By
the way MLA
is member of
legislative assembly…and we
elected him and
he makes laws
that we are
supposed to follow! WOW!
The
other day I
was wondering why does the
world have to
fight the Taliban?
A few
days back a
girl was raped
by an elected
representative in Rajasthan, India.
When the
media got the
hook into it
an FIR was
registered.
Well, the
MLA is roaming
free. So what
does he do?
He sends a
man…his trusted aide to bribe
the victim to
take back the
complaint.
This middle
man gets 7
crore rupees and
the victim gets
2 crore!
And when
the girl asked
the middle man
why is your
boss scared? This
is what he
says, “He is not
scared. He is
just worried….you see
there are elections
coming in 2014
and he doesn’t want
to have a bad
name. so
you just take
back your complaint.”
Rajasthan is
a well known
tourist destination….many of
you must have
heard about Udiapur
or Jaipur…famous for
Palaces and such.
Of course
you must not
have heard that Rajasthan:
It boasts of high statistics
in crime against women,
honor killing, dowry
deaths, prostitution, illiteracy,
poverty, kidnapping, female feticides ….
And all those
I wish I
could ignore and
go on with
my life.
So
when I asked
myself why does the world
have
to fight the
Taliban? I got
my answer
: so that the
Taliban does not
come knocking at
my door, for
if there is
crime in the
neighborhood it will
definitely visit us
sooner than later.
The same
way we have
to be interested
in our lazy
Democracy because the
naked truth about
India today is,
however picturesque it
appears from the
outside, in its
inside beats an
ugly egoistical patriarchal
corrupt criminal heart
very similar to
this Taliban that
has more respect
for dogs than
for humans. In
fact the patriarchal
powers have no
respect for anyone
neither you nor
me. They are above
the law!
Let me
give you an
example of our
nationally approved laziness,
our prized ignorance
and our comfortable
cowardice: little do
people care that
when they get
photographed with the
Rajasthani locals or
the villager leaders
of Haryana they
are actually clicking
themselves with the
worst of the
medieval regressive mentality
that could be
walking this earth
in the form
of humans. The
dark pain behind
long face covering
veils, the ugly
secrets in the
hearts of the
hukka smoking rugged
men , the innocent
children playing and
praying to become
their elders…… But we
know and what
do we do?
promote this regression
globally as culture !
Would
you promote Taliban
as culture? Would
you even get
clicked with the
Taliban? The only difference
is our Taliban’s
are colorful and not
so grey and
don’t hold an
AK 47 .
Like it
or not this
is our story,
a citizens story
forced to live
amidst the Taliban
of India. It
is the stark
truth that girls
and books are
burned here not just because
it is convenient
but because it
is politically and
socially accepted and
approved……
…
it easier to give
and take bribes
than worry
about real honor…..…
Sometimes I
wonder if we do not interfere for
the fear of
being socially outcast,
Sometimes I
wonder we do not interfere
because we don’t
have time or
money,
…..Or we
do not have
the dignity humanity
and truth demands
of us….
…..sometimes I
wonder if our protest die
too soon because
we are too
scared of our
skewed police and
justice system,
…or maybe
we know deep
in our hearts
there are no
real leaders left….there
is no dignity
in fighting for
the truth…
…maybe we have
lost hope…
…maybe we
are too selfish
or maybe we
are too busy
making a living and
paying back our
car loans, home
loans… or maybe
we are just
a huge mass
of plain nice
people?
…….sometimes I
wonder if we
promote the well
dressed Taliban’s of
my country as
culture for the
fear they might
pick up an
AK-47 someday!
Well,
all
those who are
going to ask
me how dare
I compare the
ills of India
to Taliban?
Here
is
my answer: if
an Member of
Legislative assembly is
conveniently roaming the
streets even after
being caught on
camera offering bribe
to a rape victim
than who should
I compare our
culture to? Who
should I compare
our justice system
to?
But then
I will have
to concede he
did not kill
the victim in the center of the market after
he raped her…he
just offered a
bribe…well, that’s actually
a little better
than the Taliban!? Right? Our country
is still young,
just 60 years
old…give it a little
time and we
will get it
right….maybe someday…right?
But what
about the girl
raped? Or the
other people suffering
from god know
what ails my
country…I doubt they
can wait another 60
years to get
justice.
It has
to be NOW.
Justice denied in the name of religion or corruption or politics...is still justice denied.
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