The colour of secularism

Judging by media shrills, it appears that the intelligentsia of the country expect the Prime Minister to open a separate Ministry of Condolences and Condemnations, and function as the concerned minister. After all, the Dadri incident "has seen the PM maintaining a deafening silence, and he needs to come out with condolences and condemnations, failing which he is communal". That is what the media and these self-professed peddlers of secularism appear to be shouting at the top of his voice.

Yes, the poor man's life in Dadri is just as valuable as any other's, and the perpetrators deserve the highest punishment, no doubt. Yes, any act of violence is utterly condemnable by one and all, most of all, by the common people, who need to realize that however grave a perceived act of impropriety is, no individual can take law in his hands. That is not what a civil society stands for. Violence is NOT the solution for any social problem.

But then, how ridiculous! One cannot expect the PM of the country to make statement on a complete figment of imagination of the media. The unfortunate fact is, there are hundreds of killings across the country every day, and no one wants them to happen, for sure. However, that being the case, are we expecting the PM to spend his 24 hours, making serial condemnations on one incident after the other? Are the lives of the other 100 other victims of such daily incidents any less important? If the PM is expected to make a statement for each and every killing in the country that happens every day?

I would rather let the PM focus on his work of taking the country on the progress path and take into that elite club of developed nations, rather than making empty platitudes like his "eminent" predecessor had done, every time such an unfortunate event had happened then... the country needs action against the perpetrators, not " we will not keep quiet" formal speeches. And, the corrective action starts with the local police and the state government.

While there is no doubt that the Dadri incident is utterly condemnable. Killing of any human, for any reason, is. Make no mistake. But the politicians and media, alike, are basking in the sun of the incident, successfully making it an international issue. Even stranger is the UP govt report on the incident, which does not explicitly mention any beef incident.

By the way, has the media and these so-called intellectuals asked the question of what actions have been taken by the State Government, who has been taken to court and been punished, in the bloody Moradabad communal violence that happened just six months ago in U.P., where many people had lost their lives? Where is the accountability?

In the name of freedom of speech and civil liberty, barring certain pockets, the media has exhibited the most irresponsible behaviour - of showing the country in poor light, by blowing this unfortunate incident beyond proportions, and painting it in communal colour.

The other comic drama being enacted is the serial returning of the Sahitya Academy awards, by some of its recipients, in sympathy with the murdering of one of their fellow recipients, in a completely unrelated incident in Karnataka. Where were these so-called "feeble" writers who have returned their respective awards, when they happily accepted the Sahitya Academy awards, standing in the flood of blood that flowed during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots? Where was their sense of "secularism" then? Or during the 1992 riots? Or during the Mumbai bombings? Shame on these so-called intellectuals, who go head-over-heels to establish their "secular" credentials, by downplaying one section of the society and, in the process, showing India in extremely poor light, to the rest of the world.

I do not know why Modi has to make a statement for incidents like these. Educate me, folks. Did anyone ask why the CM of U.P. did not immediately make any statement, given that law and order is under him? Or the CM of Karnataka, for the matter?

During the same period, a UP police officer has been killed by beef mafia there. Did any of these so called secular media and politicians even bother to report about it, but for Indian Express and a couple of other newspapers?

Did we hear or see the media scream " shame on the nation" for that killing of an honest police officer just days ago, in the same U.P, who only did his job of implementing a law banning cow slaughter, that had been in vogue for over 60 years?

Sad to see such barbaric killings, of the police officer and of the poor man in Dadri, in this 21st century. Sadder to see the so-called intelligentsia of the country getting carried away.

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