So, we got the much sought after justice today,@ 7:30 am.Yerwada Jail,Pune,India.Kasab is hanged. How i come to know of the news-Facebook.Ironically,news travels faster than Ajtak/TOI or our local newspaperwallah through over virtual avatars,on facebook where we live a second life,atleast most of us and am in the list ,somewhere in the middle .
Nov 26,2008. Mumbai is shattered.Shooting,hostage,crisis and tales of horror somewhat later.166 people killed.Ajmal Kasab is caught, of the other 9 responsible for shaking peace in one of the fastest cities of the country. Interrogation,hearings and years of VIP treatment. The common man is grinded all the more, over the yearly budgets,to shell out more and more to feed some killer mouths. The average middle class man stoops in his early forties now,thanks to inflation,unemployment,peer pressure, sky rocketing prices and an endless list of etcetra, leaving him no time to think of health/peace. Well, besides all these terrible details,almost 4 years later, today,the verdict of Mumbai attacks comes into effect,hushed and undeterred. Kasab is no more and people are cheering of victory.Justice has finally been done,4 years of patience being paid off. Eyes of those who lost their dear ones,have lit up for a brief moment, in admiration of government's efforts to pay homage. They will finally be moving on,soon ,with the last bits of some harsh memories, lying somewhere in a Pune jail,have been put to sleep. But is it really justice?? Are we really happy or are we fooling ourselves? It is not denying that it was a wake up call to take the long pending action against Kasab but a big question still looms.How many like these still need to be executed?How many more Kasabs are lying in Indian Jails,enjoying and eating away the hard earned money of the taxpayer?How many case files, gathering dust,are lying somewhere hidden in corners of cupboards,some of them speaking aloud to be identified and looked at,before its too late?How many cases which fall in the category of "smaller ones" need to be addressed on time?Shouldn' t we swear justice so fast and strive for settlements before the people who seek justice,breathe their last. Shouldn't we produce more lawyers? Err,honest lawyers.Shouldn't we set examples so that those hands never become strong enough to commit heinous acts.While i applaud the Indian government for taking a big step and setting a much yearned for example,that Justice arrives,better late than never, I wish and hope that next time around,Justice comes,with the batteries of system recharged and wish there be a new sunrise,each day,for someone,somewhere,waiting for it so badly.
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