What surprises me is the heights of publicity this incident has achieved. Obviously, the newly wed NRI couple was no ordinary couple. Why else would Mumbai police take so much trouble pursuading Hilton Patel to file a police complaint, and why else would media give the incident such an impressive publicity ? Almost every newspaper has the story on the front page for the past two days.
There are hundreds of women becoming victims of shamless acts like molestation everyday and it's the same police and media who wouldn't find it worth looking at. And when it happened to a wealthy NRI family, the story gathered national attention as though it was the only worst thing that was heard of. Anyway, who am I blaming ? I should confess we, the people, are equally responsible for such hypes as we know we wouldn't care much if the woman molested was a labourer, or a school teacher or any other commoner.
There are hundreds of women becoming victims of shamless acts like molestation everyday and it's the same police and media who wouldn't find it worth looking at. And when it happened to a wealthy NRI family, the story gathered national attention as though it was the only worst thing that was heard of. Anyway, who am I blaming ? I should confess we, the people, are equally responsible for such hypes as we know we wouldn't care much if the woman molested was a labourer, or a school teacher or any other commoner.
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