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Crime & Punishment: Do Air India Incidents Teach Us The Art of Getting Away?

Unruly conduct, heinous crimes—offences against women seem to be on the rise on ground and mid-air. They must stop.

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We are once again in the theater of the absurd. The erstwhile national carrier has done it again, Tatas or no Tatas.

On 26 November, on an Air India New York (JFK) to Delhi non-stop flight, an inebriated gentleman relieved himself and flashed his private parts before an elderly woman co-passenger. On 6 December, on a Delhi-Paris flight, a man in a similar state relieved himself on the blanket of his co-passenger, again a lady.

Air India's statements post the incidents have led me to an equally absurd conclusion: The airline has taken the blanket more seriously than the lady! Consider this: In the first case, the airline let the offender walk out of the airport and banned him from flying on the airline for 30 days.
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