Showing posts with label sri ram sene. Show all posts
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Monday, February 16, 2009

Sri Ram Sene:moral police or a political gimmick?

Every year as the day of love-yes my dear friends valentine's day or v-day as it is more commonly called by youngistaan these days-approaches, some group or the other starts protesting against it by means of rallies, posters,pamphlets,etc. This year it was no different. A group called Sri Ram Sene decided to act as a moral police and thrashed girls and guys in a pub in Mangalore for defiling the Indian culture and if this was not enough they picked up an MLA's daughter and her friend who were travelling together in a bus and interrogated them over their relationship. For v-day the group declared that their modus operandi would be to get any couple married off who are engaged in the outward display of love on Valentine's Day and if a boy and girl are spotted together as siblings, they would be made to exchange a Rakhi.

What i had been pondering over is are they actually trying to act as a moral police or is this just another political gimmick to get publicity and after much thought i have the following questions to ask Mr.Pramod Mutalik:
By beating up women have you not yourselves defiled the hindu culture you say you are trying to save from getting defiled?
By being against display of love and using violence as a means of protest in the times of terrorist attacks what are you trying to portray?Are you not being anti-socials?

Mr. Mutalik, i think instead of trying to protect the culture you should first yourself know what the culture is about. Its about spreading love, not trying to curb it. Its about respecting and protecting women,not beating them up in the name of moral policing. In my eyes all your events clearly portray just one thing you are here for cheap publicity, a clear political gimmick to garner votes. But the India of today does not think like you. Though you might say that you have received support from various sections of the society, the fact is that is a minority when compared to the vast majority who are against your thinking. Do not be happy that people were restrained in their activities on v-day because the fact is they were just afraid of their safety. You may have won the war but you will never win the battle because violence is never an option as George Bush must have realised by now. People's anger against you will someday erupt like lava and your Sri Ram Sene will become just another anti-social group voicing opinions in some corner of the lanes.