Mumbai, Apr 20: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has described the brutal sexual assault on a five-year-old Delhi girl as a matter of shame and said, 'something is going horribly wrong with us as a society.'
Bachchan took to Twitter, Facebook and blog to express his feeling of distress.
On Twittr, he said: "Have no energy left to write, think and communicate the horror of this crime!! Something is going horribly wrong with us as a society !! Prayers for the little girl as she fights for her life!! Distressed, disturbed and frustrted to learn of the rape of a 5 year old in Delhi ...now fighting for her life!! A shame !!.
On his blog, the megastar wrote:
DAY 1830
Jalsa, Mumbai
The horror of the latest crime of rape and then attempt to kill a 5 year old little girl, leaves me numb and without voice ! These evil beings are not fit to be called animals … even animals have certain codes of conduct !
What is happening to us as a society, a community ? Why and how are we succumbing to these atrocious and ghastly acts … who are these people and where do they come from .. which Mother gave birth to them, and how were they brought up … in which environment.
Jails are not the solution … keeping them bound and confined shall not change them or their thinking … they need to be made examples of … they need to be shamed first publicly and then left to the public to deal them justice in which ever way they seem fit !!
There seems to be complete vacuousness in how the situation needs to be dealt with .. no one seems to have solutions, or worse, preventions … we wait till a deed happens and then get active on how to deal with the situation … we have no mechanism to preempt a situation .. whether it be a rape or a terrorist attack …
Most security checks at public places are limited to a doorway which beeps on metal possession .. hah ! most explosive gagets are made of plastic these days, undetected by these machines … a terrorist attack on the city from the sea and then, and only then does the coastal patrol get more efficient in its weaponry and its boats, that ply about … it is after an incident happens that the aspect of the event starts getting attention …
We all are living in insecure times, where the fear of authority and the call of discipline and awareness is non existant …
We live on love and fresh air … and we hope that what befalls tragically on others, shall not befall us …
May that be true for all of us … but it shall not …
Amitabh Bachchan
