How long has it been since you've read a "pleasant" piece in the newspaper?
With the saddest of news ranging from recession,job cuts,stock markets plunging..to the worse ones viz the terror attacks,bomb blasts,attacks on minorities and politics of regionalism... there really is nothing to rejoice about this year,at least.
The most surprising and worrying fact is that the terrorists are having a field day in the midst of all this gloom. The realization that NO PLACE is safe anymore has just sunk in. But Mumbai,applauded for its spirit of "bouncing back" after every attack goes on... albeit it is a matter of perception whether this "spirit" is actually helplessness.
I mean , do we have a choice? Do we have that much faith in the administration that we are fearlessly going about our jobs without getting deterred by the blasts and riots? The natural answer is a NO.
Why we have this supposed fearlessness is only because we have no choice.
Nothing can be done about it and nobody is going to do anything about it,so what choice do we have?
It is exactly this question I seek an answer to... WHY are we so helpless?
Why are the terrorists blasting off trains,buses, market places, cinema halls at will?
even with Z- security, nobody can be sure if their mailbox is not gonna be blown off the next second.
Human life is so insignificant nowadays compared to the "causes" of these radical groups...politicians included.
Why are the aspirations of the normal people not important enough?
Why is my country, once known for its bigheartedness ,so intolerant?
What happened to the pledge we used to say in school? "All Indians are my brothers and sisters"
Now, after growing up, you have no problem in killing off your brothers and sisters? In leaving families broken and shattered?
Is your "cause" bigger than your country?
People (politicians and their supporters) playing the regionalism card must realise that the poor and helpless Indians they are thrashing,killing,abusing also have the same aspirations that these people with a "cause" have.A meal for their family to sustain them for a day, a small home, clothes,little happiness.Depriving them of these small aspirations is akin to committing a sin. I saw a team of these self proclaimed savior-of-local-culture goons thrash up a samosa vendor of another state and destroy his make shift cart and everything on it. Such an act can never be justified.I believe every tear someone sheds because of you and every smile that you manage to bring on someone's face are to be accounted for.
I pray for better times.. and better sense to prevail.
With the saddest of news ranging from recession,job cuts,stock markets plunging..to the worse ones viz the terror attacks,bomb blasts,attacks on minorities and politics of regionalism... there really is nothing to rejoice about this year,at least.
The most surprising and worrying fact is that the terrorists are having a field day in the midst of all this gloom. The realization that NO PLACE is safe anymore has just sunk in. But Mumbai,applauded for its spirit of "bouncing back" after every attack goes on... albeit it is a matter of perception whether this "spirit" is actually helplessness.
I mean , do we have a choice? Do we have that much faith in the administration that we are fearlessly going about our jobs without getting deterred by the blasts and riots? The natural answer is a NO.
Why we have this supposed fearlessness is only because we have no choice.
Nothing can be done about it and nobody is going to do anything about it,so what choice do we have?
It is exactly this question I seek an answer to... WHY are we so helpless?
Why are the terrorists blasting off trains,buses, market places, cinema halls at will?
even with Z- security, nobody can be sure if their mailbox is not gonna be blown off the next second.
Human life is so insignificant nowadays compared to the "causes" of these radical groups...politicians included.
Why are the aspirations of the normal people not important enough?
Why is my country, once known for its bigheartedness ,so intolerant?
What happened to the pledge we used to say in school? "All Indians are my brothers and sisters"
Now, after growing up, you have no problem in killing off your brothers and sisters? In leaving families broken and shattered?
Is your "cause" bigger than your country?
People (politicians and their supporters) playing the regionalism card must realise that the poor and helpless Indians they are thrashing,killing,abusing also have the same aspirations that these people with a "cause" have.A meal for their family to sustain them for a day, a small home, clothes,little happiness.Depriving them of these small aspirations is akin to committing a sin. I saw a team of these self proclaimed savior-of-local-culture goons thrash up a samosa vendor of another state and destroy his make shift cart and everything on it. Such an act can never be justified.I believe every tear someone sheds because of you and every smile that you manage to bring on someone's face are to be accounted for.
I pray for better times.. and better sense to prevail.
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