INDIA'S BLIND EYE TOWARDS REAL ISSUES
In 2024 , the horrifying R G Kar Medical College rape case shook India to its core. Social media was filled with posts demanding justice. People reposted stories, conducted candle marches and the news spread like forest fire. Around the same time, I was talking with a friend about the brutality of this incident. When everybody was posting and reposting the atrocity on instagram, I asked them why they weren't doing so , to which they replied, “everyone is already aware’’. Cut to 2025 , I observed that same friend actively attacking an infamous YouTube show ,which was being slammed and cancelled for its inappropriate use of language and also became the hot topic of many news channels, on social media platforms. When asked why , they answered - “it is good to speak up about the right thing .” The above incidents got me thinking — how do we determine what really is worth speaking up about? Do we really give as much attention and thought, as required, to every crime or just t...