Since everyone and anyone is talking about the Bombay molestation case of Juhu on 31st December 2007 I might as well give my 2 bits.
Yes its horrible, yes the guys should be caught, whipped, etc.
But why is it that like everything else in India we look only for the quick fix route ?.....be it our drains, roads, power, crime, etc.
Why do we never tackle the root cause or upgrade laws that were ok when they where created in the 50s and 60s updated to the 21st century ?
I mean its ridiculous that the police says...we can't do anything till the victims register a complaint (FIR). that's the law.
Ummmm....you guys are the upholders of the law ! the men in uniform. you are the people that are supposed to separate right from wrong. when you arrived on the scene couldn't you arrest the 3-4 men who had their hands on their women. You are your own witness to the crime.
Ohh and while all problems need a complaint....if you the ordinary citizen tries to help someone in distress there are 100 questions, forms and procedures that make it so difficult and inconvenience you that people in India are reluctant to help.
In the US or UK if you call the emergency services for a medical problem they will do their utmost to save you life 1st. Because that's their job. Whether you have been shot, blown up, had a accident or whatever. If your skin is black, brown, white or yellow is immaterial.
But in India ...you go to a private hospital and they 1st want to see your "gold" credit card. then only you will be treated. Heck ! let the guy die.
I've had the bad opportunity of seeing someone at Kandivili train station with a severed leg. But instead of rushing the guy to hospital he is lying in a stretcher and some railway guy is asking him...whats your name ? what do you do and all that ? I mean.....Wtf !!!
Also the case where some young kids rushed a guy injured on a bike on the highway to hospital and the cops questioned them ALL day ...bec as per they cops they could be the guys who banged him and brought him to hospital !
Really....as our country gets more populous and richer its this lack of discipline and bad attitude that is going to screw us up.
Ohhh and one more thing. We keep cribbing about racism in our new hindi movies and sports and this and that. But what about our own internal caste/hierarchy discrimination.
I know you'll say....that's only among the uneducated class.......but in return....I ask you this......
When the postman who comes to your house asks for water, do you ever give him water in the same glass that you'd give water to your cousin ?
Does your servant eat from one of the same sets of plates that you eat ?
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Quite thought provoking. Keep it up buddy.
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