(a) Rs. 5.25 crore - money meant to be loaded into ATMs - was looted by armed men in broad daylight in the Defence Colony area of Delhi. The security guard, who was fired at, is languishing in a hospital with serious injuries.
(b) Goons thrash and fire at the officials of the toll plaza in Gurgaon, seriously injuring one.
(c) Elsewhere in the country, in Bihar, an MLA's husband brandishes his gun at protesting teachers.
And I'm sure that there are very many more similar cases that have, sadly, missed the media's eyes. Therefore, we're blissfully unaware. But the point is why are we, as a people, becoming increasingly violent and intolerant of divergent views? Do we consider lives to be cheap and therefore, disposable at will? And who's given us the power to take the law into our hands?
What about the aftermath of the gory crime? A life wasted in the confines of a dinghy cell in jail?
Is it a trend of the times or is it just an aberration, that will pass? I sincerely hope that it's the latter!
(b) Goons thrash and fire at the officials of the toll plaza in Gurgaon, seriously injuring one.
(c) Elsewhere in the country, in Bihar, an MLA's husband brandishes his gun at protesting teachers.
And I'm sure that there are very many more similar cases that have, sadly, missed the media's eyes. Therefore, we're blissfully unaware. But the point is why are we, as a people, becoming increasingly violent and intolerant of divergent views? Do we consider lives to be cheap and therefore, disposable at will? And who's given us the power to take the law into our hands?
What about the aftermath of the gory crime? A life wasted in the confines of a dinghy cell in jail?
Is it a trend of the times or is it just an aberration, that will pass? I sincerely hope that it's the latter!
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