maybe its the sheer lack of sleep and tiredness catching up with me... but suddenlpy i find myself wondering if the protest we made at jantar mantar was really worth it.... we got people to appreciate us.. we did what we wanted to do.. we got media attention.. yes yes i know..
but while we can be happy about having had our voices put to teh public... there were so many inciodents of violence across the country... sure.. as Usha says in her blog.. so many were averted... but its still true that the POLICE threshed so many couples... we shut up the sri ram sene.. the shiva sena toned down its activities.. and in Delhi.. the abvp actually took out a march instead of teh usual slugfest... sure.. things were calmer... and yet i have this feeling that something is about to erupt... call it premonition.. or simply black thoughts... i have a VERY nasty feeling that this aint over yet... we have won a little battle.. YES we have... but teh war is yet to come...
pichchar abhi baki hai mere dost....
*siiiggghhhh*
4 comments:
Aneesha, it is good to think this way too, but it should not take anything away from the fact that in the simplest of terms, a start was made, and you reached out and met so many who want the same thing.
Yes, there have been and there will be such detractors, and they have their place too, else we would be too complacent wouldn't we? So now, instead of resting on the few laurels [not my perspective, but the general feeling I have inferred from yours and Indyeah's writes :) :)], you are now thinking ahead. And that is a very very good thing.
I personally feel, that in any situation, instead of going over what has been, and worrying over what will be, one needs to focus on objective, and implementation. As far as this Delhi protest march is concerned, both were met in a way that I am sure did exceed some of the expectation :) :) I was particularly happy to see media attention, because this meant that these voices reached out to someone somewhere, who is inspired :)
But yes, as you say, there is premonition. I feel it within, a sense of something awry. Hopefully the situation, if it does come to be, will also be met with a unison of voices, and the same strength of conviction. Till the, take a bow :) :) And rest some more.
Aneesha, Every drop counts. Please don't think that your protest was not worth. It was. Every single one was. We can't wipe off terror in one day but slowly and strongly we can. It shouldn't stop here. We should continue to do something positive and raise voice against such atrocities everytime.
Kudos to all of you for being our voice too.
I am getting this feeling too. As if something like a reaction might happen.
I guess we know that politicians will obviously take advantage of anything.
But Aneesha the biggest thing that has happened here is that now any other such moral brigades will think twice -now they know there will be some reaction. And that should also give courage to women and victims.
So it was all worth it.
THAnks IHM , solilo n usha..
i know we've taken a big step... and yeah it will hapen again the moment the 'moral police' rises up again.. we wont stay quiet.. i just fear the kind of clash we may be up against..
as dramatic as it may sound.. i have a feeling that we're in for a nasty time..
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