Sushant Singh Rajput: How we, as fans can serve him the justice he deserves?
2020 is an absolute chaos, there’s no doubt about it. Another incident of the suicide (or alleged murder) of the beloved engineer turned actor — Sushant has left the nation in shock. WE WANT JUSTICE. And should we demand it? Definitely. This article is my personal opinion being a fan on how we, as fans can give justice to Sushant!
Although the campaign started by calling out people for the possible reasons for his suicide but today it has just become an agenda for the opportunists to make the most out of it. The News Channels are flooded with opinions about conspiracy theories, witch-hunts and everything that journalism is not about. Their personal agendas of mob influencing, fueling hate and accelerating the TRPs is a fad. Indians contribute to the chunk of emotional audiences, these headlines have blurred the purpose. Remember the agenda — PREVENTING SUICIDE!
To my wonder, the crucial mental health debate boiled up, thanks to Sushant, (what a gem we lost) and unfortunately even that debate cooled down instantly. Why? Is it not important? But never mind, we have been ignoring problems like anxiety and depression since forever. To dig deeper into this case, the media is on the nerves of everyone involved and CBI is doing what they are best at. Instead of consuming content that heats us from within, what can we do on our end?
After seeing all the social media voices, or news reporters being harassed mercilessly with trying to be the CBI, I guess it’s time to change the direction. Not the agenda, but the way to look at it. 2020 has been a harsh year to the globe — call it natural disasters, a pandemic taking over our lives, the domination of ‘screens’ and locked up desires! But even today hope should not be caged, it should fly, higher than ever.
Maybe Sushant would not like to see people being traumatized, infected by a pandemic or harassed on his name. Maybe he would like peaceful protests and trust in the judiciary (if not the police). Perhaps this time particularly, when our brain cells have certainly stopped responding to our everyday stimulus, we should stop being the moral police too. Maybe the justice will not served by violent protests and #BoycottCampaigns. Maybe this time, justice will be served by kindness. Let’s hype that one talented artist who is so underrated (Yes! Exactly the one who crossed your mind) or by spending a little more on buying the original album than pirated. We can even help that YouTube channel grow or boost that one writer to start over again! FYI, there are so many ways we have to make Sushant happy. I am unsure if God counts your sins, but he definitely counts the smile you’ve spread! So maybe this year can be seen as an outsize lesson to serve justice to everyone who’s a little apprehensive right now. Let’s be extra supportive to that one girl who’s trying so hard to make it big, by calling that one friend who sounded low on chat, tipping the delivery guy who brought your much-awaited order in the rains, cheering parents by looking at old photo albums together, or giving your maid an extra day off.
Serving justice should not feel so harsh on ourselves, it should give us peace, and once you do it the right way, it’ll feel better.
I’m no judge to tell who is innocent but certainly this article was to light a fire under the readers to be kind to the world but first to themselves. Justice shall be served by the judiciary. And us? YES, we can too by being warm hearted. It’s time to take a pledge that we don’t create another Sushant who couldn’t speak up because of people like us. This year is not the time to spread negativity, it’s time to spread hope and love!
P.S.- R.I.P. Sushant, you’ll be in millions of hearts forever.