ter·ror·ism
–noun
1.the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes.
2.the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization.
3.a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government.
Ever since India became independent, one can never single out at a period and conclude that the nation was at peace. Some or other event takes place either at the borders or within it, which leads to situation in which this great nation finds itself on its knees, only to rise through like a phoenix brighter and mightier than ever before. Be it at the time of independence (1947), at the time of wars (65,71,99), or when the country is rocked by serial blasts and instances like the attack on the parliament. Each time India and its people have fought with resilience, solidarity and patience.
But till when can one be patient to all that has been wronged around him???
That is a question that no one wants to answer, a question that no one is comfortable answering.....coz everyone fears the answer, the day peoples answer is 'not anymore' we will have what everyone calls a revolution. Though I am right in assuming that most of you who read this, would laugh at such a notion, call it far-fetched. But I for one believe that this is something that is bound to happen sooner or later. People (like us) are bound to take things into their own hands, and whenevr that happens, gold help us, god help everyone.
And for those who care, I have just been told that a blast took place in Mehrauli, New Delhi today afternoon, 6 feared dead and many more injured. WTF!!!
I have no idea as to how others react to all of this, most of the people don't feel a thing, its just like a peice of news for them. But when I hear about such incidents, my blood boils, I feel like somebody's punched me, punched me hard, and after a second or too its like a mixture of sadness and fear. Fear because half of my family lives in Delhi, and one day (if these blasts go on like this) they are sure to affect me in a very very personal way and sad for all those who have been affected, because now I understand how it feels to loose someone close to you. I now have an understanding of the after affects of death and a void that it leaves behind.
I have no ideas about the steps that the governement should take on how to stop such blasts, I mean what can you do if some madmen fill a bag with explosives and dump it in a dustbin in a market full on people, how much can a goernemnt do, especially one as incapable as ours. But I do know what the goverment can do after the blasts, they can kick some ass, they can go all out to nab these terrorists. The governement needs to take actions, have policies in place which instills a fear in the hearts of such people, which stops them from committing such acts of terror. And I know it, I believe it that the present government is incapable of doing so. For that matter any coalition government that comes to power wont have the balls to take tought stance on such issues, coz as soon as they do, some attention hungry sonofabitch politician will come forward and try to make most of the situation. So this leads to no win situtation in a country like India in which no party can ever dream of winning the general elections single handedly..............anyways......
Few more things came to mind when I was watching those one hour specials on news channels(yes I do watch those, especially when I am bored beyond believable levels...), while they were showing how Delhi Police with the help of state police( of about a zillion states) had nabbed terrorists behind the blasts in Delhi and also behind the Surat, Ahmedabad, Mumabi and Hyderabad blasts. One, the authenticity of such claims by the police, are these actually people who were behind those blasts or are these carefully orchestrated coverups by the police so as to reassure the people that they are doing there job???.....I want to trust the police on this, that these people are the ones behind the blasts but I have to accept that I am unable to do so, I just cant get myself to think that these people were behind the delhi blasts and the one in Surat and those in Mumbai and Hyderabad!!!...coz if that was the case what was the police doing uptill now?..why werent these people caught after the Hyderabad blasts, Mumabi train blasts of after the Surat blasts??....but these doubts are mine and lets leave it at that, everyone has to the right to believe what they want.....The second things that struck me, well its been on my mind for quite sometime is that why are all these terrorists Muslim??? Some of you may not like this part of the blog but this is something that needs to be thought about. My argument is that lets say there are 100 terrorists in the world, 95 of them would be muslim, is that not proof enough to be stricter with them than the rest. I am not referring to the good ones, ones who are rational enough to base there life's values and principles on what they have been taught at rather than religious teachings. If most of them are muslims I surmise there is some problem at the grassroot level that needs to pinpointed and removed, and some of us may even question if thats possible??...Is it possible to remove a notion thats been so deeply ingrained in there minds that they actually believe that what they are doing is the right thing to do if they have to go to heaven, for them there are actually doing what there gos told them to do!!!...I mean how can any sane person ask you to go and kill someone because that would please the almighty!!??? Even after so much has been said about the muslims, one thing that cannot be changed is that they are an integeral part of India, and nothing woulod please me and the rest of us than to see those few people who are causing all this ruckus be punished and removed form this society, but till then a firmer stand needs to be taken....
What I have written about in this post is just a small portion of what all has gone through my mind in the past few days. I have experienced various emotions like anger, frustation, sadness and fear. Some of you might not take my word on this, as I am not one those whos been directly affected by all this, but whatever be the case, this is the truth. I salute all those who came forward and helped everyone and anyone they could. I believe in the saying that 'its easier said than done', but I pray with all my heart that if a situation arises in which one person has the power and courage to stop such instances from taking place, he does not backaway, and thinks of all those who can be saved by doing so.....I hope that if I am in such a situation myself....I do not backaway.....I stand my ground.......
–noun
1.the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes.
2.the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization.
3.a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government.
Ever since India became independent, one can never single out at a period and conclude that the nation was at peace. Some or other event takes place either at the borders or within it, which leads to situation in which this great nation finds itself on its knees, only to rise through like a phoenix brighter and mightier than ever before. Be it at the time of independence (1947), at the time of wars (65,71,99), or when the country is rocked by serial blasts and instances like the attack on the parliament. Each time India and its people have fought with resilience, solidarity and patience.
But till when can one be patient to all that has been wronged around him???
That is a question that no one wants to answer, a question that no one is comfortable answering.....coz everyone fears the answer, the day peoples answer is 'not anymore' we will have what everyone calls a revolution. Though I am right in assuming that most of you who read this, would laugh at such a notion, call it far-fetched. But I for one believe that this is something that is bound to happen sooner or later. People (like us) are bound to take things into their own hands, and whenevr that happens, gold help us, god help everyone.
And for those who care, I have just been told that a blast took place in Mehrauli, New Delhi today afternoon, 6 feared dead and many more injured. WTF!!!
I have no idea as to how others react to all of this, most of the people don't feel a thing, its just like a peice of news for them. But when I hear about such incidents, my blood boils, I feel like somebody's punched me, punched me hard, and after a second or too its like a mixture of sadness and fear. Fear because half of my family lives in Delhi, and one day (if these blasts go on like this) they are sure to affect me in a very very personal way and sad for all those who have been affected, because now I understand how it feels to loose someone close to you. I now have an understanding of the after affects of death and a void that it leaves behind.
I have no ideas about the steps that the governement should take on how to stop such blasts, I mean what can you do if some madmen fill a bag with explosives and dump it in a dustbin in a market full on people, how much can a goernemnt do, especially one as incapable as ours. But I do know what the goverment can do after the blasts, they can kick some ass, they can go all out to nab these terrorists. The governement needs to take actions, have policies in place which instills a fear in the hearts of such people, which stops them from committing such acts of terror. And I know it, I believe it that the present government is incapable of doing so. For that matter any coalition government that comes to power wont have the balls to take tought stance on such issues, coz as soon as they do, some attention hungry sonofabitch politician will come forward and try to make most of the situation. So this leads to no win situtation in a country like India in which no party can ever dream of winning the general elections single handedly..............anyways......
Few more things came to mind when I was watching those one hour specials on news channels(yes I do watch those, especially when I am bored beyond believable levels...), while they were showing how Delhi Police with the help of state police( of about a zillion states) had nabbed terrorists behind the blasts in Delhi and also behind the Surat, Ahmedabad, Mumabi and Hyderabad blasts. One, the authenticity of such claims by the police, are these actually people who were behind those blasts or are these carefully orchestrated coverups by the police so as to reassure the people that they are doing there job???.....I want to trust the police on this, that these people are the ones behind the blasts but I have to accept that I am unable to do so, I just cant get myself to think that these people were behind the delhi blasts and the one in Surat and those in Mumbai and Hyderabad!!!...coz if that was the case what was the police doing uptill now?..why werent these people caught after the Hyderabad blasts, Mumabi train blasts of after the Surat blasts??....but these doubts are mine and lets leave it at that, everyone has to the right to believe what they want.....The second things that struck me, well its been on my mind for quite sometime is that why are all these terrorists Muslim??? Some of you may not like this part of the blog but this is something that needs to be thought about. My argument is that lets say there are 100 terrorists in the world, 95 of them would be muslim, is that not proof enough to be stricter with them than the rest. I am not referring to the good ones, ones who are rational enough to base there life's values and principles on what they have been taught at rather than religious teachings. If most of them are muslims I surmise there is some problem at the grassroot level that needs to pinpointed and removed, and some of us may even question if thats possible??...Is it possible to remove a notion thats been so deeply ingrained in there minds that they actually believe that what they are doing is the right thing to do if they have to go to heaven, for them there are actually doing what there gos told them to do!!!...I mean how can any sane person ask you to go and kill someone because that would please the almighty!!??? Even after so much has been said about the muslims, one thing that cannot be changed is that they are an integeral part of India, and nothing woulod please me and the rest of us than to see those few people who are causing all this ruckus be punished and removed form this society, but till then a firmer stand needs to be taken....
What I have written about in this post is just a small portion of what all has gone through my mind in the past few days. I have experienced various emotions like anger, frustation, sadness and fear. Some of you might not take my word on this, as I am not one those whos been directly affected by all this, but whatever be the case, this is the truth. I salute all those who came forward and helped everyone and anyone they could. I believe in the saying that 'its easier said than done', but I pray with all my heart that if a situation arises in which one person has the power and courage to stop such instances from taking place, he does not backaway, and thinks of all those who can be saved by doing so.....I hope that if I am in such a situation myself....I do not backaway.....I stand my ground.......
4 comments:
i agree...i agree with it all....just that we all are so ignorant abt these things n never seem to care abt it unless we've been directly affected in any way...n also "a wednesday" makes sense now...but temme goxal bro,is thr anything we can do to prevent it..??whr is the root cause of the problem..???by catching a handful of terrorrists r we gonna achieve anything in resolving the "big issue"..???y r ppl wanting to kill human beings whom they dont even know..???whats their msg n what will make them stop it..??..i just fear that the day is not far when bursting bombs at public places might become some sort of a fashion amonst the fragile mentalitied trend following youth of our nation...but sure gox bro we all r worried not only coz of the happenings but coz we dono whats the remedy to this hideous illness of anti-humanality....
A really sincere effort by u to discuss terrorism as every1 today wana run 4m it till it doesn effect dem in any way...sehe hai!! i hope d situation get better den worst :-)
dear goxal... just stick to your guns mate and don't let counter punches rattle you.. it's quite alright for people to criticize and stuff, but if you ask the very same people to look deep down inside and ask their own conscience.. they'd actually start thinking it over.. coz these facts have always been there. we are after all not blaming the entire community.. yes, we live in a new tolerant india, which survives despite its many infirmities that pose questions all the time. yes, we are a secular country and we've walked shoulder to shoulder with our friends irrespective of their caste/faith.. but having said all that, is their a solution in sight? yes, every community's a victim and a culprit in one way or the other.. we have to find a solution or this country's going to be taken apart bit by bit.. muslims, christians, hindus, sikhs.. everyone should just sit down and think.. we dont want it to disintegrate, not like this.
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