Criminals aren't outliers they emerge from a society that privately desires what the law forbids. Punishing individuals absolves collective responsibility. Real change demands inner transformation: how we raise children, treat women daily, and what values we normalize. Justice isn't courtroom revenge it's personal integrity. A shift in individual consciousness is the only genuine solution to crime.
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Originally published in The New Indian Express on 15 mar '20
A criminal is produced in an ecosystem, which refers to how we are deciding to be, right now. To punish the other is to absolve oneself of all responsibility.
A criminal doesn’t just drop from the sky. He is produced in an ecosystem, which refers to how we are deciding to be, right now. Look at the common man: he might not violate the written law frequently, but does he not carry the desire to really get and enjoy much that is forbidden by the law?
It’s the same story being tragically repeated in every such case. And the case need not even be of sexual assault. Crime is multifarious and diverse, and happens in very unimaginable and subtle ways. So firstly, it is not about one particular victim. Secondly, it is not even about rape alone. It’s about the overall context of crime.
