we all say that mumbai is resilient and will come thru this...im sure the ppl will...
having said that fortunately ive nvr had to be at the wrong end of these acts of terrorism..but i know a few ppl in person, some family frens, who've lost their loved ones...
it happened in the ghatkopar blasts...then the zaveri bazaar blasts..then the train blasts...the best bus' blasts...now these latest...
but to say that mumbai is resilient in the fact that the ppl go to their offices the very next day is to misinterpret the whole situation in the 1st place...theres nothing more insensitive to say about them...this is not resilience...this is helplessness....given the choice (which ive had today) id like to stay home (something that the govt has advised itself...also does make sense) but not everyone has really had the comfort of stayin indoors....
some ppl jst have to go to work as they really have no choice...its what they have to do for a living and with the latest attacks, the whole security system, or the lack of it, is transparently brought out. everyday that i take a train from ccgt to my place at nsp, a 1.5 hrs one-way journey, i do get scared cos u can nvr be sure, if theres a bomb in the train or not. what confidence do we take if our 24X7 patrolled train stations are such soft targets of terrorism?
ive personally seen the metal-detectors...manned posts...but whats the use if these ppl are going to be sloppy or not upto the task?
we've got to look beyond divisive politics...for instance, look beyond the bhaiyya barrier...
politicians divide us, they win our votes on basis like the bhaiyya issue..the SCs, OBCs etc...and we pledge them our votes..
terrorism is no longer confined to the middle east or kashmir or africa...its spreading like a virus...
we have to vote for candidates based on real issues and not issues that stem or originate or culminate in divisive politics.
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