Blog@GraceJunction

Denied his daily staple of porn and horror films on his personal computer, a youth from an affluent family in Kolhapur, Maharashtra decided to get rid of what he thought was the root cause of his misery. Abhishek Patil (21) confessed that he had murdered his grandmother Shantabai Patil (67) in cold blood on April 3. The youth was apparently angry that he had been asked to vacate his room to accommodate his grandmother after she had moved to their house recently.

Shantabai had recently shifted to the home of her elder son and Abhishek’s father, Shirish Patil, who is a doctor. Abhishek was upset with his grandmother using his room as he could not get his dose of horror and porn clips which he used to watch on his computer, he said. Abhishek was told by his parents to share a room with his brother, Viren. (more…)

The Patan gang rape did really wake up most of the news weary minds across the state. Shocked, everyone eagerly awaited the next day’s newspaper to get a deeper glimpse in to what transpired. However, the matter, unusually covered by the media, in a land where between 1971 and 2006 rape cases increased by a whooping 678%, died the death as the voice of the victims. 

It was interesting to note that when the issue came to light everyone was found discussing on, how so much of marks, and in turn power, was bestowed in to the hands of the autonomous teachers ? Every ‘Woman’s Commission’ and group in India along with the local media, politicians and the public started to blame the particular system for internal marks. While every one was busy in the blame game, no one ever cared to ask, what made these autonomous teachers do this act prima facie? Surprisingly and unanimously every one was ready with solutions to curb these heinous acts - reduce the amount of internal marks held in the hands of teachers!!  (more…)