Black Tuesday :-((

The week gone by was terrible... One of the worst in my life... These kind of times really help us appreciate all the good times we have in our life... Of course, I'm referring to the serial bomb blasts in Mumbai, which occurred in the Suburban trains, which is the life-line of the city...

It was a cowardly act, to say the least..I don't want to get into a rheoteric, just like our politicians do... My heartfelt condolences to the blast victims, on the behalf of the whole nation, who took the brunt of this cowardly attack... and I also wish a speedy recovery for those who were injured in this...

My only worry is that all these people's lives should not go in vain.... Just imagine.... the people who got killed were somebody's father, somebody's mother, somebody's child, somebody's sibling,some family's sole bread winner....What did the people who did this heinous act benefit from this??? .. I shudder to think about it...
Will the compensation bring these people back alive?.. No not at all....

The only way these people's life can be accounted for is by bringing those f@#ked up @S$holes who were behind the attack, to justice and provide a deterrent to those people who think they can mess around with Indians like this again... Pardon me for my strong language.. but these perpetrators of terror deserve much more than this.. This is just to bring out mine and many other's frustrations out due to our nation's inability shown at the moment to react....

But this brings out another question.... What's the value of an Indian's life?? Why is it that we don't value our own life?? I have come across many examples, where people don't realise their own life's value.. Like the drunk dude who tried to cross a National Highway, where cars were zooming at more than 100 kmph.. Like the cyclist on a national highway, who decides to take a turn in the middle of the road, without worrying about presence of other vehicles, whch are travelling at a much higher speed... and many other examples.....

I was speaking to a colleague of mine after the news about the blasts were out and he had pointed out that there was absolutely no value for an Indian's life due to our population. He had also mentioned that people will enquire about the safety of the people they know and they would carry on with their work..... This really hit me hard... How many of us worry about fellow Indians geting killed in Kashmir everyday?? We brush it as every day news and carry on with our life...

Just look at what happened after 9/11 .. the country was right behind the victims and against the perpetrators of terror and they support their army... Is the value of an Indian's life less than an American's life?? Just look at India now, the government has only condemned the attacks... Comon guys, every person in his / her right mind will condemn these acts.. We need more concrete action...
The million dollar question is whether there will be any action???

Kudos to the Police Department and the Mumbaikars.. I salute their spirit and am proud that I'm a fellow countrymen of heroes like these people... You need not go to the movies to see a hero, these people who helped out others are the real heroes.... But can we pre-empt attacks like this in the future.. Sadly, I don't see this with the overworked and underpaid policemen and the Intelligence agency, which is seemingly used more effectively to snoop on political rivals rather than the terrorists....

I have been concentrating on the problem, rather than the solution... So following are a few suggestions from my side that can be taken to check this growing global menace..

1. Modernise the police.. Pay the policemen better salaries and provide better insurance benefits than the peanuts they are getting now and improve the social status of our cops, and offer them all the modern equipment and support necessary to perform efficiently... After all our cops are our pride.. This would also attract lots of young talent to this profession.... I dunno how feasible this might be.. But I believe that these reforms have to take place.....
2. Eradicate poverty.. This has been the slogan of our Five Year plans decades before I was born and still continues to be.. Sadly, we don't seem to be making any progress on this front.. This is very important as people from the lower strata of our society are more susceptible to brain washing techniques used by our nation's enemies (read the messed up terrorists a.k.a f@#$ing cowards)
3.Target the leaders of these terrorist organizations and eliminate them...I know a bit about these guys, I expect our law-enforcement machinery to know lots mora about these peoplw.... they don't deserve to be treated as humans, as they are targetting humanity....Please don't think that I'm against any religion... I believe that every religion preaches the ways to salvation, violence against innocent people is not one among them.... I know that I'm 200% right and people in their right mind will agree with me...... The violence being perpetrated in the name of religion must stop... Without the leaders, no organization can exist..
4. Remove Coruption... ths again is one among the reasons for the current state of our nation... The only way this can be stopped is by the citizens......

Last but not the least, show those people what we are made of and develop our nation and become the best in the world...

Sadly, the public memory is short and this tragedy might be lost in the time alongwith other tragedies and wounds will heal... I urge all of us to not to let this wound heal, as we wouldn't want the death of our brethren due to a gruesome, psychotic act of some cowards to fizzle out in vain....

This post is dedicated to all the people who were affected directly / indirectly by these attacks.... We are with u and understand ur pain.... This is also to salute the never-say-die spirit of our Indian brethren in Mumbai..... Jai Hind!!!!