Arun Jaitley Sushma Swaraj Arrested but Defiant

Though BJP leaders like Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley were detained by Omar's police as they tried to enter Kashmir from the Punjab border, both Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj were defiant. Speaking to the press both leaders criticized Omar saying it's sad that the Government protects those who burn our flags and hoist Pakistani flags while the BJP which just wanted to quietly hoist the flag is being militantly opposed. They maintained that no matter what happens BJP youth wing will unfurl the Indian TriColor also adoringly called  the Tiranga at Lal Chowk. Meanwhile CRPF has issued a statement that they will be hoisting the flag at LAL Chowk. Seems some sort of amicable solution has been through back channels. I hope for the sake of the valley and of the nation, that its true.  

The eye of the storm - Lal Chowk in Sri Nagar

Mayawati Still Does Not Free The Minor Dalit Girl Still

If you want to see a good example of why our politicians are complete douche's and unfit to rule our country. Just take at the a look at what is happening in the Banda Dalit Minor's Rape Case, though the 'alleged' rapist, the MLA  Purushottam Das Dwiwedi, has been locked up, (Swearing revenge on the camera while being taken to the jail) the minor who was raped is still locked up. Mean while the Indian Media which did good in this case, has been screaming how the law states that she can't be jailed because she's a juvenile and her crime is minor (petty theft at best) and also that circumstances in this case mean that there is a very very real chance that the charges she faces have been framed and for once, the media seems to be absolutely right. Pic 1 - Purshottam Dwiwedi Swears Vendetta and Pic 2 - The Birthday Girl of tomorrow (15 January) unawares.

Jai Maa Bhawani

The queen unawares

Update on the Banda Dalit Rape Case  :

(Same day evening)
Another day has passed and the lumbering panting and now very sickly giant that is our entire system has yet get the girl released. The other update is that the CBI which has been asked to investigate the matter has found that the charges of theft which had been slapped on the girl won't in fact stick. She had a blanket and a mobile phone in her possession when she went to the police.

When a girl has been raped and she's bleeding, she'll obviously grab some warm clothing she can get her hands on, considering it's winter and the temperatures up north dip quite a lot now at night. The mobile phone she had belonged to a family member of the politician, but she never tried to hide the possession of the phone and has reportedly reported  that she had grabbed it to call her family but later forgot about it. No matter what, even if she did take a mobile phone from this politicians house, it does not entitle him to rape her and no police officer can place her under arrest because she's not 18.

Finally, the other thing that has come out of this is how thoroughly incompetent the bodies like CWDR, YWCA of India and Saheli are. All they are capable of paying lip service in such cases where their help is actually required and otherwise harass people in the society needlessly especially men. Harish Salve on the other night said these groups should be instantly shutdown because they don't deserve any aid and authority they're given and I completely agree

Indian Media Does Some Good After All

Indian Media's Intervention Puts MLA and cronies behind bars

The Indian media's picking up and running with story of the UP MLA in Banda who had 'allegedly' raped a girl of 17 and then sticking with the story has finally made some thing happen after all. The MLA after 30 days of the 'alleged' incident has been arrested and put behind bars. As a last ditch effort, the MLA has gone on record and said that he couldn't have raped the girl as he is impotent. LOL

 For those not familiar with the story this is what happened:  

The 'Alleged' Rape And the Immediate Aftermath

I can't even get it up he says

The girl a maid of 17 went to work and stay in the accused MLA's house on 8 Dec 2010 and the act which involved the MLA gang-raping her happened on the 11 and 12 December. As soon as she got away she went to the local police and lodged a complaint with the police. Now, here is the really filmy part, the kind that we saw in crappy Bollywood movies throughout the 80's. The police instead of lodging a complaint and sending her for a medical examination while also placing the accused under arrest (as is required in rape cases because of the seriousness of the allegations), consulted with the MLA one Purushottam Dwiwedi who tells them that this girl (name of Sheelu) has fled with stolen items. They take the call, believe the MLA, disbelieve the girl and immediately place her under arrest and then 'allegedly' pressurize her to drop her charges.  

The Electronic Indian Media Picks Up The Story And Gives It A Lot Of Air

It's only after a week the incident and the jailing of the girl that the media, luckily for the girl, gets whiff of the story and then starts playing it aggressively. Timesnow one of the better and less biased news channels of India, plays it most aggressively. As is the norm in such cases, the accused party and those connected to it, pray and hope that the story will die down. So after around 5 days, miss Mayawati (CM - UP) finally feels the pulse of the urban populace of the country and is forced to sack the MLA. Another 20 or so days pass and finally she feels the pulse even better and understands that the MLA needs to be arrested and so he has been today.

The most shocking part was how they didn't even administer any medical treatment to the girl who was bleeding from her private parts when she went to the police and of course the whole angle of how she goes to jail after she has in fact been raped. So, while the media as it has proved time and again can be a nuisance, tool of promotion for some agenda, can in fact also, if it wants to, bring justice where there was for no hope for any.