Upper House
of the Indian parliament- Rajya Sabha, passed the juvenile bill without any
amendments very late. It went to the President for the signature and became a
law to enforcing the punishment to a juvenile committing crime (enlisted) at
the age of 16 like an adult. The bill was the result of the Nirbhaya Case,
happened in December 2012 in Delhi. Nirbhaya was abused brutally in a running
bus by a gang. Among other culprits, a juvenile was also accused in the case.
He was kept in Bal Sudhar grih for three years and on 20th of
December 2015 released and kept under supervision of an NGO.
There was a
strong rage from the different sections of the society against his released. It
was a big question how a person who committed a crime which was similar of an
adult can not be punished by the law? Why the government is not making a strong
law against the crime happening with women in the country?
Many people
along with Nirbhaya ’s parents agitated in-front of the jail, Women association
in Delhi took the case to the Supreme Court. But all went in vain. The
juvenile, who is now 21 years old was released by the court because there were
no such laws to prevent him from his release.
After big
drama, the opposition parties woke up and cooperated with government to pass
the bill which was pending since long. Now the juvenile term will be applicable
for below 16 years at the place of 18 years.
If we try to
figure out the root cause of the criminal personalities / children, there are
many factors. The sexual assault may happen with both females and the males as
well. By and large, girls are more vulnerable in this regard. More over, India
being male dominated society in most parts of country, this problem is acute-
victimizing the female. From the very early child hood, our parents are very
careful to groom the behavior of the female child but the male kids are not
fortunate enough to get the guidance and right direction of the parents and
elders in the society at the right time. Most of the times, females are the
center of the jokes among men’s group. They freely pass bad comments, sarcastic
gesture and use vulgar language for the women/ girls. Some of them think that
all girls and women are their property. Even elders stamp their approval
readily saying that my child is becoming masculine on the bad behavior of the
boys with an attitude reflecting.… he is
a boy and he can do it. The dare devils grow bolder and bolder and some of them
become over daring to commit crimes.
The exposure
of the technology especially the internet facility is also playing crucial role
in this regards. Smart phones are being used by some of the young adults to
sharing the porn videos. It adds fuel to the criminal minded personalities. The
rapid deterioration in the values from the societies augment them to commit
crimes without thinking the repercussion and consequences further.
On the other
hand, the weak will power of the government and administration enforcing the
law and the lack of fast trials in the judiciary on the convicts are
encouraging the evil hearted men. Unfortunately, the very young girl children,
even below five too are becoming the victims. The cruel and beast like behavior
is inhumane and a blot on the face of great Indian culture and civilized
society. First police refuses to
register such cases. If it does, the trials in the courts take long years for
the judgment. After reprehensible cases, the comments from the political
leaders and the people sitting on big posts multiply the affront of the female
society. In general, the females are blamed for their dresses, places and
timing to go.
Now, it is the
high time to change the mind set of the parents and the society towards this
issue. Females are not the commodities and the right of the male community.
They are equally important contributing to the development in today’s world.
It is the duty
of the parents to imbibe respectful attitude towards the women in the minds of
the boys from the very early age. They should present examples from their own
behaviors and conduct in this regard at the place of simply imparting
instructions. At home, husbands and fathers, first give importance to the voice
of the women of the family in decisions. Mall language against them are to be
stopped. Blame game for wrong results are to be eliminated.
When a boy
will experience a respectful environment around him, he will develop the same mind
set. When he finds the same treatment and importance to his sister and other
women in the family as he is receiving, he will learn automatically.
Let me talk
the roles of the schools in this regards. Schools and the teachers are
responsible for the negativity in the children up to some extent. Though the
personality traits and basic temperament is by birth due to the role of the
hormones presence in the individual, as per the psychology theory but the
external factors too become responsible for the aggression in the children. Why
do some children develop with arrogant assertiveness? What causes their irritating
behavior? Actually, when we think seriously, we find that the type of their
behavior display is the result of the behavior of their parents and teachers
from the very early stage of life. All children are not alike. Their
talents and skills differ from each other. Some are very good at academics and
some are not. Some academic excellent students are not at all good in
co-curricular activities. But teachers’ parameters always favor the academic
students. Their poor performance may be
due to language problem or cultural issues with the curriculum of pedagogy.
But, at least 10% of students in all classes are being repeatedly insulted for
not performing well in academics in front of their peer groups, parents and
other teachers. Their repeatedly assault makes them thick skin and they stamp
themselves failure. All negative and disrespectful activities start giving them
pleasure. Without bothering of social norms they enjoy destruction and hateful
behavior. Emotions care becomes rhetoric for them. They turn up in such a
personality for whom ether is no meaning of character, values and ethics.
If a person
has grown with the impression of fit for nothing, failure, scolding, insult,
assault he will return the same to the other when he becomes powerful bodily.
Extreme
negative people they come together as birds of the same feather flock together.
Intensity of the ill actions brings all bad happening in the society like
loitering here and there, theft, consuming drugs, alcohol, ill behavior with
the women even rape cases etc.
Now, it is the
matter of serious concern for the parents for not becoming false and over
ambitious for their kids, teachers to handle the failure of slow achievers for
not making them sensitive less, cruel hearted and dead emotional because the
alluring fighting scene and gun shoot
scenes full of blood shed in the films and
news bulletins containing news threads on terroristic activities add fuel to their
mentality. I recall one incident very
clearly of my school. Once a boy of III
grade cut his both arms with blade at different places and showing the blood
coming out it to other students of his class. I was reported the incident. When
I saw him, I was shocked. A child of hardly eight years was not affected with
his own pain. Rather he was feeling heroic at the moment. Immediately I sent
the child to the hospital for the medication thinking to counsel him later. It
compelled me to think …when a person can not feel his own pain how he will be
considerate for other’s troubles. Instead he will derive more pleasure out of
intense cruelty. He will not be touched on the pleading of the victims.
It may be the
effect of the films, media, parents brought up or the treatments received from
the educational institutions.
Today, it is
the foremost responsibility of all of us to look into the matter for our own responsibilities
for not producing heartless inconsiderate folks. Let us together make our societies fear free
zone for male – females both. A healthy mind set will assure a healthy society.
My earnest
request to all the teaching fraternities to introspect the approach of the
educational institutions in this regard.
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