The sad tweet

Night is generally the time when I get busy with my lappy for writing. Why won’t I? This time is the most serene. No going to market. No phone calls (probably because I still do not have one such girlfriend). No disturbance.  So, right now, at 11:59 pm, I’m busy with my usual passion of writing.

Welcome to the new day. The digital clock shows 12!!

Well, let me begin. I just came to know something from my twitter account today. A girl had posted on her facebook account that the bandh (strike) is useless on the death of a person like Bal Thackeray. As a result, she was arrested. Not only her, but the other girl who had happened to hit ‘like’ on the post, also was arrested. I tried to find out the details. I came to know that the girls had broken the laws by hurting religious sentiments of the people. They were arrested. Not only this, the supporters of Mr. Thackeray, in other words, the Shiv Sena, had caused a lot of damage to a doctor’s chamber, just because the doctor happened to be the uncle of the girl who had posted the status.

Many things had struck my mind on reading the news. I also wrote something on twitter. Later I deleted it fearing the same effect on me (although I knew I was not alone this time). Let me tell you, I do not know much about Mr. Thackeray. I know only how much the media has shown me. I have heard some people say the person was not good. But others said the person was a role model in their lives. Some called him a wolf, others said he was a lion.

But I don’t have any personal enmity with Mr. Thackeray. So I won’t go for what he actually was. But I know he was the leader of Shiv Sena, and the number of people belonging to the group, indeed counts. I kind of feel pity on them. First of all, they got arrested a girl who said something negative for Mr. Thackeray. Not only this, they also got that girl arrested who had hit the ‘like’ button for that post. Now, instead of going and asking the girls why they disliked Mr. Thackeray, they got them behind the bars. By mixing with so many people daily physically or online, I’ve come to know how many people actually hate Shiv Sena. The reason might be common for everyone. In this case, if the Shiv Sena people went and asked the girls the reason for hating them, they could have said the answer of a number of people who hate the group. They could learn the people’s problems and rectify them.

But alas! They used violence. Not just got the girls arrested, but also made curfew in an innocent doctor’s chamber, adding one more reason for the people’s hating them.

If any person from Shiv Sena, or some dear one of Mr. Thackeray is reading this, the person might feel sad, even get angry on reading the bitter truth. I would like to say to that person to think over it. If Shiv Sena does well of people, not just them, but their beloved Bal Thackeray will also get a good name. And if they keep doing this violence, Mr. Thackeray will keep losing his respect even after death. A father is remembered according to the duty of his children. Same here. History will, no doubt, remember Mr. Thackeray. But as a hero or villain, is in the hands of his followers.