18/09/2026
A Secure India Through Technology - A Scientific Initiative Towards Digital Justice
#डॉकैलाशकुमारमिश्र
In this this most intense race of science, it does not seem at all justifiable that any person - irrespective of their society, caste, religion, sect or gender - should perpetrate atrocity upon another.
Based on my personal experience gained through wandering across the length and breadth of India for the last forty years, I have no hesitation in accepting that people belonging to the SC/ST communities are still subjected to discrimination in some regions, and to physical and mental harassment. Such a system has no place in a civilised and democratic society. A comprehensive and equitable remedy for this must indeed be found. But this also does not mean that any innocent person should be falsely implicated. Its solution can be found quite easily through science. The discoveries of science and their honest application are what make society just, equitable and democratic in the present age.
If the government is honest and genuinely wishes to solve the problem, it can guarantee the safety of all citizens across India. You have already witnessed the marvel of UPI and Aadhaar.
By assigning a comprehensive project to scientists from engineering, forensic science and other research institutions of science, every individual can be made secure. By developing a meaningful and investigative scientific app, every activity such as crime and human exploitation can be controlled.
This work can be carried out in different phases. In the first phase, this facility should be given to people belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. They and their surroundings can be linked with hidden camera sensor chips, so that the image and activity of any person doing anything wrong to them would be automatically captured on camera. If such a facility can be installed in public vehicles to ensure the safety of passengers, then why can it not be done for the security of the most marginalised sections of society?
In the second phase, persons with disabilities; in the third phase, all women; in the fourth phase, senior citizens; and in the final phase, the entire public could be included under this safety shield.
Just do this, but do it in a highly scientific manner. Deploy the best minds of the country on this task on a war footing and include legal experts alongside them. See how quickly and at how little cost a solution will emerge. Perhaps this entire system could be established in half the amount of compensation that the government pays in just the first year.
But for this, strong willpower, thinking that rises above politics, the courage to come out of vote-bank thinking, and above all, a spirit of patriotism are essential. This will be honest, democratic and transparent digital justice. This justice will be for everyone. Everyone will have faith in its credibility.
However, for this, the intention must be kept honest. One must come out of the narrow thinking of vote banks. This is the only meaningful and holistic solution to it; otherwise, the country has almost reached a state of civil war.