...which will leave it for criminals to ponder if they still want to defy the Law.
The Law should be such that a single women no longer feels the need to have a man to protect her and her family, it should be such where a parent does not have to worry about their daughter returning from her classes late in the evening, where a woman can dare to step out of the house even at 3 am incase of an emergency, where she is not treated as a commodity, where she is not a piece of meat, where she has the right to speak, dress the way SHE wishes to, wear the colour she wants to, where she is allowed to live her dream and where she is treated with
RESPECT being a woman.
I am waiting to celebrate that day...waiting to celebrate Womanhood,waiting to celebrate my freedom and every woman's freedom in India!
Thank you Harish, for being so thoughtful...I hope every man thinks and feels the way you do.