The sickening visuals of a lady and her father being beaten up by Punjab's cops, at Tarn Taarn, should shame any right thinking Indian. And what was her crime? She wanted to lodge a complaint, on the truck drivers who'd earlier used filthy language and 'verbally' molested her, with the 'enforcers' of the law.
Instead of providing succour to the young lady, the law enforcers decided to take the law into their own hands and beat up the lady and her father, who was accompanying her, mercilessly in full view of the public making one wonder as to which of the following really actuated them:-
(a) Showing off their prowess, as law enforcers, to the public at large?
(b) A streak of sadism?
(c) Displaying anger at the temerity of the young lady to complain against men?
(d) Displaying their loyalty to the powerful(?) men behind the crime by intimidating the victim?
(e) With the government in power they do not expect any retribution and could get away with
anything, including murder?
Subsequently, it was pathetic to see people who should have reacted appropriately and taken action, trying hard to justify their state of inaction. What have we come to? Why are the well meaning people in society hesitant to call a spade, a spade? I guess the reasons are not hard to find and I'm sad. I shall list them, all over again, as I've done earlier too:-
(a) 'Sab chalta hai' attitude. We must understand that this is India and anything and everything goes,
you see.
(b) So long as it doesn't happen to me or my immediate relations, I don't care as they don't affect me.
(c) The young lady must have been in the wrong and that's why the police had reacted in that fashion.
(d) She shouldn't have reacted to the taunts at all and instead, ignored them. After all 'boyz would be
boyz'!
Tailpiece.
Mistakes must never go unpunished. The perpetrators, otherwise, would think that they've the public endorsement. And the next time their actions could get nastier!
Instead of providing succour to the young lady, the law enforcers decided to take the law into their own hands and beat up the lady and her father, who was accompanying her, mercilessly in full view of the public making one wonder as to which of the following really actuated them:-
(a) Showing off their prowess, as law enforcers, to the public at large?
(b) A streak of sadism?
(c) Displaying anger at the temerity of the young lady to complain against men?
(d) Displaying their loyalty to the powerful(?) men behind the crime by intimidating the victim?
(e) With the government in power they do not expect any retribution and could get away with
anything, including murder?
Subsequently, it was pathetic to see people who should have reacted appropriately and taken action, trying hard to justify their state of inaction. What have we come to? Why are the well meaning people in society hesitant to call a spade, a spade? I guess the reasons are not hard to find and I'm sad. I shall list them, all over again, as I've done earlier too:-
(a) 'Sab chalta hai' attitude. We must understand that this is India and anything and everything goes,
you see.
(b) So long as it doesn't happen to me or my immediate relations, I don't care as they don't affect me.
(c) The young lady must have been in the wrong and that's why the police had reacted in that fashion.
(d) She shouldn't have reacted to the taunts at all and instead, ignored them. After all 'boyz would be
boyz'!
Tailpiece.
Mistakes must never go unpunished. The perpetrators, otherwise, would think that they've the public endorsement. And the next time their actions could get nastier!
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