Finally Manu Sharma is convicted; a relief to every law abiding citizen! Press (TOI) claims he didn’t have any sign of remorse on his face even after hearing the verdict. What is he made of? I am glad he got imprisoned for life; this way he gets an idea of how life is without any power, money, freedom or will. To me, this is a very important day for Indian democracy; we established that people cannot get away with any kind of crime on the basis of power. This verdict also established the fact that nobody can curb junta’s voice. How thankful Jessica’s family must be when the Delhi High Court reopened her case on public unrest. Good to know, that even in a country as corrupt as ours, law & order are not completely unheard of. This was my point in my earlier post; http://vaidehid.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-life-imitates-art.html.
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I guess you are right lot of law abiding citizens of India are happy that Manu Sharma got what he deserved; but that's the whole problem. We they are happy because one criminal is served with a life sentence. And in this case I don’t think the well educated, law abiding citizens of India need to take any credit, cause they didn’t do anything, the thing that made a difference is privatization of media in the country, can you imagine Manu Sharma getting his "destiny" in the age of DOORDARSHAN !!?. Would the law abiding citizens of India have taken to the streets and done satyagrah to make sure that Manu Sharma is punished, in the doordarshan age. Anyway, the point is it is a good start but we have a long way to go. Till the salman khans of the India are still on the streets, powerful and wealthy ppl in India have nothing to worry about before and after committing any crime.
certainly this was possible even during doordarshan days! & why not, when freedon fighters roared, did they have any tv exposure? when people can't take things anymore, they speak up, sooner or later!
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