Cant expect Justice froma court composed of chickens!!!

I am disappointed….. Yes I am very disappointed with the Delhi court acquitting the prime accused in the Jessica lal murder case. The case had seemed simple enough with lot of people coming forward as witness to her murder, which was done, mind you, in front of hoards of people. Of course, when it takes more than 6 years for a case to come into the court, what can you really expect!!!!! Most of the witnesses turned hostile. And please do remember, one of the co accused Vikas Yadav is the prime accused in another murder case.

I really don’t think there Is any justice any more. And I really fear for myself, and all the average Indians. I head from one of the guys on a forum on orkut, that what happened to her was “Occupational hazard”. Coz she was there serving drinks to the high rollers who have German sledgehammers for pens. But when u mix guns with drinks, like Russel Peters says" Somebody gotta get hurt real bad"

Sick really, if this is what an average Indian thinks.

I am really one of those people, who is very passive when it comes to injustice of any kind.I am not very proud of that, but it is just that some how very sub consciously I have stopped forming opinions of my own, for the prime reason of not getting into trouble. But this is infuriating and despicable, not coz the case took such a turn, but because I really dint expect people to say, it was her fault. I don’t know, if this is some form of shrugging your shoulder and saying, what to do, Indian judicial system is going to dogs, and the only way to survive is not to get into these kinda situation. Blaming the profession!!!!! It just boils down to the fact that, if you are a model, or one of those people who move around in the high society party circuit, voluntarily or not, you deserve to get raped or murdered by anybody with money and power .

I know , this is just one of those many situations, that we have come across to prove beyond doubt there is nothing called justice. This is just one of those examples, which got too much of media attention…and may be…. may be after the family appeals again…there is some hope… But what about all those countless cases which never gets talked about, because the people involved in it are not that high profile ….. I don’t know ….. I really don’t know!!!!!!!!!

Clueless

Something very weird happened to me few days back .I say weird, because, right now I really don’t have any explanation for it.

My new work place is very nice and everyone in general has made it a point to make me and Abhishek(he joined the organization with me) very welcome. There is this one colleague of mine, who according to me, actually went out her way to get us accustomed to the whole new environment. Now right after I joined, I got to know, that she had resigned and was serving her notice period. A bond formed between us, because I suppose she could understand what my apprehensions were, as she herself was embarking on to a new career. We have had few talks, really long one’s where she passed on her wisdom, and gave me tips on how to avoid pitfalls and stuff.

The day she was leaving, we had a small get together, where she was asked to talk a little about her experience in the company…..it was a touching speech, and for a few seconds I did think, it would have been nice to know this person better. And then suddenly, I really don’t know why, tears welled up inside me.

I have no explanation to it, because, I had not really formed a bond that close. Why I don’t really understand is, I am basically not such an emotional person. Things bother me, but those are things that pertain to my very near and dear one’s. I am not indifferent but I am no crybaby too. My other colleague’s have made it a point to not let me forget this embarrassment. I heard somebody say, “humne socha tha ki tum star plus ho, tum tho doordarshan nikli”. Please don’t ask me to explain, what that meant.

My last blog was about Goodbye’s!!! and this just seemed such an irony. I hope this is just one of those very rare happenings…but if this means, it is going to become a trend, than God save me!!!!!!!

If by Rudyard Kipling

[IF]

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!

--Rudyard Kipling

I've received a lot of nice feedback from folks about this particular poem. I'm glad that I could contribute something useful to the Internet, even if the words are Kipling's and not mine. Enjoy.