Many a man has been slaughtered for executing their duties diligently. The brutal killing of Jyotirmoy Dey is yet another addition to the endless list of such men.
A journalist by profession, Mr Dey was engaged in criminal investigation for a news paper. A thread in one of his investigations became his noose. To such an atrocity the first reaction of public would be an outright criticism and the second one would be a piece of advice to shun such a profession as a career option.
But think carefully, is there any profession in this world that is not fraught with danger?
One would have to think very hard to find an answer to this questionand if one does so the answer would be that there is no such profession that guarantees safety and security. Be it police or civil, public or private every profession has some kind of inherent danger because there are always areas of conflicting interest. As everyone is playing a zero sum game, the victory of one is the defeat of the other. Human beings as adamant as they are lead the conflict to grave outcomes in some cases. Some people lost their families and friends in the 2008 terrorist attack that jolted Mumbai including the GM of the Taj hotel. He might have joined the hotel industry for any reason but safety must not have been in his mind at any point of time.
Police men die in combating terrorists, the defence personnel die in battles saving their nation, pilots die in crashes, miners die in mine traps and divers die in deep dives. The modes of death may be different but the end result is the same.
When we are destined to die anyway, why do we care about the way of death? With no fear of whatsoever we should execute our duties with full conviction and honesty.
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