[Reader-list] Crime and No Punishment: Malegaon Blast Accused Get a Respite

[Kshmendra Kaul]

"intellectuals"?   Hmmmnnnn Who are they?
 
"upper class"?    Hmmmmnnnn Who are they?
 
" people, ... are then told about the different points of view" ? Hmmmmn Who tells them?
 
 
Quite a talking down
 

--- On Wed, 8/12/09, Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Crime and No Punishment: Malegaon Blast Accused Get a Respite
To: "Murali V" <murali.chalam at gmail.com>
Cc: "Kshmendra Kaul" <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>, "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 3:16 PM


Yes, but it need not be chaotic. First, a debate needs to take place among intellectuals concerned on the subject itself, followed by the upper class. At the same time, simultaneously, it needs to be taken at the grass root level, among the people, who are then told about the different points of view. The merits and demerits of each view must be made heard, which is quite possible through the gram sabha. At the same time, what must be looked at is that no infringement of the deserved freedoms of individuals of any section or group takes place, which is unjust. 

And say after a proper debate for about a year or two, let us go for a referendum. After all, that is very little time compared to the time taken for the Right To Information and the NREGA to get passed after so many struggles (of which most of us would have heard little or nothing about).