Hmmm, so I woke in the afternoon, after a long sleep. Every bone, every muscle, every joint in my body was screaming for rest. I had grossly underestimated the strain of the Marathon. Should have rested more before trekking. Even my guide/mentor/friend for treks was "hit" by this trek. So she said.
Anyway, switched on the TV to catch up with the news. It had been 3 days now. I had been out of sync with the "world". And this post is about the news on 26th Jan 2009.
1.Some self proclaimed protectors of Indian culture had misbehaved and beaten up the women in one of the pubs in Mangalore. This happened on the Saturday afternoon. The media was there, with mic, camera and crew. But alas, there was no police. The attackers were members of a group that calls itself the army of Lord Rama. Lord Rama, the ideal man, in Indian culture.
2.MNS is at it again. This time at a school's Republic Day function. They beat up the parents, teachers, students. They tried to set the stage on fire. Reason? School was celebrating the Republic Day, when all were supposed to mourn for the Mumbai terrorist incident. It just so happened that Bhojpuri music was being played. Once again, media was there but no police.
Now, I can understand if someone has problem with drugs. I can also understand if someone has problem with drinking alcohol. But why have problem only with women drinking or doing drugs? Why not beat up the men too?
Again, ofcourse whatever happened in Mumbai (the terrorists attacks) was horrible. It should never have happened. But the kind of security & intelligence appaatus we have in place, this was just a matter of time. Why blame the people of Bihar for it? For Gods sake, they were celebrating the country's Republic Day. It was not a obscene show. The best way to defy the attempts of terrorists is to be resilient, by choice or by compulsion.
Two different crowds, two different reasons, but same violent behaviour. They claim to be the activists. The social activists. Saviours of the Indian culture.
Another common feature in both events, yes you got it right, the behaviour of the media and the public too. Media knew abt the incidents in advance. But they didnt alert the police (thus claimed the commissioner/SP in Mangalore). Pray, tell me why did they not inform the police. Wht did the crew not put the equipment aside and help the victims? Was it not basic requirement of humanity to help fellow humans in need? I can not think of any reason for sich behaviour.
We are proud of our educated people. What were they doing? Could they not stop the atackers? Oh come on now, how can I expect anything better from our meek, helpless citizens. They are too busy with other things.
Perhaps am cribbing too much. Am I ?
1 comment:
It is definitely something else. Targeting the fairer sex with physical violence is a dastardly act and would require extreme moral degeneration to pull off something like that.
Drawing attention through such means is uncalled for. However, i am at loss as to what are the mechanisms that we need to have in place given our current structure of governance to prevent such incidents.
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