Beasts in us

I think we have become beasts. Did you see the videos of Guwahati violence? Oh yes. That is one thing in India TV channels. They keep on showing the same scene so much that you start feeling disgusted. That is exactly what Headlines Today was doing.

Anyway, rather than focussing on Headlines Today, the point I want to make is, in my opinion, death has become a casual matter of fact activity. A small procession starts, it turns violent, then people start fighting and then there come the figures. 20 dead, 150 seriously injured with gashes in the head. That is how precious human life. We switch the channel as a matter of fact. And what did we expect the police to do? Correct answer. Nothing.

Health minister says oh there was a minor incident, injured have been moved to the hospital and all is fine. Ha ha.... And what do you see on TV? One person being beaten black and blue with a thick log of wood on the back, head and everywhere until he collapses.

Tarun Gogoi says, the incident is unfortunate and the situation is perfectly under control. And as he speaks, you again see on the TV channel, the police begging the people not to beat others. How depressing.

and you call, this is the land of Buddha. This is the land of Gandhi.

We unanimously call ourselves a civic society.

I wonder if ours is also the society of mindless violence propagators where the supreme value of human blood and dignity is on its way to be completely forgotten.

And the goverment forgets it. The administration forgets it. The police forget it. And we forget it. Lets just forget everything.