Helping victims should be priority, not filming a spot

In the modern society, people fail to understand where to draw the line when it comes to use of technology. They simply remain glued to it, even at the expense of another person's safety. This has become an increasing problem, especially in case of accident and crime scenes, where misuse of technology has made its unwelcome presence. When an accident, assault or crime happens anywhere, instead of jump in to help the victim, most of the bystander remains callous enough to record the video and post it on social media rather than saving a life. It seems that reacting to a real life situation is being overrated and to get approval and attention on social media network has become more important than to help an accident victim. Such incidents show these days there is no place of humanity. Nobody is ready to protect or care for others. As per Law Commission of India, more than 50% of those who die on Indian roads can be saved if they receive timely medical attention including assistance from crowd. In such kind of situation we must have to be humans first. 

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Ravi Chander Garg

Be human first 

Fast and cheaper digitalisation has led to deep penetration of social media in our society in the last few years.  Any incident small or big circulated on social media can make anyone famous instantly. The craze for being famous among common people on social media has made us inhumane. The rush for uploading videos or posting photos of any incident has become an obsession nowadays.  The video shooting of critically injured persons is also a result of this. We all are responsible for this and it's our duty to teach compassion and selfless service to all sections of society.

Megha Chugh

Help a victim to save life

A number of incidents pertaining to accidents are being reported almost daily where the accident victims need the help of the passersby. But the biggest tragedy of the modern times is instead of carrying the victim to the nearby hospital the people gathered around him/her keep on making the video of the injured who is battling for life. It is even exhorted by the police authorities that if any member of the public carries an accident victim to the nearby hospital, no questions will be asked from anybody. The police department also spreads the message through various modes that those who carry the accident victim to the nearby hospital will be honoured by the government. People should understand that if a critically injured person is carried to the hospital in time, not only will a precious life be saved but also it will bring smiles on the faces of the members of the victim's family.

Ravinder Kumar Jain

Need to teach humanity in schools

The character and approach towards life of people vary situation to situation. Some are willing to help an injured person and some want to film an accident spot to post online. People who shoot or click pictures of such incidents show their heartless and careless emotions towards injured people. However, in order to live in a good society, there is need to teach students in schools and colleges to help each other in distress.

Dr G Dev

Society of robots

Nothing can be more inhumane than not helping a person in excruciating pain after an accident. It shows the insensitivity of the society towards humanity. The habit of uploading video clips and pictures of an accident site is not only shameful but shows no worry for the injured. We talk about Bhai Kahniaji who even gave water to the Mogul soldiers while fighting for the Sikh camp, but we don't learn or practice such things in our life. It seems that we are now a society of robots but not of humans.

Major Gurdeep S Samra

What goes around comes around!

With the increasing development, modernisation and better standards of living have changed the moral values among people nowadays. Our society is turning a blind eye to the misery of the people. The addiction of social media has crossed the limits when people at the site of accidents start shooting videos and clicking pictures to post online rather than helping the victims. How can someone give more priority to socialising than taking care of the severely injured victims? If we don't have care and affection for others nobody will have these for us too.  The attitude of the society should be changed for the betterment of the society.

Arshnoor Kaur

Don't let social media rule our lives  

The insensitivity among people is increasing with each passing day. In a world driven by 'likes', 'shares' and 'views' the fundamental essence of humanity is being forgotten. Nowadays there is a large number of heartless people as we are ruled by social media. The obsessions of recording and clicking pictures have made our lives limited to the internet. Instead of helping a profusely-bleeding man pleading for water, minutes after the accident, gory images from the scene start coming on the social media. Within a few minutes thousands begin to share  and start commenting on them . But with every share, humanity dies a silent death. Surely, this is not the world where we want our kids to grow in. Sadly, all we see is an opportunity to share videos related to accidents. Don't let social media rule our lives anymore.

Mandeep Kaur