Loud Thinking December 29, 2013 at 03:23PM

A must read for the advocates against the Two Nation Theory

Unpardonable Crime of the Muslims in India !!!

Who said congress is better than BJP of Modi, both are the two sides of the same coin.

An article published by the daily “Pakistan Observer”.

How about same yardstick for rape victims in India?

Nilofar Suhrawardy

Sunday, December 29, 2013 – whenever a case of sexual assault hits the headlines in India, without waiting for a court’s verdict the media and civil society emerge as great sympathizers of victim. In this context, it can be assumed that Indian women are not weak and culprits cannot get away with their crimes.

However, things are not as simple as they might appear. A victim must be supported but such cases should be dealt with extreme caution. During the past few months, a number of rape cases have shocked the Indian nation. Interestingly, the treatment of each case remained very different. We all are familiar with the Tehelka sex scandal. Tarun Tejpal, editor-in-chief of the magazine, has been accused of molesting his colleague in Goa. He was taken into police custody on Nov. 30. Consequently, Tejpal had to step down from his position. Of late, similar charges have been levied against Justice A.K. Ganguly. A law intern has recently accused him of having sexually harassed her last December in a hotel room in New Delhi. Former Supreme Court judge, Ganguly is currently the chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC). He has denied charges and has refused to step down as WBHRC chairman.

In a spectacular frenzy of sensationalism, the Indian media tend to ignore the other side of the story. Please note, in each of the three cases mentioned above, the judicial system took different paths. Tejpal is in custody and no longer the editor-in-chief of the magazine he had founded. Ganguly has refused to quit office. However, he might be compelled to take this step on the directives of the Indian president. So far, he has not been taken into custody.

Charges filed against the accused in these cases rest primarily on the recorded statements of the victims. Certainly, the Indian judiciary must be praised for giving so much importance to what the “victims” have stated against the alleged culprits. But then, why are only a few being accorded a “fair” treatment? Why has the Indian legal system turned a blind eye to scores of Muslim women who were brutally raped by rioters in September in Muzaffarnagar? There are reports of numerous girls being held captive for several days and others having been raped in front of their family members. It is not without reason that the Muzaffarnagar violence has been labeled by some as the second “Gujarat carnage.” Numerous women faced similar atrocities during the 2002 Gujarat pogrom.

If the judicial machinery and media can swing into action so swiftly in the case of Tejpal or Ganguly on the basis of complaints by the victims, why can’t the same treatment be meted out to the victims of the Muzaffarnagar riots and the Gujarat violence?

—Courtesy: Arab News

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