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There is a Subhashitam in Sanskrit “Kamaturanam na bhayam na lajja” meaning: One who is blinded by lust has neither fear nor shame. The fact is that when lust overtakes, beastly instincts enter by force and one loses control over his own senses and mind. It is such lustful beasts who commit gruesome deeds which even they admit after the event that it is heinous.
About 3 to 4 decades ago though there were cases of crime against women the numbers were not as high as we are seeing in recent times; the reason could be the moral fear. The person who would lose control on the senses and his mind had the moral fear as the road block. He would think if he committed such a crime his sister, mother, wife or even daughter would face the same situation. Morally he would think the act was not right for him who is sure of revulsion. This moral fear was the reason for the person who was to commit a crime to retract and think of its consequences. Thanks to the rationalist this opportunity has been dismantled. In their enthusiasm to curb superstition the rationalists they have ripped the subtle fabric of morality.
Since now the moral fear is not to be seen let us at least project the fear of law to stop the crime against women. It has to be so severe that the fear of punishments would make a person think before he ends up getting involved in such heinous crimes. Today happens to be the day where the intensity of punishment is decided for those who committed crime on Dec 16th. Everyone including the family of that unfortunate girl wants Capital Punishments to be ordered. But will Capital Punishment really cause fear among those who venture into such crimes in future. Since punishment is a matter of fact can only go a small distance in the journey of curbing crime against women. In fact the harshest of punishments given in some of the Arab nations fail to control crime rates.
If we hang those culprits the case will be remembered only for a few day or months. They are not Bhagat Singhs or Rajgurus or Sukhdevs who were hanged by the British to be remembered even forever and their lessons and photos to be found in the text of primary school for the young children to read. In contrary the hanging of those criminals will be forgotten as time passes and unfortunately the crime continues. There is a need to replace the Capital Punishment with some innovative punishments where the culprits are not given an easy escape by sending them to gallows. One option would be to use those culprits to construct highways, dig water cannels, build government buildings, and use them as test samples for pharmacy. And most importantly their status and report card should be updated every now and then by media for the general public to know how they are serving the country.
At the same time the status of women at home needs to be improved. Government needs to roll out housing, ration, banking, subsidies and other social benefits in the name of women. Such policies will help them in providing financial empowerment to women. And then the prospective crime mongers are mainly from the unorganized sector recruits. These is a need to identify them as they often lack formal education and counseling them to let them understand their role in society is a must.
Finally it does not need intense study or research to understand that it is liquor that is the primary cause of many social problems that our country is facing be it as little as drunken brawls to murders and rapes we encounter today. So selling of liquor and related laws need to be altered and a fresh policy to be rewritten.
Unless all this taken care only capital punishment will not help. Hanging of Dhananjoy Chatterjee on August 14 2004 has not reduced the crime rate this is the proof that capital punishment will be forgotten soon……I think penal labour is the solution…What say??????
There is a Subhashitam in Sanskrit “Kamaturanam na bhayam na lajja” meaning: One who is blinded by lust has neither fear nor shame. The fact is that when lust overtakes, beastly instincts enter by force and one loses control over his own senses and mind. It is such lustful beasts who commit gruesome deeds which even they admit after the event that it is heinous.
About 3 to 4 decades ago though there were cases of crime against women the numbers were not as high as we are seeing in recent times; the reason could be the moral fear. The person who would lose control on the senses and his mind had the moral fear as the road block. He would think if he committed such a crime his sister, mother, wife or even daughter would face the same situation. Morally he would think the act was not right for him who is sure of revulsion. This moral fear was the reason for the person who was to commit a crime to retract and think of its consequences. Thanks to the rationalist this opportunity has been dismantled. In their enthusiasm to curb superstition the rationalists they have ripped the subtle fabric of morality.
Since now the moral fear is not to be seen let us at least project the fear of law to stop the crime against women. It has to be so severe that the fear of punishments would make a person think before he ends up getting involved in such heinous crimes. Today happens to be the day where the intensity of punishment is decided for those who committed crime on Dec 16th. Everyone including the family of that unfortunate girl wants Capital Punishments to be ordered. But will Capital Punishment really cause fear among those who venture into such crimes in future. Since punishment is a matter of fact can only go a small distance in the journey of curbing crime against women. In fact the harshest of punishments given in some of the Arab nations fail to control crime rates.
If we hang those culprits the case will be remembered only for a few day or months. They are not Bhagat Singhs or Rajgurus or Sukhdevs who were hanged by the British to be remembered even forever and their lessons and photos to be found in the text of primary school for the young children to read. In contrary the hanging of those criminals will be forgotten as time passes and unfortunately the crime continues. There is a need to replace the Capital Punishment with some innovative punishments where the culprits are not given an easy escape by sending them to gallows. One option would be to use those culprits to construct highways, dig water cannels, build government buildings, and use them as test samples for pharmacy. And most importantly their status and report card should be updated every now and then by media for the general public to know how they are serving the country.
At the same time the status of women at home needs to be improved. Government needs to roll out housing, ration, banking, subsidies and other social benefits in the name of women. Such policies will help them in providing financial empowerment to women. And then the prospective crime mongers are mainly from the unorganized sector recruits. These is a need to identify them as they often lack formal education and counseling them to let them understand their role in society is a must.
Finally it does not need intense study or research to understand that it is liquor that is the primary cause of many social problems that our country is facing be it as little as drunken brawls to murders and rapes we encounter today. So selling of liquor and related laws need to be altered and a fresh policy to be rewritten.
Unless all this taken care only capital punishment will not help. Hanging of Dhananjoy Chatterjee on August 14 2004 has not reduced the crime rate this is the proof that capital punishment will be forgotten soon……I think penal labour is the solution…What say??????
Jaisriram. In our country the education system should be changed. We don't find any moral education in school books. Ramayana and Mahabharata should be introduced to students from childhood. In our secular country secularists will not accept to such noble decisions.
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