I
read about the elephant last night and ever since there is an unsettling eerie
feeling within me. I am pained, saddened, ashamed and disturbed in equal
measures by what the locals in Kerala’s Malappuram did to that poor pregnant
elephant who was scrounging for food. Who on earth, in his right mind and with
even an iota of conscience could do a vile thing as to feed it pineapple laced
with crackers. The crackers burst into her mouth and she died standing in
water. The attempts to rescue her went futile probably she was too heartbroken to
ever trust humans again.
This incident is not the only one and not will be the
last one but it is another noose that has tightened its grip on our collective
humanity and conscience. I am way too depressed even as tears fill my eyes as I
write this, I demand harshest punishment for those monsters and a radical
change in animal protection laws in India. Sadly, the priorities of Indian
government are can make this seem like a very distant dream. We are currently
obsessed with changing the name of everything- cities, stadiums, roads, or even
the country- from India to Bharat after the great king Bharat, a step closer Hinduism.
In the whole drama that plays on the national stage along with many other
pointless ones, we have forgotten that it is collective ethics and morals along
with a robust justice system that make a country great, and not just assuming
the name of a king once called great in some mythology books. Real life needs
attention and care and more respect than mythology.
It
was a gruesome murder not only of an animal but of humanity too. Human stupidity
and cruelty is boundless. It is a shame. Sadly, TV channels, instead of raking
up this ghastly issue to shake the people’s conscience, thought it more
important to please, we all know whom.
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