Politics, religion, cinema, cricket. Different crowd-pullers, same tragic result: deadly stampedes. Deaths at IPL victory celebrations in Bengaluru will prompt investigations and back-and-forth over culpability. But the bottom line is that India can’t handle its crowds. No census is needed to establish that lakhs will turn up at such events.
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Hey The Print! Hi Mr. Shekhar Gupta & Ms. Shailaja Bajpai!
Do you plan on putting out an editorial defending Ms. Sharmishta Panoli’s freedom of expression? And condemn and castigate the West Bengal government for it’s haste in arresting Ms. Panoli?
We have been told countless times that you practice “un-hyphenated journalism” at The Print. Let us see some of that in action now. Hope you grow a spine and stand up for freedom of expression. Just like you did for Prof. Mahmudabad.
All one can say, joining in the grief, is that people too should place a higher premium on their personal safety.
One can easily notice how soft The Print goes on the Karnataka government for the stampede deaths in Bengaluru.
Yet, when the Yogi administration messed up during the Kumbh (66 crore people over two months), the tone and tenor was completely different. The language was excoriating.
Now that the Congress government in Karnataka has messed up with a crowd of just 1-2 lakhs, The Print threats it with kid gloves.
Ms. Shailaja Bajpai’s love and loyalty towards the Congress and TMC comes through quote beautifully in these editorial takes.
India can neither handle success nor crowds.