Hey,
I'm finally back blogging,a busy schedule of exams and celebrations for the 50th year of my school has kept me away from updating it and I fee really bad for not having updated pretty often.
There have been many issues which would have caught the world's attention some of them being Iran,Afghanistan,China and America and not to forget Pakistan.
But in this weeks post I want to talk about something close to home,something I feel was maybe the second biggest event of 2008 (1st being Obama becoming President) an event which I felt united all of us(Indians) no matter of which religion or caste they belonged to , together.The event I am talking about is the Mumbai terror attacks,and on its first anniversary I would like to recall,pay tribute and see if we have actually learnt anything.
On the fourth Wednesday of November of 2008 an attack of proportions unimaginable took place in a country which has an economy more than a trillion an attack which made everyone question are the people we elect and choose to represent us really capable and bother about the people,and it was an attack that made everyone question WHAT ON EARTH WAS OUR SECURITY SYSTEMS DOING???When six terrorists entered the India via the Gateway of India without being stopped even once it made us wonder were we really so vulnerable.
On the days of 26th 27th 28th 29th The City of Mumbai was on its knees, Attacks on the Trident The Taj Mahal hotel, Nariman house,Leopold Cafe,Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and numerous other locations took the entire country by absolute shock,Everyone stood bewildered as they watched the atrocious crimes committed by these Barbarians.The media gave minute to minute updates and live footage with relatives and friends waiting desperately to see if their near and dear one would come back alive or would just be another addition to the casualty. Finally after the bloody massacre in which over a 200 people died and left 1000's of people life transformed forever, the people lives,ordinary people of this Extraordinary nation came together and prayed consoled one another,Shared their greif and collectively identified themselves as AN INDIAN..
Those dead included people from various walks of life just maybe coming to celebrate or meet and discus important matters or waiting to catch a train home to meet their loved ones. They also included the brave and courageous men who went into Abyss in an intention to rescue others lives not minding putting their own life at risk,just to save the ones who were shell shocked by this event.Extraordinary peope like Sandeep Unnikrishnan , Ashok Kamte ,Hemant Karkare, Vijay Salaskar and the even more simple Tukaram Omble died a martyrs death with only one intention to protect the inncoent people.They are people whom I look up too and really respect and I feel the entire country should too.
The Barbarians also killed Raabi and his wife who was pregnant at Nariman house but miraculously the kid and the Domestic help survived when they were just maybe few second from death.
After all these disasters I feel one year has changed absolutely nothing for the family of these victims and for the entire country.
Now a year later I feel its time to inspect and see what has changed if any.
A year has passed and the government is the same both in the center and in the state.This is the first factor that has not changed.The home minister has changed at the center however the country still remains on a knife edge.We are still vulnerable and still there is no fool proof security.The home minister at the state has not changged and i feel that is an absolute disgrace.A man who has been through 7/11 and 26/11 has been reinstated again.I feel that is an absolute insult to the family of the victims and it hurts them right in the gut.Secondly the government seems to be treating the only Barbarian left behind alive from these terror acts as a famous dignitary.This is also another big blow and makes people loose faith in the system.Thirdly, dialogue with Pakistan has been an absolute waste of time and energy.The country seems to be facing internal rebellion and the Last thing that seems to be there on their mind now has been to accept and take action to dismantle terror networks,and to capture those who have masterminded these attacks.The government needs to be much more strict and push Pakistan more so that if not willingly at least due to pressure and force they arrest and execute those behind such gruesome attacks.
One year later not much seems to be done and people still suffer pain, agony and a feeling that no word can describe when you oose your loved one.
One year later I pray for all those who have lost their loved ones or whose lives have been changed .I pray for god to give them strength, to help them in every way possibe,to help them get justice.And I finally pray and hope that those who sacrificed their lives will never be forgotten for generations to come.
These terror attacks may have dented steel of many buliding and people but they cannot dent the steel of Indian Spirit........................
JAI HIND...........
Shravan Karthik
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