Delhi Riots — Are We Getting Increasingly Complacent About the Atrocities Inflicted on Minorities?
Delhi Riots are only the beginning of what’s to unfold in future
It always starts with deep angst and frustration.
Then it suddenly becomes overwhelming with all the real-time information pouring in.
When the pain slowly starts to sink in, confusion runs amock. Gradually you become acclimatised to what just happened.
Truth unfolds. Historians talk about the statistics. Politicians condemn without any feelings. Journalists try to scavenge the situation to suit their narrative.
And in a few days, life comes to normalcy; for almost everyone else who was n’t directly impacted by the riots.
You get so consumed by all the sad news that you switch off that Idiot box and return to work. On your way back, you check your twitter feed and other social media accounts — rant, comment and share about it.
And finally, forget it as it becomes just another episode in the fascist regime, you accept it as — ‘A New Normal.’
And that’s what I fear the most.
Being complacent about violence,
Being complacent about riots,
Being complacent about the…
