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Jai
Jagannath,
We all are citizens of Indian. Every day
a minimum of one among us sacrifice just to the term "man is
mortal", by dieing due to terrorist attacks. Just like Americans did
when the Al Qaeda drove their planes into the WTC. Just like
Londoners did when terrorists attacked the city last July. But while
Americans have the right to retaliate and bomb Afghanistan off the
face of the map because the terrorists HQ was based there, we
Indians have to negotiate, talk, send peace buses, and "build
confidence" with the government across our border - the Pakistanis
who are supporting the terrorists with money and explosives. Why
India is so defensive and when will the sun rise and we can see our
country being offensive too. Can't we have the ability to repeat the
1971 Bangladesh war again, of course this time with the western
borders of India. Can't our polite, peace loving PM become like
Indira Gandhi for a moment.
The world applauds how resilient we are in the face of our tragedy,
how quickly we go back to "normalcy". Ironically we ourselves
applaud our resilience. The fact is that the world expects us to be
less than human - hey you fellow, so what if you lost your
colleague, friend, partner, husband, wife or brother, get on with it
old chap, that's it my boy! No time to mourn. No time to fume and
rail at the injustice being meted out, no time to even call the
terrorists the filthiest of names, no time to give incompetent
politicians and policemen, intelligence agencies and the powers-be a
piece of our mind. (Shivraj Patil, our honorable defense minister
said something to the the effect that we knew that an attack was
planned but we didn't know the time and place. Really! What did he
expect - a phone call from the terrorists giving him the details of
the local trains, timings and compartments in which the explosives
would be kept !)
We also have to prove to the world that we are RESILIENT. Be happy
with Musharraf's "quick condemnation" and go back to the business of
dealing with old betrayers. After all we cannot "change the region's
positive course", as LA Times' editorial put it. So what if a few
hundred Indians die - Indians who are not into big time
negotiations. Indians who just want to earn their living and return
home to their families after a hard day's work. But well no,
Musharraf and his terrorist friends will deny them the luxury of
going back to his family because en route the train blows up! And
our incompetent politicians and policemen will let terrorists do
their horrific jobs and launch a hunt post-facto...
So Bombayites died for a cause: for the peace of the region! As did
Delhi-ites last year before Diwali. As did people in Bangalorewhen
Pakistan-supported terrorists hit the city. As did Indian tourists
who had gone to Srinagarfor a holiday....And as will many many more
will die...Wow, that's some consolation!
Isn't this eye opening. Let's do something which can awake our
Government and push beyond beyond the limits of patience, let's cut
the root of terrorism for ever.
Let's Save our country......Jai hind.......
Regards
Nilachakra
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