Rapes in the rise: How are the ‘good people’ to be blamed?
Just as the whole country is reeling under the shocking number of rapes that are being reported ever so frequently, a strange case of rape is reported from Pathan, Gujarat. A 22-year-old man has raped his own mother. Just as the cabinet approved the ordinance recommending death sentence to rapists of children below 12 years of age, a gory incident such as this one has occurred. There have been many horrible instances of a father has raping his own daughters. But this case of a boy raping his own mother is a rarest of rare case. The entire society has to hang its head in shame over this. Why did something like this happen? How did we as a society become responsible for this?
What enabled the young man to grow such a perversion? Can the government ever help curb such evils by commuting death or life sentence to the guilty?
Though each rape is horrible, the first mistake we make is that of putting all rape cases on the same scale. There is a difference between a debauchee raping a child, and the Kathua case where a 7-year-old girl was drugged, raped and killed. Kathua is not just about being a perverted act, it also has dirty politics involved in it. The girl became a victim because she belonged to a particular community. Hence, another particular community showed solidarity with the culprits.
We cannot place Kathua and Khairlanji rapes alongside other rapes and address all of them in a monolithic manner. Here, the motives are clear. They know the ways to fix this too. The culprits are not just looking for ways to satiate their sexual needs.
Today, a lot of sexual assaults on children are happening at home. The society has probably created a more than conducive atmosphere for such crimes to thrive. It is not too tough to analyse the reason behind the Gujarat rape. The boy was addicted to porn videos. He had spoken to his mother about his inclination of wanting to experiment with sex. She was well aware of his sexual drive being active. If the parents had paid closer attention, they could see their son going astray with this addiction to sex. They could have, probably, taken him for medical and psychological treatment. But they were not willing to comprehend with the factor that their son was disturbed. Hence, the whole thing ended in a tragedy.
Many years ago, if a paper published a vulgar picture, people hesitated to take the copy home. There were magazines that were dedicated to porn and they would never be sold in open. ‘Cabaret’ dancers as they were called, were exclusive dancers who wore skimpy clothes and pranced in a film irrespective of the script demanding it or not. They would appear in one small song, and disappear soon after. They wouldn’t be seen again in the film at all.
But they gradually disappeared. Leading ladies and even children began to wear clothes that were skimpier than that of the cabaret dancers. Leading ladies merged with cabaret dancers and would wear even more skimpy clothes. Today children form the major chunk of television viewers including women, children and all aged male and female members; and mind you, that television does not have the slightest of responsibility to change this situation. The leading dailies splash vulgar pictures on the very first page itself with no sense of what it would do to young minds. Internet takes people close to disaster very fast. People would read magazines with sexual content on the sly and hidden from the other members. Porn is watched irrespective of age now by both parents and children, on their own mobiles.
Internet is even more dangerous. Porn is freely and economically available now. If a young boy who has to decide on right and wrong thing, commits a crime owning to free porn, who should we complain to? Internet
When parents are busy with other joys of the internet, children watch the wrong stuff and turn into a menace for themselves and the parents too. Parents pay attention to this ugly habit by children only when they try to exhibit it openly.
Some time ago, the government had decided to clamp down on vulgar websites. Many people raised an objection to this. They said this interfered with the ‘freedom of expression’ and they continue with their works. An awareness has to be created opposing porn videos. It is right that the government should focus on bigger issues at hand. To close down these porn websites is the need of the hour for the sake of our children, grandchildren . Children should not be given mobile or any kids of luxury till they are old enough to handle it responsibly. Instead of suffering after losing him, parents should pay attention to their son’s whereabouts everyday.
Children from poor background and into begging or the ones that live in slum areas, should be guarded. Parents have to spend time with their children and shape their personality by way of sharing and caring. Only then, the rapes can be brought under the control of the government. The government needs to reprimand earlier, now I think they have made peace. Parents have to work with children to showcase the richness of this diversity. Only then, we can claim the nation has progressed.
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London, Nov 22: A bomb disposal squad deployed as a “precaution” to the South Terminal of Gatwick Airport concluded an investigation into a "security incident" on Friday after making a “suspect package” safe.
The South Terminal of Gatwick Airport, the UK's second busiest airport after Heathrow, which was briefly shut owing to the incident reopened following the incident.
The Gatwick is around 45 km south of London.
Two people detained during the enquiries have since been allowed to continue their journey as the airport was opened.
“Police have concluded their investigation into a report of a suspect package at Gatwick Airport. Officers from the EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) team made the package safe, and the airport has been handed back to its operator,” Sussex Police said in an updated statement.
“Two people detained while enquiries were ongoing have subsequently been allowed to continue their journeys. There will remain an increased police presence in the area to assist with passengers accessing the South Terminal for onward travel,” the statement added.
Earlier on Friday, the incident caused severe disruption at the busy airport’s South Terminal, while the North Terminal of Gatwick Airport remained unaffected.
“Police were called to the South Terminal at Gatwick Airport at 8.20 am on Friday (November 22) following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage,” a Sussex Police statement said.
“To ensure the safety of the public, staff and other airport users, a security cordon has been put in place whilst the matter is dealt with. As a precaution, an EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) team is being deployed to the airport. This is causing significant disruption and some roads around the South Terminal have been closed. We’d advise the public to avoid the area where possible,” it said.
Footage on social media taken outside the airport showed crowds of frustrated travellers being moved away from the terminal building.
Gatwick said it was working hard to resolve the issue.
“A large part of the South Terminal has been evacuated as a precaution while we continue to investigate a security incident," the airport said in a social media post.
“Passengers will not be able to enter the South Terminal while this is ongoing. The safety and security of our passengers and staff remain our top priority. We are working hard to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.”
Train and bus services that serve the airport were also impacted while the police carried out their inquiries.
In an unrelated incident in south London on Friday morning, the US Embassy area in Nine Elms by the River Thames was the scene of a controlled explosion by Scotland Yard dealing with what they believe may have been a “hoax device”.
“We can confirm the 'loud bang' reported in the area a short time ago was a controlled explosion carried out by officers,” the Metropolitan Police said in a post on X.
“Initial indications are that the item was a hoax device. An investigation will now follow. Some cordons will remain in place for the time being but the majority of the police response will now be stood down,” it added.
