| by N.S.Venkataraman
( December 30, 2012, Chennai,
Sri Lanka Guardian) The spontaneous national anguish after the death of 23 year
old girl due to assault by rowdies shows that the mindset of the average Indian
is sensitive with high feelings of compassion and concern. Now the question is
how to prevent such things happening again.
Obviously, those in charge of
the administration in Delhi should have resigned on moral ground, since such
heinous crime has taken place as they have been in charge of law and order and
administration. But nobody has resigned which only indicate that they are
insensitive and are really unconcerned. They do not seem to have any sense of
guilt and appear to be thick skinned.
The country’s public opinion
and concern of the citizens should have an impact on the quality of
administration and governance.
As the unfortunate girl has
now died and the ministers and politicians pay tribute to her with their
anguished face, possibly the country will move on to next incident of anguish.
If this should not happen, then those in charge of the administration should be
made to realise that they will have to pay a price by quitting their job owning
responsibility for such lawlessness and they cannot save their skin by joining
the chorus of protestors.
Where is the Lt.Governor of
Delhi hiding now ? Chief Minister of Delhi says that police is not in her
control. Is it enough?
The problem in India today is
that the country’s administration has gone into the hands of people who do not
have the quality in them to realise that they are in charge of the destiny of
the country and have a huge responsibility before them. On the other hand, the
politicians in power seem to think that their job is one of pleasure and seem
to think they are really answerable to none but themselves and exploit their
authority and power to help their family members and the members of their
political party. In such circumstances, the safety and security for the
citizens have taken a beating and rowdies and gangsters feel bold and even
encouraged.
The assault on the 23 year old
in Delhi shows the deep rooted malaise in the society with the governance
reaching a new low in commitment and standards. It appears that anyone can do
anything and get away with any act. Many of the crimes are indulged in by those
who have money power and support of the politicians belonging to one party or
the other.
The incidents such as the
assault on women that are taking place all over the country can be avoided only
by putting fear in the minds of politicians and top bureaucrats that the
citizens will rebel and protest and will not anymore tolerate such lapses on
their part. A sustained peoples’ movement is necessary and the death of this
unfortunate girl should be the spark for such a movement to be started a
sustained.
While the politicians and
criminals seem to be hand in glove in several of such instances, the citizens
should also play an active role in preventing assault on women. Eve teasing of
women is now a common occurrence all over India and thousands of women silently
suffer. Such eve teasing takes place even in the presence of men around who are
silent fearing that they would be attacked. The citizens who protest against
atrocities on women but would not interfere when such atrocities take place
should only be called as impotent protestors.
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