Why We Need Justice for Ruchika?

I was following the Ruchika Molestation case quite closely after the famous crooked smile of Mr. Rathore was splashed in the media and ultimately led to the uproar in the nation for the justice for Ruchika. When I myself followed the whole story I felt the outrage against the ballant misuse of power and the helplessness against the injustice. The whole sequence where Mr Rathore used the whole police machinery to break a helpless family sent shiver through my spines. I guess this was the feeling that united the whole nation against Mr. Rathore.

Our fathers and grandfathers were the generation when India was struggling for freedom or new country adjusting with new place in free world. They were the generation who had a collective aim to build a new country. They fought for the freedom and after that they worked with the purpose to build a great nation. After that a time came during 70s and 80s when corruption, unemployment were at its peak. That was the time of famous angry young man era. The youth felt like cheated and betrayed by their politicians. The dream of great nation handed to them by Nehru and Gandhi was not fulfilled. He woke up in the era of unemployment, feminine, poverty and corruption. After that from 90s country realized and adjusted with the changing world. Our market was opened and we started taking on the world’s competition head-on. We didn’t do badly either. There was a time when we were seen as economically failed society and now is the time when world want us to take lead to pull it out of the economic mess.

We are the generation who are sure of ourselves. We are competing with the international players and beating them in their games. We are free of the mental slavery. We are working with US and European countries and realizing they are not better then us. We are the proud Indian with confidence that we can excel in anything that we venture out to do. The feeling of helplessness is entirely new to us. Even the thought of it is outrageous for me. This is the reason why nation woke up to call of Ruchika’s family. It was not for the sake of Ruchika. It was for us. The justice imparted reinstate my faith that we live in a society where everyone is equal and provided with equal opportunity. All is equal in eyes of justice. Someone may play with it for the time being but not for ever.

This feeling that we live in true democratic society is the greatest achievement of free India. Every society needs some collective aim. The aim of our generation is to build a great nation. When you work for a purpose you productivity increases manifold. The government should realize this that they should also safeguard the spirit of nation. They should not let this spirit die. The events like Mumbai attack, attack on Indian parliament impact the morale of the citizen. The preparators of these crimes should not go unpunished. The country should fight and retaliates when required against these terrorists. This help in building the character of the nation.

Today after reading the news of justice imparted to Ruchika I felt a huge relief as if my faith, my value system has got revalidated. I have a similar feeling like the one, which I have when I listen to our nation anthem in attention pose. I feel proud to be Indian and the part of society where Ruchikas can get get justice against mighty like Rathores.

Jai Hind