Friday, February 8, 2008
Not all collective actions need a leader?
Few days back on 04/02/2008 news of a girl of PTC college at Patan being gang raped by her own 6 teachers came out. Before police could come on the spot other girl students and there parents took the action and all the teachers were hit in college campus itself. Parents declared a bandh in protest of the incident and fact is that bandh was sincerely observed in the city with out any force or political party barging in. This shows that all collective action does not need a leader, for the matter even a cause is more than enough but it would be interesting to note further that without a leader how long this action goes on and do people act after few days on their own with this regards or not or it was just a initial sentiments that forced them to behave in the way they did.
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hi,
i feel she lead the incident, though not visible out. it is after the incident that the people have thought out and acted in response. she has brought into sunlight, the issue that has been in the innerwalls of the institute. also by declaring a bandh, her parents have initiated a thought process in the peoples' "i do not care where abouts of my neighbour as long as i do not have any work with him" attitude. i feel she is a invisible leader because many previously suffered in silence but she chose to rise to tha occasion
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