Delhi

I casually switched on the TV, which I don’t do during day time, and the scene was very disturbing. Young people have gathered in thousands and the police was throwing gas cannons and water over them. My first thought was that once again people of Egypt are protesting against their government. It took a while to realize that it is not happening in Egypt but at Delhi.

It was a pleasant surprise, this generation youth is always perceived both by academicians and others as the generation who can think only about their carriers and their extended self, and they are numb towards social consciousness. It is great to see that myth being broken squarely and once and for all.

I have taken part in few protest marches both in Delhi and Patna, the usual reaction from the onlookers was one of pity and anger, they used pity for us because we were wasting our time and they used get angry because we were wasting their time. Today what we see is the total involvement of everyone present there, both onlookers and protesters are having the same dream of standing by the victim (name is not known but given a name Amanath by the media).

Amanath is the Rosa Park of USA who kick started the civil right movement with her courage and resilience, what we lack is Martin Luther King Jr. to take forward the struggle.

I have no doubt that when these many young people come together for a cause, they just cannot fail in a democratic nation (of course it is possible only in a country like China). We will find a satisfactory solution to the six monsters who committed the crime. But the important thing is that the fire Amanath has set in the hearts of young generation must continue to burn and redefine our way of life. I hope it will…..