It is about time we realize, we need to step in collectively to save Tamilnadu police to make sure they retain their capacity to save us. While we cannot get Joslin back, we can definitely ensure no other girl gets shot in the face.
The police officers need a 8-hour shift. They need at a 5-day work week. They need to be compensated for the 12 days holidays the rest of us civilians enjoy.
The police officers are supposed to be deployed into actions that will use them as trained law enforcement units. Buying vegetables for senior officers' families and transporting their parents around family functions should not be the tasks of police officers.
They need controlled access to relevant fire power to fight serious/violent crime.
The list goes on but these are just my views. The sustainable solution comes out of asking a police officer. To those of you who care, here is a discussion with a ex-police officer from Australia. Tamilnad police can definitely learn from this discussion. So can we, especially those of us in the 18-25 years age bracket as they are the ones who stand a chance to get to decision making roles in law enforcement in the years to come.
The existng batch of 45-55 year olds have failed us for decades. They were busy sending us to schools. it is about time we took the baton from them and take this journey forward.
Here is the discussion with Tony Angus:
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Every time we start discussing any social issue in India, we almost always reach a stage where 'blaming Brahmins' becomes an eventual consequence that becomes unavoidable. It is about time we recognize this trend of brahmin-bashing.
Yes, we need to solve this bias by design. Yes, we need to stop holding brahmins responsible for every social problem in India.
However the solution is not possible without the key ingredient - Brahmin participation. Unless brahmins start speaking up supporting social equality, social justice and start criticizing fellow brahmins who display caste-pride and/or caste based bias towards people, we are not going to solve this. We need a reason to say Brahmins have evolved. We do not see that reason anywhere.
While we look out for reason to support brahmins, we should also look into the reason behind the trend of blaming brahmins for every social issue.
Here is a discussion covering video evidence featuring a brahmin presenting the reason for 'persistent brahmin bashing':
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There are quite a few smrithi's (sanskrit literature associated with the hindu faith system) and it is not just Manusmrithi which dictates controversial social policies. Parashara Smrithi is equally bad.
Here are a few samples and guess what, the translation is done by Brahmins and not any western individual.
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I never knew political parties in Tamilnadu have been hiring private consulting companies to advise them on their political moves. As it turns out, non-Tamil consulting companies are helping Tamilnadu political parties design and implement their respective political campaigns.
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Have you ever considered the idea of oppression across cultures and time having a similar pattern?
I did and over time have come to realize there is a pattern and social discrimination across cultures have striking similarities.
Racism and casteism are two distinct discriminatory issues related to different countries and cultures. However, they are the same in terms of their concept of operations.
Here is a discussion with Dr. Ashleigh McKinzie, who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology where we explore the similarities and differences between American Racism and Indian Casteism:
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