I have a paper on womens studies today ...... as i go through the feminist view points and angst ....i remember Jessica Lall and Priyadarshini Mattoo case ...both verdicts were so well deserved i feel .
Why does something so brutal , a punishment so harsh fills me with hope ....because in my heart i believe in the adage - an eye for an eye ???? Is it because the nature of the crime was such a heinous one , esp the latter ???
As a woman , i hope in my heart that this would reduce the crime rate again women , shatter the feeling of invincibility among the rich n well connected , make the neighborhood a better place .
Do i feel vindicated for the times when being a woman made me more vulnerable , all those acts of eve teasing , of the feelings of being violated ...........
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I am glad, you too chose to write on the same subject.
In Priyadarshini's case, she was continuously harrassed for two years, police complaints were of no avail as the accused was very influential and with precise planning, she was raped and murdered. The accused in such cases do not deserve to be in the society. I too agree with you that Hamurabi's law of 'an eye for an eye' and ' a tooth for a tooth' cannot be the general rule.
Civilisation demands that we allow the fellow members to lead a dignified life. If we do not do that, we degenerate into animals.
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