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Umesh:
When I questioned the system, I was
questioning the system within the present democratic system; definitely we are
not trying to bring other system like Communism or Socialism which you have
correctly concluded to be dead for all practical purposes.
Now, having said that, let us analyze the
whys and hows of the story or let us de-romanticize the story and try to see why
such a story would not have happened in the West, and try to see if it was due
to the people or the administrative system here.
1) semi-literate NGO female worker ("Sathin") Ms. Bhanwari Devi, who
was raped in her village near Jaipur , after she called police to
prevent child marriages -- Nice plot for a story. I don't see anything outside the
human character so far either here or in India . In this or any other country
also we would call police to stop crime. We have not stopped this
type of crime here. Crime occurs. So both India and USA get equal marks so
far. No win.
2) It was
very sad to see my hometown's corrupt police (including police women) and
impotent justice and city-smart, fame hungry NGO feminist women leaders
-who did nothing for her. Now here comes
the killer. After reading your views, the key issue is seem to be "corrupt
police" who did nothing and that is why she did not receive justice.
In this country also there had been hundreds of cases where justice did not
prevail due to such corrupt police. May be in USA also such type of police
corruptions were rampant hundred years ago. I am taking KJD's words that people
are of equal morality everywhere in this world. A police in Jaipur cannot be
less moral than a police in Houston say.
Now
what made the system USA system less corrupt now. Did USA changed the
administrative or parliamentary system suddenly that we don't see
so much of such cases of corruption anymore? I don't think so. The USA
system had been there almost same for last 200 years . Then what
happened that people have gradually become less corrupt and more dutiful
and sincere so that we see more and more of justice being prevailing in this
country? How the wild unruly west was brought down to bow down to
democracy and honor the democratic process? I think that is the million
dollar question.
Let
us pose and think. If we can find the answer, we can find what we need to do in
India.
Or in
other words, you need to answer yourself:
3) I think one day I might have to do something about it myself.
What
you would do?
Rajenda
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