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Saturday, September 13, 2008

Delhi Blasts: How many needs to die before it's "too late"?

As of now, at least 18 people have died and nearly 90 others injured in the New Delhi serial blasts (source: NDTV). First Hydrabad, then Jaipur, next Ahmadabad and now it is Delhi again. Same type of blasts, same type of equipments and may be done by the same group too. And home ministry is saying, "All are low intensity blasts." Wow!!!

Yes, I do feel India is becoming more and more a soft target for the terrorism. If the IB, and other intelligence organizations of the central govt. were doing their duties how these things happen I don't know. Irresponsible. What else can I call the officials? Taking grands of money (take into account the hike after 6th pay commission also) and not doing their duty. I know it is a lot more easier to say than do, but yet, it is the officials and police upon whom we rely in terms of security. And govt. is bound to provide it's citizens a secure life which possibly it doesn't. There is irresponsibility in terms of investigation and in terms of prosecutions also. After these kinds of heinous events, this is the very image of the govt. that is projected upon common citizens like me.

The second thing is, I feel, Indians are very much akin in escaping the rules. We freely enter the station through the exits, freely drop garbage in wherever we can, freely encourage auto rickshaws to break the traffic rules, freely smoke in "No Smoking" railway compartments and petrol pumps, freely take articles in the train which is prohibited, freely bend the law wherever we can.


And here in India we find lobbyists working for even the most dreaded extremists and criminals. The kind heart of our netas cry for ALL. We heard UP leaders working hard for lifting the ban upon SIMI. We saw rallys in favour of the mercy petition of Md. Afzal. Treating the people of India as vote banks and dividing them in sects, casts, religions and playing ill schemes... how long these will go on?

I saw two friends in a park which seemed to me the Paalki Bazaar rooftop, the boy and the girl both was blown in a blast. Two policemen was dragging the boy in blue shirt in one side and four other people was taking the girl with blue denim and yellow kurti in the opposite side. There was blood all over the girl's face and shoulder and blood was dripping all over the concrete floor.

I could have been in Delhi right now if things didn't get messed up a few days back. I could have taken the M.Tech course at JNU... and I could have been one among the list. But as long as we are safe we should just sit and enjoy the news in the TV during the breaks of our favorite soap opera. But who knows? May be it's our city next in the list to be blown...

I know this is the very things they want to achieve. To inject panic in our heart. To make us feel insecure all the way. But what we need to do is react not get panicked.

Please....
  1. Try to follow the rules all the way. Rules are designed to help and protect us. You do not become a HERO when you break the rules.
  2. Please react when the man next to you lights up a cigarette in a rail compartment. Please say you are having problem in it. Please react when you see wrongs are being done. If we all become like Satyendra Dubey, no more Satyendra Dubey will get killed. Even now, I strongly feel most of us are noble by heart. Just show externally what you feel internally. Don't keep mum.
  3. Please help your fellow citizen when he/she needs it. Please don't try to avoid situations.
  4. Please do not get panicked and spread panic and rumors.
We all, if we act together, can keep India a safe and secure place to live.

Jai Hind.

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