Letters to The Editor — June 9, 2025

A reflection

The tragedy in Bengaluru was unfortunate. But one should remember that it was not the first of a pattern of such incidents. Various assemblages that occur during sports, arts and religious rituals have been witnesses to such happenings globally. While crowd control measures can primarily be the responsibility of the authorities, it is also time to teach people that they too have a role to play. It should be made the duty of every individual to judge situations sensibly in advance and help him or her and the law-enforcing agencies to prevent accidents. The absence of proper priorities and orientation in life among citizens is clear. As a reader wrote last week ( ‘Letters to The Editor’), the crowds that gather on many occasions also indicate that the participants have no useful work to do. The most unfortunate part is that common sense has become uncommon.

P.R.V. Raja,

Pandalam, Kerala