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Is flash mob new rage in India? Is it getting more followers in a society where more youngsters prefer to remain apolitical, but looking for ways to express themselves against injustices prevailing in the society? The ongoing protests against the Delhi gang rape incident underlines a fact-people though are fed-up with shutdowns and strikes announced by political parties, they are not against genuine protests for genuine reason. Delhi rape case is not just one happened in the country,but the reaction to it was tremendous that even the police lost its sense of direction. In fact, they failed to realise it as flash mob. That's why they met young protesters with batons and tear gas, instead of quelling their anger through immediate action. Now,Finance Minister P.Chidambaram has come with a statement that India is not fully prepared to meet flash mobs. But I don't know why Chidambaram addressed the media, instead of Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde. Whatever, the youth suc

News is not news when it's not new. In that sense Delhi rape cases are neither new nor news. Rapes and sexual abuses have become so common in Delhi that women are advised not to travel alone in the national capital. At the same time you can see free love birds in the city engaged in cajoling and all sorts of amorous dalliance in broad daylight not afraid of curious onlookers. Such scenes give a wrong impression about the city which provides absolute freedom to individuals. But reports coming from the national capital always said the opposite and good enough to disbelief them. The latest incident of gangrape of a medical student in a moving bus is so shocking that demands stringent action in dealing crime against women not in Delhi alone,but across the nation. Let us not forget that Delhi is being ruled by a woman chief minister who should and could understand the difficulties and needs of women. What a fool am I to forget that people born with silver spoons realise common

Human mind is intricate and hence the risks involved in the treatment of deranged minds. But with just a dozen medicines and help from a systematic cure method, a psychiatrist is making a stride in the field of community psychiatry in the tiny southern state of India. Dr T Manoj Kumar, who has worked in Britain for 20 years, returned to his homeland with a mission of extending his expertise in community psychiatry to the marginalised section of the society free of cost. Speaking to The Gulf Today, the Indian-educated doctor, who has visited Dubai in his attempt to widen a network of service-minded people in his voluntary work, said he is dealing with people in the working age adult group who have lost their mental abilities to perform productively and carry on with their lives without others’ help. Three years ago, he joined the Institute of Palliative Medicine, a registered charitable organisation functioning in Kozhikode, a town known for its humanitarian activities in Kerala.