Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Terror!! What here after?


I hate it when the news coverage say “India’s 9/11” to me it sounded, that we have been outsourced the job of facing terror. I agree that 9/11 was one of the worst days of terror on this planet earth and so was 26/11, then why do we Indians fancy having tags which are so western or has a western symbolization.  
As a country we have faced enough terror and just by adding adjectives what do we want to prove to us and others!! To me Mumbai Terror of 26/11 is something aghast, cruel and an incident of shame for its government, its politicians, its security agencies, its people and above all India as a country. But are we up against doing something?

 Are we happy with..

  -          Peace March, candle march?
-          Talking of Mumbai’s Spirit. What is that Spirit? Minding our own business?
-          Drinking to Lepold Café reopening ceremony?
-          Politician’s offering resignations?
-          Politicians trying to politicize these issues and make a political agenda for election?
-          Four NSG hubs being created?

 What are we happy with?  For me they a good for bytes and median news but will this solve the problem at large? Can we for once think of a solution?

 For me, solution is a Change and this will not happen

  -          Unless we people demand and accept the change,
-          Until we demand and show aggressive stance,
-          Until we stand up and show them “we are the people” amongst “by the people”
-          Unless we ask tough questions to our local politicians
-          Until we come out of the mindset “Mein kyon is jhamele mein padoo”,
-          Unless we spread the word, make people aware
-          Unless we demand quick justice and change the judiciary system
-         Unless we demand for changes in the “Constitution” making crime free and minimum educational qualification background for people in power.

Till then politicians will separate us, terror will rule us and we shall live and die like non existence rodents and minorities in this country.  We shall be happy watching so many debates and TV shows where eminent people come together and speak, and we shall echo most of the sentiments, which shall make us proud. It is good to discuss, and finally the debates end, “we know, but what to do, people like you and me cannot change such a big country”.

The question here to ask is can we take up the leadership? Leadership for me here is not standing in election, joining a party or participating in Lead India initiatives. Leadership for me is to adopt good governance and make people adopt it, create awareness, literacy, casting your vote and be counted!! 

I stand for it… Do you?



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