Thursday, November 24, 2005
Another whistleblower is blown off
India has taken the sacrifice of another bright son of her. Manunath's death, if anything, will make our youngster's more cynical in working for their ideals, that is if Satyendra Dubey's murder has not already driven them away from it.
BTW, it was surprising to see that Indian MSM has given more prominence to the killing of Raman Kutty in Afghanistan than to the killing of Manjunath. Even the PM is now forced to make a statement in the Parliament on the killing of Raman Kutty and he does not have to talk about Manjunath.
Dont get me wrong; I'm not saying that Raman Kutty was a mere driver and Manjunath an MBA from IIM. But I'm saying this because the killing of Manjunath is a bigger tragedy for two reasons: 1) He was a bright young fellow who had the courage to follow his principles 2) His killing was so much avoidable. But by focusing more on Raman Kutty's killing, we are probably blaming the Taliban/ISI and escaping from the hard realities of the fallacies of our own society.
Your work is to serve the poor and miserable, without distinction of caste or colour.
-Swami Vivekanda
India has taken the sacrifice of another bright son of her. Manunath's death, if anything, will make our youngster's more cynical in working for their ideals, that is if Satyendra Dubey's murder has not already driven them away from it.
BTW, it was surprising to see that Indian MSM has given more prominence to the killing of Raman Kutty in Afghanistan than to the killing of Manjunath. Even the PM is now forced to make a statement in the Parliament on the killing of Raman Kutty and he does not have to talk about Manjunath.
Dont get me wrong; I'm not saying that Raman Kutty was a mere driver and Manjunath an MBA from IIM. But I'm saying this because the killing of Manjunath is a bigger tragedy for two reasons: 1) He was a bright young fellow who had the courage to follow his principles 2) His killing was so much avoidable. But by focusing more on Raman Kutty's killing, we are probably blaming the Taliban/ISI and escaping from the hard realities of the fallacies of our own society.
Your work is to serve the poor and miserable, without distinction of caste or colour.
-Swami Vivekanda
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