MUMBAI BLASTS!!-WHAT NEXT??

It is hard to believe that one week has passed after the dastardly attack on The Taj Hotel, The Oberai-Trident Hotel and Nariman House of the economic capital of India. The terror in the face of the hostages is still fresh in my mind. I strongly condemn this act of cowardice and extend my heart to the affected people and the brave martyrs who risked their lives to save the innocent people. The media too played a crucial role in displaying the terror attack in a sensible manner, though it was like cricket match coverage with ball by ball description. That was not needed. Anyways hats off to the commandos and the Mumbai police.

Enough is enough. The bigger threat now is we are feeling more insecure and vulnerable than before. I was shocked when I read the article regarding the confession of the arrested terrorist. I can sense more danger in his confession. The secularism is under gravest threat than ever before. The only thing we can explain to the next generation is how to pray. We should explain the purpose of religion. Only then the soul of India is preserved. Only then our next generation can be proud of the essence of India- plural, secular, vibrant.

As known earlier, abject poverty, illiteracy and unemployment are the essential ingredients for terrorism. Religious sentiments fuel the fire among the vulnerable minority. How else can you explain the confession of the terrorist? He is not sorry for his act but ready to break similar mayhem to his mentors if police pay and feed him. The human value has become so low. We cannot stop the exploitation of the angry youth without addressing these problems. Unless we solve these problems, it is a wild-goose chase. But don’t we know this earlier? Then what prevents us from doing it?

The first and foremost reason is the inept politicians ruling the nation. One side we are scaling new heights like probing the moon but we can’t arrest Dawood yet. We politicizing the execution of Afsal Guru(the prime criminal behind the Parliament). How worse can it go? I fear that terrorists might see India as a tourist spot where they can enjoy the splendor of nature and strike the people at their wish!!

The insensitive and shameless politicians hamper the development while we are working hard to make India a super-power. I haven’t seen Indians more angry and terrorized ever before. The double-standard nature of politicians combined with their insensitivity adds fuel to the glowing fire.

As usual the blame game has started. It never will end. Stop it for god’s sake. We have had enough of it. The soft speeches by our PM and President have done no good to the people. The resignation of the top officials is too little, too late. Its mere an eye wash. We want the criminals to be booked under law. The punishment must be severe such that they should think again before even thinking of attacking us.

The corruption has invaded and infected the entire system like anything. We have lost top police officers in the encounter because the officers were obviously out-of-balance in the weaponry and faulty bulletproof jackets. Our politicians have made money from coffins before and now this ignominy adding to the list.

My strongest belief is our greatest weakness is our tolerance. I fear that we will get used to live in terror like we have accepted corruption in our daily life. Let the change begin from us. Please don’t repeat the same mistake we did during our parliament attack. Let us learn lesson from this grave incident atleast. Lets make the sacrifice of the commandos count. Its now or never!!