Venue: Thiruvananthapuram in Keralam. Occasion: The newly elected MLA's meet. The mood is understandably upbeat and jubilant. The Kollam MLA, Ms Bindu Krishna, is the target of this attack. A very senior Congress Leader, Cherian Philip, ignores the hand she offers.
Instead he tries for a tight hug and embrace, throws his arm around her neck and back. She is highly uncomfortable. That is but natural. On the basis of this awkward and highly embarassing faux-pas (which, I am sure, Dr. Shashi Tharoor, whom I highly respect, must have frowned upon), did anyone ask for the resignation of the LOP, the Congress Party top leader, Rahul Gandhi?
Yes, the argument could have been: if a woman MLA is not safe in the party headquarters, which woman is safe in the public sphere, etc etc etc!
Now compare the situation to what is happening in and around Pune. Absolutely sick and pervert behaviour. Such elderly relatives (?????) are wolves in sheep's clothing. They need to be punished.
Why drag Pune reputation in to such heinous crimes? Much worse, however 'smart' politically it may be, why demand for the resignation of the Chief Minister cum Home Minister? Why drag ugly politics in to an already horrible context?
Videos after videos show that the traffic jam near Navale Bridge due to the unfortunate and ugly incident in Narsapur was the handiwork of a particular political party during whose reign much worse events claiming many innocent lives took place. Neither the C.M. nor the H. M. (State or Central) resigned then, right?
Undeniably, all such incidents are inhuman(e). The culprits must be heavily punished, and FAST. Yet there is a procedure to it, and the C.M., who cannot possibly control the weird perversions in every old fellow, some of whom had earlier committed such crimes repeatedly, cannot be dragged in to mean politicking over such awful occurrences. Anyways, the Badlapur encounter was horrible, too! Significantly, the Narsapur citizens, even when they caught the culprit almost on the spot, did not take law in to their hands, right?
Anyways, legal deterences alone are hardly ever helpful. There is a need to find socio-ethical solutions. May be, in ghettoes, old drunkards should be given some physical labour kind of work. May be, the company CSR funds could thus be utilised. There could be creches for the children of zopadpatti working women so that children's safety is ensured.
In brief, it is hardly fair to attack the CM cum HM for a psycho-social evil. The police cannot, and must not, control every intent behind every 'touch' in each house. Instead, women's groups, the NSS volunters can sensitise using the CSR funds, right?
Wrong it is equally to take law in to hands. Remember the Hyderabad rape case? Such horrors are also due to simply ugly material being cheaply (in all senses of the term) available online. May be, such online sites and the free flow of liqueur could be controlled. There ARE very many positive solutions available. Hardly fair to target the CM cum HM out of political malice!!!
Pratima@ The "Last Traffic Jam" on the Express Way was unfortunate. Do not we, however, travel with lots of eats and water bottles, especially when we are travelling with children? Every conscientious mother thinks ahead of all possible eventualities, and stacks against them for the sake of her kid(s).
Out of consumerist laziness ( I shall throw money and get everything and anything at beck and call, I shall take a selfie anywhere I want to because I have an expensive mobile) one cannot blame the CM for every possible lacunae, however small or big. During the Chardham Yatra, for instance, breakfasts and water bottles used to be packed ready, even if we had to leave at 5.30 a.m., and even when everyone on the tour was approaching forty at least!
Quote of the day: "Hypocrites are those," asserts Noam Chomsky, " who apply to others the standards they refuse to accept for themselves.”
Word of the day: Discriminatory. Discriminatory means unfairly treating one person or a group of people worse than others.
N.B. : Horrible it was to interview, for the sake of the TRP, the victims' parents or the criminal's wife and son. Decency should matter above all!
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