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Of bravery and shame I would be committing a grave folly if i said that empathize with the loved ones of martyrs. Every Lion Heart who lay down his life for the prestige of what we take pride in calling our nation, stands wronged. Their loved ones stand wronged. Today as our sensation mongering electronic media aired images of the terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001, i could not help but notice the veil of hypocrisy on the face of every elected representative (i dare not call them leaders!). I am not very sure of the statistical accuracy, but i believe brave men selflessly fought, eight of them to their very last breath, to protect those very individuals and more importantly the epitome of our democratic history. Some perpetrators were hunted down and punishment was meted out. But there was one man who was allegedly the "mastermind". His mastery in trying to terrorize an Indian has since then been debated on several platforms. Without venturing into the intricacies of penal law, considering my significant ignorance in that arena, i would like to reiterate the fact that the man has been found guilty and convicted by courts of law on the basis of the findings of executive investing agencies, and yet he escapes the gallows! Pardon the morbidity. Capital punishment might reflect a set of medieval values but what is more disturbing is the support the man has garnered from corners of what i believe is a truly ungrateful society. Social workers of repute, human rights activists (defending terrorists does something to their "stock value",does it?),NGOs and even some sections of the media have been putting their weight behind the man who dared to think that a motley bunch of cowards could walk into our national capital terrorize and assassinate our politicians, blot the very thread of India's democratic fabric. It has been ten long years. We remember the martyrs once a year, we gave their next-to-kin medals, cash, maybe a job. But respect? Honour? No, we did not. The medals were returned. To cut the long story short, it has been too long. We must realize that the politics of appeasement must not come at the cost of disrespecting our heroes, that every person who is willing to lay down his life for duty merits respect for his "human rights" even in death. I just hope that i will not be reminded of these thoughts on the 26th of November, 2018. It is time we started hanging these men. Article by--SHASHANK SINGH