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through the day. From thrashing AIB over a dog filter to abusing an American for solving the JEE paper. From Kiku Sharda being sent to jail over a mimicry to Shah Rukh Khan shamed for his way of sitting on train birth. From banning an award win- ning film, ‘Liptick Under My Burkha’ for being “too lady oriented” to the nation- wide uproar over the Ranveer-Arjun roast. And how can we forget the drama over the alleged comment of Evan Spiegel calling India poor. The people of our country not only abused the CEO but also his fiancé who had no part in this whole fiasco. Later, it was confirmed that no such comment was made by him but how many of these people came for- ward and apologised? None. This list is endless. Ah, and the art of writing open letters on every controversial comment of a celebrity. But fearing to support Gurmehar Kaur when she was abused and threatened by strangers. Shocking? Surprising? Or just something that hap- pens everyday. We see a culture of taking offence on behalf of the other person, develop- ing. This is something that I will never understand. If the person in question doesn’t have any issues we see other gangs coming forward and making it an issue. Don’t we all have more important things to focus on? More important is- sues? Maybe rapes, murders, violence or the economic scenario of the country? Or is it the very fact that we are not able to do anything at all about these issues, so we just gang up on comedians and artists and when their art is humiliated and destroyed we get the feeling of hav- ing accomplished something. Maybe it’s that, maybe it’s not. Don’t get me wrong. I know some times things can go too far. Insults can dam- age a person’s reputation and sentiments can be hurt. I know there are situations where speaking up is vital to bring a change. I wholly support that but let us not confuse online and offline bashing with constructive criticism. “ Is sending people to jail for making jokes or sometimes expressing their opinions really the solution?” Its almost like we are going back in time. And we don’t want that, do we? Sometime ago I saw a video on Face- book using over exaggeration to explain the current highly touchy situation of our country, I laughed it off but now I fear, what if that’s what we are heading towards? If I say, we should stop before it becomes hard to differentiate between India and North Korea, I will be made fun of. I will be called crazy and be told to feel lucky that I am born in this na- tion. But the problem is, I do feel lucky and I want to keep feeling lucky and not helpless as things that seem little right now pile on, and its too late. 75