Alarming news incoming. Skeletal fragments of nearly 60 people recovered from the forest site.

Indian politics is really really dirty

This is inevitable because of one simple reason. The burden of power and rule in a democracy lies with its citizens, not with the politicians or the bureaucrats. They are only our representatives and executives. If we the people surrender our rightful authority to those people, they will usurp it and do as they please. It’s our duty to hold them accountable. And we consistently fail at that.

Take this case for instance. Despite being an incident that should have shocked the world, why aren’t we even discussing it on TV or social media? I expected more serious discussion at least here - not meaningless upvotes. We are talking about the possibility of close to 500 women who may have met a gruesome end (Meanwhile nobody is talking about the male victims yet. That number is also guaranteed to be huge). Why aren’t we demanding the politicians and bureaucrats to either take decisive action or else resign their jobs if they are incompetent? Why aren’t we shaming the national media with hashtag campaigns for neglecting such a horrific event? And we ourselves are not giving the Dharmasala victims even 1% of the attention we gave to Nirbhaya or the RG Kar doctor. Not that they didn’t deserve the attention, but what’s the point of shouting for 2 or 3 women when 500 in a bunch are ignored? This selective outrage is the reason why crimes against women keep repeating. Occasional road shows are just not going to cut it. I’m ashamed to be part of an extremely politically apathetic population in what’s supposed to be the world’s largest democracy! 😠

PS: I’m the nerd of the class - the type that stays away from politics. But this response is appalling even from my perspective. To make you understand the gravity of the situation, let me remind everyone this one fact - Bhagat Singh, the hero of two nations, was just 23 years old when he mounted the gallows for his nation. In comparison, nobody is asking anyone to kill or die here. Just to perform the fundamental duties expected of all of us by our constitution. If even that bare minimum is too much to ask, then nobody deserves the freedoms we enjoy, because they were won with the blood sacrifice of hundreds like Bhagat Singh!

Updates

• 01 Aug 2025: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) has unearthed at least one confirmed human remains. More are likely, but further searches are hidden from camera of the media.
• 04 Aug 2025: Recovery of several more skeletons from inside the forest confirmed.
• 08 Aug 2025: Nearly 60 skeletal fragments recovered. Determination of exact number of individuals would require a detailed forensic analysis.

This case is firmly on path to being sabotaged for good. The whistleblower’s identity and secret statements have already been leaked. The police refuse to protect him and his family citing the strange claim that he cannot be located. Both the cases - the whistleblower case and missing case for Ananya Bhat are both on the back burner.

We Indians face a lot of racist attack for the rape culture that exists here. However, we may have to spread this on international forum at least in the hopes that the global shame will pressurize the government and authorities to reverse their sabotage attempts. That may be the only hope for finding any justice for the 400+ victims and protecting any more people from becoming future additions to that list.

Please restrict posts on this sub to news about Kerala.