December 31 to January 01.
One more change of year...with protest
being the talk of the town.
Among all the hullaballoo about the safety
of the fellow gender and our patriarchal mindset, we may be missing what lies
beneath: the lust for more... be it wealth, the comforts, or mere
gratification... with never ending appetite...
The cities with increasing slum areas, the
villages with almost the have-nots, and everyone vying to become a VIP in a
cocoon... where are we actually heading? ...towards shopping Malls, Multiplexes,
air-conditioned offices in high-rises, craving for ultra-luxury all the time...
creating the dirt on the side-walks as an offshoot!
So, when somebody equates the individual
hurt with collateral damage in policing, we cry foul forgetting that it’s
always happening around us.
The innocence of children and sensitivity
of adults both are becoming extinct with rapid progress of information
explosion. The news of a crime doesn’t affect us anymore as it used to be...
Despite such great surge of passion on the
streets, the incidences of crime against women or for that matter any crime,
are increasing with each passing moment.
In fact, the gatherings and marches
themselves are lucrative opportunities for the eve-teasers and pickpockets. And
testimonies of their victims speak of a truth we easily ignore.
A
bleak picture, maybe an exaggeration, but that’s what I feel today as new
calendar is replacing the wall…
Wish it would be a better place some day...
Still, the party is on, welcoming the new
dawn, with the zeal of ‘braveheart’ intact in the hearts and ready to face the
collateral damage…
