Wrong is right

Last night a thief broke into one of the vacant flats in my housing society. He was caught standing at the parapet of the seventh floor, 20 people waiting down to beat him up, 10 on the terrace, trying to strike a conversation with him and coax him to come up.
After good 40mins of coaxing the young lad decided to climb up to the terrace, on one promise made to him by a middle aged man from the terrace that he wouldn’t be beaten up. The moment he landed on the terrace he heard these words.
Haath baandh do sale ke.
Kyun be kutte?
Chori karne aaya thha?
Chal neeche chal haraami.
I was a mute spectator of all this but when, exactly after 10 minutes of his surrender, 40 men gathered around him to teach him a lesson, I decided I will talk to them.
What followed is defined by my set of rights and wrongs. They need not be similar to any one else’s.

Right: He was coaxed into not jumping from there and surrendering.
Wrong: Promise made to him that he won’t be beaten up.
Right: What if he had broken into my house or hurt someone I love?
Wrong: Setting an example for others.
Right: I said, “Police ka kaam aap kyun kar rahe ho?”
Wrong: Someone in the mob, “Police nahi karti issi liye”
Wrong: Beat him up but make sure he doesn’t bleed.
Wrong: 20 people beating up an unarmed man.
Wrong: Khoon bhi nikalega to kya? Kisne maara kya pata chalega?
Wrong: If we beat him up then he wouldn’t break into someone else’s house. Ever.
I was the only one shouting on top of my voice. I was the only one who looked like a fool when 40 other men thought what they were doing was right. I was the only one who thought there’s some law and order that was in place. I gave up and came back to my house. Pushed and lost.
This is the Roadies generation. The ‘no-nonsense’, ‘brave’ and ‘ready-to-take-on-the-entire-world-single handedly’ generation.
Raghu in a Roadies episode (to a contestant): You have written in your form that you want to help the country and help the needy. What have you done till date?
Contestant: Abhi tak to kuchh kiya nahi hai…
Raghu (angrily): Dekha? Yehi to problem hai iss generation ki.
In a separate incident, Raghu: I don’t know what affect we must be having on these kids.
If you don’t know then fu*^%$# do it. Why you doing it? TRPs right!
Well that was the angst. But please welcome the Roadies generation of youth in India.
They set an example. They are game to kill for the right reasons. They are ready to punish the wrong. And they say they are right.

Wrong is the new right.