Atul Subhash Suicide Spotlights Toxic Marriages & Judicial Overkill
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Clash of Modernity & Tradition at Core of Marital Discord: Author
By Manish Anand
New Delhi, December 11: Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash recorded an hour-long video to document his ordeal before dying by suicide. Among all, Subhash named a family court judge for abetting his dying by suicide.
Th Bengaluru techie also left behind a 24-page suicide note. He instructed family members that his ashes be flown into the gutter outside the family court.
Reports said that the deceased had been facing harassment from estranged wife. She works in a leading IT firm in Bengaluru. The family court reportedly awarded ₹3 crore claim to the wife of the deceased as compensation.
Th visual media has reached Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh to probe the wife of the Bengaluru techie and her family members. A media trial of the family members of the wife (her name is being stated in the media reports) is now underway.
“I get the pain of Atul Subhash. (I) Know personally where women use the law to harass; they live their life and make it hell for the men; laws need to change; courts need to fast track: and hope the ex-wife of Atul Subhash is taught a tough lesson,” commented Pallavi Ghosh, a television journalist.
The judiciary is evidently in the dock for the overkill in dealing with matrimonial disputes. The Supreme Court long ago set the record straight by admitting that anti-grooms and their family members. But the directions of the top court in the case of the Bengaluru techie and many others like him fell on deaf ears of the family courts.
Marital discord is not a new trend. Rami Chhabra, a women rights activist, unveiled her book ‘Becoming the storm’ at the India International Centre on Monday evening, which is set in the backdrop of marital discord.
“There is a clash going on between modernity and tradition. It was seen in 1950s and 1960s while also prevalent now,” said Shashi Tharoor, who along with former diplomat Veena Sikri, dwelt upon the issue of marriages and domestic violence with Chhabra.
Indians spend twice more on marriages than education, said Chhabra. She sifted the social trends of aspirational lavish marriages. “The Ambani’s lavish marriage only whets the aspirational affairs of the people lower the economic orders,” said Chhabra.
The author shared an anecdote of her caretaker in Ranikhet in Uttarakhand marrying his daughter by spending beyond his capacity. “He got 500 marriage party guests to stay in a hotel. Three months later, the daughter was back to him with her body turning blue with bruises,” said Chhabra.
Subhash and many men have died by suicide due to marital discords. Many women have also died by suicide due to marital strife.
Parliament is too busy with political slugfest to address a societal upheaval. Judicial affairs at lower court levels leave a world of dream to aspire. It may well be desired that the Chief Justice of India should summon the lower judiciary and the police to stop them acting demi-gods to protect toxic marriages.
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