Hypocrite, dishonest, fake; I am just one of them. I am publishing this post only to maintain my blog traffic, which is going downhill because I couldn’t visit too many blogs of late, and it will go further down because I don’t think I will be able to write a humor post sometime soon. By the way, my post notification is not working, so, in case you want to subscribe (ROFL??), I have put a new subscription form on top and also a checkbox at the end of the comment form (which I don’t think you will be using for this post).
About Debajyoti
Are you serious?? I think the 3rd cartoon is somehow not complete. Now, don’t blame why did I comment while you are editing? Not my mistake ..okay?
it is complete. it’s a contest on indiblogger. thank you for the comment because no one else is going to comment on this post.
Well, I think its not fake.
See, we all made noise and 11 of them are behind bars. There is a new law coming up (hopefully soon) where punishment for rape will be life imprisonment. So, things change when we rattle up the government. Everything we write does make an impact, however small it is. Newspapers pick up stuff from blogs and Twitter.
And, Vodafone contest came before the Assam molestation happened.
i totally agree with you. assam government is acting fast on this case only because people raised their voices. my point is did i write my previous post out of concern for the girl or it was for mere pageview because i don’t know anything about law nor do i read newspaper. i have the right to raise my voice but whether people should read me or not that’s a different issue.
i wanted to write something else but wrote vodafone contest to confuse everyone.
You know what, I have been feeling exactly the same about the whole thing. Precisely the reason why I never came up with a post despite having very strong opinions about the issue. I might write things condemning the issue on my blog but when it comes to the real life, I am unable to bring in a change. I will go back to my blogging about inane stuff from the next day, what difference does it makes to the world if I write a post on how I disgusted I felt about it.
Hypocrisy is a way of life, we all are hypocrites at some point or the other. And you cannot do anything in this case, so you are not one. Take Care.
i actually didn’t want to write about that incident and if i hadn’t written about it probably i wouldn’t have been bothered about the while thing.
yeah we all are hypocrites.
Exactly my thoughts, sketched to perfection. May you live long, Deb! The number of ‘heart-felt outrages’ I read this past week has pulverized my grey cells , or whatever I have in between the ears. Your cartoon clip is fit enough to be run by The Times of India and New York Times alike; it has international class and appeal. Damned be the day that sees the traffic at your blog dip.
i was happy when i saw an outrage amongst people and it did spread across the nation; as a result government had to act. what i cannot stand is irrational statements and hypocrisy.
the entire incident wouldn’t have taken place if people stopped those goons, and i was actually surprised to know that people just stood there whereas in the same area few people chased some armed criminals and caught them the next day. if people are not scared of guns then why the same people cannot summon a little bit of courage to help one little girl. i found this article on wiki called bystander effect .
one more thing, i am still wondering how many of these bloggers have actually stopped a mob in the past. and those lady bloggers can ask their husbands, brothers and their friends whether they would have stepped in. this country would have been a crime free country if that was the case.
Actually, I believe that people who believe in justice for women and write about it are definitely doing SOME good by:
1). Having the right mindset and practicing good behaviour themselves.
2). Intending to motivate others to be better people too, through their writings.
It may be a drop in the ocean, but drops are what the ocean is made of!
absolutely, but if that concern is not genuine and we forget it the next moment then it’s a drop of poison in the ocean and we are better off without it. we are as apathetic or rather pathetic as those bystanders.
Of course, that goes without saying. If you preach but not practice, then that makes you a hypocrite.
Every single person who spreads a good word can make a difference, provided he or she behaves likewise.
Do check out my latest post, btw
exactly Ash, that’s how it should be. sure, will check out your blog today
Hi Deb
I too have read quite a few posts of outrage regarding this incident.
A poem came up in my mind when I thought about the whole thing and I wrote and published it. I would be lying if I said its only for social responsibility etc that I did so.
I agree- Saying something is much more easier than doing something. Actions always speak louder. Unfortunately all of us hypocrites choose the former.
agree with you, we all choose the former and i did the same. although i was angry when i wrote that post but i was checking my stat counter as well after publishing it.
Deb i agree that most blogger thrive on the traffic to their portal but then there are few who write just for the sake of penning down their thoughts , frustrations and so forth and are not bothered if anyone reads them or not . Most of us would be great couch coaches or commentators…and yes to some extent hypocrites but then which sane normal human being would take on a mob to save someone…i am not a superman or spiderman…;)
some of those spectators joined the molesters later. so, in such cases you don’t know who would come with you if you take on that mob. those hooligans were united, moreover, the role of that news channel and cops was also not clear. so, a common man would always fear to challenge an aggressive and filthy group of people against all odds. [i know how it is to face a mob]
Hmm! Debajyothi! Pointed humour this time!
Btw, If we watch our TRP’s it is more a question of seeing if you really are communicating. I’d not pen something down if I am the only one to read it, right!! I could just keep thinking it
As long as you are not also looking up your adsense revenues if you have any!!
Where the outrage is genuine, I see no hypocrisy in watching PVs. Where the outrage is merely penned to get mileage, it would be outright hypocrisy, even without ad revenues.
Btw, a disclaimer! I never wrote a single post on that incident
it would be really difficult to gauge who is genuine and who is not; however, we do get subtle hints. it’s up to an individual how he or she looks at things, although it may not be necessary at all to know the real person. for me, i wouldn’t be able to value someone’s opinion if i come to know that everything is fake.
i don’t have adsense because i learned that it’s useless.
rofl for your second paragraph abut writing for yourself.
Well are we ALL not the same then .. find me one who is not
exactly Bikram, that’s what i am saying. we all fall under the same category, only difference is that some of us point finger at others. it actually is a very complicated subject to discuss.
How do we differentiate those who write from their hearts from those who sensationalize unless we have been following the blog for some time. I share your outrage. The posts are driving me nuts. And, some people with their incendiary statements against all men is really driving me up the wall. Awareness is good; rhetoric is not! Damn, who decides!
i have followed many such blogs in the past but gradually felt that there is something wrong. well, this topic is part of one of my posts which is there in my d-drive. i just felt bad when i saw some of the statements and comments.
…brilliant again! you’re a genius Deb
hahaha, thank you Amit!!
Let’s move on…
that’s all we can do!
Only a good humorist could have come up with this one Deb. Views going down? Are you sure your monitor is not upside down?
And yes, let us move on. Agree with Rachna about all the rhetoric and ‘focused’ blogs. Just as the media, the less said about them, the better.
i write for visitors and pageviews, and i am sure there are many who do that. there is nothing wrong with it otherwise people wouldn’t have been doing SEO and all such things. but as a human being how much concern we have for the people we write for? and it’s really annoying when i see those people pointing finger at others and everyone endorsing their views.
ha ha ha ha classic classic………….. seriously you brought the best out of the incident…unlike all the “Concerned” bloggers
………………..Bravo
yeah and i will pay a heavy price for that!
Oddly enough, I have been thinking the same thing.
well, i was little surprised but even i am doing the same. we need to take care of our blogs, another harsh reality
I read a number of posts on the incident this week including your prev post which i agree to. … we are a population of more than 1 billion… Everyday there will be a news ..some good which makes us proud and some not so good which makes us feel ashamed. we laugh , we cry , we pat our backs, we yell out with rage and then move on … well time to move on. Life is short …doesn’t come with any guarantee/warranty so make the most of it ! Love your sense of humor and the underlying current …well done … you have one admirer
yes we are a population of over a billion and every minute something is happening but we don’t get to hear about them or we don’t realize the magnitude of the crime. but if i cry for someone and the next moment i forget that person and start laughing at something else, then probably those tears don’t have any value. having said that, if i hear a news of people dying in earthquake or flood while i am having my breakfast, i wouldn’t stop eating; i will complete my breakfast and then probably blog about it
. see, all contradictory statements.
yeah i get ur point …whatever it is should come from heart…what we see around is mostly croc tears …anyway I love your blog and just keep up the good work …
thanks TTT and my blog is miraculously surviving because of people like you
Debjyoti, in all this, all that truly matters that you DID raise a voice. Think what would have happened if they didn’t……it’s important to know outrage, identify with it.
Our population is our weakness. Maybe, while raising the voice, someone will do something to bring a change. Maybe.
One person can’t change everything, and it’s not possible. But it adds to the river. And knowing for every 10 bad person out there who are opportunist, depraved vultures, there are 10 good who would stand up in their own way for the right thing restores faith of everyone who is on that right list.
yes, those voices did make some difference, genuine or not, it doesn’t matter. but may be i am not talking about this incident in particular, also i am talking purely from blogging point of view. those who need a story everyday for their posts cannot have genuine concern for anyone. as a matter of fact, i know how they would feel when they get to know about such news. i don’t think, i will be ecstatic to see a new post on their blogs about social issues.
ALso, there is a petition from Avaaz.org. Do sign it. It might not look much, but we can do our bit.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Guwahati_Arrest_the_molesting_mob/?cznaTcb
signed and shared on twitter. thanks a lot, i was actually searching for something like this.
Talking of contests, IB should think of cartoon contests. You’d rock.
many thanks for the comment!!
For the comment? Not the compliment?
thank you!
Your post reminds me of a comment by someone that some bloggers wait for a fiasco to happen so they can write about it…the other viewpoint is that since there was this hue-&-cry,things started moving.Where does the truth lie?
We have all seen how Govt machinery comes out of coma when Supreme court or CAG chastise it .But i wonder how much effect our blog posts have.In my city every day we see pictures of offices lying unoccupied much after opening time electricity & resources being wasted;but it does not dent their apathy in the least.In such a scenario i really wonder about the efficacy of out posts.
i have said this a few times. so, may be you saw my comment somewhere. our blog posts may not make any difference but we have the right to raise our voice. my question is whether that individual is raising his/her voice or articulating some gruesome incident to increase readership. many of us like to watch shocking and horrifying videos, photographs etc. so, there will never be any dearth of visitors for such work. even that’s fine, some of us (including me) write to see pageviews, increased number of readers but where do we stand as human beings? if we are apathetic about those incidents we write for then probably our posts don’t have any value and we are worse than those criminals and onlookers.
In the last sentence i was talking of criticism in the press-it goes unattended.
yup, thanks for the comment. as i was expecting, not too many people commented on this post.
Debjyoti i fully agree with your sentiments.i don’t remember who said this on which post, but it did strike a chord with me because if i am not in a position to do something about such tragedies then i don’t relish reading about them time & again.
if a voice makes any difference then it’s fine and i will be grateful to those people for making an effort to change our society. having said that, how many of those people have actually done anything in real life? if not, then it’s only for their blog that they are writing and it will not strike a chord with many of us, and that’s why i generally avoid such blogs. some people in real life are absolutely apathetic about others but the moment they have a blog they start talking about a whole host of issues plaguing the society.
good one thought. Says something that happens in real
yes, we do that all the time. thanks for the comment!
Instead of being bystanders and watching in abject silence internet has given the option of outraging online and mollifying the conscience.
Best wishes for the contest
absolutely, very nicely said. however, driving traffic is also one of the reasons.
what’s wrong with moving on? it’s a law of nature
yes, we all do that. that’s the law of nature.
You are doing a great job with these cartoon strips. Even I am tempted to attempt some.
it’s pretty simple and it’s fun, and you can convey the message exactly the way you want to. try this, you are going to love it.
Nice one. I am liking your new trend of caricatures Debajyoti.
Far more effective and thought-provoking than a long paragraph!
May be you should have mentioned ‘Dove’ instead of ‘Vodafone’
Do you still worry about your traffic, I feel you have made quite a place for yourself in indiblogger.
yes, it’s far more effective but anyway, i will start writing humor posts soon.
i haven’t mentioned ‘Dove’ because i didn’t want to point my finger at individuals directly.
traffic will go down as i will be busy with things shortly.
thanks again for the comment Bindu.
That post had a lot of punch!
because i thought the outrage followed by regular fun posts a bit odd. anyway, even i am going to get back to my usual humor posts.
Just one thing to tell..love ur blog whatever it may be..love to come here every now and then..keep going and take care..
thank you.
You have depicted the sad state of our lives so well. In your humor, there is so much to be learned. That we are able to find a motive to further a personal cause in someone else’s agony every single time is beyond something called a sin. Heartfelt anger and pain are not related to the heart anymore.
i found it little odd when i saw heartfelt anger followed by fun stuffs on many blogs. it puts a question mark on the sincerity of those so called armchair activists. even i will do that; i will write fun stuffs soon. we all move on, only the person who goes through it is left behind with all those horrifying memories.
You hit the nail on the head, 99% of us behaved in that exact same way. Although I’d like to think that blogging about it caused the outrage to spread to several hundreds of people who would not have otherwise paid attention to this piece of news – treating it like the usual cases of eveteasing that die a natural death once the breaking news silsila was over on TV. I’m optimistic that as bloggers we are bringing about a social change albeit on a microscopic level.
sadly, this story was pushed from front page to second page to third page, and now it’s out of all the newspapers. i wonder if anyone is following up this case anymore. blogging about it caused outrage (don’t know how many people read blogs outside blogging communities) but it has subsided as well. and i am sure those criminals will get away with it because we are not bothered anymore.
but that’s an entirely different issue. my point is where we stand as human beings. are we at all concerned about the sufferings of another individual or we just don’t care? worse still we take advantage of this and drive some traffic with the help of such news.
hi,everytime you write,”no body will read this post” and you get tons of comments and views.
Anyways,good cartoon and good way to express our callous attitude,attitude to be a part of something at one moment and not at another.
thanks for the comment Gunjan. yeah, we all behave the same way.
Very apt presentation of a blogger’s thought process in general. With a few exceptions most of us (of course including me
) try to ride a bandwagon at some point. A good pinch!!!
we all do that. unfortunately, this case in particular has taken an ugly turn and those one post activists are not bothered anymore.
really sad, but true-as they say ” ek kadva sach’ !
it is indeed. we all voiced our opinion and anger but it all lasted for a very brief period. now no one is following up this case, not even the local print and electronic media.