Mr. Tejpal- The Preaching Predator and the hollow values of tehelka!!!

It is today that I got to read the complete script of the victims’ complaint letter that she has sent to her boss, a proclaimed Women Activist Ms. Shoma Chaudhury. I was just stunned. There were not one but many things that shook my conscience, my thoughts and my vision.

I feel agitated and frustrated at the same time. Power has definitely corrupted people in every walk of life, but here the guilty is the one who earns his bread and butter by preaching probity. A person, who has indeed harnessed every fruit of democratic freedom to the full, couldn’t keep up with one simplest of his duties.

It is hard to reconcile the anger, knowing the fact that Mr. Tejpal is at the apical of the organisation which has violated every possible norms, trespassed work ethics and broke into the private spaces of people, all in the name of doing largesse for the society’s betterment. Now keeping him behind the bars would enrich the bourn.

When I finished reading the letter I could feel the torment of not one but two Girls. The second one is the victims’ friend who incidentally is also the culprit’s daughter. I wonder how she would have dealt with the two roles in the current situation.

I am flustered with the plight of the forthright victim.

Undoubtedly, the sufferer should be appreciated for all the professionalism she showed in dealing with this incident. She accomplished all duties bestowed upon her even between these tremors to her dignity. She didn’t wanted her boss to fire her up on the name of incompetence as an aftermath of the incident. The boss who while manhandling her tried to establish his dominance over her by shamelessly informing her that this was the easiest way for her to keep her job. This is the classic example of male chauvinist passing off their hard-on's need as the easy ones for others.

I am agitated because the father figure of the girl did prosaic acts with her and even dared to message her afterwards by writing THE FINGERTIPS, incidentally describing his fearlessness. That jerk even after this tried to lure her in to the room on the other day and when being failed in to it again tried things in the elevator.

What had he on his mind? How normal were these things for him that he was doing such things in between of conducting an event with high profile attendees such as Robert De Noir and Amitabh Bacchan?

Shouldn’t it be probed that are there any more girls whom he has violated before on the name of his power and position? I doubt at least the self-proclaimed pioneers of the investigative journalism wouldn’t dare to do so.

I am dejected because besides being an employee, the victim’s credentials of both being his friend’s daughter and his daughter’s friend, couldn’t save her from the nerd’s lust.

She rightfully informed Mr. Tejpal’s daughter, who according to the letter thrashed her father by telling him to keep it-in-his-pants. The agony of his daughters must be unbearable. The leech broke the ultimate faith in his lust.

I am anguished at the thought of remembering that Mr. Tejpal passed these things on as the Judgemental Error? Like what he wanted to indicate to? Using fingers because he couldn't unzip the fly, is this the judgement error?

I am frustrated to hear him wanting a penance. What does he thinks he has done, picked up his nose on the live TV or passed on the gas in some esteemed gathering? No bigot you have done an assault- assault amounting to 10 years in prison so stop masking behind this foolish act of charity. And his colleague Ms. Shoma thinks that his six months stepping down from the job would be more than enough. Oh, so he gets a leave and holiday for sexually harassing an employee? Does she even have a bit of idea what example is she creating?

Given her position she would have also been a 22 years old journalist sometime, it’s easier for her to understand the pain, the reluctance of the victim to fight and the necessity to look after her career at this stage. It would be better if Ms. Shoma instead of pushing the matter beneath the carpet, take up a stand, offer her shoulder to the victim and fight from her side for the justice she deserves.

And lastly I am agitated because I also want to be a journalist and have high regards for the profession and you have brought a bad name to it. You even though have huge contribution in the field in India but still it is much better off with no, not even a single person like you.

When preacher turns in to predator, the cage is the place to keep him in.

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Tarun Tejpal sexual assault case- Tehelka’s double standards and A Phony Justice

After brilliantly presenting solutions for many of India’s big problems very decisively, now Tehelka is again out with another solution and this time the prevalent problem they have chosen to deal with is Women Abuse. This time they have gone a little further, they have practically implemented the solution as well. How benevolent!!!

The Editor-in-chief of Tehelka Mr.Tarun Tejpal, who is accused of harassing a journalist (not to forget his very own intelligent confession, with words that suited better for a fiction novel character) has voluntarily decided to step down for atonement. Yes,Yes you heard it right, to be precise he has opted for” SIX month sabbatical for atonement”. Now with a sigh of relief this restores back my faith in humanity. How selfless this man is really!

Tehelka is the same newspaper which did an excellent story on Asaram Bapu Case, titled- “The Saint And His Taint”, maybe the editor-in-chief never read it or was just too mesmerized by the TAINT part!

Tehelka describes itself on its website as “a people’s paper geared to take a stand, to follow the hard investigative story. A fearless paper ready to create opinion, and not just remain a passive vehicle of news.”

How seriously they take their motto is clearly visible by the act; the editor-in-chief himself took a stand, succumbed to the hard part’s desire and now with the team, is creating an opinion that’s fearless from any kind of law.

Actual chronologies of the event as described in the victim’s complaint letter clearly mask-off a man full of lust and mad with power. The victim clearly describes how disgustingly the man whom she held in high regards as a father figure harassed her. Contrarily for the same things Tehelka’s editor-in-chief shamelessly uses the word such as a bad lapse of judgement and an awful reading of the situation.

Mr. Tejpal, flying off in the shields of power you have again misread the situation! Now, you just can’t walk away by scribbling words over a paper.

 According to confidante of the harassed girl “the act happened continuously over a period of time...and despite the girl pleading that she is almost the age of his daughter...She pleaded 'please don't do this'...her 'no' was not accepted...it happened once and it happened the next day.”

My questions to Mr. Tejpal are very simple and clear

Q.1. How common it is to have similar bad lapse of judgement again and again?

Q.2. What was so lustful about the situation in your Goa fest that you misread it not once but twice?

Would the patriarch of the fearless journalism of Tehelka care to answer?

The paradox in this Tehelka case is not singular; the crocodile skin syndrome looks quite widespread. Managing Editor, Shoma Chaudhury, who received this atonement letter, reflects in her views that the justice has been delivered, to be exact she quoted victim as saying that Tejpal’ resignation is more than enough. Sigh! She also called it her internal matter.

As of yet I didn’t even had an idea that beside the purview of our constitution we can also solve crimes as internal matters in India. In that case I would like to point out that every abuser must be also doing some job alongside and would it be enough for them to take rest from it as a punishment.

Ironically enough, Take Rest and Punishment do not look like complimenting each other at all, Maybe tehelka team has some other sanity. Reward would have been a better word for such option.

After raking in example of fast and decisive judgement in Delhi Gang Rape to demoralize the women offenders, India really doesn't need such shameful show of precedent to mar its fight against women safety.

Also Read Write-up Based on Victim's Letter- Mr. Tejpal Preaching Predator of Tehelka. Click:

http://aazaadpanchi.blogspot.in/2013/11/mr-tejpal-preaching-predator-and-hollow.html

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