It is the sad truth that in India, spurned lovers throw acid on their victims. The girl suffers for no fault of hers, except that she was pretty enough to arouse the monster man's emotions. Preeti Rasthi died because of an acid attack at Bandra teminus, in 2013. The current news is that Preeti Rathi's murderer was sentenced to death but he was smiling in the courtroom and even threatened the family with dire consequences when he would be released. So, he is sure that the higher court will consider his 'youth' and a chance to be 'redeemed' and thus let him face a 'life sentence' instead. And a life sentence in India amounts to a few years in prison and then release. Such heinous crimes deserve a heinous punishment. The culprit should also be made to suffer an acid attack as a punishment. That would be justice and an impediment for future attackers too.
What riled me most when I watched this news was that his lawyer was a female, and she was condoning his conduct and almost announcing that he was blameless and that the sentence was biased because the victim was a girl? I sincerely feel that this lawyer should empathise with the victim and her family and should not have even represented the felon. Preeti was only 24 years old, young and pretty and perfectly healthy. She died because of the attack and now the boy involved gets a sentence after 3 years? The girl's old father is seeking justice for his daughter. Why did it take so many years for justice and that too, it will be questioned in a higher court yet. In such cases, one begins to doubt the judicial system and of course the typical response is that 'justice delayed, is justice denied'.
The latest victim of a gruesome acid attack is the case of 19 year old Reshma banoo Quereshi. Two years ago, this daughter of a taxi driver, was attacked with acid by her brother-in-law, when she was only seventeen. This year, Lakhme fashion week in New York, prepped her up and she was the show-stopper, at the event.
Laxmi Agarwal was only 15 when she suffered an acid attack by a 32 year old man, who she had refused to marry, in 2005. She fought for the rights of acid attack victims and even hosted a TV show to enlighten the public about the plight of victims. In 2014, she found love with a social activist, Alok Dixit and they decided not to marry, but to be in a live in relationship.
Why does a person resort to such a vicious revenge? How can you profess love and then want to destroy the person physically like that? I have personal experience about a couple who were so good together and then there was a rift because of family opposition. Then the boy resorted to verbal abuse, and physical abuse by throwing things at the girl involved. Thankfully he only used water and juices to vent his anger and frustration. He went onto make new relationships and I wonder how he is making the new girl in his life suffer, because certain males have a very bloated ego and they repeat abusive behaviour. It is a sad story for the girls that have suffered with him because they will never trust a male or believe in love, I'm sure.
Such attitudes should be changed during formative years by the parents and teachers. But school education only stresses on marks and not on forming characters. As a teacher, I have to deal with quite a few children from abusive parental relationships or broken homes. Such students do not perform well academically and hardly smile. It is a challenge that I face daily, to make them passionate about any school activity, so that it brings a smile on their face.
What riled me most when I watched this news was that his lawyer was a female, and she was condoning his conduct and almost announcing that he was blameless and that the sentence was biased because the victim was a girl? I sincerely feel that this lawyer should empathise with the victim and her family and should not have even represented the felon. Preeti was only 24 years old, young and pretty and perfectly healthy. She died because of the attack and now the boy involved gets a sentence after 3 years? The girl's old father is seeking justice for his daughter. Why did it take so many years for justice and that too, it will be questioned in a higher court yet. In such cases, one begins to doubt the judicial system and of course the typical response is that 'justice delayed, is justice denied'.
The latest victim of a gruesome acid attack is the case of 19 year old Reshma banoo Quereshi. Two years ago, this daughter of a taxi driver, was attacked with acid by her brother-in-law, when she was only seventeen. This year, Lakhme fashion week in New York, prepped her up and she was the show-stopper, at the event.
Laxmi Agarwal was only 15 when she suffered an acid attack by a 32 year old man, who she had refused to marry, in 2005. She fought for the rights of acid attack victims and even hosted a TV show to enlighten the public about the plight of victims. In 2014, she found love with a social activist, Alok Dixit and they decided not to marry, but to be in a live in relationship.
Why does a person resort to such a vicious revenge? How can you profess love and then want to destroy the person physically like that? I have personal experience about a couple who were so good together and then there was a rift because of family opposition. Then the boy resorted to verbal abuse, and physical abuse by throwing things at the girl involved. Thankfully he only used water and juices to vent his anger and frustration. He went onto make new relationships and I wonder how he is making the new girl in his life suffer, because certain males have a very bloated ego and they repeat abusive behaviour. It is a sad story for the girls that have suffered with him because they will never trust a male or believe in love, I'm sure.
Such attitudes should be changed during formative years by the parents and teachers. But school education only stresses on marks and not on forming characters. As a teacher, I have to deal with quite a few children from abusive parental relationships or broken homes. Such students do not perform well academically and hardly smile. It is a challenge that I face daily, to make them passionate about any school activity, so that it brings a smile on their face.
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