Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Friday, Oct 22, 2004
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Friday, Oct 22, 2004 |
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Life
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Letters Playing with lives
`Gudiya' ka khel (October 1, 2004) was perhaps the best thing written on this episode. The author has rightly pointed out that our responses would have been different had a male been caught between two wives. We have made a mockery of the girl and her life for the sake of `exclusive' coverage and TRPs. A similar coverage of the execution of Dhananjoy Chatterjee, convicted for the rape and murder of a schoolgirl in Kolkata, led to suicide attempts by schoolchildren in some places. The media is free, but for whom? S.K. Sinha The article is an eye opener. I cannot digest the stand taken by religious laws, be they Muslim, Hindu, Christian or any other. One poor woman's life is at stake. The accompanying photograph was shocking. Gudiya's face reflected the trauma she was undergoing as well as her innocence. I don't blame either Arif or Taufiq, the two men who are each claiming her as wife. Shouldn't Gudiya be allowed to choose who she wants to live with? Let us not bring religion into it. Humanity comes first. Unnikrishnan Nair, Ahmedabad. There are two parts to this issue. What society says (usually it is always divided), and what Gudiya wants. It is absolutely unfair for society to decide the fate of Gudiya's future and that of her unborn child. Gudiya should be allowed to decide on her own. Only then would I feel that India is a truly free country. Balaji C.
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