Where are we heading??

MNS. Bihar. Maharashtra. Fights. Anti North India. Killing. Beating. Taxies shattered. Mass exodus towards Bihar.

I have been listening to all this, reading about them and in a way was getting used to all this. Yes used to all this violence! Strange as it may sound, but probably that has more to do with my Indian upbringing, where we learn to avoid and in a way enjoy all this fights and brawls between two clashing-groups and if one of the groups happens to involve us, the better. After all, these things provide a great fodder for our morning tea gossips, the essential masala for our BC groups.

And then suddenly we hear Rahul Raj. Something rings somewhere and it hurts very badly.
MY first thought; a legal murder. Yes strange as it may sound but such a connotation is possible only in the great CIVILIZED society of our great nation. Possible or not, hmmm.... doesn't matter. But that is what it is. Because one thing is clear that it was a murder and not an encounter. And no one is ever going to be booked for it.

On one side was a person who was disturbed to say the least, at the ineptness of government to handle a small goon with a large mouth and the following of even larger idiots. No doubt, the act of Rahul can be termed as childish defying all the foundations of idiocy but not at all what the Maharashtra police wants us to believe, even by the greatest stretch of a rational imagination.

So what makes the murder/encounter of a small town, unemployed youth so important and worthy of a mention in the national news?
One: He belonged to Bihar.
Two: he was killed in Maharashtra.
And three and most important: He was killed when he could have easily been overpowered by a few policemen. It’s another matter if those pot-bellied policemen have more faith on a fire-spitting machine then on their own muscular power.

And to top it all, the same administration is quick in justifying the killing. What a great example of their integrity and dedication to the nation. To add to the disgust, these same people start lauding and patting the back of one another after a broad day-light murder of an innocent youth.
The reason for the murder, "He was a threat to the society, a member of a Bihaari Mafia".
And that statement sums it all. It clearly reflects the perception of people of Maharashtra towards the Bihaari junta. This murder has brought into daylight the inner malice and ill-thinking of the higher administration. And it clearly explains why no action is initiated against rioters who endanger the safety of north Indians in Mumbai.

I don’t want to dwell upon the fact that whether or not Bihaaris should be allowed into Mumbai or not. It is a long and debatable issue one which requires a thorough and rational discussion. My grievance is only towards the plight of innocents and people like Rahul Raj. Probably Rahul was too much into Hindi movies and likewise he thought everything goes right at the end. Probably he was inspired by RDB and the thinking of its protagonists. If that is the case he should have seen the end! It is not always the good men who get to live at the end of a story.