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DELHI GANG RAPE : DOES THE BUCK STOPS HERE ?

 It's wee hours of the morning and despite a weekend , my mind is restless, turbulent and feeling claustrophobic ! Iam sitting pondering where are we as a country getting at ? with due obeisance to the candle march's and video bytes, i think we are still much much away from fixing the cause that created furore of such proportion ! Public outcry for a death sentence to the 6 accused is but natural but sounds tad myopic and distant from the root cause! so who are we blaming at ? the accused ? for sure but does the buck stops here ? does a death penalty serve the very purpose to check no such gruesome incidents reoccur in future ? will it bring the much desired safety to the women of this country ? Iam afraid NO ! The Immediate checkpoints in my views lies in honestly re engineering 1) the police systems and enforcement 2) The rapid Judicial disposals! First the Indian policing : what kind of imagery does an average indian has about its neighbouring police stations and the cops...

IS DEATH PENALTY THE RIGHT REMEDY FOR RAPE CASES ?

 Enough ! Enough  has been ranted for so called quick fix rape remedies ! death sentences, chemical castrations, not so chemical castrations and what have you ! I think We are a community of cause and effect ! we are constantly on the prowl of something untoward and pronto! There goes our intellectual diarrhea  ! So the Delhi rape and its ‘ Delhi backlash’ that snowballed as a national anger avalanche ! Good ! nothing wrong as long as the cause is non political and people participate without any vestige interest. While I wont go in the stage managed Delhi protests organized with political interests, ( it started from an innocent and genuine people participation though to be later hijacked by youngsters with …you guessed it.. political backgrounds ) , I’d certainly focus on the debate that has become the topic of the hour in our country post Damini tragedy ! ‘WHAT SHOULD WE DO TO CHECK THE SCOURGE OF RAPE AND WOMEN DEMEANING CRIMES IN THIS COUNTRY ’ ? I am on the firm opi...