Much has been said and volumes written about how collective actions benefit the society but how about the collective actions of some people which cross all the boundaries of humanity and surpass the limits which differentiate human beings from animals.
No doubt it was the collective action of millions of Indians which brought peace to the disturbed souls of Jessica Lall and Priyadarshini Matoo. When the whole nation woke up from the deep slumber it was in, the result was : Cases reopened and accused who went scott free were now convicted by the same courts...!
But then how would the Godhra Massacre and the aftermath be described as? After the karsevaks were burnt alive in the train, was the collective action of hundreds of hindus against the muslims justified? Were they correct in taking two eyes for an eye by killing the innocent children and raping the helpless women? Would this action be still called as a collective action after it took away thousands of lives leaving behind another thousands stranded and out of their homes struggling to stand on their feet without any outside support?
The killing of the karsevaks by some anti-socail elements was avenged through the killings on a much larger scale.....Is this collective action.....
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Collective action can be negative or positive. So, this is really a debatable question that the killing of muslims in response to the killing of karsevaks was justified or not.
But i want to bring an important point that after that incident
The Gujarat state became peaceful and it is still as such. A religious harmony was attained and it is continuing till now.
But even then i guess it wont be right to say that the killing of muslims was justified.
"A man is a social animal" i.e. ever since the evolution of civilization they are living in groups be it hunter - gatherer age or todays 21st century man they have always realized the importance of society. no body can , even , think of living in isolation. we always need someone or the other at any point of time. Despite all this we always preffered individual benefits to collective benefit. so those are not that equipped they feel getting lost some where in the system and in situations of desperateness external agents use them to achieve their personal goal and common becomes a toy in their hands.
so be it godhra, ayodhya, singur, nandigram.............etc every time the collective action was in the form of mob behavior and the outcome was something that cant be justified. here i would like to share some of my experience. it was may end last year when the whole of Rajasthan was burning i had to report to IRMA for induction field work and the train route was completely paralised by the protesters and at tghe same time Punjab was burning because of Dera Sachcha Sauda issue . thousands of people including men women and children came on the streets . they were protesting against the ill treatment mated out to their guru Guru Govind Singh. many lost their lives , properties worth crore were damaged. what was the outcome? what did they achieve by resorting to such acts is still beyond any logic.
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