Juvenile

 Calling a person "Juvenile" was not supposed to be a compliment and was considered derogatory for any teenager, naturally every teenager resents it. He likes to be treated as an adult, oh yes we all have been through that stage of life when testosterone commences its magic act. From an awkward child who was trying to come to terms with life, when he learns William Wordsworth's famous, "Child is the father of man" and starts believing in it literally. No wonder he actually wants to be a "Baap" everywhere, although he goes about threatening all and sundry with, "Tum jante nahin mera baap kaun hai!" Master Agarwal didn't probably need to do even that, his Porsche did the talking as the police and the Juvenile Justice Board immediately understood the gravity of the moolah involved in such an accident. He was not only offered Pizza in the Police Station but was granted bail within a mere 15 hours of the act.

Juvenile act of the Juvenile Justice Board can be pardoned as I presume it is 'the company that you keep', would have probably impacted the decision making. But one punishment which has been meted out I think is downright cruel and smells of vendetta is Essay Writing. Imagine the plight of the young educated upwardly mobile juvenile being asked to write an essay of all things. The brat wouldn't have written more than a proper sentence since his early school days, the emojis and abbreviated lingo used for texting has met his requirement of any kind of written or rather keyed in communication. Wait a minute, even that would more likely have been swiped as the predictive text would have done the needful. I just hope the JJB was considerate enough to permit use of ChatGPT, the universal saviour in such dire circumstances. But going by the mood of the public at large, that may not be the case and hence the worry. 

The penance also includes a fortnight of assisting the  traffic police and undergoing treatment with a psychiatrist. Treatment with a psychiatrist is perfectly fine, a session in the comfort of air conditioner with a shrink is highly manageable. The traffic police part could be a little bit of a bugbear; in case he lands up being deputed on the roadside, as the heat will not only end up tanning his well preserved body but may even end up in a heat stroke. But then, the nature of assistance not having been defined leaves quite a bit of ambiguity, hence the assistance obviously will be rendered in the air conditioned control room, munching on his favourite pizzas with coke thrown in, as chilled beer will not pass muster being office premises.

Snuffing out lives is akin to stubbing the joint so what's the big deal? Master Agarwal would naturally be used to stomping the vermin at home, here the size of these lowly creatures was slightly larger but then they dare cross his path that too when he is on the wheel in his Porsche. He was pleasurably high, not drunk, may be just a bottle of single malt, that doesn't make him a drunk by any stretch of imagination. He was drunk alright, but not on the liquor which he consumed that night, he was 'intoxicated with power' with the 'power of money'. For once his juvenility has turned out to be a boon. I am sure he must be now taking pride in the fact that he is after all a juvenile. He will prefer to stay one all his life if his father could pull it off, may be he can, who knows?