A person who believes he is not the part of any crime and holds belief in democracy and judiciary will cooperate with the system silently.
When the policemen come with proper identity cards and an arrest warrant, it is the duty of any responsible citizen to cooperate with them decently.
There are thousands of citizens who go along with the police, get the bail after a stipulated time and come back home.
This is quite common anywhere in India. The case will be fought eventually and the actual convict gets the punishment.
Of course, there is a right to protest for everything. At the same time the duty of the police allows to foil the protest and lift the people on who the arrest warrant is issued. Whether to cooperate with the police gracefully or get into their muscle power disgracefully is the choice of the citizen.
Arnab Goswami, being a journalist knows all this. But what I think is that he wants some drama. He wants to show to the people how the government is bulldozing him. He projects himself as an embodiment of truth, reform, voice of India and many more. He feels that whole India is with him. He expects and assumes sympathy and support.
But here is the bitter truth. Nobody, except the family members and the dependants bother when a media baron is arrested. Rather, there will be many people around to celebrate and enjoy. They also wish such media head should go behind bars and lose his might.
Many people firmly believe that media heads are highly corrupted. They also know that the power of a media baron is taken but not given. So, they don't hold any sympathy when a media head suffers.
There may be some non corrupt media heads, but still, once when someone is tagged as ''media person', he cannot command sympathy from the public.
When some powerful person is facing big problem, not only his enemies but also the majority of common powerless people celebrate the event. That's the blatant truth of human psychology. So, Arnab would have embraced silence at least during his arrest. But he was in studio mood even there.
Usha Chowdary
