Mumbai - Terrorism - Those who are not affected
Princess September | 30 November 2008, 12:02pmWhile Mumbai is suffering from the after effects of the blast, rest of India goes on with their life - watching movies, pubbing, gossiping, life goes on - as though nothing has changed.
Let's not blame only our politicians. We have become so insensitive to the pain of another, yet we complain when no one emphathises with a personal crisis. Let's keep running, running ahead in our lifes, taking only a few moments to scan the channels or read the paper and sigh about where the country is going to.
Polling will go in Delhi, because there are voters who will go and vote for parties, that have no right to be in power. We only seem to have finite multiple choices for voting. 'None of the above' should be the choice.
We need leaders like our freedom fighters - not those who rise to power in avarice.
I am ashamed of myself for having done nothing for my country, except live my life.
We need to have one single platform to start a new era. Not multiple stand alone platforms.
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1. Re: Mumbai - Terrorism - Those who are not affected
By arihant jain | 14 Dec 2008, 1:22pm
It is for the people who are uneffected by these attacks to take a pledge that not to comprimise and do something for the country.
2. Failure of Indian Security System
By Mithu Hiranand Sadarangani | 4 Dec 2008, 2:09am
Whether it is Mumbai, Delhi, Jaipur, Bangalore or Hyderabad. The Indian Security system and the Intelligence system and also the Police force are a total failure. Why do we have to wait till the last moment to start preparing. At this moment when the whole country is lamenting the Mumbai attacks, we the the politicians play the game of passing the blame. The External affairs Minister has given a weeks' time to Pakistan to hand over the 21 wanted terrorists, and Pakistan has already answered in two days that even if the 21 are at fault they will be judged in Pakistan. How clever. Now there will another ultimatum and so the game will continue. What the hell. Did these old men sitting in the parliament not see what Mr. Bush did when America was attacked? Why wait for the American nod to attack? India has its own esteem or....have they lost that too?
3. to Suraj
By SRK | 1 Dec 2008, 4:57pm
Suraj, chalta hai attitude is OK with the people but not with the authorities. i wrote earlier in my blogs someone mentioned about rajeev gandhi asasination i told him look our country is 100 years behind in the security busines, this will take massive build up of technology, manpower and money and brains. you have to always think about the impossible things if you are fighting terrorism ( i mean any kind of terrorism )
also let me tell you as india is coming closer to US and israel day by day for example the 123 nuclear deal these things will automatically attract / provocate the enemy.!!
4. Re: Mumbai - Terrorism - Those who are not affected
By anand 101 | 1 Dec 2008, 10:42am
i saw an article in dc (in the Hyderabad supplement- 3rd page I think) saying the same. only,that it appeared like the devil quoting the scriptures. the forever judgemental,preachy paper that endorses adultery,debauchery and dumping and uses its pages for personal vendetta against socialites it doesn't like,is actually taking moral highground against all the very causes it espouses.
the only opinions dc has are in its hyderabad supplement- or against chiranjeevi. the rest of its editorial comes from freelancers and the new york times.
5. Re: Mumbai - Terrorism - Those who are not affected
By Shakeela | 1 Dec 2008, 10:33am
@PS: "What right do you have to complain about anyone,when you don't get in to clean the system?"
We have the right to complain about anyone who's not doing his job well, if we are paying in some way for it - as a tax-payer or as a consumer/stakeholder.
"Dedicating your year 40/41 means you are choosing the time when you can be available for your country. Not being there for the country when they need you."
Why are these two mutually exclusive? I am always there for my country, but I can choose to dedicate some time exclusively for it.
Anyway, it's nice people are thinking in these lines.
6. Re: Mumbai - Terrorism - Those who are not affected
By APT | 1 Dec 2008, 10:26am
Suraj, I think (at least hope) the cops in Hyderabad will be more careful than ever now. If Deshmukh gets replaced, YSR Reddy will be much more careful with security. Octopus is already kicking into action pretty determinedly.
7. Chalta hai
By suraj | 1 Dec 2008, 12:17am
We as a city are the baap chalta hai attitude.totally agree that our callousness is going to cost us too.No one in hyd is today talking of citizen activism.We will wait just like Mumbai to be awoken form our slumber someday.I am not saying give up our fun but question our leaders and stand up fpor our rights
8. Wow
By PS | 30 Nov 2008, 1:18pm
There is nothing called symbolically mourning. It's about being able to empathize with what's happening out there.
I don't say you need to give up everything you are good at. What right do you have to complain about anyone,when you don't get in to clean the system?
Dedicating your year 40/41 means you are choosing the time when you can be available for your country. Not being there for the country when they need you. When someone in our family needs us, we can conveniently tell them, i plan to retire around 40, please get in touch with me then.
9. Re: Mumbai - Terrorism - Those who are not affected
By Portuguese Man-of-War | 30 Nov 2008, 1:04pm
We do not need to stop enjoying ourselves out of guilt - it's fine if it comes naturally, but it's okay if it doesn't.
I do not think that if you were affected directly in some way by what happened in Mumbai, it would make much of a difference to you that random people across the country stopped enjoying themselves. You would be more focused on your own life and trauma - on coping and on figuring how to get back to normal, overcoming the damage - to even be thinking of or caring about that, except in some fleeting moment.
If there was something tangible someone could do to help you, and he/she did, that's enough, and helps a lot more than some symbolic mourning. Which is what I think we should do - help in any tangible way if there's a possibility, instead of reluctantly giving up our pursuits of happiness which anyway makes little difference to the affected. It's enough if we act sensitively in their vicinoty.
Light a candle at a common place, write to a newspaper editor, post on a public forum, join a commemorative rally, so that you are part of the places where the entire country is congregating to express solidarity. After that, I think it's okay to pursue your life.
As for doing something for your country, a good idea might be to dedicate a few months/years of your life exclusively to that, instead of getting upset that you are not able to do something every week or month. I know people who have decided that years 41, 42 and 43 of their lives will be exclusively for society, and are then at peace about their current selfishness.
Needless to say, what you are doing for yourself can also be for society. You can make a lot of money at what you are good at, and give it to a cause, rather than being a part of that cause directly. An NGO could hire 10 persons to do a task if you gave it half your earning, and would be more grateful for that than if you signed up for that task yourself as 1 person. That's not just the logical way, that's the only way to do things.
And thus, by donating half your earning each month, you are effectively spending half your time for your country :).