MINOR Vs MAJOR CRIMES
In the context of the recent heinous crimes
on women, I write this note which may be relevant to examine the next course of
action we should take to stop such social evil.
The present generation is quite
different from the earlier one existed in the 18th&19th
centuries? The earlier generation had a set pattern of social culture &
moral behaviour in securing the social safety and peace living of the family
and the public at large. Strict Parental relation was maintained unlike the
present “friendly relation” with the children. Both the parents and the
teachers in schools and colleges also exercised their role in training up the
children in the correct path of life. Whenever the children disobeyed or did
wrong, the parents cautioned them and even punished them at the right moment.
They never” Spared the rod and Spoiled” the child.
But the present scenario is
different. Most of the parents do not keep strict vigilance on their children
when they commit wrong things and disobey the parents or teachers. A “Stitch in time saves nine” is not observed
by the modern parents and they give a long rope & freedom to the child to
do whatever he/she likes at home or outside. Being the only child, these
parents are scared of correcting the wrong doings resulting in unmanageable situations.
The joint family system seems to be better than the single child syndrome! Earlier
the children learned the social customs and public behaviour from their parents
& teachers who strictly followed the social justice to bring up the
children as worthy citizens. But as time passé by deterioration in the teaching
standard & character development of the students, resulted in multiplying
the social evils in the schools, colleges and in public life.
Political invasions in the school
& college campus also ignited the passion of destructive nature in the
minds of the youngsters. The children instead of learning from the class rooms
started short cuts methods of learning by doing/seeing TV/and other electronic
media which gave them entry to any communicating gadget to “Make or Mar”.
The human mind is the most complex
and unpredictable, unlike the animals which move on with the inbuilt instincts.
Man with his VIVEKAM & JNANAM (KNOWLEDGE) given by the Almighty misused causing
incorrigible crime to his/her fellow beings. Just like controlling the growth of a tree
sapling , human beings also must be “ pruned and dressed up” to grow as an
acceptable social being without causing damage to people around. Unless control
over the stage development of the children is exercised in the right moment,
they will be drifted off from us and become a social nuisance both to the
parents and to the people. My note on four Stages of Life in http://divinityinaction.blogspot.in may be seen..
Therefore the Law applied earlier will not do
for the present generation, as the life styles are different now. The modern
developments in all the fields have a strong bearing in the behaviour of human
beings and therefore the existing law cannot be applied without revamping, to
suite the life style at all levels . Dissimilar things cannot be treated as one
for equal justice. It will not be out of place to say that the youngsters of
today with their bodily and mental development can become parents at the age of
16 or 17!. If that be the case they should not escape under the shadow of the
prevailing juvenile treatment as punishment to such disastrous game of
butchering a young girl under duress. The legal authorities may deal with the
cases according to the merits & Demerits. Otherwise we may be digging our
own grave for a “Mass Burial
Abraham Philip
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