The Mumbai Attack this time have left people numb, disheartened and now they are terrorised.
This time's attack were different in two ways and so was our reaction
Earlier most of the terror attacks did not have a face. This time terror had a face. Earlier Bombs were exploded and then our Mumbai Police had to come and investigate the crime. This time they had to combat terrorism face to face. Now it was very clear within 2 hrs from the 1st incident that Mumbai Police was ill equipped. If ATS chief Hemant Kakare was killed .... it means….. Mumbai police were helpless. Police rifles are no match to AK56. So in short Terrorism this had a face and we found our selves helpless till NSG commandos took over the operation.
This isn’t the 1st time that Mumbai was targeted by terrorists. 250 people were killed in 93 Blasts and about 209 died in 2006 local trains. This time the death toll is less than the above two. So why are we making a big deal out of it? After All... Mumbai has that "Fighting Sprit". The fact is this time .... the Rich have been targeted. The Taj and the Oberoi aren’t the places where our common people can dine and have wine daily. 56 people died at CST but the attention was only grabbed by the people who were in pain in Taj and Oberoi, Its a shame on our media and to some extent even on us that the rich people are covered and talked to and that life of a poor has no value. I am not against the rich nor am a sadist. The fact remains that our Media and Politicians listen to the rich. Middle Class people have the “Chalta Hai” attitude. Fortunately the high class will influence some action on political front.
Now, starts the Big Indian Tamasha. We the people and the Police are blaming Politicians who have failed to provide leadership and have showed no will to curb terrorism. They, we all have agreed, are busy looking after their “Vote Bank”. The Politicians on the other hand see a “Foreign Hand” in almost anything and everything. What they fail to recognise is that Indian public is sick of hearing about this “Foreign Hand” and they are asking the obvious question as that this foreign hand been there for more than 60 years. So what have we done about it?
In spite of the atmosphere of helplessness and dejection, I am optimistic. If we, the people, demand actions from our leaders and if we correctly choose our leaders thing could be different in the future. I have a reason to be optimistic.
You know we do not have to go very far from India to get inspired to fight terrorism. Probably, the only place in the world where terrorism has been dealt with and eradicated in the world is Punjab in India. But it required an sacrifice of our PM. Mrs. Gandhi had given permission to execute “Operation Blue Star” inside the Golden Temple…. An incident similar to Taj …. But then it was a much more difficult and controversial as religion was involved. Mrs. Gandhi was killed by some extremists but then it meant Mr. Rajiv Gandhi gave a free hand to Punjab Police to deal with Terrorism out there. There are 100s of stories of bravery and supreme sacrifice by Punjab Police. (It’s a shame that many of the police officials who fought terrorism that time are committing suicide. Reason…. They have many human rights cases against them and no one is helping them…. This is another story which we can discuss later)
Political will…. A free hand to police and some modernisation is what is required to make our cities a safe place. I am one of those who believe in a management fact that put correct people in correct place and tell them what is expected of them and they will do their job. I know, we hardly have good leaders. We, the common masses need to persist with our pressure upon Govt and media till the time we get our results.
Recently I have also heard a lot of other ways as suggested by common people. Believe me, a Billion brains are working and coming up with creative ways to fight this menace. Some of the solutions as suggested by some of us have been to strengthen our Intelligence agency RAW (An Indian Agency like ISI of Pakistan). This agency has been accused by our neighbour in the past whenever there are terrorism in that part of the world. In my opinion too there are hundreds of options are available and many of them have to be used in conjunction.
This is not end of the road…. It can never be. We cannot keep crying over the past…. We can only learn from our mistakes and move forward. The masses like us need to pledge that we enlighten people around us…. Because we choose our leaders. A illiterate and uninformed mass in a democracy is recipe for disaster. We have witnessed the effects of this igmnorance. Lets change it. Lets choose our leaders correctly and lets keep the pressure on them consistently. Results will come
Anyways I would be waiting to hear your views. Also I would like to see your creative idea to fight terrorism. Friends … its easy to criticise ….. very hard to do your part. Like anything in the world … Democracy comes with a price… A Price that demands us to be vigilant at all times not only about the leaders we choose… but we need to influence our people to do the same. We, the educated class have in the past have run away from the political system…. A mistake too fatal.
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