Protest for a valid cause and on right time.
Like we have different seasons of weather it seems now a days its season of protests. Everyday, everywhere we have some protests or the other going on. But most of the time cause of the protest is questionable.
In India it’s very easy to gather a crowd. First of all people love to be the part of crowd and shout specially if the protest is being reported by the visual media then these people who have noting to do with the protest, don’t even know protest is for what but come forward and do all the stupidity to get attention of the media. And since its very easy to do destructive work than to constructive so they start damaging public property on the name of protests.
So mainly we have three kinds of protests. First is for a valid reason and cause. Like we have protest against Reservation. These people have been protesting against it but they are controlled and there have been no incident of damaging any public property. On this topic, I will not say that protest against reservation is valid or protest in support of reservation is valid. If we are talking about protests, then both the protests are having there own reasons and causes. But important thing is to consider that no protest gives authority to anyone to damage the public property. Few days back media reported a protest in support of reservation in Patna where public property was damaged a lot and police as well as media people were beaten like anything. This kind of protest can’t be justified by any means.
In second type of protest there is a valid reason and cause but the people who are protesting have no idea about this reason. They are there to shout, raise slogans, get some money after the protest and go back home. These are the protest for which mass support is not there and money pays an important role in gathering people to protest against the issue. Few months’ back BJP organized a protest at Jantar-Matar in Delhi against Congress related to Oil Coupons in Iraq. A TV Channel reporter asked several people who were shouting slogans the cause of protest and they had no clue about it. So when a group of people is protesting against something they should have a common vision and clarity for the cause then only some result can be achieved out of it otherwise its just a publicity stunt with no seriousness at all.
Third and most important type of protest is just to get publicity. Here you don’t need to have a valid reason or cause to protest. It can be anything. Recently lots of people protested against Rakhi Sawant’s show in Kolhapur, even lodged a case against her. I am not saying that what she did was right but if those people were so concerned about obscenity they should have protested when this show was announced. After all it was not hidden that what she will be performing. She is item dance girl of bollywood and hence it was obvious that she will dance on those hot numbers only. So the people should have protested much in advance. But they purchased tickets, went to the show, enjoyed the dance and then suddenly they remembered that this should not be permitted. And hence protest started. It’s like purchasing the ticket for an adult rated movie, watching the movie and then protesting that this movie is spreading obscenity.
I have all my regard for the people protesting against the show and even I am of the view that nudity should not be allowed on the name of art but in all this timing is most important. Only a well timed and protest for a valid cause gets the support from masses otherwise its just a medium to get some publicity, to get published in news papers and to have some footage on the TV channels.
Praveen Pranav
praveen.pranav@gmail.com
In India it’s very easy to gather a crowd. First of all people love to be the part of crowd and shout specially if the protest is being reported by the visual media then these people who have noting to do with the protest, don’t even know protest is for what but come forward and do all the stupidity to get attention of the media. And since its very easy to do destructive work than to constructive so they start damaging public property on the name of protests.
So mainly we have three kinds of protests. First is for a valid reason and cause. Like we have protest against Reservation. These people have been protesting against it but they are controlled and there have been no incident of damaging any public property. On this topic, I will not say that protest against reservation is valid or protest in support of reservation is valid. If we are talking about protests, then both the protests are having there own reasons and causes. But important thing is to consider that no protest gives authority to anyone to damage the public property. Few days back media reported a protest in support of reservation in Patna where public property was damaged a lot and police as well as media people were beaten like anything. This kind of protest can’t be justified by any means.
In second type of protest there is a valid reason and cause but the people who are protesting have no idea about this reason. They are there to shout, raise slogans, get some money after the protest and go back home. These are the protest for which mass support is not there and money pays an important role in gathering people to protest against the issue. Few months’ back BJP organized a protest at Jantar-Matar in Delhi against Congress related to Oil Coupons in Iraq. A TV Channel reporter asked several people who were shouting slogans the cause of protest and they had no clue about it. So when a group of people is protesting against something they should have a common vision and clarity for the cause then only some result can be achieved out of it otherwise its just a publicity stunt with no seriousness at all.
Third and most important type of protest is just to get publicity. Here you don’t need to have a valid reason or cause to protest. It can be anything. Recently lots of people protested against Rakhi Sawant’s show in Kolhapur, even lodged a case against her. I am not saying that what she did was right but if those people were so concerned about obscenity they should have protested when this show was announced. After all it was not hidden that what she will be performing. She is item dance girl of bollywood and hence it was obvious that she will dance on those hot numbers only. So the people should have protested much in advance. But they purchased tickets, went to the show, enjoyed the dance and then suddenly they remembered that this should not be permitted. And hence protest started. It’s like purchasing the ticket for an adult rated movie, watching the movie and then protesting that this movie is spreading obscenity.
I have all my regard for the people protesting against the show and even I am of the view that nudity should not be allowed on the name of art but in all this timing is most important. Only a well timed and protest for a valid cause gets the support from masses otherwise its just a medium to get some publicity, to get published in news papers and to have some footage on the TV channels.
Praveen Pranav
praveen.pranav@gmail.com
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