I have been addicted to the morning newspaper. But, of late I open the pages with fear and trepidation. The sordid and morbid stories turn ones hackles. I shudder everyday in anticipation. Even though I have devised a method of reducing my agony by not reading the body of the news item carrying stories of violent crimes, the headlines say it all. And if you have successfully escaped the gory details in print, the TV channels will scream and bombard you with horrific images all day long till you are pulverised into such revulsion, you can hardly think straight. I am tired of grieving. The irony is, the average Indian is exhausted and cannot keep track of the gang rapes, lynchings, sexual assault and murder of little children, bride burning, honour killings, atrocities on dalits, bludgeoning of senior citizens, etc, etc. The things that are happening day in and day out with such sickening regularity makes me wonder if we are fit to be called human. Such barbaric acts of violence, such perverse acts of sexual abuse.
Just yesterday a 17 year old boy was tortured and beaten to death for a mobile phone. A teenager in Pune kidnapped and killed a five year old because he needed money to buy a motor cycle. School kids are killing their friends for ransom. Is this what we call price of a human life? Cheaper than a material object. What have we come to? Few days ago a step father who subjected his five year old daughter to unnatural sex beat her to death or perhap suffocated her during the act. Another seven year old child died after being raped by her father's friends. What has happened to the Indian male? Is he so sexually frustrated that even 18 month old babies won't be spared. If his need is so great why can't he go to sex workers. And then the phenomena of gang rape which is so unique to India, especially north India where Haryana takes the pride of position. A state which has the lowest female/male ratio. First kill the female in the womb and then rape whoever is alive. Also, kill her after that.
We are a nation with no role models, no leaders, no ideals, no moral compass. Everything is chalta hai. Our heroes are bollywood stars who have glamourised violence and taken home pots of money for that. The others who attract a following are politicians for making quick money. Who are the children going to look up to ? They aspire to be what they see. They want to become rich and famous by the shortest cut. And being rich is the only yardstick of success and human worth. If in the process you have to commit a couple of crimes including murder--thats okay!!!
Just yesterday a 17 year old boy was tortured and beaten to death for a mobile phone. A teenager in Pune kidnapped and killed a five year old because he needed money to buy a motor cycle. School kids are killing their friends for ransom. Is this what we call price of a human life? Cheaper than a material object. What have we come to? Few days ago a step father who subjected his five year old daughter to unnatural sex beat her to death or perhap suffocated her during the act. Another seven year old child died after being raped by her father's friends. What has happened to the Indian male? Is he so sexually frustrated that even 18 month old babies won't be spared. If his need is so great why can't he go to sex workers. And then the phenomena of gang rape which is so unique to India, especially north India where Haryana takes the pride of position. A state which has the lowest female/male ratio. First kill the female in the womb and then rape whoever is alive. Also, kill her after that.
We are a nation with no role models, no leaders, no ideals, no moral compass. Everything is chalta hai. Our heroes are bollywood stars who have glamourised violence and taken home pots of money for that. The others who attract a following are politicians for making quick money. Who are the children going to look up to ? They aspire to be what they see. They want to become rich and famous by the shortest cut. And being rich is the only yardstick of success and human worth. If in the process you have to commit a couple of crimes including murder--thats okay!!!
