Rancorous uproar for justice after every brutal crime including and especially crime against women may represent popular sentiment but somewhere down the line they also reveal a hypocritical outlook. The demand for more stringent laws and strict enforcement being raised by people from across the spectrum; from the Parliament to the small town tea-stalls, is in essence retributive reflecting a mindset not much different from the mindset of the offenders. The shock, outrage and anger are genuine but it is not very clear if it arises entirely out of the wrong done to a young student or the fact that these offenders have glimpse of the monsters lurking within us. After all these people must have been very much part of our society less than a week back. They
might have taken part in anti-corruption movement and even joined the chorus denouncing rising rate of crime against women! One cannot really say.
