Bleeding hearts…
26/11: I am not aghast by the Mumbai Terror attacks, attacks on my India’s soil, I am bleeding… No, I was not there amongst the ones who would have died if not by bombs or the bullets from the militants’ highly automated machines, or being stomped under the feet of their own countrymen, their own friends or colleagues at railway station, or at the two Hotels…oh see what the scoundrels have done? Bapu, I want to scream and shout, I want to tear my eyes out…Yes, I am crying, like so many others I am angry, I curse those bloody men, I hate the politicians and I hate the bureaucrats. I am as common as they are; I am educated but not well equipped either with the knowledge about how my country runs or how my country’s defense mechanism protects the nation. I only read what they want me to; I only watch as many channels to follow what they want to put the blame on to.
But I read couple of days ago the leading Daily Newspaper that I read daily of course clarifying in the subsequent edition that the president of India was back not from a vacation to Bali but from a state (official) visit, then they also clarified that Ms. Sowmya Raghavan (who has taken over as the Financial Commissioner of the Indian Railways. Prior to this, she was the General Manager of the Central Railways in Mumbai) did not attend the party meant for her felicitation due to attacks in Mumbai, then today I saw BBC apologized for wrongly reporting that six people were killed in a shootout at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. They thought they corrected but knowing the PR world slightly better, I guess the damage was already done.
The ministers have been watched with their faux pass, statements like “bade shehron main chotti chotti batein hoti rehteen hain” (I think he must have been watching DDLJ with his family a day before), then Naqvi sahib remarked about the lipstick wearing women protesting against terrorism, then I also heard the Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan saying,” If it had not been (Major) Sandeep's house, not even a dog would have glanced that way." I was witness to the fight between a nationalist present in the studio for We the people, a veteran actress Simi Grewal being mistaken about Islamic flags as Pakistani flags, I saw and am reading the chain of articles being posted by the renowned columnists like Shoba De and Vir Sanghvi, some I found very informative like the front page story on information on RAW (I think the government mistook it’s information as the literal meaning of its abbreviation), the rest I found them as mere vent outs from representatives of the elite or non elite of the society (does it really matter, it only confuses a commoner like me even more) with or without their individual or group agenda. Most of my friends and relatives did not vote this time, I did unsure of it though
Finding Hope…(It sounds like finding nemo, I wish I was in an animated world)
I appreciated the celebrities endorsing that they know the truth about Quran and those who think they know what jehad is, But all the above and many more that remains unmentioned leaves me perplexed and vexed at my own self, why do I find despair more than hope around me…I feel scared Bapu in my own country, in my own home. Every time I hear a stone fall on my terrace, I think they are here, I am reminded of those images I saw that day, the two Israelis, ardent followers of their religion (and presumably followers of one God you said there is) I think about my two year old too, see Bapu, here I go crying again…If I am saved of the terrorists, then I fear the war, if not the war then this world wide economic crisis, I don’t fear death Bapu, but I fear of what most humans fear, what will become of the posterity …
They need us more than we need them…
Ms. Rice was sent by them to help us with our investigations post the 26/11 attacks, but being a commoner am I not to be suspicious of their intentions. Look what I saw on this Blog Bapu, (Just to keep you abreast Bapu, Blogs are the new age media these days, and include voices of people like me; most of them remain unpublished in any other important media)
http://www.apfn.org/APFN/WTC.htm
(A MUST WATCH) 9/11 Loose Change
26/11: I am not aghast by the Mumbai Terror attacks, attacks on my India’s soil, I am bleeding… No, I was not there amongst the ones who would have died if not by bombs or the bullets from the militants’ highly automated machines, or being stomped under the feet of their own countrymen, their own friends or colleagues at railway station, or at the two Hotels…oh see what the scoundrels have done? Bapu, I want to scream and shout, I want to tear my eyes out…Yes, I am crying, like so many others I am angry, I curse those bloody men, I hate the politicians and I hate the bureaucrats. I am as common as they are; I am educated but not well equipped either with the knowledge about how my country runs or how my country’s defense mechanism protects the nation. I only read what they want me to; I only watch as many channels to follow what they want to put the blame on to.
But I read couple of days ago the leading Daily Newspaper that I read daily of course clarifying in the subsequent edition that the president of India was back not from a vacation to Bali but from a state (official) visit, then they also clarified that Ms. Sowmya Raghavan (who has taken over as the Financial Commissioner of the Indian Railways. Prior to this, she was the General Manager of the Central Railways in Mumbai) did not attend the party meant for her felicitation due to attacks in Mumbai, then today I saw BBC apologized for wrongly reporting that six people were killed in a shootout at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. They thought they corrected but knowing the PR world slightly better, I guess the damage was already done.
The ministers have been watched with their faux pass, statements like “bade shehron main chotti chotti batein hoti rehteen hain” (I think he must have been watching DDLJ with his family a day before), then Naqvi sahib remarked about the lipstick wearing women protesting against terrorism, then I also heard the Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan saying,” If it had not been (Major) Sandeep's house, not even a dog would have glanced that way." I was witness to the fight between a nationalist present in the studio for We the people, a veteran actress Simi Grewal being mistaken about Islamic flags as Pakistani flags, I saw and am reading the chain of articles being posted by the renowned columnists like Shoba De and Vir Sanghvi, some I found very informative like the front page story on information on RAW (I think the government mistook it’s information as the literal meaning of its abbreviation), the rest I found them as mere vent outs from representatives of the elite or non elite of the society (does it really matter, it only confuses a commoner like me even more) with or without their individual or group agenda. Most of my friends and relatives did not vote this time, I did unsure of it though
Finding Hope…(It sounds like finding nemo, I wish I was in an animated world)
I appreciated the celebrities endorsing that they know the truth about Quran and those who think they know what jehad is, But all the above and many more that remains unmentioned leaves me perplexed and vexed at my own self, why do I find despair more than hope around me…I feel scared Bapu in my own country, in my own home. Every time I hear a stone fall on my terrace, I think they are here, I am reminded of those images I saw that day, the two Israelis, ardent followers of their religion (and presumably followers of one God you said there is) I think about my two year old too, see Bapu, here I go crying again…If I am saved of the terrorists, then I fear the war, if not the war then this world wide economic crisis, I don’t fear death Bapu, but I fear of what most humans fear, what will become of the posterity …
They need us more than we need them…
Ms. Rice was sent by them to help us with our investigations post the 26/11 attacks, but being a commoner am I not to be suspicious of their intentions. Look what I saw on this Blog Bapu, (Just to keep you abreast Bapu, Blogs are the new age media these days, and include voices of people like me; most of them remain unpublished in any other important media)
http://www.apfn.org/APFN/WTC.htm
(A MUST WATCH) 9/11 Loose Change
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/loose-change2_part1.htm http://www.apfn.org/apfn/loose-change2_part2.htm http://www.apfn.org/apfn/loose-change2_part3.htm http://www.apfn.org/apfn/loose-change2_part4.htm
Do you think the present govt will be able to do what is right? I see that thousands and thousands are writing their ideas to make the nation a better place, I read rising of the communities, I am so glad to find Jehadis against Jehadists (Jamiat-ulama-i-hind), I want to believe what I read today as it comes from a trustworthy source:
Mr. Ajit Doval, Former Head of R&AW and security expert quoted “Even with a heavy heart, every Indian should be able to stand by the government and help it do whatever it can do rto reclaim the nation’s lost honour. This is not the best time to ask for heads, it will only cheer our enemies. Media has a crucial role to play in not sapping the will of the nation. Let us first win the battle, accountability can (should) follow…..Let the opposition parties, media intellectuals and public lend full support to govt and not force to do things against its better judgment….people’s anger and anguish against their political parties and leaders can drive change but their cynicism against the system can be fatal”.
Bapu, I miss you and what you lead in 1921, the non – cooperative movement, is it dated now? India’s cricket fans can live without the bouts of their anger turned into the game of entertainment, I am sure there can be many other opportunities to withdraw a support that neighbor (can) provides (provide), or should we listen (should not believe / trust) what their sagging defense industries based economy wants from the two nations they may be remotely concerned with otherwise.
Few little steps…together
I can promise to myself, I will try to find hope in despair, (there is nothing hope against hope, there is nothing enough is enough), I will not be able to remain resilient but I will not participate in the Guerilla war either, those roads lead nowhere…I will continue to respect all religions and their beliefs, I will be more cautious when I walk in the crowded streets, I will continue to meet and dine with my muslim friends, I will shed the attitude ‘ it does not matter to me, Its not my business, chalta hai yaar….” Bapu I will try…. I promise
Do you think the present govt will be able to do what is right? I see that thousands and thousands are writing their ideas to make the nation a better place, I read rising of the communities, I am so glad to find Jehadis against Jehadists (Jamiat-ulama-i-hind), I want to believe what I read today as it comes from a trustworthy source:
Mr. Ajit Doval, Former Head of R&AW and security expert quoted “Even with a heavy heart, every Indian should be able to stand by the government and help it do whatever it can do rto reclaim the nation’s lost honour. This is not the best time to ask for heads, it will only cheer our enemies. Media has a crucial role to play in not sapping the will of the nation. Let us first win the battle, accountability can (should) follow…..Let the opposition parties, media intellectuals and public lend full support to govt and not force to do things against its better judgment….people’s anger and anguish against their political parties and leaders can drive change but their cynicism against the system can be fatal”.
Bapu, I miss you and what you lead in 1921, the non – cooperative movement, is it dated now? India’s cricket fans can live without the bouts of their anger turned into the game of entertainment, I am sure there can be many other opportunities to withdraw a support that neighbor (can) provides (provide), or should we listen (should not believe / trust) what their sagging defense industries based economy wants from the two nations they may be remotely concerned with otherwise.
Few little steps…together
I can promise to myself, I will try to find hope in despair, (there is nothing hope against hope, there is nothing enough is enough), I will not be able to remain resilient but I will not participate in the Guerilla war either, those roads lead nowhere…I will continue to respect all religions and their beliefs, I will be more cautious when I walk in the crowded streets, I will continue to meet and dine with my muslim friends, I will shed the attitude ‘ it does not matter to me, Its not my business, chalta hai yaar….” Bapu I will try…. I promise
