Lathi-charged

Some things never change despite repeated efforts; some images on TV in last few days have confirmed the above statement. Police lathi charged men, women and even harmless old man, even kicking them. People on receiving end of the stick were obviously poor some where protesting to get their FIR lodged, some where asking for reservations .what those people did that police have to fire at them. I think these farmers are not trained in Iraq and having weapons with them. In Dausa till now 20 people have lost their lives.

But what is disturbing if we look at the actions of police on B/W TV with mute on, “WE" will find these images pretty similar to some images of our freedom struggle. Just the uniforms have changed but the Ravana in side remains the same.

Let’s consider two instances of slaved India

1) April 13, 1919 a black day in the Indian history but also a day which was vital for the freedom struggle. Day on which 400 innocent people including children and women were slaughtered in broad day light by 50 soldiers on the order of General Dyer. General had positioned himself on the lone exit point of the bagh (Garden) which resulted in the no escape for those peoples. Around 1650 round were unloaded on unarmed people in Jallianwala Bagh. People had come there to attend the protest meeting. being Batsakis peasants from other villages also came to Amritsar .many got bullets and many were trampled and many dived into the sole well in the bagh to save their lives only to get die there. later General said had he not ran out of ammunition he would have continued with the firing which left 1200 people seriously wounded with no medical help. Later on he was declared “savior of Punjab” by British Raj, just like our present day encounter specialists get honored.

2) Lahore, 1928 Lala Lajpat Rai was leading a peaceful procession, but that was not to the liking of captain sanders who ordered Lathi charge, just like our modern day police, which resulted in the death of noted leader Lala ji as he was popularly known.

Whether we live in slaved India or independent one the men in khaki behave to some extent same. As for them nothing changed on 15 august 1947 instead of Queen and Mountbatten the pictures of Gandhi and important ones filled in the wall spaces. But the people like Kiran bedi do give hint of fresh air but in this polluted world we definitely need lots of fresh air not in higher ranks but also in lower ranks.