Hetal... We're sorry

The nation seems to be in no hurry to end its obsession with Dhananjoy Chatterjee and his fabled crime. Now, that the actual incident is done, we are getting reports about imitators. The greatest influence the episode has had is on children. Read the following:

• Boy Plays Dhananjoy, Survives noose game


• Children Hand Friend in Play

The media's great interest [for obvious reasons] and its reporting of every excruciating detail about the execution has distressed the minds of these children, that they have started hero-worshipping him [,not much unlike the media]. The media went to such an extent as to compare his death with that of Christ ["I forgive you"], sending all sorts of wrong signals to everybody. It reminds me of incidents some years back about children trying to imitate Shaktimaan, and Superman. However, that was still acceptable. But Dhananjoy Chatterjee???

There is something terribly wrong in our value system, and how we teach our children to differentiate between right and wrong. And they obviously should not be allow to take a cue from the media.

Hetal.... we're sorry, we've been unable to do justice with your killer, since even in his rightful death he continues to dominate our imaginations...