[Reader-list] Justice for Soumya - Please join Us !

[Shivam Vij शिवम् विज्]

While one commends efforts to seek the truth about Soumya
Viswanathan's murder, I was struck by one line in this mail:

> To that end, we want to launch a campaign – Justice for Soumya, of the sort
> we have participated in on numerous occasions for the likes of Aarushi
> Talwar, Jessica Lal, Nitish Katara, Priyadarshini Mattoo and others.

I wonder why it didn't mention Hemraj Banjade even as it did Arushi
Talwar. Weren't both murdered the same night, in the same house? I can
understand that we don't care about the poor being murdered, we don't
launch campaigns for them, we don't sit in TV studios and lecture the
world on justice, police, government. But in this case, surely, to
show our bias so blatantly as to mention only one of the two victims
of a "double murder" - this is rather foolish. As we go about seeking
justice for every middle class/elite woman killed, we must not leave
any signs that let the world guess that we don't care about the rest.

Aditya, please note!

best
shivam




On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Forwarded Message by Achint Anand - Headlines Today
>
> ******************************************************************
>
> All of you are aware of the tragic passing away of our colleague Soumya
> Viswanathan.
>
> A promising young Producer, Soumya was loved by her seniors and peers, and
> revered by her juniors. Soumya was murdered while driving back home from
> work after completing an unusually long shift at work, having stayed back to
> help with her channel Headlines Today's coverage of the blasts in Gujarat
> and Maharashtra on the 29th of September, 2008.
>
> She was killed by a bullet to her head in the wee hours of Tuesday, the 30th
> of September.
>
> We are waiting for the police to find the person (or people) who committed
> this dastardly act. We are waiting for answers, as we struggle to come to
> terms with our dear friend's unfair death.
>
> But while we wait, we want to help the investigation. We want to do what we
> can to do the only thing we can for Soumya – find the murderer, who is still
> walking free.
>
> To that end, we want to launch a campaign – Justice for Soumya, of the sort
> we have participated in on numerous occasions for the likes of Aarushi
> Talwar, Jessica Lal, Nitish Katara, Priyadarshini Mattoo and others.
>
> This note is to invite you to join the campaign. This is to request you to
> lend your voice, lend whatever power you have, to help us in our campaign.
>
> Come. Bring your friends. Bring whoever you think can help us.
>
> VENUE: The Press Club of India, Raisina Road, New Delhi
> DATE: 4th October 2008
> TIME: 1.00pm
>
> From,
>
> Friends of Soumya Viswanathan
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