My heart aches as I write this blog entry and I feel angry and helpless at the same time witnessing the events that were unfolded in last forty eight hours. Mumbai — the city of dreams, — the city that doesnt sleep, — the economic capital of India came to a standstill and we witnessed one of the most dreaded nightmare in its history.
I am a Delhihite and have been to Mumbai on few occasions and have even stayed for more than a month and was always amazed by the city in some way or another. It pains to see the events unfolding on news channel..to see the gory acts…to see the Taj hotel or the Nariman House or the Oberoi turning into a battle ground…to see hundreds wounded and killed be it women, children, aged But this isnt specifically about Mumbai. This attack is on our Country…India.
I wonder what wrong did we or our so called past leaders do in the past to attract so much hatred from our neighbours that they can go to an extent of killing themselves to harm us. Is it only about Kashmir…or it is about a war between Hindus and Muslims or they cant seetheir neighbours progessing unlike them??? I still wonder…. aimlessly without any result….what went wrong and where…?? Whatever we have learnt…or have been taught…I feel we Indians have always restrained ourselves..be it in 1947 when the POK (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir was born) or be it in 1971 when we drove the enemy to the Lahore or Be it during Kargil when we again restrained crossing the LOC. Is it that our restraint has been taken as weakness??? Why is it that we are the ones who have to bear the burnt again and again. First a series of blasts in Gujrat…then again the same in Delhi and then in Assam. If the enemy is man enough, why dont they come to the border and fight like MEN.
I felt cheated when after my schooling i came to know that POK wasnt a part of our motherland…because in our school days the MAP of INDIA that was taught to us did not show it as POK but showed it as a part unified India which is a fact far from reality.
Nevertheless…i dont want to ventilate my anger by writing a blog entry …forwarding few e-mails or by forwarding few SMSs. I guess thats what we do all the time and then forget few days later and then get back to our routine and name it the ‘Sprit of Mumbai’ or ‘Spirit of Delhi’. We take proud in the fact that we are back to normal within a day and are unfazed by what happened. But I ask you…what option do we have??? A Common man has to come out of his house to earn his bread and butter. He cannot stay at home forever because of fear….he has to out sooner or later. It is our so called ‘MAJBOORI’ that is termed by our unfazed spirit by the media or the Govt…but if you ask me…i myself dont have an option. Infact i told my wife today that you never know it would be me next…in some bus or some metro train….or may be at a shopping mall..and who knows……might be you as well…
Comming to think of it again….I wonder where was my dear Raj Thakeray…and his bunch of goons who were driving north Indians out of Mumbai…I didnt see him in any of the news channels trying to drive these terorist out?? Wonder why were North Indian NSG commandos were summoned to do the act….Didnt the MNS goons and Raj Thackeray volunteer to get rid of the terrorist….?? Oh…i forgot …the terorists were carrying bombs and granades…and AK-47s…and you might have got killed…isnt it Raj Baba?? so your So called Vanar Sena is good only for poor biharis??? right???
Every such act is a question for us to reply….its high time we start doing that… but wonder when would that happen. When nothing happened even after the Parliament was attacked (Afzal is yet to be hanged…it takes us 7 years to decide a killers fate…shame!!) it is not likely to happen ever. Yet, the way optimistic I am, I would realy like to see India taking a stand like US after the World Trade Centre Incident. I guess that is when we such acts can be replied to. This reminds me of a recent movie – ‘A wednesday’ which tells us that some day or the other every one has to take a stand.
And the problem is not only India centric. Our neighbours are also getting a does of thier own medicine in recent times. The entire world is plagued by terorism. Be it America or Europe or Asia. Its time we all unite in or fight against terorism and show make these cowards reach thier desired destiny. I dont know how would that happen…but wonder how much i wish it does….
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Indeed. i feel the PROBLEM itself is not clear. so multi-faceted, that you really cannot isolate one. Most of them got to be link. “cause and effect” , one leading to another, one aiding another. i think INDIA in this hour does not need to stand together, it needs to FIGHT together. reminds me of SRK’s promo. on its time to DO. unfortunately its “TIME TO REACT”.. JAI HIND!