DIVINE VENGEANCE

[pooja.shankar]

one of my favourite topics ..

there was a short story of this title ..by E M FORSTER ( i am not sure ....)

It talks about how ..... two twin brothers are both tried in the court of law ...

one of them is a murderer and has a committed a crime with 7 witnesses ..... All come forward to testify against him ..... and after wards the defence lawyer brings in the other twin ..none of the witnesses are able to tell who is the exact killer

due to lack of evidence .(though there were 7 witnesses ) they lucky criminal is off ...

as both the brothers walk out of the court room ..one falls on road and a car drives over it by mistake ..and his brother cries on the injured dead brother
The question is : was the innocent brother killed or the actual brute who got his punishment from GOD ...

and has any one observed any cases of DIVINE VENGEANCE ..where people get off situations ..but in the long run get punished ....it could be because ..god makes them realize their crime ?????????

[pooja.shankar]

ANOTHER CASE ... in a village in india.. a zamindar hit a young man with his slipper because .the young man went on the street wearing slippers and the zameendar was also passing the street ...it was considered disrespectful to the zameendar who hit him with his slippers

immediately the son of the zameedar got leprosy and his daughter(married to anothe Zameen family )never concieved ..
The zameendar died of some rare disease years later ..

but till today ..the people say ....the young man did some black magic

[pooja.shankar]

doesnt any one have a TRUE STORY or myth to share ?

[pooja.shankar]

hmmm ..... ???

[terminator]

Nice thread Pooja.

[P_R]

one of my favourite topics ..

there was a short story of this title ..by E M FORSTER ( i am not sure ....)

It talks about how ..... two twin brothers are both tried in the court of law ...

one of them is a murderer and has a committed a crime with 7 witnesses ..... All come forward to testify against him ..... and after wards the defence lawyer brings in the other twin ..none of the witnesses are able to tell who is the exact killer


due to lack of evidence .(though there were 7 witnesses ) they lucky criminal is off ...

as both the brothers walk out of the court room ..one falls on road and a car drives over it by mistake ..and his brother cries on the injured dead brother
The question is : was the innocent brother killed or the actual brute who got his punishment from GOD ...

and has any one observed any cases of DIVINE VENGEANCE ..where people get off situations ..but in the long run get punished ....it could be because ..god makes them realize their crime ?????????

The short story is : The Case for the Defence by Graham Greene.

He leaves it beautifully open ended and does not force us into conclusions like justice is finally served. It plays on the readers sense of justice. As you have correctly pointed out: we don't know who died. Which is why the story was aptly titled what it was.

[pooja.shankar]

rite prabhu ram ...thanks ...

[pooja.shankar]

people continue

[pooja.shankar]

well isnt any 1 thinking abt this

[bingleguy]

Hey Pooja....

Justice always emerges ! But do u think think tat vengence by itself is divine ? For every mistake you do, u r punished, some way or the other ... is it wat it says ?

Well it does happen that way, but sometimes i believe the good that u do saves you. For instance, you catch a seat in the bus, still knowing that u as an young person can stand, giving a seat to little older ppl. This is a mistake, but the same day,you help a blind person to cross the road....Now can i judge a righteous person or a selfish person ???

Well MISTAKE is termed as a MISTAKE when it really affects others ! is wat my humble ideology ! Any thoughts ?