01-12-2005, 10:03 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Pathmarajah+Jan 12 2005, 12:05 PM-->QUOTE(Pathmarajah @ Jan 12 2005, 12:05 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--> You underestimate your own police force and judiciary, while other nations have great respect for them. All over the commonwealth we quote Indian judges and cases. We remember how their police solved the Rajiv Gandhi murder in days, and had them all successfully charged. Yet Indians routinely malign their own institutions.
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You have a point Pathma. But this skeptisim stems from the fact that we have criminals, rapists, murders, thughs with known links with ISI sitting those very temples of democracy running those very same insititutions. Goons with connections are running brothels from jail cells or ordering kidnappings and people have issues with a seer demanding food of his choice while in prison! Jails are converted into five star health spas for our politicians visiting jails. Warrants against a person like our President Abdul Kalam or the Cheif Justice of SC have been bought for less than Rs 50k in past twelve months - just to highlight the rot in system. As you say the murders of Rajiv Gandhi were brought to justice within days but those responsible 4000 sikhs deaths are sitting in the same parliament let alone a day in court/jail 20 years since the incidence.
You'll find links to all these on this forum if you search or can google it out.
So as Andy Grover say's a bit of paranoia might not be such a bad thing. Besides, what's the point in living in a democracy if we can't speak out against these corrupt insititutions that have not delivered? We might be great compared to other nations but that's really not any measuring stick to go by as there's still a lot left to be done.
Those who have come out in support of the Indian constitution or India Justice system during the seer arrest case are seemly quite when it comes to other cases. Wonder why? One can only guess...
Pathma <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You have a point Pathma. But this skeptisim stems from the fact that we have criminals, rapists, murders, thughs with known links with ISI sitting those very temples of democracy running those very same insititutions. Goons with connections are running brothels from jail cells or ordering kidnappings and people have issues with a seer demanding food of his choice while in prison! Jails are converted into five star health spas for our politicians visiting jails. Warrants against a person like our President Abdul Kalam or the Cheif Justice of SC have been bought for less than Rs 50k in past twelve months - just to highlight the rot in system. As you say the murders of Rajiv Gandhi were brought to justice within days but those responsible 4000 sikhs deaths are sitting in the same parliament let alone a day in court/jail 20 years since the incidence.
You'll find links to all these on this forum if you search or can google it out.
So as Andy Grover say's a bit of paranoia might not be such a bad thing. Besides, what's the point in living in a democracy if we can't speak out against these corrupt insititutions that have not delivered? We might be great compared to other nations but that's really not any measuring stick to go by as there's still a lot left to be done.
Those who have come out in support of the Indian constitution or India Justice system during the seer arrest case are seemly quite when it comes to other cases. Wonder why? One can only guess...