Almost the
entire world know
about the Delhi
gang rape. Today four
of the accused
were sentenced. One committed
suicide in prison
a month or
so, back. There
is another one
who got off
scot free. The
entire press is
appreciating the speed with
which the case
was handled (9 months! By
the way in
India that is
speed.). But I am
not interested in
the four who
will sit in
jail or are
hanged. I am
interested in the
one that got
away.
For all
those who have
come in late :
this one who
got away is
a juvenile. He
was short of
2 months to
18 when he
raped and brutalized
the 23 year
old girl. It has been yapped
and yapped in
the press that
he was the
worst of them
all(the girls intestines
were pulled out
of her vagina
and anus when
rusted iron rods
were inserted into
her). So, this juvenile is
going to spend
some 18 months
in a correctional
home. Seen a correctional
home? No? I have seen
it. When I
was a medical
student we used
to volunteer with
them. It is like
a student’s hostel
only this is
run by the
government. You get food, clothing, shelter, TV,
an education ….you can
meet family and
friends and you
can have a
hobby too! Not horse
ridding or something
fancy but painting,
pottery, carpentry etc from
which you can
make money while
you spend your
time in the
place.
Now
my grievance, call it
disgust if you
can:
India is
a peculiar country. Why?
You can
have consensual sex at 16
but cannot rape
till 18! I don’t know
who wrote it but must
be a genius. Well,
but then we
have to follow
the law…even if
it is ridiculous. Law is
after all LAW.
Now
how did the
police/ law/ etc come to
know the age
of the juvenile?
Firstly:
this juvenile was
proved juvenile as
per his school
certificate.
Now,
more than half
of my country
is illiterate. And
if you go
to a village
almost all of
them are illiterate…most of
these people don’t
know how to
sign their name,
nor do they
understand date of birth
or anything such.
So when
a parent takes
a child to
a school for
admission , the principal
looks up and
down at the
child and then
assumes his birth
of date and
that’s noted in
a certificate. That
is the official
birth of date.
And that’s
what happened in
the case of
the juvenile.
The mother
took the boy
to school for
admission when he
was 6 or 7 or 8 and
the principal looked
the boy and
noted the birth
of date as
he felt close.
Secondly :There
is another interesting
thing to note
here: people in
India generally request to
note the lowest
of the date
as birth of
date, why? Because
that way if
you get a
job in some
distant future you
can stay a
little longer in
the pay roll.
So, as
to conclude :
if a child
were to be
taken to a principal
of a school
with a confusion
like 6 or 7 or
8 years of
age the principal
will generously put
down 6 years .
Now
to the one
who got away: And based
on this certificate
the boy has
been treated as
juvenile…2 months short
of 18 when
he raped and
brutalized the girl.
And no,
India does not
have advanced techniques
of age determination
and even if
we did have,
we would think
twice before using
it.
Why? Because
the juvenile is
a Muslim and
we are more
interested in vote
bank politics than
any justice. We have
general elections coming up in
2014 and we
don’t want to
screw up. But then
I should be
decent enough to
not make it
political. But then
again, in India
everything is political
right from land
buying and selling
by land sharks
cum political giants
to riots born
out of rape!
But that’s another
story…
So, what
about the juvenile?
Well, he
will go scot
free after 18
months.
And if
the general population is
worried or scared
of what he
might do: who gives
a shit.
P.S: a
few days back
I saw an
interview of a
juvenile robber on TV.
A journalist
asked him “since you
were a juvenile, you
have spend so
many months in
correction home for
so many robberies
but now you
are going to
be 18 years. So
what do you
think will happen
if you rob
now? You know
you will have
to go to
jail.”
The thief
said, “ I will be
extra careful. Or
maybe I will
give up robbery.”
India
is a peculiar country
full of smart
people!
" You can have consensual sex at 16 but cannot rape till 18! I don’t know who wrote it but must be a genius. "
ReplyDeleteThis line made burst out laughing!!!
The issue is not whether he was or is a juvenile but if he did the hideous crime knowingly or unknowingly! A juvenile is not innocent at all circumstances!
I wish Indian politicians and law makers understand the fact that if a boy knows how to have consensual sex also understands rape. and like you rightly said :The issue is not whether he was or is a juvenile but if he did the hideous crime knowingly or unknowingly! A juvenile is not innocent at all circumstances!
Deleteand yes, there are many geniuses in India! who make really good jokes. thanks for reading
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well its just a matter of "wait & watch" when he's out, not a juvenile anymore, having spent 18 months with "like-minded JUVENILES" (oh don't we all know very well when like-mindeds meet what we can do!!!) who become best buddies (of course no hesitation or inhibitions between buddies you see)... while these guys are "hanging out" inside lets start prepping up the outside world for their "release"....
DeleteCops: U can start brushing up with ur "ignore" skills
Parents: "restrict" your daughters with "don't u dare step out of the house alone"
Brother: start "monitoring" your sister very strictly
Employers: "I already have too many things on my plate & i cant afford to play ur bodyguard"
NGOs: lets start working in the rural areas more vigorously cuz the villagers know nothing of whats happening outside their village & hence that's where these released "JUVENILES" make their homes and "enjoy" their live fully equipped after "graduating" from the CORRECTION HOME
Neighbors & Society Members: looking at girls that are "scantily" dressed & assuming "some day this girl is going to be raped & she herself will be responsible for it"
Media: "come on guys lets start honing our exaggeration skills!!!"
POLITICIANS: need we say or assume anything here???
beautifully and brilliantly said. a true analysis of our Indian mindset.
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