The aftermath of Dr. Rajkumar's passing away.
The city of bangalore has witnessed mindless violence on April 12th and 13th 2006. I have been confined to home as most people in the city. People are fearful of stepping out as the steets seem to have been taken over by hoodlums and miscreants.
On the news channels, yesterday there was footage of people burning police vehicles. People were everywhere. My deepest sympathies to the neighbours of Dr. Rajkumar. The "public" were out and in huge numbers. They were pouring into the neighbouring houses. Eventually they got into Dr. Rajkumar's house too. For a moment the footage from the news channel looked like the movie critters or an alien movie where humans were replaced by this mob.
Today, the 13th of April, the city is virtually SHUT DOWN. The ones on the street are having a field day burning busses, pelting stones at cars and buildings. In today's newspaper, the chief minister had stated that police will deal with rioting very strictly. The story on the streets is very different. One BMTC bus was in flames, one KSRTC bus was being pelted with stones. The worst footage of all, two policemen jumped out of the KSRTC bus and were chased by the mob and beaten up. all on tape.
I am a great fan of Dr. Rajkumar. As a child I have watched all of his movies in the theatre and now I always am on the look out for some of his classic movies on VCD. The man personified the cause of Kannada. From what I know he is not a kannadiga by birth, but that did not stop him from taking up the cause. All of this violence in his name? Everytime he was involved in anything, there has been mindless violence in his name and now even as he passes away, there is violence in his name.
I am curious to know who these people are. They are shouting, screaming, laughing, dancing, throwing stones. Who are these people? Where did they come from? What do they do in life when they are not resorting to this acts of violence? What are they protesting against? Are they protesting against nature? Every living being must die, sometime, sooner or later. Did they really think he was immortal?
There is enough footage on camera. Footage of people attemting to overturn a police tow truck. Footage of people throwing stones at a bus and dancing in front of the news cameras. Footage of people chasing policemen and beating them up. Pictures in newspaper of a mob rolling a police car over. I think the police should use all of this footage and press pictures and go after these guys. IT only takes a handful of them to cause this mindless violence.
To when end? Were they protesting against an asbestos laden ship on its way to indian shores? No. Were they protesting against the narmada dam height being raised? No. Were they protesting against increased taxes? No. Increased petrol prices? No. Were they protesting auto-rickshaw drivers demanding excess fare? No. What then? What?
Looking at the faces of these faceless people, it is a truly mob mentality. I am in a mob, hence invincible, and INVISIBLE. Who burnt the bus? A mob did. Who overturned the police car? A mob did. Who beat up the hapless policemen? A mob did. who is this mob?
Wonder what 'Annavaru' has to say about all of this violence in his name. To be honest, he did not have much to say when there was violence when he was kidnapped. There are many conspiracy theories about that.
Sure hope his soul rests in peace, given that for the living it is hell unleashed by his "fans".
The city of bangalore has witnessed mindless violence on April 12th and 13th 2006. I have been confined to home as most people in the city. People are fearful of stepping out as the steets seem to have been taken over by hoodlums and miscreants.
On the news channels, yesterday there was footage of people burning police vehicles. People were everywhere. My deepest sympathies to the neighbours of Dr. Rajkumar. The "public" were out and in huge numbers. They were pouring into the neighbouring houses. Eventually they got into Dr. Rajkumar's house too. For a moment the footage from the news channel looked like the movie critters or an alien movie where humans were replaced by this mob.
Today, the 13th of April, the city is virtually SHUT DOWN. The ones on the street are having a field day burning busses, pelting stones at cars and buildings. In today's newspaper, the chief minister had stated that police will deal with rioting very strictly. The story on the streets is very different. One BMTC bus was in flames, one KSRTC bus was being pelted with stones. The worst footage of all, two policemen jumped out of the KSRTC bus and were chased by the mob and beaten up. all on tape.
I am a great fan of Dr. Rajkumar. As a child I have watched all of his movies in the theatre and now I always am on the look out for some of his classic movies on VCD. The man personified the cause of Kannada. From what I know he is not a kannadiga by birth, but that did not stop him from taking up the cause. All of this violence in his name? Everytime he was involved in anything, there has been mindless violence in his name and now even as he passes away, there is violence in his name.
I am curious to know who these people are. They are shouting, screaming, laughing, dancing, throwing stones. Who are these people? Where did they come from? What do they do in life when they are not resorting to this acts of violence? What are they protesting against? Are they protesting against nature? Every living being must die, sometime, sooner or later. Did they really think he was immortal?
There is enough footage on camera. Footage of people attemting to overturn a police tow truck. Footage of people throwing stones at a bus and dancing in front of the news cameras. Footage of people chasing policemen and beating them up. Pictures in newspaper of a mob rolling a police car over. I think the police should use all of this footage and press pictures and go after these guys. IT only takes a handful of them to cause this mindless violence.
To when end? Were they protesting against an asbestos laden ship on its way to indian shores? No. Were they protesting against the narmada dam height being raised? No. Were they protesting against increased taxes? No. Increased petrol prices? No. Were they protesting auto-rickshaw drivers demanding excess fare? No. What then? What?
Looking at the faces of these faceless people, it is a truly mob mentality. I am in a mob, hence invincible, and INVISIBLE. Who burnt the bus? A mob did. Who overturned the police car? A mob did. Who beat up the hapless policemen? A mob did. who is this mob?
Wonder what 'Annavaru' has to say about all of this violence in his name. To be honest, he did not have much to say when there was violence when he was kidnapped. There are many conspiracy theories about that.
Sure hope his soul rests in peace, given that for the living it is hell unleashed by his "fans".
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