The Final Problem

The concluding part of the three part series,the first two being Ravana in Courts and Rama in Courts ..



Peace at all costs , is the solution to any problem . Go to any extent to make the common man live in peace. He is not concerned about morals, reason , intellect or the most advanced scientific research. He is interested in food , cricket and movies . Any dis rupture in this cycle of life is against the democratic vision of the founding fathers. Peace in every situation . Peace everywhere .. if not Peace what else..talk with terrorists .. hand over money to them if they hijack aeroplanes.. never pursue them .. congratualte them if they successfully bomb some temples .. let them expand do not use weapons against anybody anywhere in any situation.. esp if the terrorists belong to the minority . This country is for everybody .It has been since like this from time immemorial. Anybody can come and do anything to this country and still we take pride for this very exact reason. Let the borders be burnt. Peace is what is needed. If some nation tomorrow claims the owner ship of some state militarily ..let them do it.. they probably are better rulers, this is the line of reasoning.



Every cleansing work has to start from within. This society can't even get rid of the extreme criminals,instead it sympathizes with them ..and worse takes pride in such factors.. The very parliament which was attacked ,now talks of being merciful to the person who has attacked it.. I wonder what the situation if the heroes who died fighting these terrorists ,instead preferred to save their lives and let the parliament be attacked.. Certainly the seven families would have been happier. Even if the terrorists had been successful that day , they still would not have been successful because since when did our Parliament started being functional anyway??



The efforts and pains which some news channels take to become popular is disgusting to watch and we are a nation soon becoming one whom for which every pro gramme on TV is entertainment. The media is never accountable and they do as and how they please, with no distinction between opinion , news and entertainment. The newspaper industry has become so predicable that given an issue everybody knows how each newspaper will respond. The hindu can never find any positive out of the nuclear deal between India and USA , while Chinese habits are better to be emulated. The useless visit of the chinese premier who claims arunchal pradesh belongs to them is shown only in positive light while the defence deal with israel is somehow only wrong. The times of india is more concerned with the page 3 parties all over mumbai and delhi.The magazines are concerned with advertisements and the tv channels have their own agenda. Sun Tv cannot see any positive in Jayalalitha and Jaya TV cannot see any good in Karunanidhi. Star news is concerned with some mindless peoples rants and everything is so interesting for them ,they just can't sit. Devil's advocate is concerned with asking stupid ,inconsequential questions with more emotion then reason. The debates deal more about sentiments and opinions rather then intellect and reason .Not a single issue is resolved and the intellectuals are the one who can't take a stand. Film stars are the ones who are asked for opinions on Babri Masjid, Kashmir issue or the Bangladesh problem. History of the problem is never given ,nor ever spoken and solutions are to be found for every problem forgetting the history. Correct solutions are never to be found and the only correct solution is the one which is peaceful.



We live in a society which will kill Rama and praise Ravana. Ravana is indeed sympathized forgetting all his heinous acts but only for the manner in which he is killed. Rama is held guilty forgetting all the good work he has done but only for the manner in which he killed Ravana. Karna is loved while Arjuna is hated. Duryodhana is the darling and Krishna is the villain. The people who left the country for their personal reasons are loved while the ones who stayed back never get the recognitions. The pride is in working for some other country's benefit but not for the ones who die saving our country.

 

Rama in courts..

This is the second of the series , the first being Ravana in Courts .. continuing with the story ..

Rama couldn't take it anymore. He had to do something being the husband of the most dedicated wife a man can ever think off and to make matters worse there are hundreds of crores of people who look upto him as the role model as the perfect man. He had to act. Ravana cannot escape like this. Hanumam who has been his closest aide in every event in his life and was called for. They both are responsible to the whole country and are the ultimate powerful men on earth and yet now they lie as mere spectators to the whole drama of Ravana in courts. Damn!! that tiny piece of Lanka.

Ravana, after being free started to become a good Samaritan for his people ,taking up his people's demands and even went to the extent of stating publicly their 10% population should have the first claim in all the benefits of being a citizen of Bharatha Varsha. People have now started worshiping him.

Rama has his personal reasons and the majority to take care. He can't let it pass ,lest all the people start worshiping asuras. Hanuman and he decided what has to be done. They should first kill Ravana and then start the peace process with Asuras. The majority are still with him and he need not fear.

Ravana was found dead the next day in his palace. He fought violently , the scars on his body prove it but in the need he was nothing in front of Rama's skill and he met his end. A mighty warrior like Ravana may have conquered the upper and nether worlds but Rama would most certainly could have done better then him but he was not after acquiring the worlds but was after the welfare of the people. So many people mistook this peaceful approach of him being a pacifist and infact people even doubted whether can Rama is a match to Ravana's skill and valor. Rama proved it otherwise.

The Judiciary was to fast to act ,this time and the most powerful person on earth was brought to courts.The asuras have been protesting violently for Rama's beheading for his act. The majority where with Rama but most of them did not approve the killing of Ravana. “Violence against any human is a crime” said one fat chicken-eating person. “ Justice should be equal to all” said another. Rama may have acted for the benefit of us but still he can't kill. Nobody has the right to kill.

Rama was sent to prison and his trial started. He wondered if nobody has the right to kill , then do the criminals only have this exclusive right. Is this some privilege we provide to the criminals? They kill as many as they want and after a life long judicial process they are to spend their lives happily in jails and prisons living on the taxes paid by the hard working and law abiding citizens. Many activists point to some 'industrially' developed nations who have abandoned such capital punishment laws ,but they don't know about the prisons these countries maintain in some secluded islands in the other parts of the world. They have all the money that they get out of selling arms to developing and under developed nations to maintain such cozy prisons,implying they kill some person somewhere to make a living.. that is what their grand fathers have done and they do it even now.

The Judiciary found himguilty. The judge declared “this is a cold blooded ,premeditated murder and hence deserves highest punishment”.Rama and his accomplice Hanuman both got capital punishment. The asuras welcomed the decision.Ravana may have killed many people but he is not a role model for the people ,while Rama though has killed only Ravana is one of the people whom people look upto in times of danger. He has misused his power and killed Ravana while Ravana with no power and responsibility in his hands may have killed thousands of people ,for which no proof is there but his nature is not something different of what is expected from an Asura. Rama being a human cannot in any circumstance commit such terrible and henious crime and though techincally Hanuman doesn't count as a human,still is one of the master minds behind the murder of Ravana.

The leaders of Asuras planned to celebrate Diwali on the day of execution of Rama. Everybody were showering praises on how judiciary can be still relied upon for justice. The activists against capital punishment were silent because any sort of protest to save Rama may hurt the sentiments of the minority asuras.Such protests may set the nation on fire. When the due judicial process has been followed ,Rama probably is a threat to the country.

There were no appeals to save the life of Rama and the valiant leader was sent to the gallows and Bharatha Varsha started celebrating how the democracy is at work.

Ravana in Courts.

First of a three part series..

The case is quite popular and has received media attention from the start. Fifteen long years have passed . It is so well known that even the villagers who have never known what a television is have an opinion in this case. Today is the judgment day for the prime accused,Ravana.

The serious nature of the allegations against the accused ,if found guilty will lead to capital punishment. Is he guilty or not is the question.

The clock struck 9 and the judge was ready to deliver the judgment. " The accused ,Ravana has been found guilty under section 364 ,for kidnapping Sita;section 509 for harassing her and is found guilty of molesting and raping countless women in his Lanka. Seeing the nature of the crime, this is classified as a the rarest of the rare cases and he is to be hanged " the judge continued "Since he has been born with 10 heads , he is to be hanged 10 times until death."

The vigilant news media,at once beamed the judgment ant the millions of people came to know about it in no time. There was joy every where. At last, Dharma prevailed and the guilty has been rightly led to the gallows. There were to be special discussion and debates in all the primary news channels about the nature of the judgment and how could this affect future crime scenario.

People were not so interested in a settled case so the channels wanted something interesting and one of them started a program should Ravana be hanged at all ? The luminaries in the discussion were a representative from The Human Rights Commission(HRC) , a founder of an NGO which is against capital punishment and a retired army officer who fought in the Indo-China war.

The anchor started right away. " The land mark judgment has been delivered and every body is happy but there are many questions that are been left unanswered. Are we a civilized nation after awarding capital punishment? Should we kill somebody at present for his mindless action in the past? Ravana being a asura who are a minority in Bharatha Varsha won't it hurt the sentiments of the minority especially when Shiva Rathri is coming which is fifteen day pompous celebration for them? To answer such difficult question we have invited the experts and we would be very happy even if one of the questions will be answered."

The representative from HRC picked up from there. "Ravana though has committed many crimes which are not proven for which i cannot give a judgment being an impartial observer would like to talk only about the case relating to Sita. One thing is clear, he never raped her.. He kidnapped her but it was under Sita's will Sita very well knew danger is wrought on her if she crosses the Lakshman rekha but still she has done it which implies she actually went with Ravana according to her will. Sita we have to note is not a modern woman,she doesn't have a goal in her life and many times she has publicly stated she doesn't need freedom or respect and serving Rama is all that she wants to do in her life. This sort of behavior doesn't go well in our society and no wonder most of the women are against her. Ravana is a man and it is natural for a man to get attracted to other women. A woman like Sita never needed the protection of State and she has always put her husband above state and society,which shows her indifference to the human society. “

“The countless women he has been charged with rape, we have to note have never said publicly any thing against Ravana. We just went along with the word of Hanuman who supposedly visited his palace in search of Sita,Why he did not bring her then and there speaks volumes whether he really visited her. In spite of all this , Ravana emotionally and physically tortured Sita for 14 years for which he deserves punishment but not capital punishment.”

The retired army officer continued. “I have seen enough blood shed in the wars i participated and one thing i can confirm is taking aways somebody's life doesn't change anything. Life is precious ,even if it is our enemy's. I have always been against capital punishment and i even submitted a memorandum to the government to look into the capital punishment. Many developed nations scrapped that law but some how we still linger on to the colonial days of judgment where every freedom fighter was hanged to death.”

The famous NGO founder thundered. “Today judiciary may have won,but humanity has been defeated. There is no shred of doubt that Ravana tortured Sita but the judiciary should look for the common good when delivering justice. What justice is this which will only hurt the 'sentiments' of the people. He is the sole leader of their group and such excessive punishing statement doesn't agur well for the nation especially during their festival time. The Nation will be set on fire.”

In the mean time the results for the question of the day “Should Ravana be hanged?” came. 87% of the people said yes. The results seems to be slightly skewed in favor of Rama and against Ravana but that should not be taken as the voice of the people since we know more then 60% of the people who watch television don't respond to such question and such people for whom this doesn't interest we can safely say that they support Ravana, if not why won't they respond? So doing some petty calculations we can say that 35% of the people say Ravana has to be hanged while the rest 65% say no he shouldn't be. The viewers also support Ravana.

The army officer responded. “Yes, that is the expected reaction from the common people. A common Indian is more concerned with food and tomorrow ,then such petty trials .A common man is a humanitarian. The feeling of humanity runs through all of us which is natural. Here we also have to consider the work Ravana has done for his people. The ones that lived under the ground , he brought them and put them in a golden city. He devised rules and regulations for a peaceful society among his tribe. He has brought universal respect for his people. The demise of such a leader will only lead to civil war in this country which has never been fair to the minorities.”

The debate stopped for that day and the next day some of the political party leaders went to consolidate Ravana and they too echoed the same opinions of yesterday's debate. They filed a mercy petition with the president and were eagerly awaiting the president's signature on that.

“What's the point in hanging him? I see it clearly now” said on of the auto drivers who have all seen yesterday's debate.
“Sita is back with her husband. The other women are happy in Ravana's palace .Why should we now try to kill poor Ravana for his past actions? I hope the president pardons him.”

All the political parties where up against the judgment and were one with the government in this matter. Soon enough ,Ravana was pardoned and he was awarded five years rigorous punishment. Since Ravana spent fifteen years already in jail, he was declared to have served his sentence and for every one year excess he has spent he received a compensation package of one crore rupees. In all he was set free and was loaded with ten crore rupees for the humiliation he had to suffer for 10 extra long years.

Seeing this,Sita could not bear “ But he has made me suffer for years who is going to compensate
me for that? Does giving money nullify the crime?He has killed thousands of people in building the golden city now showing that Lanka as a marvel of development they have set him free. Oh!! my Lord i am burning ”,saying this she fell on the feet of Rama for justice.

Rama decided his next course of action.

To be continued...