Two arrested in Jind married woman's gang-rape case

Jind (Haryana), Sep 26 (IANS) After being accused of inaction over the last four days, Haryana Police Wednesday arrested two men who were allegedly involved in the gang-rape of a married woman in Pillukheda village of Haryana's Jind district, 200 km from Chandigarh.

Jind district police chief Sourabh Singh Wednesday said police were interrogating the duo and would soon arrest the main accused, Sandeep, who was still at large.

The victim had complained last Friday that three men raped her at gunpoint after forcibly entering her home.

 After her complaint, a special investigation team was constituted. Police have arrested Suraj and Azad, father of main accused Sandeep," Singh said.

The victim, who is in her mid-30s and is the mother of two children, and her husband Wednesday threatened to commit suicide outside the office of the superintendent of police here, alleging that Haryana Police were deliberately not taking any action against the accused.

In her complaint to the police, the victim said three youths entered her house Sep 21 (Friday) and raped her at gunpoint in the presence of her children.

"I filed a complaint with the police Sep 21 itself. The accused are roaming free but the police are not taking any action," the victim said.

Police registered a case of rape following her complaint but did not make any arrest.

The gang-rape of the married woman came close on the heels of another gang-rape of a teenaged Dalit girl by eight men in Hisar district earlier this month.

In neighbouring Hisar district, the father of a 16-year-old gang-rape victim committed suicide by consuming poison Sep 18 after he came to know that his daughter was gang-raped Sep 9 near Hisar by eight youths, who later circulated an MMS clip of the crime.

In that case, police have made nine arrests till Wednesday.

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SHOCKING AND SHAMEFUL..!! 

Kaur :- "Princess" and "Lioness"

Kaur is a name used by Sikh women either as the middle name, or as a last name. It can be regarded as a true surname. The tenth guru of Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh Ji, made it mandatory for Sikh females to use the name Kaur and for Sikh males to use the name Singh when he administered Amrit (baptism) to both males and female Sikhs. All female Sikhs were asked to use the name Kaur after their forename and males were to use the name Singh. (Since 'Kaur' means 'Princess'&'Lioness', it acts as a symbol of equality among males and females.) This custom further confirmed the equality of both genders as was the tradition set by the founder of Sikhism, Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. It was intended to give women a sense of self-respect. Singh is also used by some females because Singh can be a last name. It is the most common last name used by Sikhs.
Kaur provides Sikh women with a status equal to all men. This was also intended to reduce the prejudice created by caste-typing based on the family name. Prejudice based on caste was still rampant during Guru Gobind's time (17th century). This particularly affected women who were expected to take their husband's family name upon marriage. The British required women to take on their husbands' names.
Sikh principles believe that all men and women are completely equal. Therefore, a woman is a princess and can lead her own life as an individual, equal to man. She does not need a man's title to raise her own status. Saying this would go against the principles stated in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the religious text of Sikhism. Guru Nanak Dev Ji states:

English translation	From woman, man is born; within woman, man is conceived; to woman he is engaged and married. Woman becomes his friend; through woman, the future generations come. When his woman dies, he seeks another woman; to woman he is bound. So why call her inferior? From her, kings are born. From woman, woman is born; without woman, there would be no one at all.

                                                      Punjabi 

		ਭੰਡਿ ਜੰਮੀਐ ਭੰਡਿ ਨਿੰਮੀਐ ਭੰਡਿ ਮੰਗਣੁ ਵੀਆਹੁ ॥ ਭੰਡਹੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਦੋਸਤੀ ਭੰਡਹੁ ਚਲੈ ਰਾਹੁ ॥ ਭੰਡੁ ਮੁਆ ਭੰਡੁ ਭਾਲੀਐ ਭੰਡਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਬੰਧਾਨੁ ॥ ਸੋ ਕਿਉ ਮੰਦਾ ਆਖੀਐ ਜਿਤੁ ਜੰਮਹਿ ਰਾਜਾਨ ॥ ਭੰਡਹੁ ਹੀ ਭੰਡੁ ਊਪਜੈ ਭੰਡੈ ਬਾਝੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥   Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaur

Sunita Williams creates history

ISS astronauts take second spacewalk

  Moscow, Sep 6 (IANS) Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams and Japanese Akihiko Hoshide began a spacewalk Wednesday in another attempt to install a power unit on the International Space Station, RIA Novosti reported. 

The operation was broadcast live on NASA TV.

Their main task was to complete the installation of a spare power unit on the station's truss, which caused problems during an Aug 30 spacewalk.

Williams and Hoshide built some improvised tools to assist with their installation tasks, NASA said.

The spacewalk was scheduled to last 6.5 hours and included other tasks postponed from last week's excursion if the installation task is completed on time.

Last time, NASA Flight Engineer Williams and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Flight Engineer Hoshide spent eight hours and 17 minutes in space, but failed to install a new Main Bus Switching Unit (MBSU) on the ISS's s-zero truss as they had difficulties driving the bolts to secure the equipment.

The MBSU is a heavy component used to relay power from the station's solar arrays to its systems.
Williams and Hoshide's previous spacewalk was the third longest in history.
The longest of eight hours and 56 minutes was carried out by US astronauts Susan Helms and James Voss in 2001.

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