Honour killing! Really?

It has been months since I had read about the Judgement in Aarushi murder case. Even today, as I sit down to write this blog, I am extremely disturbed and worried.

An investigation based on the theory of ‘Honour killing’; A Judgement based on the theory of ‘Honour killing’, in the year of 2014. I agree that we are a third world country and technology & the facilities offered to (and the processes set up for) various government departments are way inferior compared to that of developed world. That should not necessarily dictate that the quality of thoughts, actions and expressions by these departments to be very inferior and downright unacceptable.

The UP police did kill Honour of a child; The Post-Mortem team did Honour killing; The CBI did Honour killing; The Forensic team did Honour killing; The media, both ‘Print’ and ‘Telecast’ did Honour killing; The Judgement did Honour killing; Above all, the people of this country did the biggest of Honour killing – reading and watching over several years and doing nothing about it;

It is so very convenient for everyone involved, to shamelessly do this, because Aarushi is not alive. It also is extremely convenient because they can sell this theory in India. What is worse, the public wants to read more and flourish on the cheap entertainment about a bad character here, an Honour killing there and swinging couples everywhere.

 By some miraculous divine intervention, if Aarushi were to be alive today, how many of these gentlemen/ladies have the moral courage to go and stand before her and say the things they have said about her openly to the entire nation. Aarushi would apply pepper spray on them because this is an attack on her character. And Aarushi would have every right to question their character.

If an investigative agency and a court of law can convict parents of a child on Honour killing theory and circumstantial evidences, what is the sentence against CBI for killing the Honour of a child (just by wild and shady imagination) with no evidence whatsoever?

By this post, we pray along with million others for the higher courts to restore the Honour of a murdered child. Truth must prevail!

Khobragade and Aarushi

Today, I have read the news about “India welcomes US court dropping indictment against Khobragade”. India is happy to pull off what is being considered as restoring honor of an Indian citizen, to be more specific, an Indian diplomat. Well done! Congratulations! Indian government stands up strongly for one of her daughters, corrupt or not.

Am I happy reading this news? Not at all! On the contrary, I am deeply saddened. The same government did nothing to stop tarnishing of a murdered child’s honor. Aarushi! Almost every governmental organization (Police, CBI, Forensic Labs), Media and Judiciary assassinated the honor of a murdered child. The entire country allowed this to happen. The Indian government allowed this to happen. Mother India let one of her youngest daughter’s honor ripped and did not shed a tear.

When a country, with all her might, is fighting for restoring honor of a diplomat, a common man expects the same for every citizen. Now, what does a common man expect when Aarushi murder case goes for appeal in higher courts? Restore honor of a child! Even if that takes to admit that all the governmental organizations have erred, admit it! There is no shame! Rather, India will be more proud to declare to the world that, she does not mind admitting wrong-doing and looking bad by her earlier actions, if her current righteous actions make her daughters look good and make her daughters honourable!

When the government has the audacity to question and challenge a foreign country’s legal system on an arrest of one of her diplomats (probably corrupt), should the government not fight against wrongful judgement meted out to one of her innocent daughters (and, in all likelihood, guiltless parents) by the home judicial system.

All of us pray that the higher courts will do the right thing and restore the honor of a murdered child! Satyameva Jayate!