Will you make a ferocious dog, who had bitten you, your loved pet? Will you make a thief your friend and invite him home? Will you invite a criminal to stay over with you in your house? Will you ask a murderer to watch out for you, day and night? If the answer to these questions is NO, then how can you ask a rape victim to marry the rapist, who torn apart her body, … [Read more...]
The Day When 200 Women Stabbed A Man To Death Inside Court – How Justice Is Done When Injustice Takes Its Toll
Aug 13, 2004. When the leader of a gang which terrorized Kasturba Nagar (a slum near the city of Nagpur), was on a trial in Nagpur District court, 200 women entered the courtroom equipped with vegetable knives and chilli powder, and stabbed Akku Yadav (the man on trial) to death. One of those women even hacked off his penis with her vegetable knife. And then all of those women … [Read more...]
This is how justice kills people in India
Indian television stops being colorful and loud, from its orgy of soap operas, reality TV programs, on-screen emotional dares and explosions and even the quickies between news broadcasts on the more ‘serious’ networks, when you click the remote on real reality TV. I haven’t switched on the television since pirated movies started streaming the internet for free, and I haven’t … [Read more...]
Why is government still reluctant to take harsh steps when it comes to justice?
Revenge may not bring back a dead person, but the concept of ‘an eye for an eye’ cannot be questioned on moral and ethical grounds, especially by those who have simply witnessed a crime. Over the years, every country writes down a set of laws by which everyone is expected to operate, but somewhere along the line, maybe they should incorporate sections for ‘revenge’ and … [Read more...]