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The 23-year old rape victim, who was gang raped and attacked with an iron rod eventually gave up in the battle for life on Saturday, in a Singapore hospital and was cremated on Sunday morning. She had suffered severe internal injuries caused by the assault; infection had reached her lungs and abdomen, suffering liver damage and a brain injury she eventually died from organ failure. All this for the pleasure of drunken predators, who had marked their target in a moving bus, amidst the over-crowded de-humanized roads of Delhi; this is an everyday happening in India, only people dont bother.
It is commendable that amidst wide-spread public uproar that has sent the higher authorities trembling, the Indian army and navy canceled their New Years celebrations, as did Sonia Gandhi; head of the ruling Congress party and several hotels and clubs across the capital also did the same. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed his deepest condolences to the family of the victim and protesters and politicians from across the country are calling for new laws to increase punishments for rapists and to set up fast-track courts to deal with rape cases. But apparently all this is not enough to treats the acute state of conditions, especially for women, in the country.
Delhi the national capital, unlike most world capitals, has an ugly picture; being well-documented world-wide for its tourists scams, dirt and garbage, overcrowding, over-pricing and a dangerous to drive in place. The city of over 16 million has not only become the countrys crime capital, it is rated as the most unsafe city in India for women, and sexual harassment and molestation are common occurrences. Men can often be found lurking around tourist areas, and greatly enjoy staring at and approaching foreigners. Delhi is the eighth most populated metropolis in the world and one of the most heavily polluted cities in India; suffering in repulsive air, water, noise and solid waste pollution. Therefore it is clear that mere protest and promises will not serve even as to tilt a leaf in the problems of the city.
Above all this is the dilemma of a nation confused in many gods, for too many standards is equivalent to no standards at all. In fact India is a nation trying to imitate an imported secular-liberal stance, which has rendered it unable to draw a line between right and wrong anywhere; where scripture enhances prostitution and where the law has recently legalized gay sex in the country, it will become increasingly difficult for the common man to figure out what is right and what is wrong. The common man for whom the only thing bright to see in India is the movie screen; if now he will not be able to differentiate between a man and a woman, how will he differentiate between a wife, a sister or any unlawful relation?
No wonder sex crime has been a major issue in India since long, but an issue conveniently brushed off and for good reason; only in the past five years, 260 candidates charged with crime against women have contested elections. Congress has been unable to put to trial or remove even those who have been elected into their assemblies and have even declared that they have been charged.
In such scenario India will fast convert into a barbaric state, although draped in modern outfit. The outbursts of protests in India are the signs of the last breaths of a dying conscience of a bewildered nation and it is advisable that the authorities take some U-turns to save their people.
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PKKH Editorial
The 23-year old rape victim, who was gang raped and attacked with an iron rod eventually gave up in the battle for life on Saturday, in a Singapore hospital and was cremated on Sunday morning. She had suffered severe internal injuries caused by the assault; infection had reached her lungs and abdomen, suffering liver damage and a brain injury she eventually died from organ failure. All this for the pleasure of drunken predators, who had marked their target in a moving bus, amidst the over-crowded de-humanized roads of Delhi; this is an everyday happening in India, only people dont bother.
It is commendable that amidst wide-spread public uproar that has sent the higher authorities trembling, the Indian army and navy canceled their New Years celebrations, as did Sonia Gandhi; head of the ruling Congress party and several hotels and clubs across the capital also did the same. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed his deepest condolences to the family of the victim and protesters and politicians from across the country are calling for new laws to increase punishments for rapists and to set up fast-track courts to deal with rape cases. But apparently all this is not enough to treats the acute state of conditions, especially for women, in the country.
Delhi the national capital, unlike most world capitals, has an ugly picture; being well-documented world-wide for its tourists scams, dirt and garbage, overcrowding, over-pricing and a dangerous to drive in place. The city of over 16 million has not only become the countrys crime capital, it is rated as the most unsafe city in India for women, and sexual harassment and molestation are common occurrences. Men can often be found lurking around tourist areas, and greatly enjoy staring at and approaching foreigners. Delhi is the eighth most populated metropolis in the world and one of the most heavily polluted cities in India; suffering in repulsive air, water, noise and solid waste pollution. Therefore it is clear that mere protest and promises will not serve even as to tilt a leaf in the problems of the city.
Above all this is the dilemma of a nation confused in many gods, for too many standards is equivalent to no standards at all. In fact India is a nation trying to imitate an imported secular-liberal stance, which has rendered it unable to draw a line between right and wrong anywhere; where scripture enhances prostitution and where the law has recently legalized gay sex in the country, it will become increasingly difficult for the common man to figure out what is right and what is wrong. The common man for whom the only thing bright to see in India is the movie screen; if now he will not be able to differentiate between a man and a woman, how will he differentiate between a wife, a sister or any unlawful relation?
No wonder sex crime has been a major issue in India since long, but an issue conveniently brushed off and for good reason; only in the past five years, 260 candidates charged with crime against women have contested elections. Congress has been unable to put to trial or remove even those who have been elected into their assemblies and have even declared that they have been charged.
In such scenario India will fast convert into a barbaric state, although draped in modern outfit. The outbursts of protests in India are the signs of the last breaths of a dying conscience of a bewildered nation and it is advisable that the authorities take some U-turns to save their people.
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