Today, 29th December,2012, enters the pages of History as Black Saturday.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy started his anti-Sati movement on 29th December. I am not writing the year intentionally, because I want you to look it up and read more. He was not a political leader, nor did he represent any NGO with a feminist slogan. All I know is that the Sati Act got formulated and implemented fast.
I feel strange, looking at the unprecedented people's movement i'm following over internet networks and national television.
Is it a Deja Vu?
Sections of the AV media is wrong in choosing words. Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit was not "heckled" by protesters in Jantar-Mantar. She was "stopped". The people of Indians preserve the right to choose How to protest. Where was Sheila D for the last 2 weeks?Did she come today to protest?
"Heckled" paints the picture political, and we maintain Zero Tolerance towards Politicization of our expressions of anger and grief..
The worst disservice we can do to Nirbhaya's memory is let the movement die down.
I appeal to India - don't let this opportunity go. It's a movement for Freedom, Freedom from Fear, from Bias, from Misogynist mind-sets.
We need to introspect today - all of us.
We need to dissect our own conscience
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