Of intolerance

Not so long ago, India was a land of extreme tolerance. We were a bunch of people who had this nonchalant "chalta hai" attitude. Bribery, corruption, deaths, rapes, politics (both office and country or state) no matter what, we felt it was bound to happen and we accepted the fact that nothing could be done about it. We never raised a finger against it because we believed that nothing COULD be done about it.
Then came the AAP movement. It revolutionized the way we thought. AAP brought action to our lives. We became more vocal. We stood up for things that were blatantly wrong. Arushi murder, nirbhaya, etc were catalysts to that change.
Cut to 2015, when social media is more active and alive. It's second nature. A time when checking FB before we check the news. Checking on Instagram and Pinterest before office mails. We are glued to social media. And we have become more vocal. More uselessly vocal I should add. 
Social media has been widely leveraged when we wanted to create a stir but, not slowly but crazily quickly, it has turned to a place where we are faced with opinionated retards who feel that their voice needs to be heard and more stupidly, action needs to be taken. And at the drop of a hat, they post about anything that happens around them. A baby crying on the road and soon it's posted on Facebook condemning the father for not taking care of the baby. A ladder left on the terrace and before you know, the secretary of the society is being targeted on social media.
We have vaulted 10 years and gone from a nation that was highly lazily tolerant to a country that within its own people is being deemed as an intolerant lot. And social media has accelerated this effect. Shit, feel it's the only cause for this habit change. 


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