We need to graduate past this lathi culture and move towards becoming a commercial society
If you see people transgressing lockdown rules, fine them a substantial amount
Don't beat them up
If you see people transgressing lockdown rules, fine them a substantial amount
Don't beat them up
What's very troublesome is that this lathi treatment is meted out selectively
If the person in the car were a distinguished looking wealthy gentleman, would you beat him up? No
You beat up people who look vulnerable. Poor people, ugly people bear the brunt
If the person in the car were a distinguished looking wealthy gentleman, would you beat him up? No
You beat up people who look vulnerable. Poor people, ugly people bear the brunt
This lathi culture is no different from the "soft" form of apartheid that existed in British Raj
Where less privileged, dark skinned Indians were treated in one way, Europeans with a somewhat different yardstick
Though it was not quite institutionalized racism of the SA kind
Where less privileged, dark skinned Indians were treated in one way, Europeans with a somewhat different yardstick
Though it was not quite institutionalized racism of the SA kind
