Mob Mentality or Mental Mob

The Kannada Film Industry woke up on the morning of 30th December 2009 to the newsreel that Dr. Vishnuvardhan, ಸಾಹಸ ಸಿಂಹ of the industry rose to heavenly abode. Apparently he suffered a massive cardiac arrest on the early morning of 30th December. This news comes in the wake of yet another loss to the fraternity when ace singer Dr. CS Ashwath passed away couple of days ago.

From years of being a star, he has encompassed numerous fans all over the state. His popularity is no less than, maybe a wee bit less than Dr. Rajkumar. He even has numerous fans' association across the state. His mortal remains were put on public display for his fans to pay the last homage. As was seen during Dr. Rajkumar's demise, the uncivilised, not-fit-for-society hooligans began stone throwing at shops, people, public transport et al. They made attempts to bring things to a standstill. What sadistic pleasure do these trouble mongers get when they destroy others belongings? General public's vehicles were stoned, BMTC buses were stoned, even police jeeps were not spared. Amidst all these chaos, the ಕನ್ನಡ news channels kept beaming these images titled ಅಭಿಮಾನಿಗಳಿಂದ ಕಲ್ಲು ತೂರಾಟ.

Whose abhimaani's are they? If they cant respect the dead or the alive, they don't even deserve to be called humans, leave alone abhimaanis. Suvarna News had some lady reporting that she was amazed looking at the number of abhimaani's who were throwing stones & footwear. I wonder if she was aware at all of what nonsense she was blabbering. Despite all this, there was no call either from the ministers or the top cops for people to remain calm! Crowd control measures seem to missing from the police minds & manuals as well.

Alas! The ugly side reared its head again and the illogical continues to happen. ದೇವರೇ ಕಾಪಾಡಬೇಕು ನಮ್ಮ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರ್ನ!