I salute this girl for the courage shown by her. I understand her plight and I think it should make the head of all of us Indians hang in shame, not only for the fact that rapes aer so common in India, or that the influential people try to subvert the process of criminal investigation and justice, but also the fact that it takes a letter to the President of India to ensure justice.
I hope the President of India looks into the matter, and I hope his intervention and the media-awareness created by this letter ensure quick justice.
But what about the thousands of other girls who may have been raped many years ago, and the court cases may be just going on?
I feel that the judicial system needs some quick revamps. Regarding rape cases, I feel:
- a rape case must be mandatorily decided within six months, - hearings should be on a daily basis and in camera, - the defense lawyers must be sternly warned by the judges in case they try to ask humiliating questions to the victim or malign the character of the victim. A defense lawyer trespassing such limits should be barred from participating in any rape cases in future.
According to me, rape is the worst crime on humanity. It is worse than murder. A murder victim is dead once for all, a rape victim, at least in Indian society, has to die a thousand deaths, day in and day out.
A rape convict must be mandatorily given a death sentence. In fact, they should be publicly lynched. Some human rights activists may say that lynching is inhuman. Is rape any less inhuman?
