Mumbai attacked.. the two words are flickering on almost all the news channels. The nation is watching the coverage of 'rescue operations'.. helplessly, stunned, exasperated and lost.
More than 100 people died in blasts and indiscrminate shoot-outs by the terrorists. There is a certain number of muslims in the list of the 100+ deaths... The community in the interest of which the gunmen claim they are fighting for. The innocent employees in Taj and Oberoi(many of them were women) fell prey to the rampant bullets of mere a bunch of goons. The Wife and children of the GM of Taj hotel were brutally shot dead by these so called islamic mujahidins... The beloved heritage building of Mumbai is burning in flames and we, the Mumbaikars, are just watching it, without a blink..Because we cannot do anything but be the mute spectators... We have lost sensations, haven't we? After a few days when this gets over (if at all is does) Mumbaikars will 'move on'..like they've always done and once again be saluted for their 'undying spirits'. A cliched label or a badge that can shut their mouths up.
Will the netas in their finely starched white kurtas and govt ambassadors ever realize what's it like to have a spine in back? A nation like Pakistan which almost has no existence on the world map tries to prove it by attacking us every now and then. What are we? their guineapigs? Our ATS chief, DCP and ace shooter are killed by a bunch of brainwashed tweens who probably don't even understand how to use a shaving cream... Is it NOTHING for us? Are the sacrifices of our heroes in vain? It has been an entire era of terrorist attacks on Mumbai since they started first. How many more to go to wake us up to reality?
Come elections and the parties will engage themselves in rapid mud-slinging, with this attack as a focal issue. The lucky ones will come in the rule and start one more samzauta express to the land where they don't even understand the meaning of this word. Their 'Traning Camps' are right next to the border... But we won't dare attack them because we don't want to disturb the 'peace process' while they deliberately continue the 'piece process' with us...
We need an Indira here, perhaps a Modi too. (I cannot help but say it no matter however debatable it may sound) for the simple truth that we fail to understand.. Talk to these cretins in the language they understand. And they don't understand the language of humanity, of peace and of forgiveness.. (the last word sounds very abusive, doesn't it?)
Common guys, this is so not done. Let's switch off the MTVs and Channel Vs for a while, let's come out of Karan Johar flicks and cricket mania for a change and help make things better for ourselves. Let' demand for what's good for keeping our pride intact and lets help make it happen. People in every civilized country do it..We can too!
