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Sharmistha is 19. She has apologised and deleted her videos. I found her videos disturbing, not just because of what she said against the prophet, but because of the constant sexualized and communal slander. However, Sharmistha is not an aberration. Today, young people often get swayed when radical elements from their community provoke them and give them a false sense of impunity. I know many young Muslims who've been jailed for similar comments on Hindu gods. Nobody stands up for them later. But neither these young Muslims nor Sharmistha are some Yati Narsighanand, Monu Manesar, or Raja Singh who know the consequences of their words and actions. They're a product of a society that's divided and vengeful. Forgiveness is not a show of weakness. It is the only way for a society to move forward.

This is not a f**king democracy! A 19-year-old girl being persecuted for her incendiary remark has profusely apologised. She could have been let off with a warning. But the Kolkata police trying to make an example out of her will turn her into a person some people want her to become.