It was very sad to note that somebody can kill somebody and nobody takes a serious view of these irresponsible people including the judiciary in this country. Having the right to express one's viewpoint does not give anyone the right to take the life of someone who has done something wrong in another person's viewpoint. Let us remember one thing that Humans only created "GOD". I myself am pious and proud to be a Hindu but my god does not instigate me to kill another person's viewpoint or his life. Very sorry to see that even Hindus have taken recourse to a thing which was necessarily the domain of another faith and was a result of misinterpretation of the holy scriptures.
I can't believe I'm living in the 21st century. I hope Rediff comes out with an editorial strongly condemning and mocking the sheer audacity of such so called 'patrons of Hinduism' that are a shame and disgrace to humanity, let alone any religion. Akin to a similar law in the UK, which outlaws 'the glorification' or indirect incitement of terrorism, this edict to openly call for a specific person's murder is a worse crime, and must be taken seriously by the authorities through immediate arrest of such rascals. The media, I feel has a strong role to play in an era of coalition politics (read a passive, fearful, inactive law) to draw a thick bold line on unacceptable civil behaviour, perhaps ala Rang De Basanti...perhaps more..
This event, along with the other one relating to the declaration of the same amount for killing the Danish cartoonist who made the cartoons of Prophet Mohammed just goes on to hoghlight the really sad state of the politics being played out in our country. People keep advising me to go abraod to make better use of my intellect, but i've always believed our country is a great place to stay in, with the kind of freedom allowed here for it's citizens, as well as foreigners. I've always believed this is one of the main ideals a country which wants to develop should follow. But these incidents really have got me thinking if I'm wrong, is our country really worth it? Are our people so "jobless" now that they've to cook up such controversies to keep themselves busy?
