Arnab Goswami asked on Times Now, does Kasab's hanging bring closure to the ones affected by 26/11?
Does it really?
I don't think so.
When Osama Bin Laden was killed, it brought closure to the whole of America. Obama was hailed worldwide and his forces saluted. A victory was celebrated.
When news of Ajmal Kasab being hanged gained momentum, there was a flurry of reactions ranging from 'Finally?', 'Are you sure?' to 'Sure it was not a natural death?'. Perhaps we'd gotten so used to seeing our Government spend crores on him, we couldn't imagine him dead.
For the past four years, the families of the victims had to live with the horror of seeing the Indian Goverment protecting Kasab, reading out human rights to him, lawyering him up and treating him more humanely than he ever treated any person on that fateful day.
Hats off to our Government for treating Kasab as an equal finally and sentencing him as per the law. But it hurts to see that the same Indian Goverment curbs on our basic human rights of speech and expression.
(Case in point - recent arrests of cartoonists for drawing the flak of politicians.)
(Further case in point - arrest of two girls for having criticised the mass upheaval in Mumbai on Bal Thackeray's death.)
How can a country which has been seeing injustice happening for four years achieve sudden closure at a death which should have and could have happened long ago?
No, Arnab. The hanging does not bring closure.
The real closure will come when we as citizens of India can instill faith in the ones who lead us, not rule us.
Does it really?
I don't think so.
When Osama Bin Laden was killed, it brought closure to the whole of America. Obama was hailed worldwide and his forces saluted. A victory was celebrated.
When news of Ajmal Kasab being hanged gained momentum, there was a flurry of reactions ranging from 'Finally?', 'Are you sure?' to 'Sure it was not a natural death?'. Perhaps we'd gotten so used to seeing our Government spend crores on him, we couldn't imagine him dead.
For the past four years, the families of the victims had to live with the horror of seeing the Indian Goverment protecting Kasab, reading out human rights to him, lawyering him up and treating him more humanely than he ever treated any person on that fateful day.
Hats off to our Government for treating Kasab as an equal finally and sentencing him as per the law. But it hurts to see that the same Indian Goverment curbs on our basic human rights of speech and expression.
(Case in point - recent arrests of cartoonists for drawing the flak of politicians.)
(Further case in point - arrest of two girls for having criticised the mass upheaval in Mumbai on Bal Thackeray's death.)
How can a country which has been seeing injustice happening for four years achieve sudden closure at a death which should have and could have happened long ago?
No, Arnab. The hanging does not bring closure.
The real closure will come when we as citizens of India can instill faith in the ones who lead us, not rule us.
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