New Delhi: In view of the rise in discrimination and prejudice to the people from the North East, Commotion, a nonprofitable NGO, has organised an event in Select CITYWALK, Saket (The Plaza; 4:00 pm onwards). On January 23, 2010, artists from different parts of India and abroad will join to express their concerns through music and dance. Below is an excerpt of their press release.
“Our city isn’t very safe is it? While today could be just another day for me, for someone else it could be the horrifying day they get raped, crushed by a drunken driver, beaten up unconscious or even brutally murdered.
It doesn’t seem to matter how old or how young you are. Nine year old girls being raped and senior citizens being murdered are just another headline. When surrounded by a million tragedies we can easily become desensitized, indifferent and blissfully unaware.
Though, however blissful we are, none of us are very safe are we? Tomorrow it might well be us who make the headlines; and how many will care then? Shiv Khera’s famous quote ‘if injustice is happening to your neighbour and you can sleep at night, wait your turn.
You are next!’ sounds uncomfortably true. What are our responses to injustice? If we don’t stand up for what is right today what will our city look like in a few years? How many of us reading this article will be tragic victims to future injustices tomorrow?
‘Come Together’, organized by Commotion, is an event that brings people together to promote communal harmony and stand against prejudices and atrocities toward our brothers and sisters from the North East. In the past few months it would seem that violence toward the North East community (especially women) is on a rise. It’s bad.
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