If Gangnam is a Korean contribution, Gang rape is an Indian patent.
Every day, women in this country are raped. Most of them by a gang, even three-year old children are not spared. The rapists are often fathers, close relatives, neighbours and rape gangs. The rape takes place anywhere, even in moving vehicles!
Normally, there is some outcry, the politicians make usual promises, the incident is used as a filler by some channels, members of NCW come to the studio and express grief and things die down, Arnab Goswami moves on to something else that only he thinks his viewers want to know, till the next rape is reported. Again some more of the standard uhh…ahhhh…and the story gets killed. The TV channels decide to screw us instead by calling Manish Tewari and Ravi Shankar Prasad, who seem to deliver their lines meticulously like professional stage actors. Generally, meaningless gibberish.
Just that there is a rape-a-day situation in this country, specially in North India. Just as much as Khap killings are. Woman are blamed for wearing provocative dresses, drinking, smoking, talking on cell phones, in fact doing everything that invites or induces men to apparently get horny. There are reports of rapes inside police stations. (As I write, a three year old girl has been raped in a play school, as reported by NDTV).
This is our “Tryst with Destiny”. Not the much-hyped speech by Jawaharlal Nehru. And the world does not have to sleep. The rapists rise for their act 24 x 7.
This time around, a heinous act of gang rape has galvanized the people to come together. There are huge protests in Delhi and elsewhere, almost taking the form of the one that took place at Tahirir Square.
For once Ms Dikshit has shown some sensitivity. She has admitted that she does not have the guts to face the rape victim. This is in total contrast to her counter part in Bengal where Mamata Banerjee declares all rape victims to be wives of CPM activists and that all rapes are stage managed. She has no sensitivity, except being an efficient rabble rouser, a pawn in the hands of big political parties, who trade business with her to stay on in power (you can call it Coalition Dharma for all I care).
The question is how effective will be the uprising? As protests happen, police (Manish Tewari can train some cops perhaps on how to bull shit in a monotone) fire water cannons and resort to laathi charge, there are reports of more rapes across the country!!
The political class does not have a leg to stand on. They are the ones who have raped the system. They have protected rapists, murderers, extortionists and virtually allowed the law to become dysfunctional. (Mayawati charges were all cleared before the FDI voting…ha, ha!!) The present Government in the centre has been proven the most corrupt ever. Yesterday, Mr Shinde was reported briefing the Prime Minister (who is dumb any way) on the protests, the Home Secretary (isn’t he the same one who didn’t know anything about Anna’s arrest and had passed the buck to the state government??) was making standard appeals (“…can’t allow people to enter the North Block.” No never, what will happen if your office is taken over) and finally, foot in the arse Salman Khurshid, who speaks out of turn because he thinks he is the English speaking intellectual in the party has said we should not take to the streets!! Wah, Mr Khurshid, what are we supposed to do? Believe you? Believe the political system? At least Ms Dikshit has been honest enough, but what have you all done? According to Mr Shinde you all will try and change laws concerning rapes. You all are impotent. The people don’t think you can do a thing. Ah, Soniaji has told the Government to take stern measures. Go, Mr Khurshid, listen to mamma. Else she will get her son to dole out some punishment to you. Like make you hold your ears and stand in the corner. And oh, where is the brilliant youth icon of the nation? Taking a break after being licked by Modi?
The political class is the reason for this mess in the country. It is not just the rape of a woman, the political class have gang raped the country. Its moral values. Its fabric. Just because you want power, the power to make pots and pots of money.
You all the raped the system. You all will pay for it.
(Yes, Mr Sibal. You can smile and get your cops to censor this blog. Just don’t open your mouth and try and give some dumb explanation about how cops misinterpret the law).
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