Saturday, November 29, 2008
India’s fight against terrorism
Another attack on India. Mumbai is bleeding again. How many more attacks, how many more corpses, how many more sacrifices will it take for our leaders to act? I am fed up; I am fed up with this government, all politicians irrespective of their party. Something needs to change and it is not politicians but us who have to do this. Mumbai attack has shown the exemplary valour of our soldiers, our police and ordinary people. The only cowards in India seem to be our great leaders who are hiding in their safe haven in Delhi. The leadership has failed and has failed again and again. Are we soft state? Yes we are and here I would like to compare the speeches of Mr. Bush after 9/11 and our own PM, Foreign minister and the Home minister.
“Good evening. Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts.” were the opening remarks of Bush.
“The dastardly terror attacks that took place in Mumbai last night and today leading to the loss of many precious lives and injuries to many others have deeply shocked the nation.” were our PM’s word.
Let’s compare these opening remarks. The opening remarks of Bush made it clear that it was just not any other attack but an attack on everything US stands for-: its citizens, its way of life and its very freedom while our PM called it just a dastardly terror attack. These opening remarks show he difference in the determination.
“These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat. But they have failed; our country is strong. A great people has been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve…. Today, our nation saw evil, the very worst of human nature. And we responded with the best of America -- with the daring of our rescue workers, with the caring for strangers and neighbors who came to give blood and help in any way they could,” were the inspiring words of Mr Bush. I could not find anything inspiring in our PMs speech.
“We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them,” was clear warning to anyone who was harbouring terrorists.
“We will take up strongly with our neighbours that the use of their territory for launching attacks on us will not be tolerated, and that there would be a cost if suitable measures are not taken by them.” Take up? What you mean by take up. You are taking up this thing for last 30-35yrs.
“we're going to find those evil-doers, those barbaric people who attacked our country and we're going to hold them accountable and we're going to hold the people who house them accountable. The people who think they can provide them safe havens will be held accountable. The people who feed them will be held accountable. And the Taliban must take my statement seriously.” What warning are we giving to Pakistan?
Why should every time it is India’s responsibility to avoid conflict and reduce tension? Why our leaders are afraid of escalating tension? War is already there, we are bleeding everyday. The only anomaly is that only one side is bleeding right now. I am not ready to bleed hundred of times I am ready to take a hit but I also want to hit back. Our armed forces have shown their ability again and again. I am sure they are capable of punishing Pakistan to such an extend that they would not dare to repeat this dastardly act. But our leaders are coward they are afraid that the any conflict can escalate. We are a nuclear weapon state as Pakistan is. If Kargil did not escalate why should an attack by India. Pakistan works with an assumption that whatever it does will not be retaliated by India because international community would come in to diffuse the tension. They know whoever will act swiftly and decisively will get the advantage. Now it’s India’s turn we should act swiftly and decisively. We should take the punitive action; we should hit them fast and hard.
Pakistan Foreign minister has promised all help in the investigation. He has also proposed to form a hot line between head of intelligence of two countries. But first let them give us 20 most wanted terrorists that have found safe haven in Pakistan. No matter what Pakistan promises unless they will give us terrorists like Maulana masood and Dawood Ibrahim we will not consider them our friends. It is time now for Pakistan to take steps to diffuse tensions.
What kind of Democracy are we living in? The most hated home minister is still there in his office just because of one woman. I will never be able to forget that video where our home minister was clearly more concerned about his spotless attire than the people who were battling for their life because he failed to do his job.
None of us is perfect but we learn from our past mistakes. We learn and we do not make those mistakes again. But we seem to be repeating them every time. Let’s look at the common things in most of the terrorist attacks. Most of the attacks that are happening in India are serial attacks and there is about 30mins to 1hr or more between first incident and the last. Why don’t we have a system with the help of which we can warn all the public place in a city if an incident take place any where in a city. Why can’t we have an announcement system which could announce about an incident immediately asking people to leave the market leaving their vehicles behind and stay out till police have checked out everything? Militants are also attacking the hospital nearest to the place where first attack has taken place. Are we taking this thing into consideration? Why don’t we have a NSG type force in all the state capitals and large cities? How much will it cost? We can spend millions to protect our useless leaders why can’t we spend few more to protect people who choose them? And one question I want to ask our leaders why doesn’t the most elite force of our country have night vision goggles?
Atrocities have been inflicted on our fellow citizens. Today we will mourn the deaths but tomorrow we should avenge them.
There is no issue bigger than security so today I take a pledge I would vote for anyone who will promise to punish those 20 terrorists even if that means a war with Pakistan or I would not vote at all.
Jai Hind
“Good evening. Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts.” were the opening remarks of Bush.
“The dastardly terror attacks that took place in Mumbai last night and today leading to the loss of many precious lives and injuries to many others have deeply shocked the nation.” were our PM’s word.
Let’s compare these opening remarks. The opening remarks of Bush made it clear that it was just not any other attack but an attack on everything US stands for-: its citizens, its way of life and its very freedom while our PM called it just a dastardly terror attack. These opening remarks show he difference in the determination.
“These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat. But they have failed; our country is strong. A great people has been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve…. Today, our nation saw evil, the very worst of human nature. And we responded with the best of America -- with the daring of our rescue workers, with the caring for strangers and neighbors who came to give blood and help in any way they could,” were the inspiring words of Mr Bush. I could not find anything inspiring in our PMs speech.
“We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them,” was clear warning to anyone who was harbouring terrorists.
“We will take up strongly with our neighbours that the use of their territory for launching attacks on us will not be tolerated, and that there would be a cost if suitable measures are not taken by them.” Take up? What you mean by take up. You are taking up this thing for last 30-35yrs.
“we're going to find those evil-doers, those barbaric people who attacked our country and we're going to hold them accountable and we're going to hold the people who house them accountable. The people who think they can provide them safe havens will be held accountable. The people who feed them will be held accountable. And the Taliban must take my statement seriously.” What warning are we giving to Pakistan?
Why should every time it is India’s responsibility to avoid conflict and reduce tension? Why our leaders are afraid of escalating tension? War is already there, we are bleeding everyday. The only anomaly is that only one side is bleeding right now. I am not ready to bleed hundred of times I am ready to take a hit but I also want to hit back. Our armed forces have shown their ability again and again. I am sure they are capable of punishing Pakistan to such an extend that they would not dare to repeat this dastardly act. But our leaders are coward they are afraid that the any conflict can escalate. We are a nuclear weapon state as Pakistan is. If Kargil did not escalate why should an attack by India. Pakistan works with an assumption that whatever it does will not be retaliated by India because international community would come in to diffuse the tension. They know whoever will act swiftly and decisively will get the advantage. Now it’s India’s turn we should act swiftly and decisively. We should take the punitive action; we should hit them fast and hard.
Pakistan Foreign minister has promised all help in the investigation. He has also proposed to form a hot line between head of intelligence of two countries. But first let them give us 20 most wanted terrorists that have found safe haven in Pakistan. No matter what Pakistan promises unless they will give us terrorists like Maulana masood and Dawood Ibrahim we will not consider them our friends. It is time now for Pakistan to take steps to diffuse tensions.
What kind of Democracy are we living in? The most hated home minister is still there in his office just because of one woman. I will never be able to forget that video where our home minister was clearly more concerned about his spotless attire than the people who were battling for their life because he failed to do his job.
None of us is perfect but we learn from our past mistakes. We learn and we do not make those mistakes again. But we seem to be repeating them every time. Let’s look at the common things in most of the terrorist attacks. Most of the attacks that are happening in India are serial attacks and there is about 30mins to 1hr or more between first incident and the last. Why don’t we have a system with the help of which we can warn all the public place in a city if an incident take place any where in a city. Why can’t we have an announcement system which could announce about an incident immediately asking people to leave the market leaving their vehicles behind and stay out till police have checked out everything? Militants are also attacking the hospital nearest to the place where first attack has taken place. Are we taking this thing into consideration? Why don’t we have a NSG type force in all the state capitals and large cities? How much will it cost? We can spend millions to protect our useless leaders why can’t we spend few more to protect people who choose them? And one question I want to ask our leaders why doesn’t the most elite force of our country have night vision goggles?
Atrocities have been inflicted on our fellow citizens. Today we will mourn the deaths but tomorrow we should avenge them.
There is no issue bigger than security so today I take a pledge I would vote for anyone who will promise to punish those 20 terrorists even if that means a war with Pakistan or I would not vote at all.
Jai Hind
India’s fight against terrorism
Another attack on India. Mumbai is bleeding again. How many more attacks? how many more corpses? how many more sacrifices will it take for our leaders to act? I am fed up; I am fed up with this government, all politicians irrespective of their party. Something needs to change and it is not politicians but us who have to do this. Mumbai attack has shown the exemplary valour of our soldiers, our police and ordinary people. The only cowards in India seem to be our great leaders who are hiding in their safe haven in Delhi. The leadership has failed and has failed again and again. Are we soft state? Yes we are and here I would like to compare the speeches of Mr. Bush after 9/11 and our own PM to prove this.
“Good evening. Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts.” were the opening remarks of Bush.
“The dastardly terror attacks that took place in Mumbai last night and today leading to the loss of many precious lives and injuries to many others have deeply shocked the nation.” were our PM’s word.
Let’s compare these opening remarks. The opening remarks of Bush made it clear that it was just not any other attack but an attack on everything US stands for-: its citizens, its way of life and its very freedom while our PM called it just a dastardly terror attack. These opening remarks show the difference in the determination of the two leaders.
“These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat. But they have failed; our country is strong. A great people has been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve…. Today, our nation saw evil, the very worst of human nature. And we responded with the best of America -- with the daring of our rescue workers, with the caring for strangers and neighbors who came to give blood and help in any way they could,” were the inspiring words of Mr Bush. I could not find anything inspiring in our PMs speech.
“We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them,” was clear warning to anyone who was harbouring terrorists.
“We will take up strongly with our neighbours that the use of their territory for launching attacks on us will not be tolerated” Take up? What you mean by take up. You are taking up this thing for last 30-35yrs.
“we're going to find those evil-doers, those barbaric people who attacked our country and we're going to hold them accountable and we're going to hold the people who house them accountable. The people who think they can provide them safe havens will be held accountable. The people who feed them will be held accountable. And the Taliban must take my statement seriously.” What warning are we giving to Pakistan?
Why should every time it is India’s responsibility to avoid conflict and reduce tension? Why our leaders are afraid of escalating tension? War is already there, we are bleeding everyday. The only anomaly is that only one side is bleeding right now. I am not ready to bleed hundred of times I am ready to take a hit but I also want to hit back. Our armed forces have shown their ability again and again. I am sure they are capable of punishing Pakistan to such an extend that they would not dare to repeat this dastardly act. But our leaders are coward they are afraid that the conflict may escalate. after all we both are nuclear weapon state . If Kargil did not escalate into a war why should should a punitive strike by India escalate. Pakistan works with an assumption that whatever it does will not be retaliated by India because international community would come in to diffuse the tension. They know whoever will act swiftly and decisively will get the advantage. Now it’s India’s turn we should act swiftly and decisively. We should take the punitive action; we should hit them fast and hard.
Pakistan Foreign minister has promised all help in the investigation. He has also proposed to form a hot line between head of intelligence of two countries. But first let them give us 20 most wanted terrorists that have found safe haven in Pakistan. No matter what Pakistan promises unless they will give us terrorists like Maulana masood and Dawood Ibrahim we will not consider them our friends. It is time now for Pakistan to take steps to diffuse tensions. "You are with us or against us" was what Mr. Bush said to Pakistan president, it is time for India to tell them so.
What kind of Democracy are we living in? The most hated home minister is still there in his office just because of one woman. I will never be able to forget that video where our home minister was clearly more concerned about his spotless attire than the people who were battling for their life because he failed to do his job.
None of us is perfect but we learn from our past mistakes. We learn and we do not make those mistakes again. But we seem to be repeating them every time. Let’s look at the common things in most of the terrorist attacks. Most of the attacks that are happening in India are serial attacks and there is about 30mins to 1hr or more between first incident and the last. Why don’t we have a system with the help of which we can warn all the public place in a city if an incident take place any where in a city. Why can’t we have an announcement system which could announce about an incident immediately asking people to leave the market leaving their vehicles behind and stay out till police have checked out everything? Militants are also attacking the hospital nearest to the place where first attack has taken place. Are we taking this thing into consideration? Why don’t we have a NSG type force in all the state capitals and large cities? How much will it cost? We can spend millions to protect our useless leaders why can’t we spend few more to protect people who choose them? And one question I want to ask our leaders why doesn’t the most elite force of our country have night vision goggles?
Atrocities have been inflicted on our fellow citizens. Today we will mourn the deaths but tomorrow we should avenge them.
Jai Hind
“Good evening. Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts.” were the opening remarks of Bush.
“The dastardly terror attacks that took place in Mumbai last night and today leading to the loss of many precious lives and injuries to many others have deeply shocked the nation.” were our PM’s word.
Let’s compare these opening remarks. The opening remarks of Bush made it clear that it was just not any other attack but an attack on everything US stands for-: its citizens, its way of life and its very freedom while our PM called it just a dastardly terror attack. These opening remarks show the difference in the determination of the two leaders.
“These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat. But they have failed; our country is strong. A great people has been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve…. Today, our nation saw evil, the very worst of human nature. And we responded with the best of America -- with the daring of our rescue workers, with the caring for strangers and neighbors who came to give blood and help in any way they could,” were the inspiring words of Mr Bush. I could not find anything inspiring in our PMs speech.
“We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them,” was clear warning to anyone who was harbouring terrorists.
“We will take up strongly with our neighbours that the use of their territory for launching attacks on us will not be tolerated” Take up? What you mean by take up. You are taking up this thing for last 30-35yrs.
“we're going to find those evil-doers, those barbaric people who attacked our country and we're going to hold them accountable and we're going to hold the people who house them accountable. The people who think they can provide them safe havens will be held accountable. The people who feed them will be held accountable. And the Taliban must take my statement seriously.” What warning are we giving to Pakistan?
Why should every time it is India’s responsibility to avoid conflict and reduce tension? Why our leaders are afraid of escalating tension? War is already there, we are bleeding everyday. The only anomaly is that only one side is bleeding right now. I am not ready to bleed hundred of times I am ready to take a hit but I also want to hit back. Our armed forces have shown their ability again and again. I am sure they are capable of punishing Pakistan to such an extend that they would not dare to repeat this dastardly act. But our leaders are coward they are afraid that the conflict may escalate. after all we both are nuclear weapon state . If Kargil did not escalate into a war why should should a punitive strike by India escalate. Pakistan works with an assumption that whatever it does will not be retaliated by India because international community would come in to diffuse the tension. They know whoever will act swiftly and decisively will get the advantage. Now it’s India’s turn we should act swiftly and decisively. We should take the punitive action; we should hit them fast and hard.
Pakistan Foreign minister has promised all help in the investigation. He has also proposed to form a hot line between head of intelligence of two countries. But first let them give us 20 most wanted terrorists that have found safe haven in Pakistan. No matter what Pakistan promises unless they will give us terrorists like Maulana masood and Dawood Ibrahim we will not consider them our friends. It is time now for Pakistan to take steps to diffuse tensions. "You are with us or against us" was what Mr. Bush said to Pakistan president, it is time for India to tell them so.
What kind of Democracy are we living in? The most hated home minister is still there in his office just because of one woman. I will never be able to forget that video where our home minister was clearly more concerned about his spotless attire than the people who were battling for their life because he failed to do his job.
None of us is perfect but we learn from our past mistakes. We learn and we do not make those mistakes again. But we seem to be repeating them every time. Let’s look at the common things in most of the terrorist attacks. Most of the attacks that are happening in India are serial attacks and there is about 30mins to 1hr or more between first incident and the last. Why don’t we have a system with the help of which we can warn all the public place in a city if an incident take place any where in a city. Why can’t we have an announcement system which could announce about an incident immediately asking people to leave the market leaving their vehicles behind and stay out till police have checked out everything? Militants are also attacking the hospital nearest to the place where first attack has taken place. Are we taking this thing into consideration? Why don’t we have a NSG type force in all the state capitals and large cities? How much will it cost? We can spend millions to protect our useless leaders why can’t we spend few more to protect people who choose them? And one question I want to ask our leaders why doesn’t the most elite force of our country have night vision goggles?
Atrocities have been inflicted on our fellow citizens. Today we will mourn the deaths but tomorrow we should avenge them.
Jai Hind
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Weak government and death of citizens
UPA government has failed to proect the people. Major attacks are happening throughout the country and our government seems to have no plan of action to counter it. After every attack there is a talk of punishing the terrorists and doing everything that is possible to avoid the repeat. But it seems UPA government seems to be out of idea. The most important responsibility of a government is to protect citizens. Our ain and present UPA government has again and again failed to do so. Terrorists seems to be fearless and stricking at will while our investigating agency are wasting their energy on trying to proove a non existence hindu terrorism. The government has failed and it has no right to continue. Government has blamed Hindu orgnisation for terrorism and have accused the hindu samaj for protecting the terrorists and it claims that it is acting tough on terrorism but what at action are they taking on more than 2.5crores illegal Bangladeshis that have become such a big threat to our national security. What action have they taken against 1000s of madrassas that have opened in border areas who are mind washing the young brains against India. It is the government whose supporters have questioned the martyrdom of our brave soldiers for some votes. Who Sarkaar jisme apne shaheedoan ki ijjaat na ho, jis mai apne shantoan ko apmanit kiya jata ho aur jis sarkaar mai desh ke thukde kerne ki koshish kerne waloan ko bachaya jata ho us Sarkaar ko hatana padega. We Indians have fought elections by dividing people in the name of religion, in the name of caste, in the name of region but now will we divide people in the name of our nation. Attacks after attacks are happening and we seem to be doing nothing. People are dying and all we seem to get is petty politics.
It is time to act tough. Why should onus of ensuring peace be with us? What is Pakistan doing to avoid conflict? Pakistan Foreign minister has promised all help in the investigation. He has also proposed to form a hot line between head of intelligence of two countries. But first let them give us 20 most wanted terrorists that have found safe haven in Pakistan. No matter what Pakistan promises unless they will give us terrorists like Maulana masood and Dawood Ibrahim we will not consider them our friends. It is time now for Pakistan to take steps to diffuse tensions.
It is time to act tough. Why should onus of ensuring peace be with us? What is Pakistan doing to avoid conflict? Pakistan Foreign minister has promised all help in the investigation. He has also proposed to form a hot line between head of intelligence of two countries. But first let them give us 20 most wanted terrorists that have found safe haven in Pakistan. No matter what Pakistan promises unless they will give us terrorists like Maulana masood and Dawood Ibrahim we will not consider them our friends. It is time now for Pakistan to take steps to diffuse tensions.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Hindu terrorism or evil propaganda?
Let me start this piece by asking what is the meaning of terrorism? As far as I know it’s a way of achieving a political or religious or some other mean by use of violence. It is a way of warning people that they would kill or hurt people if their demands are not met.
In the case of this so called Hindu terrorism what was the end of these so called terrorists. Was it to terrorize Muslims? Or was it to warn them? Or was it simply to take revenge? What of these motives has been satisfied by these so called terrorists? How would you terrorize Muslims if they don’t even know that these blasts were done by some Hindu Organization? How would you warn anyone if the person getting the warning doesn’t even who is warning them, why is he warning them and exactly against what are they getting warned? If it is to take revenge then what kind of revenge is this if the person doesn’t even know someone has taken revenge against him? Why did Sadhvi and her group did not take responsibility of this. Why didn't she used some phony Hindu organization to raise her demand if it was an act of terrorism?
Clearly this case does not satisfy any of the requirements of terrorism so it cannot be called terrorism. Even if Sadhvi Pragya is guilty then also we cannot call it Hindu terrorism at most we can call it crime committed by criminal minds but not terrorism. And by calling it Hindu terrorism media is defaming Hindus simply to improve their ratings.
In the case of this so called Hindu terrorism what was the end of these so called terrorists. Was it to terrorize Muslims? Or was it to warn them? Or was it simply to take revenge? What of these motives has been satisfied by these so called terrorists? How would you terrorize Muslims if they don’t even know that these blasts were done by some Hindu Organization? How would you warn anyone if the person getting the warning doesn’t even who is warning them, why is he warning them and exactly against what are they getting warned? If it is to take revenge then what kind of revenge is this if the person doesn’t even know someone has taken revenge against him? Why did Sadhvi and her group did not take responsibility of this. Why didn't she used some phony Hindu organization to raise her demand if it was an act of terrorism?
Clearly this case does not satisfy any of the requirements of terrorism so it cannot be called terrorism. Even if Sadhvi Pragya is guilty then also we cannot call it Hindu terrorism at most we can call it crime committed by criminal minds but not terrorism. And by calling it Hindu terrorism media is defaming Hindus simply to improve their ratings.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
10yrs Prison will be injustice to Sanjeev Nanda
10 years of Imprisonment just because of drunken driving. Is it justice?
When I was young I read a poem about Gautam Budhha. I don’t remember the poem but its moral was that justice is compassionate. Is it compassionate in Sajeev Nanda case?
I have always believed that the purpose of punishment should be to reform the criminal and act as a deterrent for others. But will this punishment do either of these?
If 10 years prison term is given to Nanda and if it is because of his attempts to botch up trial than I will support it whole heartedly but if it is because of drink driving then I will think that great injustice is done to this person.
First thing that we have to consider is what was the real reason for this unfortunate instance? According to me the real culprit was alcohol for once a person is drunk he/she loses control on his/her senses. The person cannot decide what is right and what is wrong. He cannot even decide should he drive or should he not drive? If someone meets with an accident in such a stage you cannot blame him for rash or negligence driving because he cannot make this decision in such a stage. “A motor vehicle being driven by a drunk driver is virtually a death machine on the road “is what the judge said. Is it justice that driving a death machine on road attracts maximum 1 day prison while if you cause death by driving that death machine you get 10yrs?
Lets first look at the law. What is permissible limit? What does 30mg/100ml blood means? Does that mean I can have one bear or one glass of bear or 30ml votka or 60ml whiskey? Does any Pub or disc or bar has this information that I can find and ensure that I do not cross the limit? Shouldn’t this information be displayed at every place where alcohol is served? What action has been taken by the police to inform people about the limits in simple terminology? Whenever I go to party people will say arre one bear is allowed nahi nahi two are allowed. If I don’t have this information and I listen to someone else and have 2 bears and meet with an accident, should I go to jail for 10 years. Is there any bar which has this policy of letting people know that they will be crossing permissible limit if they have one more drink? Or any alcohol bottle that mentions in simple language what is the permissible limit?
Most of the times in parties, you are forced by your friends to drink. Let’s take a hypothetical case (something that happens with almost everyone). 4 frds meet for a party one of them doesn’t want to drink because he has to drive home. But the other 3 who too have to drive are drinking, so due to peer pressure and coercion of frds he takes one drink and after that loses it and have few more drinks. On his way back home he meets with an accident. Should this guy go to prison for 10yrs just because he was not strong enough to say no to his frds? Let’s make this example a little more dramatic. All four of them meet with an accident on their way back home. While other 3 were lucky and there was no one sleeping on the pavements this poor guy was not. Should this guy get 10 yrs just because he was so unlucky that there were people sleeping on his pavement? Is justice a factor of luck?
Will this justice do anything to reform Nanda? I don’t think so. All it will do is to ruin his life. If I put myself on his shoes and think I feel the biggest punishment for me would be the realization that there are people who are not here just because of me. This feeling of guilt will remain in me throughout my life. I would be a change person from the date of accident. I am sure that I will never touch alcohol or drive a vehicle after that. We need to understand here Nanda is not a hard hearten criminal who needs to be punished. At most he is a misguided youth who made a mistake. There is a need to reform him, there is a need to punish him but is 10 yrs prison justifiable? Take away his driving license, put him in a reformatory for a year, make him pay hefty compensation to the victim’s family but for god sake do not destroy his life.
Will this punishment act as a deterrent? No I don’t think so. Sanjeev Nanda will become history in few days. No one except his family will remember who he is. This punishment might act as a deterrent for a month or 2 but then it will be back to normal. The only way to stop this menace is effective policing and hefty punishment for offenders. Today, once in 100 or may be 1000 times you ever get caught, and what’s the price to get free? 100, 200 or may be 500 depending on your negotiation power. How will you ever deter people from drink driving by this punishment? And it is the drink driving which is the real culprit and not the accident.
When I was young I read a poem about Gautam Budhha. I don’t remember the poem but its moral was that justice is compassionate. Is it compassionate in Sajeev Nanda case?
I have always believed that the purpose of punishment should be to reform the criminal and act as a deterrent for others. But will this punishment do either of these?
If 10 years prison term is given to Nanda and if it is because of his attempts to botch up trial than I will support it whole heartedly but if it is because of drink driving then I will think that great injustice is done to this person.
First thing that we have to consider is what was the real reason for this unfortunate instance? According to me the real culprit was alcohol for once a person is drunk he/she loses control on his/her senses. The person cannot decide what is right and what is wrong. He cannot even decide should he drive or should he not drive? If someone meets with an accident in such a stage you cannot blame him for rash or negligence driving because he cannot make this decision in such a stage. “A motor vehicle being driven by a drunk driver is virtually a death machine on the road “is what the judge said. Is it justice that driving a death machine on road attracts maximum 1 day prison while if you cause death by driving that death machine you get 10yrs?
Lets first look at the law. What is permissible limit? What does 30mg/100ml blood means? Does that mean I can have one bear or one glass of bear or 30ml votka or 60ml whiskey? Does any Pub or disc or bar has this information that I can find and ensure that I do not cross the limit? Shouldn’t this information be displayed at every place where alcohol is served? What action has been taken by the police to inform people about the limits in simple terminology? Whenever I go to party people will say arre one bear is allowed nahi nahi two are allowed. If I don’t have this information and I listen to someone else and have 2 bears and meet with an accident, should I go to jail for 10 years. Is there any bar which has this policy of letting people know that they will be crossing permissible limit if they have one more drink? Or any alcohol bottle that mentions in simple language what is the permissible limit?
Most of the times in parties, you are forced by your friends to drink. Let’s take a hypothetical case (something that happens with almost everyone). 4 frds meet for a party one of them doesn’t want to drink because he has to drive home. But the other 3 who too have to drive are drinking, so due to peer pressure and coercion of frds he takes one drink and after that loses it and have few more drinks. On his way back home he meets with an accident. Should this guy go to prison for 10yrs just because he was not strong enough to say no to his frds? Let’s make this example a little more dramatic. All four of them meet with an accident on their way back home. While other 3 were lucky and there was no one sleeping on the pavements this poor guy was not. Should this guy get 10 yrs just because he was so unlucky that there were people sleeping on his pavement? Is justice a factor of luck?
Will this justice do anything to reform Nanda? I don’t think so. All it will do is to ruin his life. If I put myself on his shoes and think I feel the biggest punishment for me would be the realization that there are people who are not here just because of me. This feeling of guilt will remain in me throughout my life. I would be a change person from the date of accident. I am sure that I will never touch alcohol or drive a vehicle after that. We need to understand here Nanda is not a hard hearten criminal who needs to be punished. At most he is a misguided youth who made a mistake. There is a need to reform him, there is a need to punish him but is 10 yrs prison justifiable? Take away his driving license, put him in a reformatory for a year, make him pay hefty compensation to the victim’s family but for god sake do not destroy his life.
Will this punishment act as a deterrent? No I don’t think so. Sanjeev Nanda will become history in few days. No one except his family will remember who he is. This punishment might act as a deterrent for a month or 2 but then it will be back to normal. The only way to stop this menace is effective policing and hefty punishment for offenders. Today, once in 100 or may be 1000 times you ever get caught, and what’s the price to get free? 100, 200 or may be 500 depending on your negotiation power. How will you ever deter people from drink driving by this punishment? And it is the drink driving which is the real culprit and not the accident.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Why do we have to fight for everything in India?
I was trying to go to Dehradun from Delhi yesterday. My only folly was that I decided to use a bus instead of a car. I reached ISBT at around 8 o'clock in the night. To my horror I saw hundreds of people standing in a queue in front of ticket counter but there was no one distributing tickets. There are quite a few buses from Delhi to Dehradun. One by one I saw all of the empty buses coming from Dehradun getting hijacked by young muscular men who would forced their way in and grab a seat. Within seconds you will see people sitting on the roof and hanging from the door(it is quite scary to think that these people will travel for about 6-8hrs like this). I waited there till 1:30am when I gave up and decided to go back. While going back I just looked around and saw who all were left behind, they were young girls, ladies and old people. People who cannot force their way in. I am sure these people must have been harassed by the autowalla's for I was and had to pay an exorbitant amount to get back to my place. Sometimes I feel it is a crime to be a woman or a old man in this country for we Indian have to fight fight for everything (even for a small ride from Delhi to Dehradun or for that matter a ride from ISBT to Saket).
Now lets look at the whole problem objectively. What was the real reason for all this mess. I overheard couple of women complaining about the rowdy crowd. But was it really the problem, if you keep a one man meal in front of hundreds of starving people only the strongest or the stronger ones will get to eat. So was it an excess crowd that was causing the problem? When I decided to leave there were 20-25 people out there. Including the people who must have left before and the over crowding of the buses I think it is safe to assume that there were about 120-150 extra people. How many but ply 150 people? 4 may be 5 or may be 6.
For last 8-9 years I have been going from Delhi to Dehradun and whenever there is an extended weekend this problem is there. And we need only 6 more buses to solve this problem. Now I am not saying that government should buy 6 more buses and I am sure most of the politicians must have thought that way. What I am saying is that some of the buses can be diverted from routes which are not that popular during such days. For example I am sure the number of people coming from Dehradun to Delhi gets reduced just before such extended weekends. Few Buses can be diverted from this route.
Most of the time we have complex problems with very simple solutions. Simple queue system in front of ticket counter can solve the problems of women and senior citizens. But we don't look at the solutions, we look at the problem and surrender.
I think we need a young leader who can talk with the common person, walk with him and understand him. A person who is ready to look at his problems and try to find solutions for it. You might say that it can be Rahul Gandhi, Varun Gandhi or some Pilot or Mahajan but who are these people? what are their qualifications? Does you get the right to be a leader just because of your surname?
Now lets look at the whole problem objectively. What was the real reason for all this mess. I overheard couple of women complaining about the rowdy crowd. But was it really the problem, if you keep a one man meal in front of hundreds of starving people only the strongest or the stronger ones will get to eat. So was it an excess crowd that was causing the problem? When I decided to leave there were 20-25 people out there. Including the people who must have left before and the over crowding of the buses I think it is safe to assume that there were about 120-150 extra people. How many but ply 150 people? 4 may be 5 or may be 6.
For last 8-9 years I have been going from Delhi to Dehradun and whenever there is an extended weekend this problem is there. And we need only 6 more buses to solve this problem. Now I am not saying that government should buy 6 more buses and I am sure most of the politicians must have thought that way. What I am saying is that some of the buses can be diverted from routes which are not that popular during such days. For example I am sure the number of people coming from Dehradun to Delhi gets reduced just before such extended weekends. Few Buses can be diverted from this route.
Most of the time we have complex problems with very simple solutions. Simple queue system in front of ticket counter can solve the problems of women and senior citizens. But we don't look at the solutions, we look at the problem and surrender.
I think we need a young leader who can talk with the common person, walk with him and understand him. A person who is ready to look at his problems and try to find solutions for it. You might say that it can be Rahul Gandhi, Varun Gandhi or some Pilot or Mahajan but who are these people? what are their qualifications? Does you get the right to be a leader just because of your surname?
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