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| Let us not be over sensitive | | Editorial | |
If the authorities in the Holland had over reacted in detaining the
ten Indians on board from Amsterdam to Mumbai, after taking back the
flight to Amsterdam, little after its take off from there and
questioning the detainees, suspecting their having links with
terrorism, the reaction to the unfortunate incident in India by and
large too has not been balanced. The media in particular over reacted
to the pre-emptive action taken by the Dutch police, in warding off
any likely mishap. Column after column have been contributed by many a
learned and well known journalists in the newspapers, besides the
electronic media blowing the alleged harassment to the twelve Indians
detained and then let off honourably, after no terrorists links were
found in their undisciplined behavior in the air craft. Some renowned
journalists, using the medium of newspapers over which they have
control, even went to the extent of terming the action of Dutch
authorities, with sensational headlines as "Apartheid back with
vengeance." Some others have drawn the hasty conclusion in expressing
apprehension of brown skinned people in Europe and other Western
countries, inhabited mostly by whites, to be subject of suspicion in
future, thus presenting a gloomy prospects for the Asians in the West.
In the back drop of foiled terrorist plot by some Islamic
fundamentalists, having their origin in Pakistan and other Islamic
countries, the Dutch authorities cannot be blamed for trying to be
twice wise, after bitten once in our over reaction to the alleged
trauma undergone by the detainees, we have totally ignored the
unbecoming behavior of these Indians, which could give rise to
suspicion about their intentions of some mischief.
Our own reaction to the Mumbai serial metro train blasts are not less
panicky and over cautious, leaving nothing to chance. Even in our day
to day life, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir and North-Eastern
States, where terrorism is at the height, our grumbling over frisking,
searches and putting up of barricades and bunkers in the cities and
towns, under the given situation, is uncalled for. This much price
shall have to be paid by the law abiding innocent citizens for their
own safety and security at the hands of the merchants of death on
prowl and for the security of the country as a whole. In the abnormal
times as the present ones our easy goings and comforts enjoyed during
the normal times shall have to be somewhat dispense with. Particularly
the politicians and bureaucrats at high positions shall have to
compromise their ego, which they feel hurt in their frisking by the
police and other security agencies on duty. This however does not give
license to the police or other security agencies to unnecessarily
harass the innocent, to settle their own personal scores or to defend
their ego of authority. A fine balance between the restrain and
orderly behavior, honouring human sensibilities by the security
agencies and sacrifice of their comfortable and unperturbed living by
the citizens shall have to be maintained.
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