For almost four days the whole of India has been under siege and people glued to their television sets as one of the most audacious terrorist attack took place in Mumbai.Terrorist strike is not a novel event as far as India is concerned as India has been the victim of terror for a long time now.Countless people have lost their lives and yet the powers that be are not bothered.In this particular terrorist attack, close to 200 people have lost their lives and many more injured and yet the (dis)honourable Home Minister of Maharastra claimed as a matter of fact that in such a big city such incidents do happen.Well ,it is precisely this kind of callous attitude of the political class of our country cutting across partylines which has brought terror to our doorstep.These politicians are busy getting Z and Zplus security for themselves while the common man is exposed to the vagaries of terrorism.
The police officers and the NSG commandos who laid down their lives fighting these terrorists are the real heroes.But their supreme sacrifice would go in vain if the people of India do not rise up to the challenge posed by terrorism.We Indians need to stop fighting with each other on religious and regional grounds and make it known to the politicians that the buck stops right here.No more empty rhetoric from Manmohan Singh and party,either put up a strong anti terror infrastructure in place or resign but dont just try to take us for a ride every time terrorists strike.While there can be no foolproof security,the least that can be done is to put in place mechanisms that ensure swift response and elimination of terrorists.One also finds a serious problem with the pseudo secularist brigade who want to be so politically correct that they end up sounding plain silly.I was watching NDTV India and there the anchor Vinod Dua was going on and on about how the NSG team was cheered by cries of 'Bharat mata ki jai' when it went inside the Nariman house for the final assault.Now Mr.Dua was very upset as he thought that shouting 'Bharatmata ki jai' was somehow being communal.I have serious issues with such psedo-secularists who see 'bharatmata ki jai' as a communal slogan.This has been the bane of India ,where instead of assimilation having your separate identity gives you more clout.When one is deriving benefit out of being 'different' ,why would one want to assimilate.As a result we see people protesting in a big way when Saddam is executed in Iraq by USA (totally unrelated to India) but hardly any outrage when there is a terror strike in India.Hopefully,we have learnt our lesson this time !
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Are You Still In Touch With your Roots?
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When I stepped into Motherhood, within very first month at my native place
as part of the tradition I was asked to worship a well and seek its
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the constitution of India states it very clearly that security of it's citizens is a state matter. The question we should ponder over is- why have we become so tolerant? is it that that the common man(like you and me)is the only one angry over the whole issue and hell bent on accusing the govt. of being impotent?is there no politician whose blood boils equally like yours and mine?if so, what's stopping them? and more importantly, as we have elected them, what's stopping us? surely, there must be a solution somewhere with somebody. are we looking at the right place and in the right context? is the democracy that our nation is so falsely proud of, a hindrance to having a stringent law that could provide some respite? we are not so naive as to believe that however strict the laws are made terrorism is going to take a backseat. terrorism is not an option for the people who practice it. it is a way of life for them.it will be like telling someone that the clothes s/he is wearing are not good enough for this country and we totally reject it.it makes no difference to that person.just like we want our morning tea/coffee, they want there share of 'punya' before they meet the almighty. the question then is- where is the root of terrorism? and should we target the root rather than finding means to protect ourselves? can we not think of this matter in the larger context of society? at the end of the day everybody wants to reach back home to her/his family...this is not going to end as long as some people believe that there is a reason why they are here on this earth and that reason is to kill as many 'kafir' as possible. try making the toughest law on earth and see if that's going to work. law is to make people fear from doing something wrong or bad. where is the fear here? the question my friend is- where is the root?
I dont think we have learnt any lesson...
Was it a lesson ??
I wonder!!!
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