Friday, 20 September 2024
Friday, 20 September 2024
YouTubers and the content creators community of West Bengal took out a protest rally at the Patuli crossing on Thursday to ask for justice for the 31-year old trainee doctor, who was raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital two weeks ago.
Till now, people from every walks of life, from doctors, engineers, lawyers, students, tollywood actors , musicians, voiceover artists to college students have taken out rallies and protested against the government incompetence in the RG Kar incident and also to demand justice.
The protestors, numbering in hundreds, raised slogans like “ektai dak, ektai dabi (one voice, one demand)” “we want justice” “tilottama er bichar chai” echoed through the streets, from Patuli floating market to Ganguly Bagan.
Placards carried messages like "India against rape," "Walk against rape," "Rise against rape," "My body, my right, no means no," and "Stop rape."
“It is the outrage of public anger for many days. It's like onek hoiche (a lot has happened), now it's high time we should rise and protest and justice for RG Kar is just the tip of the iceberg” Indrajit Lahiri, who runs a YouTube channel called Foodka, told The Telegraph Online.
“This rally is for a safe environment of our mothers and sisters, we want justice for RG Kar as when I think about this incident I think it has happened to my didi (elder sister) it shivers me. I also want nobody to be scared to give birth to a female child and this can only happen if we as a society can create a safe environment” Prahlad Maity, who runs a YouTube channel called Bisakto Chele, told The Telegraph Online.
“As a tech Youtuber, I can say that in the upcoming Polygraph test the technology would be used to find culprits as ordered by the apex court. I want the truth to come out and hence as a community we are here today. I believe we as humans are fed up and frustrated with the incident and hence we have taken this step to come forward and protest” Avro Roy, who runs a Youtube Channel by the name TechSci Guy, told The Telegraph Online.
As the rally progressed, many ordinary citizens joined the protest. Despite their diverse backgrounds, everyone shared a common goal: to demand accountability and justice.
“Mey or chele somman somman eta ekdom e na, mey kintu chele der theke besi (It's not that girls and boys are equal, in fact girls are more than boys). My son has to know that the respect he gives me as a mother is what he has to give other girls as well. There is a mother in every girl, respect has to be given. Today I am here with my son as I want to show him that an incident like this has happened and in future he knows what is right and what is wrong” Sweety Goswami, a 27 year old woman from Mukundapur told The Telegraph Online.
The presence of well-known content creators alongside ordinary citizens showed that the fight for justice is not limited to the courtroom anymore. It has spilled onto the streets.
