I want my child to be a politician or get real. Why? Because I want my child to tell an audience how to do something right or remain doing it right all through her life. Why? Because I have been a little gutless doing it myself. Do what right? Live life right. What does that mean? I don’t mean to preach, tell someone to follow a religion, or to spread peace, or to love everybody, or to never lie. None of this. I want my child to help build roads, facilitate dialogues for conclusive resolutions. I want my child to plant trees as many as she can. Not care if it’s in the middle of a busy market. Tell people that getting real is not all that difficult.
My child should be able to look terror in its eye and say I will vanquish you. I don’t mean dramatically but yes I mean remove it from the root. Keep the politics aside for 5-6 years and clear all matters. Remove borders for talks. My child should not call a river its’ own or say a mountain belongs to it. Or say linguistically speaking a guest is not welcome somewhere. I’m not speaking about birds chirping, vegetation flourishing and planet being alive for eternity. I do not even know if that’s possible. But I know it’s possible for my child to take these measures to ensure she lives. She will not do this for her next generation but for herself.
I will call my child India. Why shouldn’t I? I will never know what to say when India will quiz me about why I sat back and gazed while pieces shattered. India will run and play without a fear. India will scream happiness. India will never lose hope on her siblings and fellow mates. India will make friends who will all grow up in harmony. India will never plot a terror plan, I will not let India kill someone and take pride in it. My India will not slay for gases and natural resources. No carnages to prove a point, meaningless one at that.
India shall be simple yet luxurious and generous in spreading a smile. India will crack jokes and tickle brains. She will learn to dance and sing, she may not be the best at it but she will do it regardless. She will pick her ball up from the garbage when it rolls there not fearing that she may touch a bomb.
India is my child and she is born. She is alive and breathes with me. She walked this land with me for all these years. She is that little voice in me I have killed so many times. I will let her grow, will let her grow and blossom into the India I have always dreamt about. My India will not be torn apart and bathed with blood. She will sing a different song that will sound just like me and everything that is seen and heard.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Saturday, November 29, 2008
India demands security!
The worst we all feared all these months has happened. If this is not the worst what is? The dome of Heritage Taj burning bled many a hearts. Sitting home watching the blood saga scenes at VT and the encounters at Trident, Nariman house and Taj every inch cried out of fear, anger and shame. How did we let this happen? Brave soldiers, commandoes, innocent citizens all laid their lives to tell us we are at peril.
As terror struck lethally we saw the live drama of commandoes and combats fighting the ruthless terrorists. No movie ever this gripping. More than 48 hours of this live action brought India and the world to a still. We didn’t see one politician worth his salt come out and do anything extraordinary as they are expected to. Same denounces and accusations on Pakistan. Who cares if Pak hand was involved or some other nation? They are now offering ISI assistance in catching these terrorists. We let this happen time and again. We let massacred history repeat itself without a wince. Without any realization.
Why is our intelligence failing so many times? Within a span of one year terrorists have covered all of India’s major industrial, tourist and financial cities. Mumbai bearing the brunt mostly. Why have we let so many die? A group called Deccan Mujahideen claims responsibility. Every time it seems there is a new group or a new outfit. We seem to be hitting only dead ends every time. Enough is enough now. Get India out of these terror crutches. We do not want to see an encounter like this. I cannot imagine something like this happening in any part of the country.
Is it too much for the leaders of the world’s largest democracy, with the biggest army, most sophisticated Navy to provide its citizens with the best of Intelligence, security that commands every inch’s security of our nation? We want it. Do what you have to just give it. Tell us what you want from us. Almost 200 people dead in less than 48 hours. Do you realise the magnitude of this massacre? Do you realise what it is doing to us as citizens and as a nation? We want to live fear free. We are asking for a basic right. Don’t deny us of that. Pull up your socks. Give army a little more power so they can eradicate this fear from our lives. Guard every coast for the next 10 years. Think like the terrorist, where do you think he can enter from next time?
Allah tere naam
Eswar tere naam
Sabko sanmati de bhagwan!
As terror struck lethally we saw the live drama of commandoes and combats fighting the ruthless terrorists. No movie ever this gripping. More than 48 hours of this live action brought India and the world to a still. We didn’t see one politician worth his salt come out and do anything extraordinary as they are expected to. Same denounces and accusations on Pakistan. Who cares if Pak hand was involved or some other nation? They are now offering ISI assistance in catching these terrorists. We let this happen time and again. We let massacred history repeat itself without a wince. Without any realization.
Why is our intelligence failing so many times? Within a span of one year terrorists have covered all of India’s major industrial, tourist and financial cities. Mumbai bearing the brunt mostly. Why have we let so many die? A group called Deccan Mujahideen claims responsibility. Every time it seems there is a new group or a new outfit. We seem to be hitting only dead ends every time. Enough is enough now. Get India out of these terror crutches. We do not want to see an encounter like this. I cannot imagine something like this happening in any part of the country.
Is it too much for the leaders of the world’s largest democracy, with the biggest army, most sophisticated Navy to provide its citizens with the best of Intelligence, security that commands every inch’s security of our nation? We want it. Do what you have to just give it. Tell us what you want from us. Almost 200 people dead in less than 48 hours. Do you realise the magnitude of this massacre? Do you realise what it is doing to us as citizens and as a nation? We want to live fear free. We are asking for a basic right. Don’t deny us of that. Pull up your socks. Give army a little more power so they can eradicate this fear from our lives. Guard every coast for the next 10 years. Think like the terrorist, where do you think he can enter from next time?
Allah tere naam
Eswar tere naam
Sabko sanmati de bhagwan!
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