Journalist brigade is so weak.
They got beaten up, groped, ridiculed, humiliated, their clothes torn, belongings looted for just doing their day-job. Nobody apologised to them. Neither the Govt, nor the CJP.
Even their Editor’s guild didn’t release a statement. The news-cycle will move on, but those images of them treated like animals by a mob, will stay with their kids, their families for life.
I was so disturbed after seing this video that I asked some colleagues for his number, called him and saluted him for his patience, calmness..Cant even imagine what he must be going through in this moment. This video is from Mumbai btw. No amount of arguments can justify this behaviour... Harassing and Abusing...
No matter what they call me.. For me, its Impossible to justify violence and abusive language towards anyone!
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I haven't been following the India protests that closely, but it seems to me that they reflect a basic contradiction in India's political economy that will naturally get more acute as the country grows economically. At a very basic level, the path to political power in India is through the rural poor and the farmers. This plays out at the central and state level, with governments at every level regularly extracting resources from surplus-producing urban areas to fund welfare for the hinterlands. As long as this basic political logic remains, Indian politicians will neglect the aspirations of the electorally insignificant urban middle class who form the bulk of the protesters.
The BJP has somewhat successfully bridged this divide through Hindutva politics: When it comes to economic policy they double down on rural development (water connections, electricity, welfare etc.) while pushing cultural and religious nationalism to satisfy the ascendant Hindu middle class that has the luxury of voting on ideological lines. But this is not sustainable in the long run. As the urban middle class grows, the demand for greater economic opportunity, a better standard of living, and the promise of a better future will naturally increase in intensity.
Retorts about the depredations of the Congress-era, even if true, are little consolation to the young who have only known BJP-led India. The reflexive tendency of BJP supporters to see protests as a "foreign conspiracy" reflects a basic inability to see the world through the eyes of others. That there are bad actors is no doubt true, but this does not detract from the legitimacy of the complaints about corruption, stagnation, urban misgovernance etc.
Modi and the BJP have spent years referring to their era of electoral dominance as a "golden age" of Indian economic and cultural regeneration. Turns out when you set expectations high, people will expect you meet them. Who would have thought?
Watching this movie in a room full of nerds at the 70MM showing was a blessing cos it was DEAD SILENT the entire time. Woo-ing and clapping would’ve ruined this moment completely
UPDATE ⚠️
Sena thug Corporator crept out of hospital at 3AM to dodge @NDTV cameras, rushed home like a coward in the darkness, deployed local goons to shield his colony, some threatened our reporter Abhishek too.
Dadagiri to slap doctors. In reality, a common darpok.