
I don't know. I just feel we've started off the new year on a really really bad note. I mean, 2007 has yet to shave it's first fortnight stubble off and already there's so many shockers popping up, scaring the Bejesus out of me.
It started with the ushering in of the New Year, actually. A pre-pubescent kid was kidnapped from Chennai and a ransom demand of Rs 5 lakhs was demanded. The body of the child was later found, skull bashed in. The police were eventually successful in capturing the kidnappers. Which is a funny term. Why ? They were 11 and 15 years old. Kids !! They wanted money to buy a mobile and to have a New Year party. They lure the victim to a house on the pretext of showing him video games, then held him there. When he screamed, they 'had no other alternative' than to kill him. The sad part is, this isn't what burned me up. It's what they did next. To prevent sniffer dogs from tracing the body, they covered the house with chilli powder ( an idea from a recent Tamil film hit ) which confuses the dogs. And then went on with their plan to get the mobile and still be on time for heir New Year party. Every step of this was premeditated. No remorse.No shame. And guess what, pals ? As they are juveniles, their names will never be known to us AND ( you're gonna love this part ) they'll be out on the streets in a maximum of 3 years since that's the best a juvenile court can sentence a 'child'. This is justice ? You have got to be kidding me !!

Of course, close on his heels is the newly developing story of the skeletons of 4 kids found bound and gagged in a Congress dude's godown in Punjab. I mean, seriously, what the hell is going on here ? In Mumbai, we have a serial killer running loose and leaving beer cans next to the victims he kills and , weirdly enough, what should be a high profile case is totally out of the public eye. Maybe that's part of the strategy - bait him with his over confidence / cockiness. But it begs the question - would this approach have been followed if it were a bunch of ministers' children being targeted ? I mean, last I heard, Mumbai was a big place with lots of hiding spots for Beercan Bunty to be hiding. Yet this wait and watch approach. Hopefully, I'll be proven wrong and they'll nab this guy before this article goes out. Hopefully. If not, I pray we have a "V for Vendetta"- esque (anti?) hero swoop down on us. God knows India needs one badly.

Of course, the biggest travesty of justice still remains a mystery here in India. One for which no one has an answer.. not today, perhaps not ever. Once more, it has been proven that, in the end, name and fame can mask anything, even a slow killing poison. I'm speaking, of course, of the illusion that has left me stunned as 2006 ended - HOW THE HELL DID KABHI ALVIDA NA KEHNA ( @ 150 crore rupees ) BECOME THE ALL-TIME BIGGEST INTERNATIONAL HIT OF BOLLYWOOD ???
Are there no limits to this insanity and suffering we have to endure ?
Personally, I think 2007's started in a fashion similar to ol' mommy Britney.. just a tad too revealing for my tastes. Hopefully, they'l both sober down and settle into more subtle shades as January passes. Me, I have places to be, seats to fill and dots to darken . Somewhere, there's a Pg seat calling for me...I'm coming, honey.
Till we meet again, Godspeed.
all the best for your papers!!!
ReplyDeleteYou have no idea, how such news items make me feel, as a parent.The day Times of india published the gruesome cannibalism part of it, I felt sick,reading it that i couldnt eat breakfast.TOI does sensationalise stuff--but waking up to such negativism--horrible.
ReplyDelete"Pity the millions who scurry there for their divine glimpse, though. No pillar so heavy as a crumblin' faith, me thinks"
ReplyDeleteit is not faith, if its going to be shaken bcoz of some stray news channel. that last thing i belive today is the media :)
these probbly r jst a few of the evnts that have been uncovered nd so we atleast know abt.There are so many more silent deaths happenin all around but none hardly ever care til some tragedy befalls them..dat unfortunately is the curse we hav to live with..
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"No pillar so heavy as a crumblin' faith, me thinks"
ReplyDeleteIs faith and God just limited to seeing a special light?
Take care..
and yes, Good luck for blackening the circles!!
ReplyDeleteinteresting,,interesting,,interesting...
ReplyDelete@Dharmabum - point. For after that, the controversy just died down, which is unnatural for any news channel with such scoops.
@shwetha - once more, spot on. only the big gruesome ones reach our ears..the rest end up as mere statistics on a piece of paper..imagine that..our full life reduced to a line in an obscure sheet..
@shamu..thanks. and w.r.t. your question, as u guessed, of course not. As Dharmabum pointed out, it maybe a hoax as I havent seen any follow up of this story.. but sadly, our religion is especially filled with such MIRACLE filled loop holes at times, which can really be utilised by those seeking a profit in the name of religion. In fact, your point in reverse, is more scary. What if, even when a godly miracle is proven to be a man made falsehood, ppl dont believe it is fake becos it goes "against the belief" which, at any rate was created by the fraudulent men in the 1st place..