An 11 year old girl was set on fire in Jaipur. She was told not to wear lipstick by some neighbouring person whom she called ‘uncle’. She defied him, put on lipstick on Friday. The uncle, in a fit of rage, allegedly molested her and then poured kerosene on her and set her on fire. All because she had defied him, and put on lipstick. The girl suffered 90% burns.
A seventeen year old girl in Madhya Pradesh was set on fire by two local goons. She had earlier complained that these two were harassing her. They took their revenge. They forced themselves into her house when she was alone, and set her on fire.
Mr N. D. Tiwari calls Ujjwala Sharma an unchaste woman. He says he was her paramour. Because Ujjwala Sharma had an illicit lover when she was married, that makes her unchaste. And the fact that Mr Tiwari was in love (nay, lust, I would say) with a married woman, the fact that he carried on his affair knowing that Ujjwala Sharma was married, tells us what a pure character he is. If he is so sure that Rohit Sharma is not his biological son, why does he refuse to submit to a DNA test? Is he afraid that the cat will be let out of the basket? Does it not occur to him that by refusing to undergo the test, he is putting himself in a perilous position in the public’s eyes? Doesn’t it occur to him that many will ask, Why not undergo the test? Mr Narain Dutt Tiwari is a four-time chief minister.
Mr Monserrate says that his son is innocent. That his son never sexually harassed the girl he is alleged to have. That his son is being made the victim of a political conspiracy. Then he dares the Goa police to prove that his son is guilty. The police say that they have sufficient evidence to book his son. He knows that. Yet he dares the police to prove that his son is guilty. What is he thinking? Possibly, “The police have got proof so what? I’m a politician, therefore I’ve got, or I will have better proof!” Yet his son is nowhere to be seen. The police have issued a look-out notice in Mr Monserrate’s son’s name. But mind, his son is innocent. And then, part of the concluding lines of his interaction with a Times Now reporter:
Reporter: Finally, Mr Monserrate, where is your son?
Mr Monserrate: He is here.
Reporter: What do I make of that? Is he in the house?
Mr Monserrate: He is very much here. Make what you like of it. He is very much here.
Mamata Banerjee is very concerned about the 2000 odd farmers whose land was allegedly taken forcefully by the West Bengal government. She wants their land returned, never mind that a major part of that land is now un-arable. Oh, and the 11,000 others who had willingly given their land for the factory, and who have been left without land or livelihood after the NANO project was pulled out, are no concern of hers. Apparently.
Be careful if you are going to Mumbai, and are not a Marathi. You might we walking down the road and suddenly find yourself being clobbered by goons claiming to be Raj Thakre’s followers. So what if you had only come to Mumbai to take a competitive exam? This is Maharashtra. Biharis, North Indians have no right to be here. Period.
What kind of world are we living in? Whom are we choosing as our representatives? Are we going back to barbarism?
Post Script: I recently returned home from Haridwar to Asansol by train. My family and I were in a second class sleeper coach. We had, as our co-passengers a group of people, the males among whom were talking actively about some apparently local political issue. I may be wrong, but they seemed to be associated with local politics, albeit to what extent, I can’t say. In the evening the train stopped at Lucknow station. One of the men got down with some bananas. Standing on the platform, he peeled one, and threw the skin of the banana right next to him, on the platform. And then another. The group got down at Kiul station in Bihar, the next morning.
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