Recapitulating........

For a person like Rupam Pathak of Purnea to take the law into her hands, one must understand the extent of revulsion that she must have accumulated, over a period, for the deceased beast. It is also a sad reflection of the complete loss of faith in governmental agencies and the law, in general, amongst the common man.

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By dodging the public eye(how long can he go on like this?), the former CJI is lending credence to all the allegations heaped against him. I can understand the anguish in Justice Krishna Iyer's outburst on the entire episode! In fact, his crisp statement, "when speech is a necessity, silence is a crime", sums up as to what Mr. Balakrishnan must do forthwith!

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Has the government been seized with a hopeless state of inaction, as Arnab Goswami of Times Now asks?Why isn't it taking action on throwing out Thomas - the CVC, Balakrishnan - the NHRC head and alongwith them haul Raja, Kalmadi and the perpetrators of the Adarsh housing scam for their misdeeds and bring them to book forthwith?

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And why isn't Mayawati's MLA, who'd raped a minor, still walking free? Where's the opposition, where are the NGOs and above all, where's the public anguish over something that's blatantly not correct? Are we so insensitive or is it that the girl is not worth fighting for, as she comes from the weakest section of society?

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Aparna(my buddy from the airport) and Rajiv are a twosome. They'd spent some time with me this afternoon to confirm their togetherness! My good wishes for them!!

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My father-in-law's surgery went off as per schedule this afternoon. On a reassessment by the medical team, the amputation has been restricted to about three inches upwards, from the ankle. Almost the entire family was there beside him and that reduced his anguish, I'm sure, from what I'd heard from the people at the scene and of course, from Lekha. He did cry a lot, it seems, but's slowly coming to grips with the situation!

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The cold in Delhi continues to get intense on a relentless note and the fog continues to play its game of hide and seek!