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Cashing Demise


Asifa Bano and Dadaji Khobragade.

When the heinous act happened to Asifa, whole nation felt it's grief. Everyone wanted to show dissent in one form or another, and it is needed to do so. We can't let such things get repeated every time. 
Many people stood for her in different manner, some held protest some angered out through write ups, some made YouTube videos etc.
Back in Nagpur the people from our group wanted to organize a protest, so I started talking to various groups and NGOs about their plans and stuff, as we thought it would be much better to have a inclusive protest rather than organizing many small protests throughout the city. To my surprise most of them didn't want to come together, everyone wanted to have it under the banner of their group or NGO. I was like "Are we doing it for the Asifa or just to hog some media coverage?" In another case, many news and entertainment portals wrote articles, did interviews, made some videos about the inhuman act and then they sponsored (we have to pay to social media to promote our post ) it on Social Media. It's a very cheap and disgusting way to increase your reach in digital world. By doing this we are not standing up for Asifa, neither we are condemning the act we are just milking the opportunity for some cheap publicity.
Yesterday Dadaji Khobragade passed away. In his lifetime he invented several variety of Paddy which are very popular in Central India. From past few years he was not keeping well, many people whom I know personally are helping Dadaji and his family for the sustenance. But I found neither of them boasting about it anywhere, whereas there are some people trying so hard to show the world, that Dadaji and these people were friends, how much they value the work of Dadaji, how they helped Dadaji in bad times and so on. 
If we really understand the importance of Dadaji, why we were silent from so many days ? If we knew the whole scenario why didn't we assist Dadaji's family? If we are so grateful, why didn't we provide some sustainable solutions for Dadaji's sustenance?
Every organisation and Public figure needs proper media coverage and PR, but we should at least refrain ourselves from cashing on someone's demise.

Different circumstances, different stories, but the same greed of being in limelight at any cost.
#Shame 


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  1. Piyush KuhikarJune 4, 2018 at 6:40 PM

    You are right. Most NGOs selectively choose whom they want to support and how they can stay in limelight.

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    1. AkashJune 6, 2018 at 3:54 AM

      True. Sad part is most of the NGOs make social issues their cash cow.

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