For how long do i shout?

Whats the coolest thing these days? Wearing a pair of Gucci jeans? That livestrong band? Talking to a couple of chicks(in Tamil, read kadalla podying!) ? Probably not! These things have become more for the wannabes! The latest fad, i believe, is people trying to be cool by flaunting statuses criticizing attacks on the psuedo-intellects! A spontaneous protest where a few glasses broken being branded hooliganism without second thoughts. Whereas a protest, where emotions had to be manufactured and most people who went there was only to be photographed so that they could flaunt it as their DP's to impress their latest muse was branded the second freedom struggle in nation!!

And the icing on the cake is an article by the self proclaimed intellect, who sometimes also claims to be the messiah of the masses, Mrs. Burkha Dutt!! And she says the Indian junta has lost his ability for the intelligent argument and has instead resorted to intolerant ways! But, is there anything else that he can do?

Its a different story when a large majority of folks suscribe your views. Possibly, you will be heard. But if you are a silent minority, will you be heard? The politicians dont need you because your votes wont count, if you have one! The news channel wont reach you, because its more busy with folks who feed them money! Try a 'non-peaceful' protest?!! The police will book you in 'goonda law!'

The only way to publicise your thoughts seems to be a la chappal throwing,breaking window panes of a few even more helpless people! Yeah, this is not right. But where does the common man go? He will surely not win the debate against the more educated folk. While our man is slogging with an auto rickshaw, the so called elite intellectuals have busy honed their skils to talk and talk well too! And they asking the hapless rickshaw drivers to come,argue and differ with them is to ask Muhammad Ali to call a few geeky Iyers into the ring! The outcome, we know!

In some ways, this problem provides a more monsterous anologous in the Maoist revolution. Its the voice of a community long supressed by the rulers convieniently. The only way, their voice found a national stage. Did i hear someone saying dialogue? Dialogue with the politicans? You must be kidding! On one hand of the table, we would have battle hardened politicians and on the other hand, a few tribals. I dont see much scope for imagination of the result.

While a soulution to this problem seems an NP-Complete problem in computer science lingo, we could do better by refraining ourselves from the temptation of painting people who wanted to put their views across in manner, not acceptable by ordinary folk in such pathetic colours.