It seems that the existence of peace and serenity are concepts that irk the general community of today, as clearly it can be seen that attributes of forbearance and positivity elude the present social diasporas. With the highest degree of discontent and sorrow, I am in a position to declare that the Indian community has assumed that resorting to violence for carrying out the so called ‘democratic protests’ is one of the easiest ways to disapprove of something and making ones voice heard.

June 21 saw the air of Mumbai city become turbulent with extreme rage and wrath. The city simmered on Saturday as thousands of Sikhs, brandishing swords and lathis – blocked railway tracks, damaged Mulund station and shut down swathes of the city over the killing ofa community member by bodyguards of the Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on Friday, June 20. A handful of Sikhs on June 20 were protesting outside Nirmal Lifestyle, a mall in the north-eastern suburb of Mulund, against the presence of Ram Rahim Singh when one of his bodyguards opened fire. Balkar, a Sikh businessman, died in the firing.

Throughout the day, Mulund, the epicentre of the protests, remained paralyzed as the protesters squatted on railway tracks and pelted stones at the trains and buses from 11.30 am, damaging all the four railway tracks that passed through the station. The protestors also forced local shops to down their shutters. Over 50 schools in Mumbai, affiliated to Sikh organizations remained shut to protest the killing. The ripple was