Saturday 21 September 2013
Sunday 15 September 2013
Sunday, September 15, 2013
In: court, crime, death penalty, Delhi gangrape, girl, heinous crime, juvenile, Nirbhaya, rarest of the rare
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In: court, crime, death penalty, Delhi gangrape, girl, heinous crime, juvenile, Nirbhaya, rarest of the rare
1 comment
Nyaymeva Jayate (न्यायमेव जयते)
In no way am I eligible to comment on the judicial system of the largest democracy of the world, neither do I have enough wit to educate people against committing crimes.Adding to the bombardment of the web with yet another anti-rape post.
I am contended to know that the four convicts in the Delhi gangrape case are sentenced to death penalty. Being a girl, and above all, a HUMAN, this is what I had opined should have been their fate.
A second thought that startles me is, does this decision also imply that every victim ought to loose her life in order to lead to such a verdict? Is it mandatory for every such crime to fall in "rarest of the rare" category? I guess, rape is rape, isn't it? And, what if she, out of her misfortune lived through those scars which lasted for rest of her life, just like the Mumbai journalist and lakhs of others in India! Possibly, the punishment would have been different in such instance.
Moreover, awarding capital punishment in this case shall keep the "future" rapists notified that they make sure the victim is spared alive.
Alas! did I miss the under-aged, juvenile, the luckiest of all? He is one of the blessed and much cuddled "baby criminals" of the nation. The other day while I was googling about juvenile justice in various countries I figured out that many countries amend their laws for juvenile offenders depending on the nature of the crime. To the best of my knowledge, India is not the only country, beastly crimes occur in almost every corner of the planet.
But will it all come to an end? If yes, how?
Ending with these questions here...
I am contended to know that the four convicts in the Delhi gangrape case are sentenced to death penalty. Being a girl, and above all, a HUMAN, this is what I had opined should have been their fate.
A second thought that startles me is, does this decision also imply that every victim ought to loose her life in order to lead to such a verdict? Is it mandatory for every such crime to fall in "rarest of the rare" category? I guess, rape is rape, isn't it? And, what if she, out of her misfortune lived through those scars which lasted for rest of her life, just like the Mumbai journalist and lakhs of others in India! Possibly, the punishment would have been different in such instance.
Moreover, awarding capital punishment in this case shall keep the "future" rapists notified that they make sure the victim is spared alive.
Not every victim is fortunate enough to have the whole country stand for her- may it be the police (who prepared a 1200 page chargesheet within a month), or the public who landed on the roads in protest, or may be all politicians irrespective of the parties they belong to, and of course, the judiciary and the media!
Alas! did I miss the under-aged, juvenile, the luckiest of all? He is one of the blessed and much cuddled "baby criminals" of the nation. The other day while I was googling about juvenile justice in various countries I figured out that many countries amend their laws for juvenile offenders depending on the nature of the crime. To the best of my knowledge, India is not the only country, beastly crimes occur in almost every corner of the planet.
But will it all come to an end? If yes, how?
Ending with these questions here...
Monday 26 August 2013
If I had wings
If I had wings to
fly high and far,
I shall fly over
the bountiful clouds,
I shall kiss the
rainbow and touch the radiant sunset,
I shall have the
velvet sky to glitter with the stars,
I shall smile
with the moon,
I shall fly among
the birds and underneath the golden beam,
If I had wings to
fly high and far,
I shall be
naturally doing what I really please,
The sky shall be
mine and the world far away,
I shall own my
time for the eternity,
I shall not bother over trifle reasons,
I shall be free
from the countless goals of the restless world,
If I had wings to
fly high and far,
The limitless sky shall be my playground,
There shall be no
liabilities,
I shall fly away
from where I am,
I shall be
liberated from all the alliances,
I shall feel the
delight of spreading those graceful feathers.
Where The Mind Is Without Fear
Where the mind is without fear
and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
#Rabindranath Tagore's composition