All of us are weak human beings, none of us are perfect. We all have more weaknesses than strengths. In Psalm 90, it is written "The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away."
Some of us may make some wealth, or earn some fame, or do something or other while we are on the earth. But all that will pass away for sure. No matter what, all of us commit more mistakes in our life than right things. Nobody is better than the other. That is the reality. All of us gain a fake importance for ourselves based on things like our wealth, our status in society, our family status, and other things. There is no point in trying to build up that fake image or trying to make others to believe it. I myself have done it lot of times, but in recent times, I have realized that it is nothing but a fruitless task. It is very vain, and we are only trying to hide the truth about ourselves. Even nowadays in the news we can see that lots of big people who had big names have been arrested for their crimes and taken like common criminals. They were all big politicians, film stars, godmen, and so on.
I was thinking, in Anand Jon's case also, this is one major factor. He committed immoral actions on lot of naive young girls against their will. Many of those kids were underaged girls. Anand Jon was unfortunately unable to control his impulses. Finally when he got caught, he and his family tried to put up a show, that he is innocent, his victims are lying, he is the victim of racial discrimination, that they are targeting him because of the colour of his skin, that he is the victim of jealousy by his rivals, and lots of other stories. Even now they are going around telling the same stories.
The wise thing for him to do would have been to accept his mistakes before the judge and plead guilty for his crimes. Then he would have got a shorter jail sentence, maybe 10 to 12 years or something like that. It is only my guess, I don't know anything about American law. But one thing I know is that if anyone commits rape on an underaged kid, then there is very heavy punishment for that, in whichever country it is. In India now the penalty for that is death penalty. But instead of pleading guilty, Anand Jon claimed that he is innocent, and went about telling fake stories. Because of that, he got a 59 year jail sentence. If he had pleaded guilty, he would have been free by now, and he could have began his career again by God's grace.
When I think about why he did not plead guilty, it was because he and his family were thinking that if they plead guilty, their family status and fame will be affected. They might have been thinking that their image in India will go down. They had built up an imaginary hype about themselves by being in the media glare, by telling lots of big stories about themselves, by appearing in the company of celebrities, and so on. Anand Jon himself used to appear with lots of celebrities and pretended that he was a very famous fashion designer. Later on, we came to know that most of them even did not know him. By pleading guilty, all that hype would have been exposed. They were trying to defend something which was not there at all. What was the need for that? There is a saying that honesty is the best policy. They should have been honest and straightforward. Even after he was found guilty, they were still trying to protect their image by going around and telling fake stories about the case and that the American justice system is racist and all that.
I am not writing all this to criticize Anand Jon or his family. I don't want to add any more pain to them. I made a big mistake by doing that earlier. When I think that he did not plead guilty and got sentenced to a huge jail term, I feel very sad now. I am not trying to justify any of his crimes at all, what he did was very wrong and sinful. But I feel sad for a fellow Malayali family. They got trapped by their own hyped image about themselves.
My advise to everyone, especially to young people, is that we should always be honest, straightforward and humble. All of us are weak humans. Nobody is an exception. We should be kind and polite with all others. By admitting our weaknesses and mistakes, we will only gain respect. We will gain respect from other human beings, and we will gain forgiveness from God Almighty. We should help each other, and pray for each other. I always pray for Anand Jon and his family. I hope that someday, he will be free, and he will dedicate his life to God after that.
Some of us may make some wealth, or earn some fame, or do something or other while we are on the earth. But all that will pass away for sure. No matter what, all of us commit more mistakes in our life than right things. Nobody is better than the other. That is the reality. All of us gain a fake importance for ourselves based on things like our wealth, our status in society, our family status, and other things. There is no point in trying to build up that fake image or trying to make others to believe it. I myself have done it lot of times, but in recent times, I have realized that it is nothing but a fruitless task. It is very vain, and we are only trying to hide the truth about ourselves. Even nowadays in the news we can see that lots of big people who had big names have been arrested for their crimes and taken like common criminals. They were all big politicians, film stars, godmen, and so on.
I was thinking, in Anand Jon's case also, this is one major factor. He committed immoral actions on lot of naive young girls against their will. Many of those kids were underaged girls. Anand Jon was unfortunately unable to control his impulses. Finally when he got caught, he and his family tried to put up a show, that he is innocent, his victims are lying, he is the victim of racial discrimination, that they are targeting him because of the colour of his skin, that he is the victim of jealousy by his rivals, and lots of other stories. Even now they are going around telling the same stories.
The wise thing for him to do would have been to accept his mistakes before the judge and plead guilty for his crimes. Then he would have got a shorter jail sentence, maybe 10 to 12 years or something like that. It is only my guess, I don't know anything about American law. But one thing I know is that if anyone commits rape on an underaged kid, then there is very heavy punishment for that, in whichever country it is. In India now the penalty for that is death penalty. But instead of pleading guilty, Anand Jon claimed that he is innocent, and went about telling fake stories. Because of that, he got a 59 year jail sentence. If he had pleaded guilty, he would have been free by now, and he could have began his career again by God's grace.
When I think about why he did not plead guilty, it was because he and his family were thinking that if they plead guilty, their family status and fame will be affected. They might have been thinking that their image in India will go down. They had built up an imaginary hype about themselves by being in the media glare, by telling lots of big stories about themselves, by appearing in the company of celebrities, and so on. Anand Jon himself used to appear with lots of celebrities and pretended that he was a very famous fashion designer. Later on, we came to know that most of them even did not know him. By pleading guilty, all that hype would have been exposed. They were trying to defend something which was not there at all. What was the need for that? There is a saying that honesty is the best policy. They should have been honest and straightforward. Even after he was found guilty, they were still trying to protect their image by going around and telling fake stories about the case and that the American justice system is racist and all that.
I am not writing all this to criticize Anand Jon or his family. I don't want to add any more pain to them. I made a big mistake by doing that earlier. When I think that he did not plead guilty and got sentenced to a huge jail term, I feel very sad now. I am not trying to justify any of his crimes at all, what he did was very wrong and sinful. But I feel sad for a fellow Malayali family. They got trapped by their own hyped image about themselves.
My advise to everyone, especially to young people, is that we should always be honest, straightforward and humble. All of us are weak humans. Nobody is an exception. We should be kind and polite with all others. By admitting our weaknesses and mistakes, we will only gain respect. We will gain respect from other human beings, and we will gain forgiveness from God Almighty. We should help each other, and pray for each other. I always pray for Anand Jon and his family. I hope that someday, he will be free, and he will dedicate his life to God after that.
