A Dad is born !
Normally we get news of the birth of a child, but this has been a rare case where Rohit Sehgal, informed the world about his newly born father !More than the world I think the eunuchs would have been confused as to where to go for their customary gifts………..to N D Tiwari or to Rohit (Papa, don’t preach, the Sexes, THE WEEK, Aug 12,2012)
N D Tiwari, the octogenarian ,is well known for his shady and sleazy activities, being clicked in an orgy with nude nymphets, few years back , in a string operation and the old stud would have fathered many such illegimate children. And there are thousands of Tiwaris in our society who leave innumerable Rohits, alone in this wicked world, to live a life of indignity and anonymity and to fend for themselves. Rohit was determined and fought till the end, but most of such kids born out of bedlocks ,are not as courageous or lucky and most don’t have the wherewithal for the strenuous battle. This is almost akin to the rape cases where many go unreported or unactioned!
Single mothers are accepted in today’s world and may be the lady accepts the situation too and handles it bravely, but there will be no child who would like to grow with the tag of being a bastard! Rohit may have discovered and revealed his father but am sure he will never like to accept his name. Rohit may succeed in inheriting ND’s property, by law or by compromise but will they bring back the years of agony faced by him and his unlucky mother. We talk of death penalty for rape convicts but shouldn’t people like Tiwari get punishment too. Should he be left to go scot free, even if he agrees to pass on a share of his wealth and property to Rohit. Children out of consented extra or pre marital sex are not uncommon, but in the eventuality when the father fails to accept the child and it is later proved, beyond doubt, as in this case, then shouldn’t such men be punished?
With the society becoming sexually liberal and live-in –relations becoming acceptable, it’s high time we thought of punishments for such illegimate fathers for denial of fatherhood of such children born out of consented bedlock !
Prof Sanjay Kapoor ,Lucknow