The shameful and unfortunate incident of the gang rape has turned even more unfortunate with the death of the constable Subhash Tomar today. Subhash got injured in the protest at India Gate which was held this past Saturday and Sunday.
Theprotest at India Gate was unique since the participants were majorly self-motivated and joined hands mainly through social media and mostly through Facebook. Coming from college unions, schools, MNC’s and other corporates, along with these concerned youngsters, were some hooligans also and their main aim was to create chaos and just wander all around essentially doing nothing while checking out girls who were participating in the protests.
Subhash fell prey to these hooligans when they started pelting stones on the Delhi police who was trying to control the mob, and was beaten after he was hit badly. While switching some radio channels yesterday, I stopped to listen one of those prank calls that the RJ’s make on the request of a friend to one of his friends’ and I was shocked to hear what the gentlemen on the phone opined about the protest and its male participants. Quite convincingly, he claimed that the guys generally attend these protests to check out girls from different colleges and expect a “love at first sight” kinda deal where the girl would come running with her number and the guy can live happily ever after.
Although I wouldn’t want to infuse negativity in my head by agreeing to what the gentlemen had stated, however on second thoughts, I am forced to believe that people who attend these protests purposelessly and just for fun, can quite possibly have such a mentality. But then the question arises that isn’t the purpose of entire protest defeated?? And what is the guarantee that if the wishful thinking of these young men is not fulfilled, they would eventually not get frustrated and resort to such crimes against which the protest is.
The only way out is a paradigm shift in the way we think and perceive. Till the time we do not take responsibility of our own deeds and get our acts together, the entire hue and cry business is futile. Vagrants need to understand that this is serious and people are concerned, such behavior is disrespectful and disgraces the cause of the protest. If they cannot mend themselves, can they at least stay away.
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