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Sunday, August 6, 2017

What is happening here? BRAID CHOPPING Episode....

Dear blog readers, I am disturbed by the news about " Choti CUT/braid chopping" in various northern states. It is reported that the first incidence was reported from Rajasthan and then it went viral to Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

     Only  females have been affected from it. It appears that it is a handiwork of some unsocial elements. The reason behind this conclusion is that these incidences are reported from rural areas only. Secondly, such incidences are reported in night only baring one female who is reporting that incidence happened in day time . The first casualty related to this incidence is from Agra which again raised question mark on the maturity of our society as well as failure of our education system. The major reason behind the spread of such incidence is the technology itself. Is not it a contradiction/oxymoron?
          "The bizarre incidents have left the villagers in panic mode. Most women claimed to have fallen unconscious when their braids were chopped off leading to the villagers blaming godmen, ghosts, witches and “cat-like” creatures." reported by online news services ' the quint'
     As per the latest study, the tele-density in India has been increased by many fold. The top ten states reported tele-density around 65 which appears quite high. The tele-density is directly correlated with increased coverage of Internet which in-turn relates to spread of social media. Social media such as WhatsApp is one of the major reason behind the spread of myriads of circulation of unverified information.
    This is the crude example of misuse of social media and technology. It is quite unfortunate that in 21st century, one 62 year old widow female with very low vision was killed by people just on the misconception that she is a "DAYAN" and reason behind "CHOTI CUT/braid chopping".
     
      Online news magazine 'The quint'  reports ,"The woman was in extreme trauma and still terrified. She was admitted to a private hospital and discharged last evening, he said. Another incident was reported in Malhaka village. Aseena had fallen unconscious and when she woke up she found her hair had been chopped off".

     It is a humble request to every netizen to be responsible . They should not re-circulate such messages on social media. The affected females should be given proper medical counselling.  Government should also be alert to stop such unverified messages on social media. Keep on blogging.