The trauma of seeking Justice

In India Justice from courts is a very very long battle. Classic case is the Nirbhaya.

Nirbhaya episode occurred on December 2012 and as on January 2020 mercy petition is filed.

Nirbhaya's mother rightly questioned:

Soon after the court issued directions to the Tihar jail authorities, Nirbhaya’s mother started crying. "But what about our rights," Asha Devi asked. "The court has given them [convicts] to time to seek remedy. The court is only looking at their [convicts] rights and not ours. There is no guarantee that a judgment will be given on next date of hearing," Asha Devi told news agency ANI.

When courts speak about importance of human rights to the accused and cases get dragged for over 20 years the following statement is made by a victim's representative i.e. Ms Neelam Krishnamootrhy (Upahaar cinema episode*):

"If I had to do it all over again, I would just pick up a gun and shoot the guys who were responsible for my children's death. I would not like to go through this trauma. After killing them, I can kill myself so I don't suffer. As simple as that."

I don't know about court status outside India. 

In India it seems part of the below quote (marked bold) is in play:

Justice is the tolerable accommodation of the conflicting interests of society, and I don't believe there is any royal road to attain such accommodation concretely. - Judge Learned Hand

Lawyers will not be unhappy with dragged court cases, the reason is:

Lawyers will, as a rule, advance quarrels instead of repressing them. Moreover, men take up that profession, not in order to help others out of their miseries, but to enrich themselves. It is one of the avenues of becoming wealthy and their interest exists in multiplying disputes. It is within my knowledge that they are glad when men have disputes.

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* - To know why victim's representative made the above statement please read Upahaar cinema episode. 

Wake up Indian Cricket Fans / Readers

An interesting interview with a Indian cricketer (Suresh Raina) who wants to be a part of Indian Cricket Team (for ICC T20 World Cup starting from October 2020) appeared in Times of India.

Beauty of the interview : appeared on two different days but headlines were completely different:

Author of the interview Vivek Krishnan.

Main interview appeared (or planted) on 24 January 2020, headline stated in Times of India:

A good IPL can extend my career by 2-3 years: Suresh Raina

Same interview appeared on 26 January 2020 (Mumbai print edition) with different headline in Times of India:

MS Dhoni is fit and Indian team needs him: Suresh Raina.

Grey color and Pink color introduced to differentiate by me for helping readers.

Grey color was the real interview and the Pink color one appears to be placed advertisement. Also pink colored headline appeared in the print edition of Mumbai on 26 January 2020.

Everything is same except headline and photo appearing on the interview.

Here date also plays a key role 24 January 2020 it will not catch the eye.

However, on 26 January 2020  (India Republic Day) same interview appearing will be read by many. This is beauty of placing the news / interview /(advertisement) on most important day i.e. 26 January 2020 Sunday.

Is the article pertaining to Raina or a paid advertisement for bringing Dhoni name in the media?

Similar news was published in India Today (web edition) on 26 January 2020:

It is Virat's call: Suresh Raina says Team India still needs MS Dhoni.

In Times of India paper at least there were few questions asked and Raina was replying. In India Today (web edition) there is no clarity as to whether their staff interviewed Raina or it was a news picked from a web interview and reproducing it.

Now how will readers differentiate which is news and which is paid advertisement?

The big question today is how far there is truth over True Fan Following.

Wake up Indian cricket fans - Read and Understand properly.

Shantanu Ray Interview - PGurus

It is worth listening to Shantanu Guha Ray interview by Sree Iyer. The takeaways:

• How Jignesh Shah was targeted?
• Who were key players in the Jignesh Shah ?
• National Stock Exchange (NSE) Co-Location scam?
• Why NSE should not list?
• The likely beneficiaries of NSE Listing?
• Big breaks come from Whistle blowers and not from Pink Papers

India - China decision making differences

Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar gave basic difference in Indian and Chinese approach to a problem. The best explanation was on the Indian part. It is true we Indian's believe the problems will disappear on its own.

I will reproduce what Foreign Minister stated:

“The Chinese, in a sense, look at a problem and start thinking how do I solve the problem. That is a sort of systemic mindset. Those who solve it quickly efficiently are rewarded," he said adding the whole system in China was a problem solving system similar to the ones in the US and Russia.

"In India’s case, We look at a problem and we say the problem is a problem, I wish it would go away. Our instinct is not to home in on a solution, our instinct is to kick it down the road," he said. “To me the concern I have is years of doing this today we have accumulated a legacy of problems," he said adding that the Modi government had taken steps to address these issues.

Note: Video added on 28 January 2020

Unfortunately, Indians always believed in Jugaad mentality.

It is worth remembering what Peter Senge said:

“If we see each problem—be it water shortages, climate change, or poverty—as separate, and approach each separately, the solutions we come up with will be short-term, often opportunistic, “quick fixes” that do nothing to address deeper imbalances.”

― Peter M. Senge, The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals And Organizations Are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World

Charlie Munger also said something on similar lines:

‘Now you turn to India. And I would say, I’d rather work with a bunch of Chinese than I would the Indian civilization mired down, caste system, over-population, assimilated the worst stupidities of the democratic system, which by the way Lee Kuan Yew avoided, it’s hard to get anything done in India. And the bribes are just awful. So, all I can say is, it’s not going to be easy for India to follow the example of Lee Kuan Yew. I think that India will move ahead. But it is so defective as a get-ahead…the Indians I know are fabulous people. They’re just as talented as the Chinese, I’m speaking about the Indian populace. But the system and the poverty and the corruption and the crazy democratic thing where you let anybody who screams stop all progress? It mires India with problems that Lee Kuan Yew didn’t have. And I don’t think those Indian problems are always easy to fix. Let me give you an example.

The Korean steel company, POSCO, invented a new way of creating steel out of lousy iron ore and lousy coal. And there’s some province in India that has lots of lousy iron ore and lot of lousy coal. Which is there’s not much use for. And this one process would take their lousy iron ore and the coal and make a lot of steel. And they got a lot of cheap labor. So POSCO and India were made for each other. And they made a deal with the province to get together and use the POSCO know how and the India lousy iron ore and lousy coal. And 8 or 9 or 10 years later with everybody screaming and objecting and farmers lying down in the road, or whatever’s going on, they canceled the whole thing. In China they would have just done it.

Lee Kuan Yew would have done it in (Singapore). India is grossly defective because they’ve taken the worst aspects of our culture, allowing a whole bunch of idiots to scream and stop everything. And they copied it! And so they have taken the worst aspects of democracy and they forged their own chains and put them on themselves. And so no I do not like the prospects of India compared to the prospects of…and I don’t think India’s going to do as well as Lee Kuan Yew.

Charlie Munger made these remarks when asked about Indian scenario (Berkshire Hathaway exited India in 2013 and haven’t returned since):-

On Yatra (travel) quotes

Accidental visit to a twitter handle introduced me to a website which unfolded Sanskrit quotes on glories of travelling.

It was surprising that such interesting quotes were available in ancient Indian  literature.

Website name : inditales (managed by Ms Anuradha Goyal)

(Source for the website: @anuradhagoyal)

The effort of Ms Goyal is worth commendable for collecting such beautiful quotes and bringing it to a large section of ignorant Indians. Earnestly believe that such quotes are shared among the younger generation and to wider audience of Indian subcontinent.

Besides quote the author has extensively written on various travel destinations / travelling experiences. Before undertaking a travel to explore India it is advisable to visit this website. The website is a treasure house for travelers.

I will reproduce only four of the quotes here for reading, for rest of the quotes, readers are requested to visit the website inditales:

चरन्ति वसुधां कृत्स्नां वावदूका बहुश्रुताः।

(महाभारत, शांति पर्व १९-२४)

बुद्धिमान और वाक्-कुशल व्यक्ति, सारी पृथ्वी का भ्रमण करते हैं।

Intelligent and eloquent people roam around the whole world.

आस्ते भग आसीनस्य, ऊध्वर्स्तिष्ठति तिष्ठतः।

शेते निपद्यमानस्य, चराति चरतो भगः।

(ऐतरेय ब्राम्हण ७.१५)

ठहरे हुए व्यक्ति का सौभाग्य भी ठहर जाता है। उठ खड़े होने वा ले व्यक्ति का सौभाग्य उठ खड़ा हो जाता है तथा सुप्त व्यक्ति का सौभाग्य भी सुप्त हो जाता है। उसी प्रकार गतिमान व्यक्ति का सौभाग्य उसके साथ- साथ चल पड़ता है अर्थात उसके सौभाग्य में भी वृद्धि होने लगती है।

The fate of a person who sits, also seats. The fate of a standing person also stands and the fate of a sleeping person also sleeps. But the fate of a person who walks (travels) also walks (grows) along.

चरन् वै मधु विन्दति, चरन् स्वादुमुदुम्बरम्।

सूयर्स्य पश्य श्रेमाणं, यो न तन्द्रयते चरन्।

(ऐतरेय ब्राम्हण ७.१५)

जो व्यक्ति सदा श्रमशील एवं गतिशील हैं, वही सदा मधुपान (शहद/ अमृत / परिश्रम का सुफल) करते हैं। कर्मयोगी को सदा श्रेष्ठ कर्म का श्रेष्ठ परिणाम मिलता है। सूर्य की कर्मठता तथा सृजन शीलता देखिए, क्षण भर भी जो दूसरों के कल्याण के लिये अपने श्रम से विमुख नहीं है।

The one who travels enjoys the nectar. The same enjoys sweet fruits. Look at the efforts of lord Surya; he is never tired of walking.

यस्तु संचरते देशान् यस्तु सेवेत पण्डितान् ।

तस्य विस्तारिता बुद्धिस्तैलबिन्दुरिवाम्भसि ॥

(सुभाषित मंजरी)

भिन्न भिन्न देशों में भ्रमण करने वाले तथा विद्वानों के साथ संबंध रखने वाले

व्यक्ति की बुद्धि उसी तरह बढ़ती है, जैसे तेल की एक बूंद पानी में फैलती है।

The intelligence of a person who travels in different countries and associates

with scholars expands, just as a drop of oil expands in water.