The death of the 13 year old girl in Moga of Punjab brings to light the same point I made recently: how real issues are being hijacked in the political drama that unfolds after a tragedy. Rather than addressing the issue at hand, the event is so politicized that the real issue is totally lost!
Rather than question and bring a change in the morality of the male dominant society, the 'impotent' and silent approval of such dastardly acts by those around whom this incident occurred, the very societal structures and individuals who very consciously and brazenly endorse such incidents under the name of 'mistake' or 'manliness'... the whole state machinery is involved in using this event for political mileage. What of the cause? What of the main issue?
The same was evident in the death of the farmer Gajendra Singh who committed suicide a couple of days ago during the AAP rally in Delhi. Today his death is merely another news item in history. And what of the purpose or reason which led him to undertake such a desperate measure? That, is totally lost...
Very very subtle and clever camouflage technique by the politicians, the bigwigs of the economy and most essentially by the media!!
Rather than question and bring a change in the morality of the male dominant society, the 'impotent' and silent approval of such dastardly acts by those around whom this incident occurred, the very societal structures and individuals who very consciously and brazenly endorse such incidents under the name of 'mistake' or 'manliness'... the whole state machinery is involved in using this event for political mileage. What of the cause? What of the main issue?
The same was evident in the death of the farmer Gajendra Singh who committed suicide a couple of days ago during the AAP rally in Delhi. Today his death is merely another news item in history. And what of the purpose or reason which led him to undertake such a desperate measure? That, is totally lost...
Very very subtle and clever camouflage technique by the politicians, the bigwigs of the economy and most essentially by the media!!
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