Workshop # 17

Mankind from its inception has some traits which separate them from other living beings. We can love, trust, help and on other hand there are evil works like betrayal, harming others, and many more. Mankind can be divided into Black and White. Some are good and some are bad.

In ancient civilization like Egypt, Goddess Maat states fairness and truth. Ancient Romans and Greek adopted the image of a female goddess Justitia and we can say it is the founding of modern Judicial system. It also depicts Roman blindfolded Fortuna (luck) with Hellenistic Greek Tyche (fate), and sword-carrying Nemesis (vengeance).

In future we found Justitia with a set of scales in her left hand, by which she measures the equality and double-edged sword in her right hand, depicting the power of Reason and Justice.

So we can find the same image for Justice in different times or nations or in social environment, but it is interpreted by the people of that time only. Romans replaced ancient Egyptian Laws according to their own. The blindfold represents impartiality. But always it becomes the outlook of the society.

The vision of justice merged with our social views, presenting us the positive or the negative outlook of our society. Where people are suffering from corruption or evil, justice will only reflect the same. This is true for any civilization and time. How advanced or developed nation it might be, justice cannot remain impartial. If judiciary system remains more transparent and delivered quickly it can create faith in the mind of the people and can change social outlook of justice, thus creating a better society.

Remaining untouched from outer other influences like politics; religion is not an easy task. It is a difficult task to remain free from evils like corruption without outside monitoring. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. 

In our country it is a system that everyone tends to overlook. The systems of bureaucracy, politics and judiciary system is so much intertwined that no one really tries to untangle it. Justice is delayed and denied. Still we have hopes for there are some good people in the system who tries to change it little at a time. We have to encourage them, support them to make a new dawn. 

In history we can observe when justice denied and lawlessness happens, one day common people rise above them to change the system. They became the justice.  Are we waiting for such time?

 Workshop # 17 

 Act! Oh, Goddess of Justice! by G. Venkatesh   
 Advocacy by Dr. Raj Vatsya   
 Against All Odds by Shernaz Wadia   
 Animal Farm Again by T. A. Ramesh   
 Before The Bench by Kamal Wadhwa   
 Blind Justice Symbolism by Rajha Rajesuwari Subhramanium   
 Blind to Hypocrisy by Jayaprakash Raghavan Pillai   
 Can Justice Reach India’s Toiling Masses? by Dr. Uddipan Mukherjee   
 Coomaraswamy’s Last Stand by Kamal Wadhwa   
 Encounter by Shernaz Wadia   
 Give Humanity A Chance by Rupradha Mookerjee   
 Gizzards by Afanwi Stella   
 How Long, Oh Goddess of Justice! by Dr. Kumarendra Mallick   
 In A World of Big Lies... by N. S. Murty   
 In Defense of A Committed Judiciary by Kamal Wadhwa   
 In(Justice) by Ramesh Anand   
 Is Justice Blind? by Nikhil Sharda   
 Is Justice Humane? by Shibsankar Bagchi   
 Is the Statue of Lady Justice Relevant in India Today? by Ganesh Joshi   
 Just Justice by Dr. Madhavi Godavarthy   
 Justice Delayed: Justice Denied by Bharat B. Trivedi   
 Justice Delivered by Janaki Janar   
 Justice for All by Mukesh Williams   
 Justice in Adversarial System by Dr. Raj Vatsya   
 Justitia Versus Justice by Ramesh Anand   
 Lady Justice by Ramesh Anand   
 Lady Justice’s a Pretty Nice Girl by Dipankar Dasgupta   
 Lost is Our Humanity by Rupradha Mookerjee   
 Miss Justice, a Villanelle by Steve Talbert   
 Mother Justice by Prof. Siva Prasad Peddi   
 On Her Blindness by G Swaminathan   
 Order by Dr. Raj Vatsya   
 Reform or Perish by Rajinder Puri   
 Reforming India’s Judiciary by Rajinder Puri   
 Rejoice! by Pavalamani Pragasam   
 Righteousness is Divine ... by Deepak Yadav   
 Self-realization through Internal Justice by Prof. Siva Prasad Peddi   
 Shall We? (Tyburn) by Ramesh Anand   
 She Laughs at It! (Senryu) by Ramesh Anand   
 Strength of a Woman by Yogita Tripathi   
 The Lady Justice's Lament by Ramesh Anand   
 The Lady of Justice by Supriya Bhandari   
 The Origins Of Justice by Gaurang Bhatt, MD   
 The President's Pardon by Jayaprakash Raghavan Pillai   
 The Public Prosecutor by Kamal Wadhwa   
 The Social Base by Prof. Siva Prasad Peddi   
 Universal Justice (NONET) by Ramesh Anand   
 Whatsoever (Limerick) by Ramesh Anand   
 Who Am I? by Dr. Shirisha Dabiru   
 Why? by Pavalamani Pragasam