Oooops! Forgot to post the link. Here it is: http://o3.indiatimes.com/meragussa2/archive/2006/11/07/2412802.aspx#Comments
I was surfing ToI and came across something that I thought was about Assam. But surprise of surprises, it wasn't! On second thought, maybe it was--just some nasty anti_Indian made transposed the Assam with India :-). cm A story so shocking and yet so common. A riot in India. A riot that was reported on BBC's front page. What did the rioters do? They attack innocent people passing by. They attack food vendors and loot stores. They attack and damage cars. They molest women. So whats new you may say. We have riots all the time. Its second nature to us. BBC is just a western media out to malign India. I dont get it. Whats the big deal we all say. Well heres the big deal. Want to know who these rioters are? Candidates to become police officers. Why did they riot? They thought the exam to become a police officer was too difficult, i.e., they were too dumb. Does any of this surprise me? Hell no. Does it shame me? Yes, it does. Is this the news that should be on BBC's headlines? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6119928.stm It appears that breaking the law has become such a cultural norm that the police force in India now attract gundas rather than those who desire to protect the people. As a nation we have become complacent. We take it as a fact. We take it laying down. We say we are going to fight our enemies. That statement makes me want to laugh. What enemy can we fight when we cannot even fight the evil that dwells amongst us? The evil that we have ACCEPTED to live with, i.e, a national mentality of corruption and lawlessness. Calling the situation pathetic would be at best an understatement. _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
