Alok 's Profile

he young-woman-at-the-bar lay dead, killed by a fat-youth-from-a-rich-family-with-well-connected-parents. What's the price for the life of such a girl compared to the glorious future that awaited him? He would perhaps go on to inherit his father's fortunes and grow even fatter from booze and the good life. And what was her fate? Serve more drinks in bars perhaps. Walk the ramp to earn a living. Work in nightclubs to earn a living. What was the death of a mere chit of a girl when compared to the life of a scion of a powerful clan?

In the dark rooms of their own self-absorption, lit only by the beacons of hatred towards journalists, they have failed to realize that the Jessica Lal Murder Case was not just a murder of a young woman. Instead it was a moral catastrophe of the Indian elite.