There is yet another piece of news - bomb blast in Delhi. Yes that is what bomb blasts have become. A piece of news.
I wonder what could probably be the intention of the people behind these blasts. To instill fear i suppose? If that be the purpose, then don't blasts at regular intervals back fire at the mischief makers? What am i saying....?
Lemme explain...
The first time that blasts happened (since i understood what blasts were), ie in 1993, i distinctly remember fear etched boldly in our minds. Mothers did not permit their children to go to school, wives beseeched thier husband to stay back home. Husbands didnt themselves want to step outside the protective cocoon of home. Offices were closed, shops were shut, schools were closed.
Over the years, blasts happened, people died, got injured, political drama unfolded..... the same saga.
Cut to June 2011 bomb blasts in Mumbai at Dadar, zaveri bazar etc... we were watching the television sets, we did check the internet, but we didn't leave from offices. The next day students went to school, we went back to work, life was normal except for those whose kith or kin were victims of the blast.
The fear is gone. It is replaced by sorrow, a sense of helplessness, anger even, but most certainly not fear!! Have we become a society numb and incapable of emotional reaction? Will someone explain to these people that constant bombing is not helping them or me. May be they see reason? May be they realize the fool hardiness of these constant madness? Just may be......
I wonder what could probably be the intention of the people behind these blasts. To instill fear i suppose? If that be the purpose, then don't blasts at regular intervals back fire at the mischief makers? What am i saying....?
Lemme explain...
The first time that blasts happened (since i understood what blasts were), ie in 1993, i distinctly remember fear etched boldly in our minds. Mothers did not permit their children to go to school, wives beseeched thier husband to stay back home. Husbands didnt themselves want to step outside the protective cocoon of home. Offices were closed, shops were shut, schools were closed.
Over the years, blasts happened, people died, got injured, political drama unfolded..... the same saga.
Cut to June 2011 bomb blasts in Mumbai at Dadar, zaveri bazar etc... we were watching the television sets, we did check the internet, but we didn't leave from offices. The next day students went to school, we went back to work, life was normal except for those whose kith or kin were victims of the blast.
The fear is gone. It is replaced by sorrow, a sense of helplessness, anger even, but most certainly not fear!! Have we become a society numb and incapable of emotional reaction? Will someone explain to these people that constant bombing is not helping them or me. May be they see reason? May be they realize the fool hardiness of these constant madness? Just may be......
The bomb blasts n terrorist attacks in India are taking place at regular intervals and common man has accepted it as part of life ,he feels helpless,for how long can he stay back, after all he has to earn his daily bread and the politicians will repeat the condolences monotonously,the same words but without taking concrete actions,its not a big deal to curb these attacks if we have political will,if we rise above vote bank politics and let the police n intel agencies do their bonafide duties rather than make them subservient to politicians,after all most of these blasts are carried out by the local modules whereas we keep on harping about PAK rather than taking actions against the local modules.
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