Thinking aloud

Dont misunderstand me. I am not celebrating the horror that occurred. As I told, I am ANGRY.  This is the MOST INEFFICIENT and LETHARGIC government that India has had in the last two decades. I know this is a delicate time. But that should not stop anybody from talking about the failure of the entire system funded by the tax money of ordinary citizens like me. For a change, we are not talking politics here. We are talking about the concepts of efficiency, honesty, dedication and the true spirit of a public servant. Obviously these are the virtues long forgotten and alien to most of our politicians.  Dear handsome, fashion savvy   Home Minister, as an ordinary citizen unfortunate to be living in the era of your Minister ship(or should I say fortunate to be still alive thinking aloud), I beg you, beseech you, implore you to pleaaaaaaaaaaassssssseee RESIGN. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.  I admit I had the audacity to demand your resignation in one of my ear...

This time around it has been different. We watched in horror as the terror came home to the supposedly well protected, iconic heart of the country’s financial capital. It has to be noted that till now, most of the terror activities in India targeted easily accessible places frequented by the common man (read as financially poor, lower class, middle class citizens). But this time around the target appears to be the elite class and perhaps for the very first time, the foreign citizens on Indian soil. Not surprisingly, many delicate feathers have been ruffled.  I may be sounding sarcastic here, but I can’t help it. Like crores of my brothers and sisters, frustration has been building up with in me. I felt as if I am guilty of not having bank balance worth crores , not living in the most exclusive of the apartments, not travelling in Benz or BMW, in short not being worthy enough to be protected by the elitist of them all, the Indian Government. This is exactly why I am ANGRY.  

Over the last 7-8 years, India has been repeatedly targeted by the terrorists, both from within and outside the country. After each bloody incident, we have DELIBERATELY forgotten about the same. We patted ourselves on being resilient, brave and courageous and God knows what other cliches that we could invent. Of course, we raised a big hue and cry blaming the government, the police, the intelligence agencies, the religious hate mongers, the omni present ISI and the rogue sibling – turned rogue neighbour Pakistan. We blamed each other, we suspected each other and we fought each other.  Some of us took it upon ourselves to exact revenge, thus causing more havoc. We blamed our politicians and once the list of those who could be blamed was exhausted, we went about the routine of being in the middle of blast torn cities wondering where the terror would strike next.  We are the brave, resilient Indian, fancying ourselves as the saviours for the whole world, especially since the American...

What has unfolded over the last 60 hours is too well known to be reiterated. The images, the sound bites, the deafening thunder bolts, the eerie silence have all left an indelible mark on the minds and souls of millions. So, what do I feel? I am sad, worried, afraid and above all angry as in A-N-G-R-Y.

The terror strikes, this time at no less than ten places in Mumbai , evokes a collage of emotions. This time around, we have the ghastly images being played out live in the television. My heart goes out to the hostages, the victims, the security forces battling it out for us and the brave men and women in the media who are at the ground zero. Like the rest of the world, I pray for this crisis to be over quickly with minimal possible damage........

Over the years we have witnessed the growth of Indian Television News Channels. We are now living in an era of ‘Breaking News’,(wonder what happened to the good old FLASH NEWS), ‘Exclusives’ and ‘Sting operations’. This means most of us have become media savvy. Gone are the days when someone had to do something as bizarre as eating a snake alive to hog the limelight for a while. This situation has benefitted common man in procuring any information that he needs more easily and readily. But, there are many negative sides to this picture.  We had sting operations planned to discredit and harass hapless individuals. More recently, our investigating agencies have also become pro-active in planting and manoeuvring sensitive information about different investigations. Different investigating agencies are now readily giving out information about the arrests and the accused even while they are in the process of collecting evidences to substantiate their claims. This is a dangerous practise b...

The Indian Navy has sunk a Somalian pirate ship.   The Somalian pirates have been striking almost daily and many countries have their naval presence in the area. Indian Navy had rescued a ship last week and in sinking the pirate ship the Navy has proved that it is capable of being pro-active in the face of challenges.