Where do I even begin?
The events seem like a distant dream. Happening in some place where I was until recently( Barely for a month, but I fell in love with the temptress). I shudder to imagine the present psyche of the gregarious and focussed lot, that are Mumbaikars. It would be too cliche to repeat the absolute horror of the events that have taken place on the Eleventh of this month. Also, it would be a slight to the memories of those who died, to just provide lip-service through some anonymous portal in the labyrinth of the net. But I have safely blocked myself from accepting that it has actually happened. I still believe that when I go back to the churn and grind, that is the city of Mumbai, I shall see no difference.
Apparently, this time around the city of infinite strength is buckling. This incident has shaken the most resilient residents of the city. I believe, that the unrest and a general foreboding still prevalent amongst the citizens is not due to the heavy death toll or the actual Modus Operandi of the incident. It's just because they don't know whom to blame! Whenever we are attacked or insulted, the surge of anger and caution that follows the intial shock and backfoot, needs a focussed target. In the 1993 blasts, we had one. In the 9/11 attacks we had one. The parliament attacks also had a fixed target.
But right now, there is no outfit claiming responsibility. No sect supporting the attacks even the least bit. So whom do the innocents blame? Do they blindly fall back upon their favourite targets, the Mohemmedans? Do they agree with the saffronites that this particular minority is the only one capable of such inhuman activities? But how can they even slightly trust the saffronites who until the previous day were themselves causing havoc on the slightest pretext? How do they believe the government when it says that Pakistan (our evil sister) is most likely to have a hand in the blasts which shook everyone from Tehran to Timbuktoo? How can they believe a system which allowed such a gruesome act to be commited? Mind you, I am not blaming the already stretched police force or the IB... The system,per se, was... and is... at fault.
How the HELL can you expect any form of coordination amongst ranks if u have intelligence coming in from 10 diferent terrorist tracking units? How can't a uniformed personnel even with a moiety of intelligence realise that we are at war, when some one recovers One and a half tonne of RDX from the hinterland close to the city (FYI, experts reckon it doesn't take more than a few kilos of RDX for the damage that was done on the trains)? And most of all, How can one endear oneself to a Chief Minister, the elected benefactor of millions, whose primary reaction to the blasts are: "Rs. 50,000/- for the injured and Rs. 1 Lakh for the dead". 1 lakh??? Is that all an innocent bourgeoisie is worth in our country? For a system which spends crores of rupees during its election rallies, the sheer agony of a life ripped apart and a family shred to destitution is 1 lakh? Aren't we all a part of this hypocritic system? What else am I going to do other than rave and rant on this personal space of mine viewed by a close few? How can I step into the jungle and prove Darwin wrong?
I am just biding my time.
The events seem like a distant dream. Happening in some place where I was until recently( Barely for a month, but I fell in love with the temptress). I shudder to imagine the present psyche of the gregarious and focussed lot, that are Mumbaikars. It would be too cliche to repeat the absolute horror of the events that have taken place on the Eleventh of this month. Also, it would be a slight to the memories of those who died, to just provide lip-service through some anonymous portal in the labyrinth of the net. But I have safely blocked myself from accepting that it has actually happened. I still believe that when I go back to the churn and grind, that is the city of Mumbai, I shall see no difference.
Apparently, this time around the city of infinite strength is buckling. This incident has shaken the most resilient residents of the city. I believe, that the unrest and a general foreboding still prevalent amongst the citizens is not due to the heavy death toll or the actual Modus Operandi of the incident. It's just because they don't know whom to blame! Whenever we are attacked or insulted, the surge of anger and caution that follows the intial shock and backfoot, needs a focussed target. In the 1993 blasts, we had one. In the 9/11 attacks we had one. The parliament attacks also had a fixed target.
But right now, there is no outfit claiming responsibility. No sect supporting the attacks even the least bit. So whom do the innocents blame? Do they blindly fall back upon their favourite targets, the Mohemmedans? Do they agree with the saffronites that this particular minority is the only one capable of such inhuman activities? But how can they even slightly trust the saffronites who until the previous day were themselves causing havoc on the slightest pretext? How do they believe the government when it says that Pakistan (our evil sister) is most likely to have a hand in the blasts which shook everyone from Tehran to Timbuktoo? How can they believe a system which allowed such a gruesome act to be commited? Mind you, I am not blaming the already stretched police force or the IB... The system,per se, was... and is... at fault.
How the HELL can you expect any form of coordination amongst ranks if u have intelligence coming in from 10 diferent terrorist tracking units? How can't a uniformed personnel even with a moiety of intelligence realise that we are at war, when some one recovers One and a half tonne of RDX from the hinterland close to the city (FYI, experts reckon it doesn't take more than a few kilos of RDX for the damage that was done on the trains)? And most of all, How can one endear oneself to a Chief Minister, the elected benefactor of millions, whose primary reaction to the blasts are: "Rs. 50,000/- for the injured and Rs. 1 Lakh for the dead". 1 lakh??? Is that all an innocent bourgeoisie is worth in our country? For a system which spends crores of rupees during its election rallies, the sheer agony of a life ripped apart and a family shred to destitution is 1 lakh? Aren't we all a part of this hypocritic system? What else am I going to do other than rave and rant on this personal space of mine viewed by a close few? How can I step into the jungle and prove Darwin wrong?
I am just biding my time.
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