Wake Up Call

There has been some public outrage over the killing of two Indians- Maniappan Raman Kutty and S Manjunath. The Indian Government's (alleged) lack of action and lawless in one state have been pin pointed as the cause.

Well every cause has an effect. So did this. The blog world condemned this. Nespaper headlines screamed out

“Why, dammit!“

“Taliban kill hostage, PM says no giving in“

and something similar though it got overshadowed by Nitish Kumar winning the election. As you may be aware politicians in this country are more important than the common man. Loss of life is no big deal. Scores of Indians are killed everyday. We have a huge population, one person killed- so what? The attitude needs to change.

and something similar though it got overshadowed by Nitish Kumar winning the election. As you may be aware politicians in this country are more important than the common man. Loss of life is no big deal. Scores of Indians are killed everyday. We have a huge population, one person killed- so what? The attitude needs to change.

Till when will this stay in public consciousness? This week? Maximum next week. The week after that we will ask - who Kutty? who Manjunath?

Obviously the following will happen

1. Government will issues a warning against travelling and working in Afganistan like the way did it when truck drivers were captured and later released in Iraq.

2. A Jaanch committee will be set up to look at how Manjunath was killed, who was behind it and what action can be taken. The findings will take a few years. Then maybe court case against the 'killers' will be filed. The case will drag for years. And this will fade from public memory.

When something similar will happen, these names will be quoted as examples or used a 'filler' information for print and electronic media. Same story. Just another name.

Afterall, Satendra Dubey is just another name.

This is how we treat the people of this country. Long live India and her people!

Wake Up Call - Revisited: The story continues

Originally posted on Thursday, November 24, 2005 6:25 PM