Don’t find it easy? Set yourself ablaze.

I really question the modus operandi adopted by some people to establish their viewpoint. Violence is of course one form. Beat up others who don’t support your school of thought, vandalize and use all other potential means of destruction. But is burning up oneself the ultimate step that is left, to show your support and your outburst? Is death the means to achieve an end? Would burning up your body give an impetus to the process of achieving the end result? Is your life worth that issue you stand for?
Everybody has forgotten the case of Rajiv Goswami setting himself on fire, during the Mandal agitation. As for the very latest incident, take the example of Yadaiah, a university student, who set himself on fire to voice his stand on the Telengana issue, in Hyderabad. He could have been as well alive and support the cause rather than set himself afire. Did he achieve anything out of this act? No. Is he being talked about anymore? No. Will he be talked about anymore? Perhaps, if the electronic media at some later phase feels that the issue is significant enough to be discussed on TV.
He would never know what became of the issue. He would never know whether his act actually helped in achieving the goal set by his party. He would never know the joy of winning. Neither the gloom of losing. He would never know anything.