CEO of Yes Bank, GM of Taj along with his entire family, Ashish Chaudharys’ sister and brother inlaw and a lot of big names were killed mercilessly in the “Mumbai Terror Attack”. When I read paper on the first day that these people were also trapped inside, I knew that they will be saved because in attacks like this, big people never die. But after reading this news I am sure that terrorists really don’t discriminate.
We went to Taj , Oberoi and Nariman House after the operations were complete. It was a very pleasant moment when I saw people taking autographs, shaking hands and clicking pictures with the NSG commandos claiming that “They are the real Heroes”. For the first time someone has shown so much of concern for troops in the Army, for the first time general public has made them feel proud of themselves.
Ever since that day, there have been rallies and peace marches every where all over Mumbai. Everybody comes out on roads and lights candles to pay homage to the lost lives. Emails conveying “Vote, but vote for no-one” have been circulated all over. Banner against politicians can be seen with every youth saying that “we want to be protected like your families”. People wearing “Enough is Enough” T-shirts can be seen everywhere. Youth has finally woken up and is going door to door convincing senior citizens (who need to be told again and again) to vote for no-one. Mumbai Muslims had their own rally saying “Pakistan to be declared a Terrorist State”. Other few banners said, “Where are my Taxes?” , “Missing- Raj Thackeray” , “Don’t be scared of the ones who come through Boat, be scared of the ones who come through Vote”, “Deshmurkh- a film by Raj Gopal Verma”, “Whom are we fighting: Internal Demons or the External Terrorists” , “Politicians, kuchh to sharam Karo”. National Anthems could be heard at every corner of the city and was joined by several old aged, crippled and the entire work force.
It was a very pleasant site to see that finally the youth has woken up and was joined by many film stars too. This time the 26/11 Mumbai massacre will not go down in the history as “Another sad day to mourn” but will be written in bold letters as “The day Youth of India was awakened”.
“Gandhigiri got us Independence in 1947, This time it will be AK-47”
4 comments:
"Enough is Enough” Deepali.I hope you didnt cry again.I can swim though,get you away from that!Nice.
The aftermath of the Mumbai attack has been one of concern for me. Its not just Mumbai, but the entire country that is gripped by the rage, this anger and frustration against the politicians. Disturbing indeed!! I agree that they are to blame for this, but how much of the fault lies with them.
This is what I feel. The attacks were a failure of our security agencies to safe gaurd our borders. It is not fair to blame the politicians for what happened. Set aside the fact that the Army, Navy and NSG helped save a few hundred people and you wil realize that it is the security agencies and not the politicians that let us down.
It is young people like ourselves who choose to work in big corporate houses for earning a few extra bucks as opposed to joining the armed forces that are to blame for what happened.
Yes, I agree the political system in our country is not that transparent and to some extent is corrupt, but please don't use the Mumbai attack as an excuse to vent your anger and frustration.
Look carefully and you will find people who are honest, willing and capable of leading and who deserve to be voted for.
Ask the guy sporting the "Enough is Enough" t-shirt if he is willing to contest the elections from his constituency.
Ask the guys who are sporting the "Vote, but for no one" banners if they even know which constituency they belong to?
Ask everybody you know, if they would willingly choose to serve in the Indian Armed forces? And if they say Yes, ask them what is it that they are waiting for?
Trust me you will be surprised at the answers you will get from the so called "awakened and enlightened youth of India"
Ask yourself this question - "If you are not willing to vote for any one, if you are not willing to join active politics yourself, then who do you think is going to run this country??"
@ Kanth: why do u think the police can not reach Dawood? when our Politicians and actors meet him so often?
Even for the lack of security, i would blame the politicians as they prefer to fill their pockets with our taxes rather spend some on the training and equipments of forces.They would rather have 100 men around them, 50 men to drop their kids to school, 10 to buy grocery for them and none at the marine coast.
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