Been stuck to the Live streaming news channels since 3 days. Tried to shop for people back home, but it was such a manual event. Came back and stuck glued again to the incessant firing and repeated fires in the hotels.
Called up mom 6 times over the 3 days. Called up another and screamed at him for being alone when there was clearly no concern for human life. Wanted to call up Manmohan Singh and ask him why he shot off a call to the Pakistan GOVERNMENT (not the people of pakistan) immediately. If we would have waited, we could have twisted their b***s and tore them apart.
Felt alone. Helpless. Leaderless. Felt like crying my heart out because of fear and utter betrayal by a government which just shits its pants or stuffs it with money. Desperately trying to work the permanent lump in the throat which threatens to burst into a full episode of sobbing.
Rajdeep Sardesai is right. What is on our priority? Health certainly isn’t. Education is a laugh. Freedom? Only in words, not in action. While watching the footage from a foreign land, I cringe when I see that familiar Indian police havildar holding that gun ever so carelessly and standing casually, waiting for nothing. Is this what the entire world gets to see? Callousless in the heart of terror?
And I DEMAND ACTION. Not just ‘Oh Pakistan, you did it.’ everytime something happens. I WANT AN ANSWER. I don’t need this meaningless childish fight between two countries.. they are just like us. To the Indian Government – GROW UP. Realise that there’s more besides that soiled money in your underwear and offhand ‘It happens in big cities. Mumbai will go on.’ statements from your useless mouths.
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Dear Lee,
I would have had a long answer, but I gather that you already answered the question .
I wish to ask you one simple question, how many of the college going youngsters that you talk of today know who their member of parliament and who their member of legislative assembly (from their city) is?
How many know who the head of the planning commission of the country is? Or the General/Admiral? or the corporator? I digress..will get back.
What questions specifically do you have? And hence what answers specifically do you want from the government? And what action do you specifically demand?
Any leads?
Coming back from the digression.
The thing is that whoever the leaders, they come from the society, they have not imposed themselves on the people. They are a reflection of the society at large. Why do they play politics and still survive? And why does it work even if it is dirty? Because it appeals to a section of the society essential to the survival of the “leader”. Ignorant people generally have one common attribute:
They might not know anything, yet will have an opinion on everything. And their opinion comes with the inertia of ignorance, that is : having an inflexible view towards opinions of others. Or a rather intolerant view towards others.
But because of the ignorance, they are easy to mould and easy to be used for politics.The youth and the majority of the population is so ignorant about their country and their city and their people that they are easily swayed when something is told to them about their caste, or region, or religion. How can a leader who is expected to serve a section be strong for all of them? Do we have a truly national leader today? If a person in the 60s put up a photo of Nehru in his room, people would think: Ah! Nehru is our leader (wrong or right). If one puts up a poster of a contemporary leader today, one would say ah! Congress wala, BJP wala etc.
We lack a unifying factor that can be a driver to the country as fresh independence was to Indians after ‘47, or as the wars with Pakistan were at that time. What do you think could be the factor that could serve as a unifying glue?
There is a valid reason for anger. But what is the anger against?
Having said that, it is nice for once to see anger in people directed towards the right direction and not against each other. I hope it does not go waste for once.
After all:
Anger is creative, depression is useless.
- Freeman John Dyson