...what was dead was hope!

Outlook publishes an article claiming that the 'encounter' of Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar, pouplarly known as 'Azad', was nothing but a 'cold blooded execution' by the state. Fake encounters are not new to the history of insurgencies in India, especially the Maoist movement. However, I am quite intrigued by the fact that these exceutions are considered perfectly acceptable to a lot of people who claim to be aware and educated. The same people who advocate human rights and assert the rights of independence in a democratic world, consider these murders as a fairly just way of dealing with 'terrorists' like Azad who pose a grave 'threat' to their 'peaceful' world if left alive for trials. And i am intrigued by the fact that this happens in a country where cases on rich American CEOs responsible for thousands of deaths and generations of physical deformities, continue for more than two decades, ending with a mockery of the country's judicial framework.
It hurts that our blood does not boil at these unspeakable crimes against humanity and we have the audacity to call ourselves the torchbearers of the new world of hope and freedom.