RIP Justice

There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It super cedes all other courts.

~Mahatma Gandhi

Aruna Shanbaug has just died after fighting a long battle, 42 years long. She wasn't the only one who died.. justice too is dead. Without a battle. Not even a fight.

I am not writing about Aruna or nirbhaya or anyone in particular. I am writing about each and every one of you. All of us humans who are considered the most civilized.

So what do we do when we read about a murder or a rape case in the newspaper.  Gossip about it. Write a Facebook status about it. Hope it gets likes and shares. Or even tweet. The damn audacity we have to do that.

And yes we do that, why? Because we know somewhere inside that justice is dead. Heroes don't get a happy ending. Happy endings are reserved for the villains.  Fairy tales, movies..all point us to the wrong direction that justice prevails in the end. Fairy tales, the ones we read in our childhood. Every fairy tale has a hero and a villain. The fight between good and evil continues till the end and finally the hero is able to save everyone from the villain and they all live happily ever after. There is no such phrase as happily ever after for Aruna or nirbhaya or the hundreds or thousands of others.

We all know its true, but we have to survive so we suppress this thought and continue living our lives the way it is. We don't want to bring about a change. The justice system or the society has failed us. But who constitute of this? We do. We forget that we as an entire population are much stronger. We together can bring change to the justice system or society as a whole. We not I. But are "We" willing?  

I know you are saying "Whats the use?". You would have said and heard this phrase many times in your lives.

Exactly..what am I even doing writing this.

Whats the use.

RIPJustice.

Lets just say a silent prayer to all future victims, and I hope not, someone who might be very close to you.

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.

~Haile Selassie