On 26th November …My Incredible India fell again, and got itself smacked onto the same stone it had stumbled before.. as it never took pains to clear the way.. .
In a manner of a ritual, and a precise sequence of a mathematical formula, every terror attack is ensued by a series of events..which if braced together look like an umpteenth remake of the same movie…All that follows is
- Change in the cabinet resulting out of forced resignations of the some incompetent minister to be replaced by another equally or more incompetent and impudent one.
- Anti govt and anti terror protests by various public organizations – Characterised by a candle march…and also some clichéd sound bites by page three personalities surrounded by people shoving each pother to be in the frames of camera – their historical moment of glory…
- Paens of praise are sang in the remembrance of the martyrs and the other lost souls.
- Announcements of compensations to the injured and the families of those who lost their lives.. – Some organizations spend more money in media blowing the trumpet of their so called ‘generosity’ than they actually donate.It forces one to think as if they were desperately waiting for this ONE BIG MOMENT to show their large hearts to the world…
This time has not been different either…Just that that the clarion calls on the streets have been joined by a plethora of anti terror and anti govt.websites urging people to become a member to mark their resentment and anger against the terror. (Which I believe will only be used later for a database to sell some credit cards or home loans)..
Again and again…One terror strike after another…We have shamelessly stood up the roofs screaming to the top of our voice about our ‘undaunting spirit’....’Mumbai spirit’. UTTER BULL ***...The most convenient excuse to parry action… It is the compulsion of existence and not the Non fearing, brave character…We have repeatedly tried to fool ourselves to bask in the glory of illusionary strapping fortitude when none exist, resulting in paralysis of the guts.
Government has always been the one to draw the flak, and rightly so… but why just blame the government, we are equally responsible.. We are the larger culprit. After all government is as good as its public.
The government and administration is to serve the public and we being their masters are equally to be blamed… for we have failed to push the competitive levels of our administrators.
The biggest damage of the 60 years of inefficient governance has been the spoilt, stoic, corrupt and unconcerned public with little or no concern for anything ad anyone beyond the four walls of their houses.
- We have been rarefied by the personal liberties that other countries dream of.
- We have been spoilt for we believe and rightly so, that we can get away by the gravest of crimes either due to our power, money or incapability of the administration to punish us.
- We lose our self esteem at getting frisked by a security personnel.
- We pat on our back for our smartness for getting a ticket by breaking the queue…
- We know we can litter our colony with impunity.
- We smug at having got a passport issued earlier than the neigbour by the virtue of a bribe
- We mock and isolate the honest, the whistle blower….Perhaps its not cool to be one.. Is it ?
- We don’t want to rally for the politician who refuses to offer personal favours.
- We don’t want to be levied on strictness of administration We don’t want to be enforced discipline upon..
However, when a 26/11 happens, we will certainly manifest our seething anger, will feel momentary restlessness of doing something for our country…But this all ends here. Like Dry Suds.
Our politicians have been smart enough to exploit our slothful and stoic character, resulting in more than 60 years of under-governance.
Its high time we stood up against the terrorist… Not just the ones who threat us with guns from
Yes Enough is Enough….Enough of our indifference. Enough of our cowardice. Enough of Our impudence…Enough of our narrow parochialism…enough of sheltering under ignorance…
Enough of Talking..Now its time to act against ourself…. start this revolution to change ourself..If there is any revolution now worth starting.. that is it..
I pledge to do so...Yes, I may be alone..I may not be cool anymore...but I will...
