I read about the very spicy news of
Bihar, the affair between a
professor and a student. I think
it's highly unethical for a teacher
to behave like this. India is a
country rich of traditions, culture
and values. These teachers hold a
valued place in Indian society. If
they start doing such nasty things,
what will others learn from them? -
Ruchita Prasad - July 23, 2006
"Love-struck professor"? What is he,
a 17-year old hormone-raging
teenager?
Besides, he did not get fired from
the University because of his sexual
shenanigans with the girl equivalent
to the age of his daughter that he
never had (thank God for that!). He
got fired because he illegally
occupied a university quarter and
made personal speech at the college
campus - apparently a no-no in the
university rule book. Read it
here.
He is also accused of sleeping with
other girls in exchange for better
marks. That alone is enough for
anyone to get fired - much less a
teacher - in India or US or any
other country of your choice.
I read others' views on the same
topic earlier titled 'Wah Kya Prem
Hai' by Seema Jyotishi and could not
believe a majority of writers can
not distinguish between moral,
amoral, or immoral activities and in
fact, want to completely do away
with anything even remotely
considered 'moral'. One even went so
far as to suggest that morality and
nation development cannot go
together!!
I just want to ask Mr. Virupaksha a
simple hypothetical question: if the
professor had an adult daughter
(again, thank God he doesn't have
one!) and he was having sex with her
- would you have objected to it or
not?
If not, I suggest you seek some
professional help; if yes, aren't
you being a 'moral police'?
Some people, it seems, have recently
discovered terms like
'moral-policing' and 'hypocrites'
(thanks to the effect of western
media) and are using (or misusing)
them to justify all sorts of illegal
and immoral acts. Everything is 'chalta
hai' as long as it doesn't affect
them personally.
People who call others hypocrites
are probably the biggest hypocrites
themselves!
A man doesn't live alone on an
island; he lives in a society and
each society has certain rules,
norms, customs, and moral values.
This is not moral policing as people
like the author of this article has
tried to establish. - K. K.
Mehta, Connecticut, USA - July 23,
2006
Virupaksha ji, I am fully agree with
you. Nobody has right to pee in our
personal life. To punish for pure
personal reason in unjustified.
Yesterday I was watching on Bif
Fight NTTV in which Professor
Chaudhary, Julie were invited to
face. You may surprise to know the
whole panel of so called policing
failed to face the statements given
by Professor Matuk nath Chaudhary
and Julie. Visiting panel was noted
Film personality and he was fully
with the love birds. The argument
given by one BJP leader and one Mrs.
Giri was only showing the
threatening attitude of society. In
cut short they were acting as if
they are representing the society
and nobody including Professor and
Julie has any right to comment.
Instead if they want the social
recognition of their relationship,
they have to accept that they are
wrong and even then it will not be
given. Not to say that Professor and
Julie has categorically refused to
accept the offer.
However, any civil society has its
rules, custom and tradition beside
legal forces to settle them. But
India is land of gods. If the love
is to be flourishing, and that is
necessary for the sustaining of
human life as human, it is the land
of Bihar. I am proud of what
Professor has done, but at the same
time could not resist to write that
it was nicer for the professor to
wait till he get divorce from her
torturous wife. - Dr. V. K. Singh
- July 23, 2006 |
