It is now seven days to the
gangrape in a moving bus in the national capital. All the accused are in
custody. The victim is in hospital and continues to be critical.
Delhi
and Delhi
gangrape is all across. And it ensures this case is going to see some swift
action taken.
©/IPR: Santosh Chaubey - http://severallyalone.blogspot.com/
The outrage and protests are
growing more localized while the government’s tone is getting more and more
political.
To sum-up all the action, till
now, has been more in the domain of rhetoric. Also, whatever that has been proposed by the supposedly
national leaders (not on acceptance barometer but on their tag of being the
union ministers), is just an eyewash aimed at immediate measures to quell the
growing voice of demonstrators.
Mr. Shinde, your government talks
about forming task force to monitor security of women in Delhi; it brags about
implementing measures like increasing frequency of buses in night, installation
of GPS, mandatory ID cards for public transport personnel, enhanced patrolling
on busy routes, to name a few.
Other stakeholders, too, have put
efforts to look doing their bit. Five special courts are coming up after the
winter vacation to deal with rape cases. Sheila Dikshit had tears on almost
every channel denouncing the irresponsible and insensitive policing though no one
can say what is preventing her to send the victim abroad for treatment after
making a flash about it in the media.
The protesters have continued and
have strengthened their run (hope they continue with it in a peaceful way).
Media was always ready to act socially responsible once the Gujarat
election was over. And so, after December 20, the day of the counting of votes
for the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly
polls, it has been on the full throttle to promote and permeate the issue.
But the irony is, Delhi is not India
and India is just not about Delhi . Rape cases and
gender crimes are a pan-India catastrophe that no one is talking about.
The real problem is the tendency
to treat this case or any other similar case as standalone exigencies.
And in this case, too, the
developments are increasingly indicating this only.
©/IPR: Santosh Chaubey - http://severallyalone.blogspot.com/
