A VERY PERSONAL TRAGEDY

Bikash Choudhury

Delhi Girl eventually passed away; but, not before awakening a moribund Nation on the issue of “atrocities against women”. Not only me, had an entire Nation considered this as a very personal tragedy. Though, I deeply regret that it took one innocent life to compel the authorities to act now; Govt. having set up J.S.Verma commission to examine the issue of changing ‘law’ on Atrocities Against Women. My effort on this issue for last one year (having written to President, Prime Minister, Chief Justice Supreme Court, Political Parties and other celebrated Anchors and top Journalist) failed into deaf years. This confirms to the hypothesis “India only knows to react to crisis” propounded by Shankar Aiyar in his book ‘Accidental India’. That is a bigger tragedy for this Nation of billion plus people who can’t learn to work in a team. The crux of the problem is that “good people in our country out number the bad ones; but, bad people are much better networked than the Good people” says Soumayaranjan Patnaik, the Editor of local daily, Sambad at Bhubaneswar.

                                 Now is the time to act. The students in New Delhi took to the streets braving the canes, water canons and even the tear gas shells as never before. The justice to the perpetrators of the crime against the innocent Delhi girl, a doctor by profession; should now be swift and decisive to reign fear in the minds of similarly inclined men. And, justice can only be rendered adequately by a “public hanging” of all the six culprits which should be televised live by all the news and other T.V channels. A tear though emerge in the eyes knowing what she endured in a short life of just 23 years. Let us not allow another girl’s life snuffed out with such cruelty any where in our country. That should be a fitting tribute to this brave girl who laid down her precious life. Shall we or shall we not? Time will only tell. Never the less, this will remain a very personal tragedy for me.

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