Sakshi Mehra is a Trainee Journalist at ThePrint. She writes on the intersection of art, culture, crime, society, and policy. She joined ThePrint in 2024. Sakshi can be reached at sakshi.mehra@theprint.in
The so called intellectuals were mum when political violence waa unleashed upon common people merely because they voted for an opposition party in 2021. Where were these intellectuals when panchayat elections were marred by uncontested elections along with visuals of ballots floating in the ponds of Bengal ? Where was this Mr. who feels the game is rigged now ? Women were subjected to sexual abuse and even dogs were killed alongwith his owner merely because they voted for opposition party. Such intellectual gymnastics now using words to show fake concern for democracy is both abhorrent and pukeworthy now. Is intellectual dishonesty the first trait to be tagged as an intellectual in Bengal now ? Do not demean the word “intellectual” using them for people who only wished the status quo continued in Bengal and were blind and deaf to the atrocities committed by TMC . Enough is enough.
The so called intellectuals were mum when political violence waa unleashed upon common people merely because they voted for an opposition party in 2021. Where were these intellectuals when panchayat elections were marred by uncontested elections along with visuals of ballots floating in the ponds of Bengal ? Where was this Mr. who feels the game is rigged now ? Women were subjected to sexual abuse and even dogs were killed alongwith his owner merely because they voted for opposition party. Such intellectual gymnastics now using words to show fake concern for democracy is both abhorrent and pukeworthy now. Is intellectual dishonesty the first trait to be tagged as an intellectual in Bengal now ? Do not demean the word “intellectual” using them for people who only wished the status quo continued in Bengal and were blind and deaf to the atrocities committed by TMC . Enough is enough.
On a lighter note, when was an Indian industrialist not “ delighted “ over such a political development.