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If a party HGovernment in the State, ASaravjit Kaur Manuke on Cheema questioned the Punjab Chief Minister Capt Parliament and come to our doesn’t perform, it will be Haryana Congress Presdent Saturday alleged that some laidback attitude of the police Amarinder Singh on Saturday Assembly, where we have 2/3rd shunted out, he said, pointing Kumari Selja on Saturday persons followed her in a vehi- dispensation, saying the culprits came out against extra consti- majority…it will not be passed to the abysmal poll record of alleged that the State cle in a possible bid to attack had not been arrested by far even tutional executions as being in my state,” he asserted. the Akalis in Punjab since they Government has no concern her. as the victim legislator had pro- against the nation’s “What if Bangladesh refus- were wiped out in the last for the safety of women as According to Manuke, the vided them (the police) with the Constitutional spirit, while also es to take back those asked to Assembly polls. under the Nirbhaya fund, it MLA from Jagraon in screen shots of the car allegedly opposing the Citizenship leave Assam,” said the Punjab On allegations of Punjab received 16 crore for women Ludhiana district, a car fol- by the accused. Cheema warned Amendment Bill, which he Chief Minister, adding that the being responsible for Delhi’s air safety, but 62 per cent of that crimes per day and in the year lowed her vehicle on Friday the government that if the cul- said would not be allowed to be Centre could not take unilateral pollution, Capt Amarinder fund was not spent. 2017, this figure increased to night and tried to hit it from tendent of police (SSP) of the prits were not arrested within 24 passed in his state Assembly. decisions on such important pointed out that he did not get Selja claimed that there 11,370, that is, in the year behind. The car was being dri- Ludhiana Rural Police district hours, the AAP would be com- Speaking at HT Summit, matters. Such a move would permission to fly by chopper has been a continuous increase 2017, there were more than 31 ven rashly in a zigzag manner about the entire episode. pelled to take a tougher stand in Capt Amarinder said, with ref- create problems, he said, asking from Chandigarh due to the in crimes against women in crimes against women per day. on the highway, she said. The Mullanpur Deputy the matter. erence to the Telangana killing “can we refuse Indians settled smog in Delhi Saturday morn- Haryana, and the government Selja according to the MLA was accompanied by her Superintendent of Police G S The Leader of Opposition of the rape accused, that “if the abroad from coming back ing even though his state was is not taking concrete steps for NCRB data, 1099 rape cases husband and was returning to Bains said the suspects had said law and order situation in men had fired at the cops then home if they so want?” bright and sunny. “So where is women safety. were reported in the year 2017 Jagraon from Ludhiana city been identified and an investi- the state had virtually col- the action was justified.” He, Asserting that the BJP’s the pollution in Delhi coming The Congress chief said which was constantly increas- after taking part in a debate on gation was on. lapsed and that criminals and however, made it clear that nationalist agenda was no from, now that stubble burning that according to 2015 National ing. In 2018 and 2019, no data a TV channel. Meanwhile AAP Punjab anti-social elements were there was no such thing as longer working in elections, as has ended in Punjab,” he asked. Crime Records Bureau has been made available by "We saved ourselves by condemned the attack on its roaming free without any fear encounter. In his state, the evident from the results in The Punjab Chief Minister (NCRB) data, 9511 cases of NCRB. But the data received driving our vehicle into the Jagraon MLA, who is also psychosis. Drug traffickers and police were very clear on this Maharashtra and Haryana, reiterated his demand for crime were registered against from many other places this police station at Chaukiman. deputy leader of opposition mafia lords in the state were at issue, and terrorists and goon- Captain Amarinder said while Central support to farmers for women, that is, about 26 cases year has raised our concerns. In There were four-five people in (Dy LoP). 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 333 allegedly raping and killing the “We have to devise meth-   25-year-old veterinary doctor ods for not only speeding up From Page 1 by smothering her and later litigation but all together pre- “The judicial process has From Page 1 burning her body. venting it. There are laws become expensive, even The CJI’s remarks came a The incident had led to which provide for pre-litiga- beyond the reach of common day after the police claimed widespread outrage and tion mediation,” he said, man due to many reasons, that all the four accused in the brought back memories of the adding that there was a need to especially in the high court and rape and murder of a young December 16, 2012 Nirbhaya consider compulsory pre-liti- the Supreme Court where it has veterinarian in Hyderabad case. gation mediation. Surprisingly, become impossible for com- were shot dead in “retaliatory” “The women of the coun- no courses were available for mon litigants,” the President firing by the cops when two of try are under pain and distress. conferring a degree or diploma said during the inauguration of the accused opened fire at They are crying for justice,” in mediation, he said. the newly constructed them after snatching their Prasad said. He also said the press con- Rajasthan High Court building. weapons and tried to escape The Minister said there are ference held by four senior “Today, can any poor or from the site where they had 704 fast-track courts for most judges of the apex court deprived person come here been taken for a reenactment heinous offences and others last year was just a self-cor- with his complaint? This ques- of events as part of the inves- and the government is in the rective measure. tion is the most important tigation. process of setting up 1,123 In an unprecedented because in the Preamble to the Addressing the event here, dedicated courts for POCSO move, Justices J Chelameswar, Constitution, we all have Law Minister Ravi Shankar and rape offences. Ranjan Gogoi, MB Lokur and accepted the responsibility of Prasad urged the CJI and other “In the law relating to Kurien Joseph-- had on providing justice to all,” he senior judges to ensure that women violence, we have January 12, 2018, held a press said. there is a mechanism to mon- already laid down capital pun- conference, saying the situation He added Mahatma itor quick disposal of rape ishment and other severe pun- in the top court was “not in Gandhi was concerned about cases, saying that the women of ishment including completion order” and many “less than the expenditure incurred in the the country are under pain and of trial in two months time,” he desirable” things had taken process of justice. For him, the distress and crying for justice. added. The Chief Justice of place. welfare of the poorest of poor “I would urge the CJI and India, who spoke after the Ranjan Gogoi later in the (daridra narayan) was always other senior judge that now Minister, stressed that as an year had succeeded the then paramount, he said. there must be a mechanism to institution, the judiciary must Chief Justice of India Dipak “If we keep in mind monitor the disposal of these remain committed to making Misra. Gandhiji’s famous criterion, if cases so that India’s stature as justice accessible to people by “I believe the institution we remember the face of the a proud country governed by strengthening the existing (judiciary) must correct itself poorest and the weakest, then rule of law must be restored at avenues and evolving newer and indeed it did during the we will see the right path,” the earliest,” Prasad said, and means to achieve an affordable, time when the much-criti- Kovind said. He said one way assured Government funding quick and satisfactory settle- cised press conference was out is the provision of free legal for it. ment of disputes. held. It was nothing more than aid. Remembering veteran The Hyderabad incident “At the same time, we must a self-corrective measure and lawyer Ashoke Sen, he said in had sparked demands of swift be aware of the changes and I do not wish to justify it,” multiple roles, his sole objective punishment to rape convicts. perception about the judiciary,” Justice Bobde said. was the pursuit of justice for The news of the “encounter” Justice Bobde said said. The CJI further said, “All one and all. killing led to celebrations in He said there is a need in judges were eminent and Information and commu- some quarters and concern in the judiciary to invoke self-cor- Justice (Ranjan) Gogoi in par- nication technology could others. recting measures but whether ticular showed great compe- bring amazing results in this The four accused were or not they should be publi- tence and led the judiciary domain, he added. arrested on November 29 for cised is a matter of debate. from the front.”

dents of rape, murder and Terming the day a “Black termed her death “extremely  ))) molestation are taking place all Day”, he demanded that the sad”. He said in a statement that over the country, but in UP, BJP Government in the State be all the accused have been such cases have been “exces- removed. Accompanied by arrested and the case will be From Page 1 sive”. senior party leaders, Yadav tried in a fast-track court and children and women, and “It is a matter of deep squatted before the main punishment will be served. also set the agricultural field regret that during the past entrance of the Vidhan Sabha Adityanath announced an ablaze, obviously, there is no some years, especially since the and said his party will agitate ex gratia of Rs 25 lakh for the fear in their (criminals’) minds. BJP Government has come to against the Government in all family of the Unnao rape vic- The Government must take power, women are not safe. district headquarters. tim. Other facilities to be seriously why such circum- This is not the only incident, in “What help you have given extended to the family will be stances exist in UP,” she told UP I said it yesterday also that to the family of the girl? Will looked at the local level. reporters. there is not a day when there you run your Government in Senior UP Minister Swami In Lucknow, police lath- is not an incident of rape and this manner?” Yadav asked. Prasad Maurya who was sent to icharged Congress workers murder, attempt to rape or “A Government which is Unnao to meet the bereaved who staged a protest against the molestation,” Mayawati said at giving sorrow and creating dif- family, also made an announce- Government in Hazratganj. a Press conference here. ficulties. Our demand is that ment in this regard there. Meanwhile, BSP chief Not to be left behind, this Government should be “The Chief Minister is very Mayawati urged the Supreme Samajwadi Party president and removed. The party will agitate much with the family of the Court to take suo motu cogni- former Uttar Pradesh Chief for people, and in this regard deceased in this hour of crisis. sance of the growing incidents Minister Akhilesh Yadav sat on the Samajwadi Party will hold The culprits will be dealt with of crime against women and a dharna outside the Vidhan ‘shok sabha’ (condolence meet- sternly and punished. A fast- direct the Centre to take Bhavan here on Saturday, ings) in all district headquar- track court will be set up with prompt steps for effectively accusing the Yogi Adityanath ters. It will be in memory of all this view in mind,” Maurya checking them. Government of failing the the daughters, who had lost said. Besides Rs 25 lakh, the Launching a scathing Unnao gangrape victim who their lives,” he told reporters. family will be given a attack on the BJP Government was set on fire and died at a Facing all-round flak, Chief Government house, he said. in Uttar Pradesh, she said inci- hospital in Delhi. Minister Yogi Adityanath has      + ,- ./01   

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Hidayathulla were propagating check alleged tax evasion by elled the entire modus operan- that unaccounted cash of 1.20 medical treatment and busi- probe into the ISIS Kerala- The NIA had arrested both violent extremist ideology since brokers and traders operating di which has been adopted by crore was also seized after the ness purposes. Tamil Nadu module case, the accused the same day. 2017. According to the NIA offi- at the Bombay Stock Exchange share brokers and traders to raids. Vadra is facing probe under agency sought time to file its including the group master- According to NIA officials, cials, Azarudeen was the leader in transactions worth about trade into the liquid stock The number of beneficia- the Prevention of Money response. mind. Azarudeen was also a Facebook of the module and was also 3,500 crore. According to the options in equity derivative ries who have been benefitted Laundering Act, following alle- In June, the court allowed An NIA spokesperson on friend of Zahran Hashim, the maintaining a Facebook page Central Board of Direct Taxes segment and thereby generate by these manipulated transac- gations of money laundering Vadra to travel to the US and the Saturday said the anti-terror alleged mastermind behind the named "KhilafahGFX", through (CBDT), on Saturday said raids artificial losses/profit by exe- tions could be to the tune of a related to purchase of a proper- Netherlands for six weeks on probe agency filed the recent easter bombings in Sri which he had been propagating and survey operations were cuting reversal trades in a very few thousand scattered across ty in London at 12, Bryanston account of health reasons. It, chargesheet against Mohammad Lanka that left over 250 people the ideology of ISIS/ Daish. undertaken on December 3 at short span of time," it said. India and efforts are being Square, worth 1.9 million however, did not allow him to go Azarudeen and Sheik dead. "They organized several 39 locations in Mumbai, "By this contrived method- made to identify them as also pounds. to the United Kingdom. Hidayatullah in a Special NIA The Central probe agency secret classes at their houses Kolkata, Kanpur, Delhi, Noida, ology, the unscrupulous enti- the corresponding quantum of Senior advocate K T S Tulsi, The ED had expressed court in Ernakulum under sev- registered a case on May 30 this besides at other places in Gurugram, Hyderabad and ties have secured desired prof- income evaded, the CBDT appearing for Vadra, told Special apprehension that the accused eral sections of IPC and the year, taking suo motu action Coimbatore, in support of the Ghaziabad. its/losses, which is estimated to said. Judge Arvind Kumar that his may destroy evidence if allowed Unlawful (Activities) Prevention against six accused from ISIS/Daish. They also followed The action was taken be more than 3,500 crore," the "Incriminating" evidence client wanted to travel to Spain to go to the UK. Vadra was Act (UAPA). Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, based the Sri Lankan ISIS/ Daish against brokers and traders CBDT said. recovered during the searches for two weeks from Dec 9. directed on April 1 to not leave According to the NIA, on information that the accused leader Zahran Hashim, over who were involved in facili- The action also resulted and surveys is being examined Special Judge Arvind the country without prior per- Azarudeen was the mastermind and their associates were prop- social media, while download- tating accommodation of prof- into identification of the for determination of contra- Kumar directed the ED to file a mission by a court here which of the Islamic State group's agating the ideology of the pro- ing and disseminating his its/losses through reversal wrongful long-term capital vention of the various direct reply by Dec 9, when the court had granted him conditional Tamil Nadu module and he was scribed terrorist organization speeches in support of violent trades in illiquid stock options gains taken in at least three tax laws, it added. will hear the matter, after the anticipatory bail. 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Without bring- action against Samajwadi Party Government of suppressing all ently referring to the crack- Government to tolerate the gen- he Enforcement gangrape and murder of a vet- the incident. ing them before the court for lawmaker and Bollywood opposition voices through use of down on the Jammu and uine Opposition voices and TDirectorate (ED) has erinarian in Telangana, by "The incident is a clear vio- punishment is very unfortu- actress Jaya Bachhan and police authority to "crush all Kashmir National Panthers facilitate all sorts of political attached assets worth over 34 police in an alleged encounter lation of Article 21 (right to life nate," the plea said. Chairperson of Delhi sorts of genuine dissent" in the Party (JKNPP) which had called activities to allow democracy to crore of a Gujarat-based firm and compensation for their and fair trial) of the "No one including the Commission for Women Swati Union Territory. for 'Jammu bandh' on Saturday. flourish of which dissent is the under the anti-money laun- families. Constitution of India. A per- investigating agency like police Maliwal for alleged "provoca- Jammu & Kashmir Pradesh According to officials, the fundamental essence," the dering law in connection with While the Public Interest sons is innocent till guilt is has right to punish any accused tion" and "pressuring police for Congress Committee (JKPCC) day-long 'Jammu bandh' to Congress leader said. He also an alleged bank fraud case. Litigation (PIL) filed by advo- proved," Sharma said in his without due process of law. The extrajudicial killing of arrested chief spokesperson Ravinder protest internet shutdown failed sought immediate release of all The ED probe pertains to cate ML Sharma said that the PIL. court alone after applying all persons in police custody with- Sharma said the BJP's philoso- to evoke any response here as opposition leaders and workers Biotor Industries Limited and SIT probe should be monitored "However, in the present the procedure and law and out trial." phy of democracy is based on JKNPP leader Harsh Dev Singh "detained without any justifica- its managing director, Rajesh M by former apex court judges, a case, four persons have been affording an opportunity all the The plea, which may come "no space to Opposition". was put under house arrest and tion" simply for appealing the Kapadia, and others, which is separate petition filed by declared guilty of gangrape right of free and fair trial and up for hearing next week, also "It (BJP) had already given several others were detained. people to respond to their call also being investigated by the lawyers G S Mani and Pradeep without any trial...," the plea hearing can impose punish- seeks compensation of Rs 20 slogan of Congress-mukt Bharat Criticising the "authoritar- for bandh. Gujarat police and the Central Kumar Yadav said that inde- said. ment of imprisonment or death lakh each to the families of the (India free of Congress) where- ian approach" of the adminis- JKNPP chairman and for- Bureau of Investigation. "The pendent investigation against Mani and Yadav, in their sentence," Mani and Yadav four accused killed in the pre- as it has been attempting to tration at the "behest of the mer minister Harsh Dev Singh probe revealed that the accused concerned police officials separate PIL, said that no one said in their PIL. dawn police encounter on crush all Opposition forces. All Centre", Sharma said the was detained along with sever- had "misappropriated" funds to should be conducted. would support the accused In his plea, Sharma said it Friday those against the BJP are dubbed Congress has taken strong al other associates on Friday the tune of about 250 crore by Sharma alleged that it was who are involved in gang rape is a killing in police custody Telangana police on Friday as threat to peace and against the exception to the "vindictive atti- while he was trying to gather preparing bogus bills and a case of "extra-judicial killings" and murder cases against inno- and "therefore all the police said that the accused were national interests and detained," tude" towards opposition in all support for the bandh to protest invoices during 2007-2009, the and sought prosecution of cent women. officers involved" must be killed in an exchange of fire Sharma said in a statement matters such as withdrawing internet shutdown after the ED said in a statement. policemen involved in the inci- "However, an investigat- arrested and prosecuted in with police during the morn- here. "This is a replica of a sick security cover and "leaving no abrogation of Article 370 provi- "Arif Ismailbhai Memon, dent. ing agency and officers even at accordance with law after an ing hours. PTI thinking which goes against the scope or space to play their sions on August 5. PTI owner of KGN Group of com- panies, was instrumental in preparing the circular paper transactions for transferring proceeds of crime in con- 789:   99    
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He recently arranged a 17 protesters dead. in Tahrir and by Al-Sinek," one occupied Kashmir, according In a letter to House In September, the United captive swap in which the The developments marked demonstrator told AFP. to a media report on Saturday. Judiciary Committee, Jerrold States and the Taliban had Taliban released an American a worrying turn for the anti- Many of the new arrivals Talking to Dawn Nadler, White House Counsel appeared on the verge of sign- and an Australian academic Government protests rocking were suspected to be members Newspaper, the General Pat Cipollone said it would be ing a deal that would have seen whom they had held hostage Iraq since October, the coun- of Saraya al-Salam (Peace Manager, public relations, of a "reckless abuse of power" for Washington begin withdrawing for three years. The Taliban try’s largest and deadliest grass- Brigades), the paramilitary Pakistan International Airlines them to adopt the articles of thousands of troops in return have until now refused to nego- roots movement in decades. group headed by Sadr. Abdul Hafeez said Khan’s body impeachment. sors. The President ordered duty," Nadler said. for security guarantees. tiate with the Afghan govern- The mostly young pro- They are nicknamed "blue was flown to Islamabad from This "would constitute the them not to show and contin- Nadler has scheduled a It was also expected to ment, which they consider an testers in the capital’s iconic helmets" for the headgear they London and then handed over most unjust, highly partisan, ues to block key evidence from Monday morning hearing at pave the way towards direct illegitimate regime. Tahrir Square had long feared typically wear, and witnesses to his family on Friday. and unconstitutional attempt at Congress. We are disappointed which members will hear "pre- talks between the Taliban and In a nod to concerns raised a spiral into chaos, and on said they were visible in large Khan’s relatives drove body to impeachment in our Nation’s that the President has once sentations of evidence" from the Government in Kabul and, by Afghan President Ashraf Friday it appeared their appre- numbers in Tahrir before dawn Kotli in Pakistan-occupied history," he said in a one-page again failed to provide those attorneys for the House Judiciary ultimately, a possible peace Ghani, the State Department hensions were well-placed. on Saturday. Kashmir, the daily reported. letter. answers here," he said. and Intelligence committee. agreement after more than 18 voiced support for a ceasefire After nightfall, armed men A source within Saraya Funeral was held and Khan was "As the President has "We gave President Trump Last week, Nadler had years of war. - a key priority for Kabul on pick-up trucks attacked a told AFP one of its own buried in the evening, the daily said. recently stated: ‘if you are going a fair opportunity to question asked White House to partici- But that same month, before it enters negotiations large building where protesters members had died in the Khan, 28, stabbed and to impeach me, do it now, fast, witnesses and present his own pate in the impeachment hear- Trump abruptly called the year- with the Islamist insurgents. had been camped out for weeks overnight clash, and that killed two people in London so we can have a fair trial in the to address the overwhelming ings. In his letter, Cipollone said long effort "dead" and withdrew "Ambassador Khalilzad near the capital’s Al-Sinek more unarmed members had Bridge terrorist attack He was Senate’," he wrote and slammed evidence before us. After lis- House Democrats had wasted an invitation to the insurgents will rejoin talks with the bridge. been sent to Tahrir "to protect later identified as a convicted ter- the ongoing impeachment tening to him complain about enough of America’s time with to join secret talks at his US Taliban to discuss steps that Security forces deployed protesters." rorist who was jailed seven inquiry as "completely base- the impeachment process, we this "charade". retreat at Camp David after the could lead to intra-Afghan on the bridge itself did not Sadr has backed the years ago over a plot to bomb the less." had hoped that he might accept "You should end this killing of an American soldier. negotiations and a peaceful intervene, witnesses said, as the protests, but demonstrators London Stock Exchange and It violates "basic principles our invitation," Nadler inquiry now and not waste "The US rejoined talks settlement of the war, specifi- attackers ousted protesters have been wary of his support build a terrorist training camp of due process and fundamen- added."If the President has no even more time with addi- today in Doha. The focus of cally a reduction in violence from the building in a volley of as they feared it could pave the on land owned by his family in tal fairness," the White House good response to the allega- tional hearings. Adopting arti- discussion will be reduction of that leads to a ceasefire," the gunfire. way for confrontations with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Counsel said. tions, then he would not want cles of impeachment would be violence that leads to intra- State Department said on At least 17 people were pro-government forces. He had also discussed stag- Expressing disappointment to appear before the a reckless abuse of power by Afghan negotiations and a Wednesday as it announced the killed and dozens more wound- Early Saturday, a drone ing a Mumbai-style attack on the over the White House Committee. Having declined House Democrats, and would ceasefire," said the US source resumption of efforts to end the ed, medics told AFP, with dropped a bomb on his home UK Parliament, and was response, Nadler said that this opportunity, he cannot constitute the most unjust, briefed on efforts to end almost conflict. Washington had ambulances shuttling teenagers in the shrine city of Najaf, dam- described by the UK judge who American people deserve claim that the process is unfair. highly partisan, and unconsti- two decades of war in sought to seal a political deal suffering gunshot and stab aging the exterior wall, sources sentenced him for terrorism answers from Trump. The President’s failure will not tutional attempt at impeach- Afghanistan. with the Taliban ahead of wounds to nearby field clinics. within his party told AFP. offences in 2012 as an ongoing "The House invited, and prevent us from carrying out ment in our Nation’s history," During a surprise visit to a September’s elections in Panicked demonstrators Sadr, a notoriously versa- risk to the public with a "serious, then subpoenaed, his top advi- our solemn constitutional he said. US military base in Afghanistan. rushed out into the street, tile figure, is currently in Iran. long term venture in terrorism". &6   
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This in turn drove a re- own ghar-ka-khana, more often than ever The year ahead will continue to reveal efit from a resource that monitors changes in discovery of traditional ingredients, as ordinary before! newer facets of the power of digital disrup- business and consumer expectations, identifies vegetables became the new exotic and gharelu tion. Every aspect of the industry will gal- underlining themes that drive these changes, greens such as kele ke phool, bathua, tendli, No-compromise convenience cooking. vanise to deliver what consumers want and and helps separate the fads from the trends. lauki and tinda featured prominently on restau- A discerning consumer of 2020, experi- work to meet their needs. In an era of con- Over the past three years, I have found that rant menus. Let me tell you, this trend has not menting with the latest health fads and sumer hyper choice, the food producer will putting together the annual Godrej Food shown no signs of ebbing. It continues to play lifestyle diets, can look forward to many have to do more to stand out and seamlessly Trends report requires everything from data in 2020. more options for quickly and conveniently deliver exceptional service while at the same analytics to pure intuition on the part of our That said, I must admit we don’t always get assembling personalised meals at home, time ensuring food variety, quality and core team. As a forecaster of trends, it is impor- it all right. While we are on target in a majority with little or no compromises to their integrity, transparency and sustainability. tant that the report is able to differentiate fads of cases, sometimes trends don’t play out as choices. from trends. The key distinction between the anticipated. For instance, in 2019, we heard a — The author is a food writer and two is that while trends have the potential to lot of talk about millets driving a discovery of Proliferation of desi flavours. 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But we within yourself is enlightenment. Or are in the commerce age, where wealth is everything, got- at least a giant step towards it! ten from whatever means. How to relate the relevance of But the toughest task of all is to get the saying to the modern times is what would be baffling detached from one’s own body, iden- to many or may be most. But there is relevance, only one tity, personality and jivaatma. This is needs to probe a little deep. So, as the saying goes when the second stage after having detached wealth is lost nothing is lost because it can be regained by from one’s desires, pleasures, family using health and character. But when health is lost some- and commercial attachments. thing is lost because the weakening of the health will make Achieving the above requires the things difficult for people to recover wealth. Yet, since char- kind of purpose and perseverance dis- acter is there, sincere efforts can still help in getting back played by Buddha and other saints of what is lost at least to some extent. But when character is that stature. This can be achieved in lost, nothing will come back as it is the character that gives parts, over a period of several lives. The the drive. Let us look at the present political scenario. What effort must be a sustained one. is happening may leave even the most ardent of the opti- It is a common thought that any- mists with serious doubts about the future of the country. thing impossible to achieve is unpro- Political scenario has left a lot to be desired. It is not just ductive to try. But the lives of great about the recent happenings in the elections to the few state people and their experiences prove this assemblies that went to polls. We need not go back very far. to be redundant. Just remember what happened in Karnataka sometime back? We need not compete with the You decide, but if one word that can aptly describe the entire prophets and saints, but even they story — it is character. It was conspicuously absent. More evolved in stages and took several lives recently Maharashtra or even Haryana. And what is hap- here’s one form of wealth we Deeper still into this concept, is one act of selfishness you should to step outside the circle of maya. pening in Jharkhand. The incidents will put even the most don’t often talk about, the you stop seeing it as generosity on your encourage and propagate. Because Most of the spiritual teachings are shameless to shame. Shame, yes people in politics have one that follows you to the part or a profit venture for yourself. within this selfishness is selflessness easy to listen, and to some extent thrown the very idea of shame to the winds. 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There is a rather elab- where every positive deed accounts for day, you will realise it was in their des- 51  )!!%1 It stops being an act of selfishness and of positive ones, so that in relative orate description of these times in the Uttar Ramayana sec- credit and every negative deed we per- tiny to eat that meal and some way or + % becomes just a plain habit. And that comparison they are much less and tion of Ram Charit Manas. All one needs is to read the dia- form adds to our debt. These debts and the other it would have been provid- habitual karma though helps others as you can have a better life or lives in the logue between Kagabhushundi and Garuda on how things credits fructify in our present life or ed for. If it hadn’t been you, someone 1,!)15% designed to, stops affecting the spirit, future. This is solely because our des- will be in Kalyug. It is so vividly described that futurolo- future ones determining the quality of else would have fed them, making you )% , it becomes an unselfish act so to say, tiny is created by our previously accu- gists like Alvin Toffler may appear naïve. The dialogue has our lives, allowing us to repay debts just the medium through which their and such an act in Hindi is called mulated karmas. The form of storage also been very neatly summed up in a very popular song and savour the credits. destiny was fulfilled and nothing 1+% * 1 Niswarth Seva. You are no longer the is called samskars. from a Bollywood hit of the early seventies starring the thes- When you delve deeper into the more. At this point you realise that the *%  1 doer, you have risen above karma. If you don’t care for either of these pian Dilip Kumar in the lead role. Relevant portion of the concept, really start performing good credit for this karma is not yours for This also brings us to a poignant methods you can carry on and be as song is being paraphrased here. The song says that an era deeds, you feel good about it. The spir- the taking. It works the same way for L1+ 1! )! question — is there an easier formu- nice as you can as there is hope. I too called Kalyug will come in which all undesirable things will it within finds it easier to connect with negative karma as well, that is, the guilt la for diluting doer-ship? hope that at the end of this article, you happen. There will be black money and blackhearts. Thieves the physical-self because it finally too is not yours to shoulder, destiny )!1,!)1 Do not take ownership of any of will find that a part of this resonates. and pickpockets will be rich and respected whereas the right- sees itself being benefited as all the has a plan to play out, and in that, you !1,,11 your actions! 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Everything else lose itself of its own volition. Neither did is done by the material nature (3.27); our some malignant universal force direct its bodies are also parts of the material disappearance. It was me and only me. nature. If it wasn’t so, no one will ever The reason I am highlighting this issue become sick or die for that matter; we of accountability so vigorously is that most will tell our bodies to follow our dictate. people struggle to accept onus, especially in We can try to keep our bodies fit but the negative situations. Despite being grown up, control over our bodies is not with us. they morph back into that preschooler who We in fact are quite helpless not only small disappears. Small souls are able to passion and very little darkness. How hen we began our journey of of clearly defining and sustaining values, happily says the ball disappeared through no with regard to the state of our bodies but perform unbelievable feats. Imagine this can be done is covered in the four- understanding the art of leadership promoting genuine trust amongst teams, fault of hers. This fundamental attribution in many other matters as well. Aren’t we Tulsidas writing such voluminous spir- teenth chapter of the Geeta. There is Wviewed from the battlefield so to unfailingly keeping commitments and using error makes us prone to patting ourselves on controlled by the results of our past itual texts like Ram Charit Manas! another way, which Lord uses for those speak, we saw how much we could adapt all these as building blocks to create empow- our backs when things go right, but also just deeds, which manifest periodically as How do we get started on this all sincere souls, who are very keen on from a role that many of us have already ering and engaging cultures. as swiftly blaming the external situation good luck or bad luck? Our being small important surrender to God? In this also hearing from God; He finds many ways been playing for several years now, that of But, the single most important driver of around us when things go wrong. Sales tar- is part of the cosmic design. Imagine God helps; He communicates His like a medium or He gives us a dream child readers. As parents, we dole out disci- leadership in my opinion is personal gets not met? Must be the bad economic some soul becoming powerful somehow instructions. As soon as a soul takes a with the right information. Similarly, pline and love in equal measure to help our accountability, and I say this loudly because conditions. Marriage failing? It was because intrinsically. What chaos he or she is material body, it is automatically cov- wise souls do spiritual activities while children become better individuals and I have seen too many talented managers our kundalis didn’t match. Child turning out likely to cause; he or she may even chal- ered by the three modes of the mater- they are changing the relative propor- while doing so we also teach them to deal unable to evolve to great leaders, only to be a brat? Surely it’s all the company he’s lenge God. Therefore, this possibility ial nature, which are goodness, passion tions of the three modes. This endears with the big, bad world with courage and because this particular characteristic was been keeping at school. And before we know does not exist. and darkness. This can be understood us to God, who, then, takes the direct fortitude. These are valuable leadership missing in their make-up. it, we start blaming everything but ourselves However, this does not mean that by an example of a man covered by a route of communication. By the way, lessons to manage teams too. We learnt of When a child is very young, and while for the shortcomings and disappointments we, souls, are helpless in the ultimate cloth made up of three different types God has no difficulty in receiving our the power that comes with listening to those playing, loses her ball, she comes to her that our lives are inevitably littered with. For sense, because that will make the cos- of materials. The material representing messages; nothing can come in His way. around us, and how implementation can be mother and happily says, ‘Mama, the ball is it is the easier route to take, and certainly far mic design defective. God is prepared goodness is light and mostly transpar- So let us get started on taking full facilitated and goals achieved by a truly clear lost.’ Note the use of words. The child more preferable than seeing our own errors to empower us in many ways. Souls have ent; the material representing passion benefit of this facility of getting help mind that has its priorities set correctly. We believes that the ball lost itself all on its own. reflected in the mirror of our benighted cir- huge potential even while they are is slightly thicker and opaque; and dark- from the omniscient, omnipotent and discussed the importance of being curious And consequently it doesn’t upset her. She cumstances. intrinsically small. This is the beauty of ness is almost dark. God has no prob- omnipresent God, if not started already. and asking questions, of making hard choic- believes her mother will take care of the situ- I see this happen all the time. Inevitably the cosmic design. 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Hence the ly follows the specific tradition communal tension or violence but by our institutions, great is November 6, it is more perti- Social reality is not shaped by court), constitutional morality of law and rejected the con- Muslim party failed to qualify of secular governance in India speaks volume about the our sin. nent to study why the extraju- those legal codes which are and justice? Second, whether tention of Hindu party and the principle of adverse pos- where the state and the court administrative capacity of — Charles Darwin, Voyage dicial killings have gained so divorced from the desires and the judgment interfered with ASI’s archaeological evidence session. has historically dealt with “sec- Indian state and astuteness of of the Beagle much traction among the demands of the people. It is the matter of “faith/religious that the mosque was built by The court, therefore, on the ular” aspect of religious activ- political class; however one common people. The assess- vital for the lawmakers and belief” of people and thus destroying a temple, though the basis of “principle of prepon- ities (such as regulating admin- has to concede that this “frag- he vagaries of the human ment is warranted all the more enforcement agencies to compromised the principle of judgment mentioned that the derance of probability” award- istrative management and ile peace” has rested on the Tmind seen in the binary of so because many of those understand that the percep- secular governance? Third, mosque was built on the ruins ed the entire disputed structure finances of places of worship). magnanimity of a section of the crime and punishment in the singing the praises of the police tions of justice or injustice are whether judgment, given the of a temple-like structure; on to BSRV with a consideration The court has in umpteen majoritarian community with past fortnight — the rape- believe the cops had taken always coloured by the values historicity of emotional con- the other (b) it handed over the that iron bifurcation between number of cases have reserved “its move forward approach” murder of a veterinarian in vengeance on the rapists-mur- and interests of the particular testation attached with the possession of entire disputed inner courtyard and outer its right to define what it con- and “fear stricken tolerance” of Hyderabad and the immola- derers by shooting them in society. The Cyberabad Police Ayodhya matter spanning over structure of 2.77 acre to courtyard was merely an stitutes the “essential of reli- the Muslim community. tion of a rape survivor in cold blood. The fortune of the did what the irate people were more than 400 years, has suc- Bhagwan Sri Ram Lalla administrative arrangement by gion”. In this specific matter, the Nonetheless, the judgment Unnao in one side, and the Cyberabad Police, which had looking from the criminal jus- ceeded in securing “social Virajman (BSRV). However the Colonial power in 1857- court has been confined to has potential to achieve a encounter killing of all the four taken brickbats for initial tice system that has failed to peace” and in healing the for the court, (a) and (b) are not 1858 to maintain the amity and deliberate over secular aspect durable “social peace” between accused on the same crime delays in the filing FIR over the deliver to the satisfaction of the “wounded self” of both Hindu inter related; they are separate peace, which does not take of faith: the issue of land titles. the two communities if the fol- spot on the outskirts of jurisdiction issue, has turned aggrieved. and Muslim communities? matter to be investigated sep- away the fact that the entire dis- Second, it has only given lowing conditions are met: (a) Hyderabad on the other — are around with this “heroic” act in It points to dangerous out- The critics have slammed arately. In this specific judg- puted structure was essential- directives to Central The Government must reign in so complex that for a con- the eyes of the commoners. look. If people push for extra- the judgment on all three ment, the SC was seized with ly one compact piece of land. Government to establish a the fringe extremist section of cerned citizen speaking up is Seen in this perspective, for judicial killings for swift justice, indexes and concluded that the matter of “title deeds of land” The court then invoke the “trust”, the composition of majoritarian community to difficult, but keeping silence is those living in the ivory tow- it means they have lost trust in SC verdict has legalised the only. Its judgment has no Article 142 to instruct the which is yet to finalise, to celebrate the day as ‘victory impossible. ers, it is imperative to acknowl- the criminal justice system. “rule of majoritarianism” and implication on the ongoing Central/State Governments to facilitate the construction of day’ in future; (b) the Muslim Violence against women is edge the reasons for the eupho- Credible institutions are the paved the way for the con- criminal trials against people grant 5 acre to Muslim party at temple over undisputed struc- community must not file pleas not a new phenomenon; it is ria over the encounter deaths, foundations of a strong democ- struction of Ram Mandir who were charged with van- prominent place in Ayodhya in ture without stating or imply- for review of the judgment as existent in varying intensity in rather that resting their case racy. If one institution usurps despite the fact that the weight dalising and conspiracy to order to do justice to the loss ing that expenditure for such it has potential to further viti- all societies, patriarchal or just by blaming the cops and the role of another, it will lead of evidence was in favour of destroy Babri mosque. of structure of the mosque. construction would be borne ate the national atmosphere; matriarchal. In India, after the “mass hysteria”. Whether to anarchy and loss of account- Muslim party. However such While awarding the pos- The judgment has been out of the Government exche- (C) the Muslim community every few years, we witness genuine or fake, the encounter ability. Police can’t be the end conclusions are simplistic and session of entire disputed land criticised from the point of quer. It may be noted here that must not see this judgment as paroxysms of public outrage deaths reflect the rot in griev- process in the criminal justice extreme reading of the judg- to BSRV, the SC relied upon view that it dilutes and com- while the Central Government a part of bundle of over ghastly rape incidents, ance redressal mechanism as system; it rests with the court ment arising primarily from historically evolved legal tra- promises the principle of sec- constituted a trust to recon- Government’s (perceived) anti- triggering demands for an the elation among people of law. But if justice is delayed the current political context of dition of considering deity/idol ularism to an extent that it has struct Somnath Mandir in Muslim actions: incidence of effective criminal justice sys- points to their belief that such or denied, it is natural, though Hindutava. A reality of specif- as “juristic person” on the interfered with matter of faith early 1950s, the trust raised lynching, cow politics, aboli- tem. The narratives always encounter killings will serve unlawful, for the outraged mass ic political context is one thing; basis of continuation of tradi- as evident from its directives to money from people to com- tion and criminalisation of ensue in across-the-board sup- the purported purposes of the to seek alternative methods. however demonstrating that tion of worship and offering the Central Government to plete the reconstruction. On instant triple talaq, abolition of port for amendments to make criminal justice system: First, It’s high time we fixed the judgment has primarily flowed prayer to such idea/form of constitute a trust for construc- the other hand, the court Article 370 and downgrading laws more stringent, but the by punishing the wrongdoer; rot in the criminal justice sys- from this political reality is divinity without necessarily tion of temple and a grant of directed the State Government of Jammu & Kashmir to UT, sluggish implementation keeps second, as deterrence for tem in order to stem the rising another thing. The critics fall being mani- to allot 5 acre of land to UP the threat of NRC, threat of drawing people’s ire. potential criminals; and third, demand for wanton killing of short on the second option. fested into the Sunni Central Waqf Board, Uniform Civil Code, etc, Nevertheless, the public out- by delivering speedy justice rapists-killers, otherwise, the I believe that the judgment form of physi- the main litigant in the case, as rather a result of legal scrutiny rage has rarely precipitated without the rigmarole of the vacuum will be filled by meets the test of all three cri- cal idol, which “just compensation” to the loss with faith in Indian judicial sys- into the redressal of griev- unending procedure. The long unwanted and unaccountable terions. The strength of judg- was agreed by of structure of Babri mosque tem, and (D) the Government ances by trigger-happy police- seven years wait for the exe- elements. Any further laxity ment lies in its unanimity and the Muslim without underlining that must built the conducive polit- men as was seen in Hyderabad. cution of Nirbhaya’s rapists- will make the Hyderabad its inclusive approach that party. This mosque will be reconstructed ical climate in which minorities However, rather than going killers is a case in point for encounter an epitome of a combines the judicious balance recognition of with public fund. Thus in both could live with sense of secu- into the veracity of the claims them. parallel justice delivery system. of law, constitutional practice BSRV as juris- instances, the court merely rity, trust and liberty. of “fake” or “genuine” Therefore, terming the of secularism, legal history of tic person was upheld the secular tradition of encounter in which four men jubilation over the encounter (The writer is Associate case, constitutional notion of combined with governance. 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Prying eyes and additional financial assis- the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape crime when it goes unregis- stories and thus go undetected. claimed that the accused had their lust. And who knows and social exclusion is not tance to afford lawyer’s fees. The . 5##&$ and the subsequent enforce- tered. Investigation into the Thus it’s really important to offered a hefty amount of 20 how many victims have what she deserves. Instead she Government must provide ment of the Criminal Law case revealed that Yadav had register every rape case. lakh and had even paid an remained silent! should be seen as a warrior security to the survivors in (Amendment) Act, 2013 tried to molest many women of Registering the crime, advance of 5 lakh (which she Thus fast-track court and who has enough courage to case there is any threat. (Nirbhaya Act), nothing much his village but since no com- however, doesn’t put an end to had even deposited in the legal reforms alone cannot fight against injustice and as True, unless society has changed. plaint was registered officially the misery of a woman. In fact police station) to her parents to help. What we desperately need “savior of modesty” of a lot changes its perception, the The audacity with which no action was taken against it initiates a life-long struggle. withdraw the case. Despite at this moment is to get rape other women. stigma associated with rape will the accused executed the bru- him. In 2012 he was arrested Even if a woman, overcoming being poor and struggling to registered. The culprits need to While we acknowledge the continue haunting the sur- tal rape and gruesome murder for allegedly raping a bar all the social and psychological arrange money to fight the case be exposed. But this is not pos- physical courage exhibited by vivors and any financial assis- of a 26-year-old veterinary dancer, but was acquitted for barriers, registers her com- against the perpetrators, she sible unless the stigma associ- the brave hearts who save many tance cannot compensate their doctor on Hyderabad outskirts lack of evidence. A little plaint, she faces legal harass- chose to stand by her dignity. ated with rape is removed. lives from the clutches of death, ordeal. But a secure job can at compels us to contemplate on courage and prompt legal ment. Apart from the traumatic It reminds us of another The stigma is so ingrained in a woman who has been coura- least lighten their additional what is wrong with us as a soci- action could have saved inno- and unsympathetic medical incident where a 17-year old our culture that while we can geous enough to conquer all miseries related to career and ety. Implementation of strin- cent from falling prey to the examinations, she has to face survivor of a gang-rape, in spite easily identify ourselves as a psychological, social, econom- finance. As the crime against gent laws has failed to curb the predator. inappropriate questions and of receiving multiple threats, victim of robbery or any other ic and political barriers in women is not just a legal prob- barbarity. Reports show that a Due to social stigma indecent remarks. Her charac- decided to file case against a crime we do hesitate even to exposing the perpetrators and lem but a socio-political and gruesome act of rape and mur- attached to rape, many women ter is brutally assassinated. She powerful MLA of the ruling confide in our families about thus protecting many lives from psychological one, it becomes der, in most cases, is not the prefer to keep quiet and this is often pressurised to with- party in Uttar Pradesh. While rape or sexual assault. being harmed by the perverts a collective responsibility of first offense of the perpetrators. silence is exploited by the per- draw her complaint and even acting on their threat, the broth- It does take immense also deserves to be honoured society to rehabilitate the sur- 1*)##2 As their crimes often go unreg- petrators. In an incident in receives life threats from the er of the MLA along with some courage to come out of the with bravery award for uphold- vivors. However, it’s the per- istered, they repeat it and their April 2019 in Alwara, a woman, influential and powerful per- goons, severely beat up her closet and expose the culprits ing moral courage. Recognition petrators who should be com- cruelty increases with each travelling with her husband on petrators and their accom- father and humiliated him in while realising the conse- and respect alone can change pelled to share the responsi- repetition of the act. A psy- a bike, was waylaid and gang- plices. Some do succumb to the hospital, who later succumbed quences. Thus the courage a our conditioned perceptions. bility of generating financial aid choanalyst has pointed out raped, while her husband was family pressure and popular to his injuries. When her com- woman shows in registering a However besides moral for the survivors. Resources can that those who repeat the brutally tortured. The accused Indian thinking “jo hona tha so plaint went unnoticed, the case of rape against her perpe- support and encouragement be generated by confiscating crime, especially related to took multiple videos of their ho gaya”. Unnao girl tried to immolate trators should not be seen as what the survivors need is the properties of the perpetra- sexual assault, do it as an act of heinous act and uploaded it on But the way an 18-year old herself in front of Uttar Pradesh just an urge to punish the cul- financial independence and tors once their guilt is proven. their right. And whenever a social networking sites. It was girl showed exemplary courage Assembly, which drew public prits. It’s her fight for her self- security. The Government woman objects, they react as if only after the video went viral by registering a case in Delhi attention She knew about the respect and dignity. In the should ensure a policy to reha- (Anish Gupta and Aaleya their right is being curtailed by that the couple lodged a com- Police station on April 16, consequences when she decid- process of exposing the per- bilitate these women through Giri teach Economics and that woman. plaint on May 4. The audacity 2019 against her parents, who ed to file an FIR against such a verts she saves innumerous respectable Government jobs English respectively at the Shiv Kumar Yadav, the of the criminals shows that had accepted a bribe from the powerful MLA, but nevertheless women from being harmed by according to their qualifications University of Delhi)
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