Enroute to my kids school I happened to hear the CM speaking
to the junta-in the wake of the recent stabbing of a 19 year old. As usual this
gentleman who was earlier seen as a messiah by many (until he revealed his true
colors) managed to politicize the issue for his own gain and how
“The next time one comes across a
girl being threatened with a weapon, visualize her as your daughter or sister and that’ll automatically
help you summon the courage to face the attackers and defend the victim.” …Really?
This brought back to my memory Asaram Bapu’s sermon after the ill-famed Nirbhaya
incident where he said something similar about addressing attackers as brothers
and witnessing a change of heart in them. I remember him being hounded by the media
and the junta for a really long time after. So now AK-49 is the new Bapu?
Arvind Kejriwal is using radio advertising to ask the PM to
grant him the authority over Delhi police (at the tax payers’ expense of course).
The radio should be a common man’s tool. It should be used more to address and
bridge gap between civic authorities and the common citizen, and less for political
propaganda that to when we’re past the stage of election campaigning. Interestingly, the ex-CM is supporting this
decision to hand over the reins of the police (full statehood) from the central
government to the state (indirectly). May I ask Madam, shouldn’t you have done
this when both the state and the central government were run by your party. A
CM has a protocol to follow, so please use the official channels instead of
misleading the common man by resorting to such “nautanki” tactics.
In my opinion in the land where Kali and Durga are
worshipped we don’t need a CM to tell men to visualize daughters and sisters to
defend prospective victims. I would rather have us women channelize our Inner
Durga / Kali and defend ourselves/ our sisters/ our daughters and all womanhood.
This is not as easy as it sounds, but it’s not impossible. The first step is to
realize that there is a Durga or Kaali within.
I also have faith that central government will take
cognizance of the situation and soon undertake additional measures after those
already taken. There’s been a visible change in the functioning of the Delhi
police, which has started taking a more proactive stance off late . The police
reforms also need to be implemented fully. The recently launched Himmat app and help line numbers are a
step in the right direction. With digitalization,
we can get results with minimum resources and optimal solutions need to be
devised. Areas with low police presence need to be made aware of digital tools-
perhaps people are more likely to have the courage to alert the police using an
app rather than confront armed miscreants following Bapu Ak 49’s advice. Soon
we should reach a stage where no woman is ever left alone and help can come from
various quarters. Private emergency response services should also be utilized
with the help of technology. I believe in
Acche din, Namo and the digital India vision!
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