Udgir (Latur dist): Fourteenyear-old Taslima Bagwan may have been given a silent burial by her tormentors on December 31. The incident, however, has ignited an angry debate on the rising incidence of crime against women in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra as well as the cover-ups.
    Shocking but true, said Sanjay Lathkar, superintendent of police, Latur. “Of the 100 death cases registered with the police more than 50% of the victims are women. And in most cases the cause of death is shown to be due to jumping in a village well or hanging.’’ Lathkar said, recounting experiences in Parbhani district, a communally sensitive district in the region, where the IPS officer was posted six months back.
    Ditto in Nanded and Latur, two high-profile but declared ‘most backward’districts in the state in the Human Development Index report prepared by the Maharashtra Planning Board in 2001. While child marriages are rampant here, strong caste dynamics and a still-prevailing feudal order have resulted in a large number of cases where husbands re-marry without divorcing the first wife.
    In fact, the outrage over the Taslima Bagwan rape case has opened a Pandora’s box. Media glare has given many the courage to walk up to a police station and report such incidents which were “downplayed’’ by family members and the authorities in the past.
    “I have been handed names of five women from the district who have died under suspicious circumstances. In all cases, the women were found dead by jumping into the well. I have asked for a thorough probe and if there is any room for suspicion we will initiate action against those involved in creating compelling circumstances,’’ the top police officer told TOI.
    Senior officials said the incidents concerning crimes against women are often not reported and in most cases the families mutually resolve the issue with money paid in return for the loss of life.
    Taslima Bagwan’s case is itself a typical example. After the girl from the sleepy Dawangaon village, 15-km from Udgir town, was killed, her parents were allegedly offered Rs 50,000 to forgive the four youths who are arrested in connection with the rape and murder. “Whether fear of the majority members of the village or the promised cash payout was the reason why the case was not reported to the police is a matter of investigation. However, the fact remains that such incidents are not few,’’ a Udgir resident associated with the NCP said.
    The money that is provided to silence the victim’s relatives, is almost a matter of custom. “It has become so prevalent that the families haggle for the cash. In a recent incident of dowry death in a village, the woman’s body was lying unattended while her in-laws and parents sat across to negotiate the terms and cash. When such dealings take place, the crime is almost never reported,’’ said Lathkar.
    The incidence of “settlement’’ or cases were such crimes are downplayed are said to have been rising due to attempts to create a “false halo around a village that it is strifefree’’ as prescribed under the norms of the state-sponsored Mahatma Gandhi Tanta Mukti Gaon Abhiyan, a pet project of deputy chief minister RR Patil. In Latur district, barring one, all 740-plus villages have enrolled for this novel competition where prize money will be awarded by the state if they remain free of crime or internal fights.

please tell me how to react?

yesterday was a very tiring day for me, i was struggling to repair my system (its just because of lack of resources).

early morning i got a call from my girlfriend that her parents are looking some boy for her and they want her to marry as soon as possible. she told her mom about me and she got the usual response which you expect from any guardian. i have to say here that she is brave to say all this at home. i know it will be impossible for 80 percent of girl to accept in front of their parents that she love someone.

but now what i do ? i really love her and i can't see her crying, she is brave enough to say good bye to me but i know she can't stand a single minute without me.

then while on a my way to office many times i thought of calling her (i am totally brooked now, just because i have to spend lots of money on my laptop). but some part of my mind is stopping me saying that -

why vishal ? why are you now increasing her problem, even she has a work to at least make her happy so that she can work properly.

then suddenly i got a message from her that she is fooling me in the morning. this was the second shock of my day then i called her, i know she is good liar (because she is exactly  a clone of mine.. )

 

  Peopleare putting their life in danger while traveling from one place to another in City, The city buses has break all records of number of person they can accommodate inside a bus.


Now a days i am also the part of that crowd, but i can't think of get into those buses, its actually beyond my scope of thinking to get inside those buses, i feel much safer and convenient if i will catch a rickshaw which will cost me 300 times of the fare of bus or taxi which again cost me 900 times of the fare of bus.


Just imagine about those people who don't have any option, chennai government has to do something about it. i asked few of my friends here, like... if you can afford and rickshaw then why are you not traveling in that, they just reply me back, i used to travel in bus and i prefer that.

i would like to add one more conversation..

actually its between me and my colleagues.

 he is knows local language ie. "TAMIL" the basic qualification is to stay here in tamilnadu. i asked him that now chennai government make the rules for "rickshaw wala" to go by meter, so we can asked some rickshaw wala to go meter... but you will be amazed to see his reaction--- he said i don't want to go by meter, because if you asked them to go by meter they will abuse you, and they are poor so what is the issue paying them more. then i realize it's not the government fault, its the people who doesn't want to change, they are happy with whatever they are having and they don't want anyone to fight for their rights...

i just want to pray for those kids who are traveling in a bus like this....