Are We Overdoing Our Rape News?

Lately, probably post-Nirbhaya, India has turned into a Rape Nation! Or so it appears. All the news channels keep a slot in their rapid fire news bouncers for rape news. It feels like every one is put to rape every one. One wonders if even these channels should be also rated as 'Adult Only' or A/U Certificate.
No doubt such incidents are happening, but were they not happening earlier?
No doubt they are heinous, grievous and inhuman, but are the news doing any good to society? One wonders, not. The gut feeling is that they are probably making the rapists hero. With the wide news coverage, it has become a weapon of revenge.
No one is suggesting the way out. No channel is trying to expose the culprits, for all of their investigative journalism.
There must be a ban on such type of ill-reportings. Else, even international media also show our village level rape news in their scrolls.

Uniform Civil Code: The Debate Goes On

For a long long time, the Uniform Civil Code in India has been a critical issue. While the so-called Hinduist political and semi/quasi-political forces keep on raising this issue, the so-called secular political forces as well as the Islamic clerics stand against it. What is amusing is that no one is quite sure what really comprises the Uniform Civil Code!
It may not be a overstatement that most of the individuals batting for UFC really think that it is in fact a Hindu Civil Code. Interestingly, those opposing it also oppose on the same grounds!
Today, on a News Channel (Z News) at 10 pm show Bharat Bhagya Vidhata a Muslim cleric did raise the issue by saying, kya sare dharmon ke log ab fere lenge? (So now on will the followers of all religions encircle the fire?), an indication to the Hindu marriage ritual.
What actually is the Hindu Personal Law? I don't think it prescribes how a marriage should be performed! What I really know is that Hindus follow n number of rituals, vastly varying over the regions, cultures and communities. Take a simple example. In Bihar, UP and Bengal sindoor, the vermilion, on the forehead (rather maang) is the symbol of marriage. In Maharashtra and Punjab it is the mangal sootra. Down South, it is the veni.
What I assume is, a Uniform Civil Code is certainly not a Hindu Civil Code. If one side says it wishes to start a discussion on the issue before actually executing it, where is the harm?
It seems, it is high time we start discussing the issue with open mind and open heart. It will do good to communities. It will certainly do good to the Nation.

The Great Indian Political Theatre

The Lok Sabha of Indian Parliament had its last session today. Though the Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj managed to have a lot of good words to sum up the session, it echoed like "all brides are beautiful; all dead are great".

With so many bills (including vital 'six' of Rahul Gandhi!) remaining undecided, nearly all types of anti-democratic histrionics including the infamous 'pepper-spray' by the Parliamentarians, this House will go down in the history as one of the most useless.

The Lok Sabha was witness of the all mean methods adopted by the Congress for political mileage including formation of Telangana over Andhra bloodshed. Congress need to reply why Rahul-Bills were brought in the last session! It is not a question of why Congress did not consider it in the last nine years. One can awake any time. The issue is, did government want to pass these Bills in haste and therefore they were brought in the last session?

This Lok Sabha was also witness to BJP's what-to-do-what-not-to-do dilemma. Undecided on nearly all issues, it finally supported Congress on all issues!

It also saw the most silent Prime Minister ever.