Does India need social revolution to eradicate social parasites?

Multiple international and domestic media reported and for a moment, we also assumed that the horrible Delhi attack could prove a turning point for India's women as well as the Indian society. But things stand more or less same. Myriad (mis)incidents have occured since then. A society, where the fear of wrongdoing is absent, can never get rid of social evils. Why do the social parasites such as Raj Thackeray, Owaisi, Asharam Bapu and many more prosper? Few doing trade of hatred, few prospering in the name of God, few doing business of ethics and so on. They all know - despite all the wrongdoing in daylight - they will not be convicted and will walk free untouched and unruffled. When we introspect - who is responsible for all these - is it the lame government (no matter who is heading it) or us who elected them?

What is the solution of all these? Do we need a social revolution which will transform the society and thus eradicate the social evils in the entire nation. When Anna Hazare led campaign against corruption - we thought that was the one. We had similar feeling after the nationwide agitation against the Delhi gang-rape but these have become as periodic and repetitive as these heinous crimes. Moreover, this is the only way civilized citizens can exhibit their frustration and agony because we dont belong to the same class as these social parasites do.

I, candidly, don’t know who is the culprit, whom to blame and what is the solution but what I firmly know is that whenever I say I am Indian – these heinous acts, which occur everyday, haunt me – countless rapes, relentless politicians doing scandals, hatred speeches just to preserve vote-bank and many more. Do we wish to live in such India or did we ever dream of such India. A UN index in 2011 amalgamated details on female education and employment, women in politics, sexual and maternal health and more. It ranked India 134th out of 187 countries, worse than Saudi Arabia, Iraq or China. In corruption, India is ranked much ahead of most of the nations. Intellectuals may argue and suggest to look at our neighbouring countries, we are much ahead compared to most of them. So my counterargument is do we really look up to live in such ambience where people are deprived of freedom of speech, social media and many similar privileges which we enjoy  OR we boast of a nation which will have biggest economy, total literacy and a crime-free society. Do campaigns, agitation, outrage, microblogging and expressing opinions make any difference? – I don’t have an answer. Certainly, the transformation cannot be done overnight and the journey, indeed, is long. As for now, I can only hope for the best..!!!