@Starshineee62 I'm deeply disappointed looking at the people around me—celebrities, influencers, artists, cricketers, online teachers, everyone. Almost all of them are silent. Let's remember that many of them earn their popularity, their relevance, and often their income from the youth, yet when it comes to standing with the public, suddenly they don't want to be "associated with politics."
I was even more disturbed seeing people post cheerfully about football and their normal lives while their own country is going through so much. I've decided to unfollow everyone who stayed silent through this, including major Indian BTS ARMY accounts. They had platforms. They could have raised their voices. They chose not to.
What hurts me the most is seeing peaceful protesters being treated this way for asking for accountability.
They forcefully dragged the honourable scientist Mr. Sonam wangchuk, who's been on a hunger strike for 20+ days to the hospital two days ago in order to force him to break it, reports of restrictions on gatherings—they declared gatherings of people as illegal, force being used against protesters, communication issues, jamming the internet, aiming guns in front of the parliament and violence against people who only wanted to raise their voices peacefully are terrifying to watch.
Every time I see another clip, I'm brought to tears.
All of this because people want accountability.
All of this because people are asking a democratic government to actually practice democracy.
I'm hoping for the best for the people of my country. And if you're Indian, please don't turn your back on this. Please stand on the side of humanity, accountability, and justice. Speak up in whatever way you can.
I know this was out of the blue. I'm just a small author on Wattpad.
But I couldn't stay quiet.
Not today.
