A Political Travesty..

                                            

                                                     'Face the Facts'    

                                                                .. and channelise your anger!!

If this is what the world’s largest democracy has to offer it’s citizens, to hell with the democracy, to hell with our inept, impotent political system and the much disgraced, spineless political leadership of this great Nation. My heart goes out for the innocent dead in the dastardly attacks and even as I salute the heroes who laid their lives, fighting for saving lives, somewhere deep in my heart, with immense anguish, I know that we will utterly fail to honor them. A fitting reply to the perpetrators which would rattle their entire establishment and instill fear in their minds, no matter who they are, where they are, is the ‘one and the only way’ to honor our Martyrs, failing which we should be prepared to witness (in case we are not the victim ourselves) many more ghastly acts of terror in the time to come, just like the one we saw last week, the one executed with an unprecedented audacity. The entire world was the witness to dramatic unfolding of the events in Mumbai for more than sixty hours and after the ordeal was over when the world feared that the actions from India would escalate tension in South Asia, what have we come up with?  After almost 48 hours??  Plans to have NSG hubs throughout the country.. Why?  to speedily execute our next rendezvous with terror, which we are dead certain about.Huh! A couple of resignations, statements, criticism. Is That IT?? Are We DONE?? I hope not. Perhaps the only retaliatory action you would remember a month from now,will be the cancellation of India’s cricket tour to Pakistan. What a PITY!! We are in a sorry state my friends, its time we ‘act’, for our honor, for the honor of our beautiful country, for our loved ones and for ourselves. The first step would indeed be to understand the gravity of the situation and accept some hard facts. A few days and our electronic and print media will be flooded with quotes – ‘Mumbai fights backs’ and the likes.Its time we stop talking about resilience and start Acting, its now or never.Whom are we kidding??  People go to work because they need to make the ends meet; we don’t have an option, we are left with none. Streets, malls, airports, hotels, pubs, markets each of these places have been targeted. Rich, poor none spared. You and I are surviving today because the places we live, work and hang out are not yet the target of these mindless militants and the day it will , nothing will stop them (with the given system in place ) be assured.

 

I don’t believe in the existence of a superpower that we call God, perhaps because it is something beyond my limited understanding. I believe in what I see and feel around me  Nature, Air , Water,  Sun , Moon , Family , Friends ..  This is my limitation and I frankly confess. Growing up, I have realized my immense love and respect for my motherland. It hurts every time my country, my people are seen in a bad light internationally, it hurts when some rating agency ranks my country around 127^th amongst 177 countries in Human Development Index , it hurts when we are listed in 20 most dangerous places to visit ..the list goes endless but what pains me the most is our plight at the hands of our own elected bunch of wimps ( read politicians ), it pains me the most when a city bleeds and the people responsible for our safety and security turns to nothing but moot spectators ( repeatedly ) when it comes to act and make decisions. We are in wrong hands. If the recent Mumbai incidents do not wake us all up, what will?  When I say ‘all’, I would like to include our so called politicians, clearly they are what we have -‘Politicians’ not ‘Leaders’! Its time we start asking right Questions. I may not understand the limitations of diplomacy, intelligence, state functioning and scores of other technicalities, but what I do understand is that we are not doing great and today I would think twice to call my country a Great Nation.

 

A Lot is to be said and a lot is to be done. I feel that I have failed to do full justice to my state of my mind and thoughts; I hope you understand that this is just an excerpt. I believe you too have a lot many things to say. Don’t sit back. Say it!!

 

and just hold on .. where is Mr Thakcrey holed up these days?  I have a question.. ‘Sir, North Indian commando chalta hai marathion ko ..?’ Speak up you.. [sob]