We should kill himm. There is no point in giving him life imprisonment shouted my cousin! I could see the anger in her eye; that was the only moment in the entire conversation that she lost her cool. How can they do something so dastardly to a young girl; a girl only 23 years of age. Yes, we were talking about the brutal rape and murder that shook the nation.
But never did we talk about where that guy, I mean that beast, came from. Where he had his schooling? Why he became so violent? Was not he born a small innocent child like my sisters son I so much adore? Never did we talk about how the parents of that beast( should I call him a man?) feel. Never did we talk about, how and why, in the first place did he do such an horrendous thing.
I'm still confused whether I should call him a man. But surely he once was! He was surely once that little kid for whom love meant mom. Surely, he had a sister whom he adored. May be, once he went to school and was taught to be good.
Then, where did he go wrong? Some thing along the journey of life has changed him to become the animal that he now has become. A journey, which had so many interventions, lot of heartbreaks, sadness and misery; A journey which society sure did play a role in. Is that where it went wrong? Was there some thing the society could have done to show him the way?
May be the society got it all wrong! And may be the society includes you and me; and may be, yes, may be, we could have prevented it at the start instead of killing him at the end!
And as always prevention is better than cure!
So, the great Indian middle class (including me and my cousin) has decided to save the country from such beasts and the first step is to wipe that away! Logical! I mean, let us just finish him off and there is at least one man lesser to worry about.
But never did we talk about where that guy, I mean that beast, came from. Where he had his schooling? Why he became so violent? Was not he born a small innocent child like my sisters son I so much adore? Never did we talk about how the parents of that beast( should I call him a man?) feel. Never did we talk about, how and why, in the first place did he do such an horrendous thing.
I'm still confused whether I should call him a man. But surely he once was! He was surely once that little kid for whom love meant mom. Surely, he had a sister whom he adored. May be, once he went to school and was taught to be good.
Then, where did he go wrong? Some thing along the journey of life has changed him to become the animal that he now has become. A journey, which had so many interventions, lot of heartbreaks, sadness and misery; A journey which society sure did play a role in. Is that where it went wrong? Was there some thing the society could have done to show him the way?
May be the society got it all wrong! And may be the society includes you and me; and may be, yes, may be, we could have prevented it at the start instead of killing him at the end!
And as always prevention is better than cure!
