An elderly Muslim man is beaten up by Hindu youths in a train, who threaten to throw him out of the train. The train keeps moving. They film their feat. A Muslim labourer is beaten to death by some Hindus in front of everyone. Administration rushing bulldozers to demolish the house or shop of a Muslims the minute he or she is accused of any crime. In a reflex move.

Bajrang Dal goons enter school and attack Muslim girls. People of the locality demonstrate against construction of a Mosque and launch an agitation demanding its demolition. Residents of a locality protest against a Muslim buying a house in their lane. A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA threatens to enter mosques and kill Muslims.

All this and more with some variation is what we get as news in the media on a daily or hourly basis. The media people seem to be bored with their repetition. Such news does not excite one’s imagination anymore. Readers or viewers also say that this thing has been said so many times and we know it. What is new in this? Now there is a boring familiarity to such news. People want to read or hear something new every day. Naturally the newspapers do such news space in the front page. There is no question of each attack or death getting the attention of the editorial pages.

There is nothing new when we report or say that that violence is being perpetrated against Muslims in India. Hatred is being spread against them. Does saying this once or twice end the matter or do people comprehend its seriousness? Especially Hindus? Administration and police? When this violence is perpetrated every day in different parts of India in different ways, should it not be talked about?

Those who get bored of this repetition should also keep in mind that the in each new episode of violence, a new person is targeted. Every person is different from the other, whose history and present is different from others. His world of relationships is different, his joys and sorrows are different.

The name of the person who was killed in Charkhi Dadri of Haryana is Sabir Malik and the name of the old man........

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