Prof Gyan Prakash says something that has been in my mind for long. The big difference is, in my mind the thought was not clear enough for me to articulate it. We praise democracy and I am always angered by those who decry it and favour autocratic governance. But in the recent years, particularly after the Babri masjid, I have been troubled by the fact that a large group of people...say a few thousand, can do exactly what they wish to do just because the remaining millions are not gathered together in one location opposing what they wish to do. The mob tyranny.
It has come to stay in our country. A few thousand do not constitute majority in our country, still, their writ runs! Why has this come to pass? Are we to blame?
Anytime you and a group of your friends want something, you get together and burn down shops built out of someone's hard labour....you burn buses and the city raises bus fares burdening millions who need to use buses.... you declare a bandh and thousands are left without earnings and food for the day..you block trains and many are stranded with hungry babies...
Why have we become hostage to hooligans?