I
strongly condemn this incident in delhi, and am of the opinion that those who are
found guilty by a court of law should be given harsh punishment, so as to prevent such incidents in future.
At the same time, I would like to know whether the same hue and cry
which has been raised about it in the media and in Parliament would have
been raised had this incident happened in some other part of India,
particularly in rural India. I am sure it would not. But surely Delhi is
not the whole of India.
There has been hardly any hue and cry to a similar extent about the
250,000 farmers suicide in Vidharbha , Andhra Pradesh and elsewhere over
the last 10-15 years( an average of 47 farmers suicide per day, which
is still continuing) which is a world record of farmers suicide. There
has been very little hue and cry about the fact that 48% of Indian
children are malnourished, which is a rate far higher than the Sub-Saharan African countries like Somalia and Ethiopia where the child malnourishment rate is about 33%.
There is very little hue and cry about the massive unemployment in
India, the almost total lack of healthcare for our poor people who
cannot afford the expenses of a doctor or medicines and have to go to
quacks. Education in India is in shambles. Most of the money given by
the govt goes to IITs and some other institutes of higher learning but
hardly any money is given to primary schools ( particularly in rural
areas) where the foundation of knowledge is laid. Prices are
skyrocketing, and one wonders how our 80% poor people are surviving, but
there is no such hue and cry about it in the media or even in
Parliament. There are many others huge socio economic problems facing
the nation but very little is discussed about them.
I am not trying to justify rape but I only request people to maintain a
balance and not hype the Delhi gangrape incident as if it is the only
problem in the country.
