After the pub attack comes bashing up of the MLA's daughter and his friend in Mangalore. No arrests after ~12 hours or more of the incident. A few question: If the CM and other functionaries of the govt are holding office after pledging to uphold the Indian constitution and the law of the land, why can't they be called back after they repeatedly fail (or willfully neglect) to so that? If the hooligans now start deciding whom I can or cannot talk to, days are not far when India will look more like a failed state than a country that is governed by law.
In this connection, I completely support Renuka Chaudhury's "Pub Bharo" andolan. The point here is not to promote drinking, or `pub clulture' (whatever that means, if anything at all). The point is, it is within my rights to go to a pub and drink. Nobody, and nobody at all, can tell me whether I can or cannot do something as long as I am not breaking the law or seriously inconveniencing others. If someone tries to stop me, I will react by doing that even more.
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