My son in law,an NRI told me "one need not have to be powerful to be successful here,so why should I return?'Give me one good reason to return"..He was reacting to my suggestion to come back to India.
Well,he was right.India is a glorious country ,the birth place of Gandhi where the concept of Ahimsa is being extended to serial killers ,terrorists and rapists if they are powerful.
)A convicted killer can live in luxury in the A grade cell because of his status ,play tennis,chess,get home food because he is used to such life .He can be let out on parole to perform the rituals for a grand mother who died years ago.( (Hindu religion prescribes such rituals only to be performed by the son ,not the grand sons though)
Or he can be let out to attend to his sick mother who is found addressing social clubs while the son has a gala time drinking in a bar or attending to his flourishing busines needs.A famous hotelier after much deleberations was sentenced for ten years imprisonment for having murdered the husband of a woman whom he coveted.But he came out on bail and I am sure he can be free till his death .( when the judgement came out in what was known as the muster roll case involving huge corruption in the Madras municipal corporation after 30 years ,none, was alive to undergo the sentence.)I have never seen a politician sentenced for corruption -while a petty thief ends up in jail.If one gets a bail ,it is complete freedom
Recently,a political leader who was ruling the south of Tamilnadu (though he had no office of powewr) was charged with murder.To get a fair trial the case was transferred to another state.But he was acquitted because the witnesses turned hostile( You can not blame them.Poor witnesses had to go back to their home towns or villages to face consequences.)
Several ex miniters got the cases against them dropped after they agreed to join the ruling parties.There are allegations against even high court judges that they were involved in illegal land grabs.Why should the judges appear reluctant to declare their assets,I do not understand.
Political leaders who started as activists fighting for the deprived are now happily settled with money- spinning colleges and business interests.
I sound cynical,but can not help it.
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Good post but you forgot the most important man in that list of bailed out convicts; Mr. Sanjay Dutt. He is now happily acting in several films and goes around preaching Gandhi's ideals. I wonder what the Mahatma's reaction would be for this. His case has made a mockery of the trial.
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