We came home this evening after a visit to my wife's Infosys campus, my office,Dagdu Seth and a shopping spree @Pune central.. After an hours slumber we got up and were having tea .. 7.30 p.m or thereabouts ..
My brother was on a call when he suddenly exclaimed "there have been serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad".I guess his friend who was on call had told him.. I was like "what da f**k ??"
I dashed for the tv remote, switched it on,tuned into ndtv news .."Breaking News .. 16 minor Blasts in Ahmedabad".. All of us were instantaneously glued to the set ..
For the next ten minutes no one spoke ..there was one fatality and several injured in the blasts .. i scanned through the remaining news channels ..CNN IBN ..India tv Star news .. trying to fathom the depth of the situation ..the next twenty minutes just saw an increase in the deaths,about 17 of them and a 100 injured.
Mixed with feelings of anger,disgust,disgrace,pity,empathy,shame I pondered about the situation of an Indian citizen ..How safe was he when he leaves his place for work,for lunch,for shopping,for buying vegetables even.Just yesterday there were 6-7 blasts in Bangalore,India's present silicon valley.And now Ahmedabad,the most sensitive city on communal grounds..From the looks and inferences,it was a meticulously planned act, some spokesperson also attributed it to be the work of an islamic students outfit SIMI.No one knows who has done it actually and I'm sure no one will find out and be convicted,as our history suggests.Besides,instead of the gardener cutting the root of the weed,hes just gonna trim the leaves and water it to ensure his job is still in place.
Whatever be the case,which world are we living in today?? a world of terror,fright, politics,inflation ...Post 2000 the graph is sky-rocketing to an inevitable implosion of human existence as a consequence of such activities by people of stained souls,lustful minds and misguided brains.Excellent examples in "Khuda ke Liye" and "Aamir".
But what do we do ? We watch the movies,debate and again get in line for the rat race on Monday mornings .. you never attempt to contribute even a nano-eth for a corrective action.Yes reactions aplenty but no further action.And then after a week or a month of the event we are all set for the weekend party.Shiny clothes,friends and alcohol..rockin music ...
Have a blast my friend ..
Sunday, July 27, 2008
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In a sense, its become a way of life now....Bandhs, bombs, floods dont seem to merit anything more than a 'Breaking News' headline and a 'tch, tch' from most of us.
true,but have u decided to change this ? ..if yes, how ? u dont need to answer me this question ..tis supposed to be rhetoric in nature .
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