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Shehla Rashid writes

If the Uri attack demonstrates anything, it is the fact that the Indian state is pitting people against people, substituting a democratic re...

Sunday 18 September 2016

Sanket Mishra writes

- Violence, murders and gangrapes by the "cow protectors" in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.
- 85 civilians have been killed in Kashmir since July'16. Around 6000 civilians and 1800 security personnel have been injured in the ongoing violence in the Valley. Hundreds have been seriously injured because of the use of pellet guns by Army. A large number of the victims of pellet guns have been hit in their eyes causing permanent damage.
- Seventeen soldiers and four militants were killed today during an attack on an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri town.
Now, based on your agenda, you pick an incident to feel good or bad about it. You choose victims, villains and heroes among the unfortunate ones. You support. You protest. You debate. You praise. You criticize. You abuse. You forget. You rock. Har Har Modi. Kejriwal Zaroori Hai. Rahul Gandhi Gandu Hai. Pakistan Ki Maa Ki Aankh. But... you fail to understand the pain of those who suffer. You fail to identify those who make them suffer. You fail to realize that you too play a part in making them suffer by ignoring what makes them suffer. You fail.