Time for some serious action...

The spate of rape cases in India over the last year is a matter of grave concern for everybody..Child rapes have increased exponentially and the perpetrators of this ghastly crime continue to walk away scot free almost every time due to the various loopholes in the judicial system...Only few cases manage to make it past the Police to the courts. In many cases they are held back by the victims and their families due to the fear of further oppression and embarrassment. If at all the cases do manage to get to the courts, the pitifully slow judicial system in India tends to procrastinate judgment so long that there is almost no use expecting anything meaningful to come out of the process...

It is often said that one needs to get to the grassroots level to diagnose the problem correctly..India is a vast democracy with an enormous population and the number of illiterate and uneducated in the country is huge..Uncouth and uncivilized youth roam the streets and morality is absolutely out of the window when it comes to these people..They have very little knowledge of or respect for human values and their attitude towards women is downright atrocious...The very fact that these immoral, lecherous individuals manage to get away time and again with such horrendous acts speaks volumes of the inability of the state to act right and on time..

Almost everyday we see numerous rape cases, accusations related to molestation , incidents of paedophilia and sexual assaults on tourists..All this does not really showcase the country in good light nor does it bode well for the future generation..Parents sweat and worry every minute till their girl gets back home and the fact that girls are unable to walk safely on the streets after evening really goes to show how grave the scene is..Add to this, the various loopholes in our judiciary system abet these criminals and have made them the scourge of the civilized society..

It really is high time the authorities implement a stricter form of punishment say capital punishment/life term or even the death penalty for rape..Agreed that it might sound rather harsh and death penalty is not a very acceptable form of punishment in most places..The people who do protest against capital punishments must also spare a thought for the traumatic experience of the victims and all the embarrassment that they are forced to endure during the course of the process that is supposed to provide 'justice'..There are a few nations that have very stringent laws for various crimes and death penalty definitely serves as a deterrent in those nations..I firmly believe that if and when it is enforced, the rule will surely be a major factor in helping reducing the incidences of the dastardly act that so far has been committed without an iota of fear of any grave consequences...

I sure hope the government decides to act sooner rather than later and takes certain concrete steps whilst formulating more stringent policies to control the menace that is affecting modern India..As Mahatma Gandhi said, the country can be truly envisioned as a developed one only when its women can safely walk the streets even at night without any fear..Let us strive to achieve the great man's dream!