Today I saw another disgusting example of inhumanity. A  JAIN family (one old man and woman) near my home sacrificed their maid for the ongoing navratras. The police is not doing anything about it. Three pundits are inside that house and doing some havan. And surprisingly, the media is not doing much about it either. I mean, WTF! The children of the maid haven't cremated the body of their mother yet. Very rightly, they are saying that either they want justice from the law or they will burn the old man and woman along with their mother. The post mortem report of the dead body confirms that she has been strangled and her neck has been cut. Apparently, the family has already murdered four other people like this for the past navratras, but nobody came forward to complain.

It is downright shocking and disgusting! How can anyone even think of doing anything like this! Just today, a Jain colleague of mine was accusing me of being a 'corrupted' Jain because I don't keep the usual fasts or pray to God. I mean, helloooooo, i thought the first and foremost religion of any person is to be a good human being. And if this is the kind of prayers you offer to your God, then I am sorry, I don't want to be a part of any religion.

Anyways the police isn't doing much. I plead to all the media people to come together and do something about it.

 


Comments

ankur kakkar

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:55:53

hey,
it is truly shocking and unbelievable that such evil practices are being followed till date.
I had heard that such acts are practiced in rural india, but little did i know that we had such orthodox and socially unacceptable people living in south delhi.
it is shameful for our society who does nothing to bring such people to justice.
I will definitely write about this incident on my blog and hope that the media takes note of it.

 

Soumya Jain

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:03:26

Thanks a lot Ankur! It helps to know that people are condemning such acts.

 

ankur kakkar

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:53:41

hey,
check out my latest post on general elections .. and take a few precious moments out of your hectic schedule to post a comment !! thanx.

 

ankur kakkar

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:51:15

hey, how u doing ?

i got a good response for my last post and comments are still pouring in !!
btw, i wanted to ask if you could help me find a part time freelance writing job. i am a bit vella these days and thought i'd utilise some time.
thanx.

 

Soumya Jain

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:04:11

Hey Ankur

I'll definitely try my best...though the market is really down, but still...

 

ankur kakkar

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:20:17

thanx.. drop a comment on my blog, or mail me if anything concrete turns out.. ciao..

 

ankur kakkar

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:16:31

my blog exists :P ... part 2 and part 3 likh diye hain ,try and give me a feedback .. and also take a look at my farewell pics !!

 

ankur kakkar

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:30:20

another blog post , another reminder !!
this one is really interesting, i can assure you :P

 

ankur kakkar

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:27:05

3 weeks without a post ... what doing gal ?

 

Ishmart Alec

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:36:17

i totally get your point about jains. being a jain myself. i feel that the concept of fasting is just sheer elitist arrogance. I mean i dont wanna sound like a socialist, but whts the point in shunning food when you have millions dying of hunger. the contrast is cruel. Maybe a good idea would be to donate food to the needy on any day that you observe a fast.

 

Soumya Jain

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:32:40

Yes...sometimes I think we jains just put ourselves on a very high moral pedestal...and its irritating. I am not saying that go and binge on non-veg. I just think that we should leave those in peace who want to have non-veg.

Anyways...its a very debatable issue. Thank God my grandmom can't see this...she would have killed me... ;)

 

Ishmart Alec

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:16:02

hmm yes its true. the moral pedestal part.

not to be concluded that we "are". remember jain hawala case. have you seen blood diamond. and today they printed a list of demands from jain munis on TOI. some of them were actually very good. some of them hilarious.
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