I was at Dantewada when there was a protest against the detention of Binayak Sen at Raipur. Four students from the Indian Institute of Sciences at Bangalore had attended it from where they decided to pay a visit to the Ashram (now demolished) at Dantewada. Very enthusiastic people I must say. From what I reckon by the interaction with them, they came to see the real picture and injustice in that Godforsaken state.
Before I met these guys, I was appalled and quite critical of the movement for the release of Binayak Sen ( see item here ). Mostly because a majority of the people I met who fought for his cause, looked at this incident separate from the violence and the atrocities in Chattisgarh. Most didn’t even have a clue as to what was and is happening there.
Its perhaps one of the best things that Mr Sen has been released now. Better now though late then never. My concern however, is as to what would happen to the movement against the Salwa Judum now.?Would all those intellectuals, science graduates and members representing the civil society who conducted protest marches for him, still stand up for the injustice in that area? Why, just day before yesterday, there was a huge protest over his detention in Mumbai!
Stalin’s idea of a single death being a tragedy and a million a mere statistic rings a bell in my mind. The inhuman treatment of Binayak Sen received more favour than that thousands killed and many more displaced in Dantewada and Bijapur. Media itself doesn’t seem to present that disapora any more.
I don’t mean any disrespect to Binayak Sen or the campaign itself. I am more concerned about its future because there is a bright possibility that the movement against the existence of the Salwa Judum might come to a stand still because people might just stop caring anymore. Something that I would think to be anathema to the entire campaign itself.
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