Everybody is talking about Sanjay Dutt being jailed with so much pain and sadness. People, especially celebs, journalists and other famous faces just can’t seem to be able to control their tears for their dear Sanju baba, because he faces jail. His crime, in the eyes of law: he had been an accomplice in the horrific Mumbai blasts of 1993.
That is very sweet of them. They understand with compassion and sensitivity that Sanjay may not have done such a thing deliberately. Perhaps he had no other option. After all, he is their very own “Munna bhai”. He is so good at heart. How could he be so callous, so as to cause the deaths or at least be part of such a heinous conspiracy to take the lives of so many innocents? He wouldn’t hurt a fly.
It is really heat warming to see people feeling for a fellow citizen. But wait. Don’t get your hopes up yet, that we are seeing better times, of having the privilege to share space on an earth where people truly care for each other or understand one another’s problems.
Where were these people, with their crocodile tears when it was Afzal Guru? In his case, it was an attack on the parliament. Why didn’t the people listen to his version? Why didn’t the people ask for pardoning his life? Why were they instead thirsty for his blood?
Oh wait! Afzal wasn’t some Bollywood big shot like Sanjay Dutt. And of course, he was not an ordinary man, he was a MUSLIM! Uhh, surely then he MUST have been a terrorist, a very, very mean and bad guy who only wants to kill innocent people.
Right?
Just so that there is no confusion, neither is it being claimed that Afzal was innocent, nor that the plea for pardoning Sanjay should be opposed vigorously. But as aware and intelligent citizens, we must acknowledge the obvious double standards.
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