Intolerance Recent disturbances due some mischievous posts on social media have set the communities on fire. We wonder as to how many people read such posts, comment or forward and are influenced , instigated by them Social media posts have limited viewership, unlike news papers We are increasingly being intolerant, hypersensitive, aggressive and over reacting with violence Some one can easily fan passions as emotions are easy to instigate, No reasons or analysis are done before flying off the handle It appears that in this age we can be led blindly and are willing to be led We fail to be reasonable to understand the motives and intentions and give in to baser instinct in collective atmosphere, Criticism, satire, cartoons, seem to be exciting us to violence, murder, destruction and mayhem Then there are those who instigate for some narrow political or religious gains, Yet others are willing to put the plan to action and target indiscriminately unsuspecting, uninvolved victims There is no doubt that some only stoke the fires from a distance. A politician has uttered that the some action is desirable as a consequence disguised , couched as natural consequences, while others encourage by inflammable remarks, which encourage fringe elements to take it is approval Pitching communities, on caste , religious , ideology is favorite pastime of our rulers, who feed on these strategies, Then there is constant blame game of accusations between parties Tough and swift action by law enforcing agencies should nip in the bud such disturbances in the society Even when the law is clear the police is waiting for the gauze the mood of the masters, Then they will delay, derail normal justice and probes, so that public conscious being short the issues are soon forgotten It appears that of late the low lying activists are emboldened by the change in the Govt. The condemnation and disapproval, censoring the erring politicians is a grinding slow process Though offensive posts and writings electronic media that set the community on fire are to be best avoided, but what is the yardstick of not hurting trivial sentiments, Offence is taken for the simplest things at every step, which does not abode well for free expression with qualified limits, which are difficult to be coded in every case, In stead of vandalizing public property and taking law into their own hands, we n must be sensitized to take recourse to legal procedure, however long drawn out it may be. Otherwise the rule of jungle will prevail and innocent people will become mindless targets The violators must be brought to justice expeditiously Nelson Lopes Chinchinim I