Barbarism of Crime – something endemically wrong with our society

Crime is a global phenomenon – its omnipotent and happens in varying degrees through-out the world. When one analyses crime in India and the barbarism involved in crimes against women one realizes there is something endemically wrong with our society. What can that be?

1. A dis-passionate society which is continuously running in pursuit of material achievements
2. A glaring divide between privileged and deprived citizens
3. The blatant eulogizing of material achievements
4. Lack of moral compass w.r.t. right and wrong
5. Survival and self-reliance are only priorities we learn as we grow up
6. An unequal education system where the rich will be spared as they take refuge in the private education system but the poor are left to mercy of government run schooling which varies in its quality from state to state.
   While states like Maharashtra and Gujarat have good public education system in other states its on the mercy of the people in charge.
7. Family and school are two places which infuse moral foundation in a human being if these are defunct then it all boils down to the individual. We Indians have to on a war footing ensure good basic schooling for all and a community structure which infuses the basic fabric of amiable human nature in one and all.
8. We don’t have time – I hear this from me and others as we go through the motions of life – this reminds me of a line in hindi -  “ Agar Hum waqt ko tavajoo nahi denge to ek din waqt hame chusi hui narangi ki tarah fek dega” – “If we don’t give value to time then one day time will discard us like a chewed waste” – similarly if we don’t realize today that we need to invest in a healthy society we will live to see and bear the unhealthy consequences.
9. We have to let go of the hypocrisy and provide healthy source of information to the society at large – people getting answers about their questions through movies and other non-educational sources is dangerous and detrimental to the growth of a healthy outlook.
10. 1.      We need to invest in society as a society – everything can’t be left to the government. Government can’t tell us be honorable in behavior to:-   

a.      Fellow females / males

b.      Foreign citizens

c.       Help foreign citizen

d.      Don’t fleece foreigners

e.      Keep the roads clean

      We need to salvage ourselves  from the mess or the hole we have dug ourselves into.