B.RAMAN
The whole of India has been shocked and outraged
beyond measure by the bestiality inflicted upon a girl in her early 20s by a
gang of beasts.
2. When one tries to imagine her helpless moments
at the hands of these beasts, one’s heart bleeds. The whole country,
particularly its women, have been outraged not only by the bestiality of the
gang-rape, but equally by the politics as usual attitude of the Government and
the Congress.
3. This was the time to discard politics and to act
to ensure that this will not happen again. The people of this country have a
right to expect that the Government will not stand on false prestige in acting
against rape. If we watch helplessly as our women ---urban or rural—are subjected
to such bestiality, we have no right to call ourselves a civilized nation.
4. It is not a political issue. It is an issue of
our feelings as human beings and our pride as citizens of this country. The agonizing
call of our feelings has to be heard and responded to by our political
leaders--- whatever be their political affiliation.
5. One would have expected Mrs.Sonia Gandhi as a
political leader and as a woman to reflect the agony and anguish of the people
of this country, particularly its women, and be in the forefront of an epic battle
against rapes.
6.Instead of projecting her human personality, she
has shown herself to be a woman of stone with no feelings, as a political
opportunist calculating only the cost of action and inaction.
7.When the Lok Sabha debated the bestiality, what
happened to her anger, her outrage, her heart? Why one doesn’t see any sign of
blood in her heart as the flood of reports giving the details of the bestiality
pour in?
8.Past woman leaders of the Congress must be
grieving in heaven as they watch the stone-like response of Sonia Gandhi to
this act of bestiality.
9. We need leaders with bleeding hearts, not a
leader with a heart of stone.( 19-12-12)
( The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet
Secretariat, Govt of India, New Delhi. E-mail: seventyone2@gmail.com .Twitter : @SORBONNE75 )
2 comments:
Seriously sir, what is the benefit of having such leaders in our country, for whom people's sentiments are mere some political equations. As an individual and citizen of this country our first priority is safety of our family members and other fellow people, and if it can't be provided by our Govt. There is no reason to have such a govt and even the existence of democratic society seems to be just another myth.
SG reacts angrily if her husband or govt is attacked but not when a common person is attacked. You aptly captured our politicians' attitude.
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