Viral Note: ‘Is He Guilty Of Leaning On The Car? No, It Was The Boy’s Looks That Pissed Him Off: Kerala heard with shock the incident of Pinchubalan being brutally beaten for leaning on a car in Thalassery. The CCTV footage of the child being beaten was released. Sandeep Das says that the reason why a Rajasthani boy named Ganesh was kicked was because of the boy’s appearance. He wrote on Facebook that it was the child’s appearance that provoked the kicker. Sandeep says that many people feel like kicking and punching when they see a man with a dark complexion and flowing copper hair, dressed in ragged clothes, and the perception that Ganesh is to be kicked needs to be treated.
‘Did you notice how Ganesh reacted to that kick? The baby behaved as if something completely natural had happened! He and his family must constantly face such atrocities. Only the privileged people get the respect of society. Ganesh, who is a nomad, has no such benefit’, Sandeep noted.
Facebook post by Sandeep Das:
What is the reason for kicking a Rajasthani boy named Ganesh? Was he guilty of leaning on a car? Not once. It was the child’s appearance that provoked the kicker. Seeing a man with a dark complexion and flowing copper hair, dressed in shabby clothes, many feel like kicking and punching. Punishing Ganesh’s harasser Mohammad Shihad will not solve the problem. The notion that Ganeshas are to be kicked is what needs treatment.
Did you notice how Ganesh reacted to that kick? The baby behaved as if something completely natural had happened! He and his family must constantly face such atrocities. Only the privileged people get the respect of society. Ganesh, a nomad, has no such advantage.
What is privilege?
Do you remember Salman Khan’s case? Sallu’s colleagues blamed the poor people who were sleeping on the roadside! The money power of the Bollywood superstar was visible there.
The face of a woman who poisoned her boyfriend has been in the news recently. The media was soft on the criminal. We have seen eulogies like “The accused girl is brilliant in studies”. In that case, our loyalty to the upper caste was evident.
Even if the privileged commit a crime, there will be people to justify it. Poor Ganesha’s spine gets kicked if he touches the car! This is the situation!
Can Madhu’s murder in Attapadi be forgotten? His looks and tribal identity influenced the thugs. What wails arose when Nanjiamma received the National Award!
What if it was a Malayali boy wearing white, wrinkle-free clothes leaning against the car? It can be asserted that he would not have been beaten.
There is a dialogue in the movie Article 15 – “Seventy percent of the population of this country is backward. They work until they are naked. Knowing all this, we conveniently ignore them…!”
There are billions of oppressed people around us. They have been suffering discrimination and injustice for centuries. Love should be reserved for them. Not kicks!
Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution, was born into the Mahar community. He had suffered a lot because of his caste. It was a time when they were denied even drinking water! But Ambedkar was taught by a loving Brahmin teacher. His name was Mahadev Ambedkar. The teacher was even willing to give his dear disciple his own family name. That’s all there is to say to those who are proud of their privileges. When life gives you an opportunity, act like Ambedkar’s teacher. That is not your generosity. It is the right of those standing on the other side…!
