Protest and Politics

That the large-scale protest will be used as a playground for the political parties, was no doubt, but to this scale, that it now echoes in the whole universe. A clueless government and the brute force of a rather blunt police has come out of the politicized high-voltage drama engulfing us. The nation is outraged at heinous and brutal treatment meted out to the protestors. With around eight metro stations closed, the capital has come to a stand-still. Slogans are being shouted against the government and the police, agitations and candle march protests are being held in different parts of the country and we are perhaps witnessing one of its own kind of protests in many generations. People are resorting to Facebook, Twitter to send across a message of "enough is enough" to whosoever is listening. But is this serving the real purpose? Almost all protestors are innocent, unarmed, mostly young girls, some with their mothers. While they bear the brunt of what looks live savages in uniform, the real troublemakers are escaping!. They are too smart to come in the police line of fire. Protestors are being joined by people of Aam Aadmi Party, BJP, and even Baba Ramdev, and more political vendetta surfaces as time passes.

So we must understand the dynamics of all this. Embracing the cause of women or any marginalized section of society is undoubtedly a very noble deed. But a cause has to have an agenda, an agenda that lends severity to it, an agenda that forces the authorities to action and any protest or rebellion that looses purpose is nothing but a pretentious outcry. One must give credit to the Indians for showing incredible strength of character but wouldn’t it be good if we come out with constructive suggestions that would help prevent the crime rather than adopting destructive measures to get our voices heard. If we really want to bring in a change, let us keep the issue alive till necessary changes in the law are implemented and this doesn’t necessarily require us to leave everything and take to protest. We have the television, the print, the radio, and even the social media! Why resort to over-the-top protests straightaway when we know that everything in India takes its own sweet time to happen(@Kasab Death Sentence, @Lokpal) And to the power-greedy bastards, please show some character, don't always use a social reform for your own good.