Coming back here after long long time.....I have long reasons and long stories which I definetely like to share and will do that very soon. Today I could not be silent as the attack on Mumbai is just tooo terrible to digest.
Heard a lot of news in past when I was still in Germany about such attacks in Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad. But somehow by the time I knew about the news I get to hear that everything got calmed down and people started normal life again. I used to feel worried about the situation until I read the whole news, may be I discuss this with a couple of indian friends and together we feel bad for the people effected and express anger at the extremists responsible and also at the administration who is unable to control such things. In the next moment I get involved in my work and forget all about it until a colleague asks me did you hear about the situation in your country? is it near to your place? is your family safe?...I used to say ya thats so sad, I do not know why this is happening to India and all the people are so much effected and ya thankfully this happened quite far away from my place and my family is safe.
Hmmm but today I am in India and I have been watching the live telecast of the situation in more than 10 channels since yesterday night. For almost 22 hours now none of us at home neither switched the TV off nor changed the channel to some other entertainment program. I saw the guns firing, flames rising high from different parts of Taj hotel at different times, fire brigades trying to stop the fire, occasional hazy view of some persons from the hotel windows, desperately written SAVE US on the hotel window by some one struck inside, washing of the blood stains from the floors of the railway station, a civilian running with blood shed hand as a bullet hit his fingers, reporters continuously trying to obtain any piece of information from the site and cameras not to miss even a minute movement in the whole picture and analysts sitting in the studios working for the whole day trying to discuss all possibilities of the situation, the pictures of the intruders clearly shown, hardly 25 years old with long guns, smart looking and casually dressed and guys who seem to have all right to enjoy and have a beautiful and happy life, police working continuously, military called in carrying on rescue operations to save atleast few and know how many are struck inside and know why all this is done, one of the rescued women newly married crying loud to death.........
Its been 22 hours since the first shot was fired and still the situation is not controlled, 9 policemen died, more than 100 civilians died and around 300 injured, 5 of the terrorists are killed, fire is destroying Taj hotel step by step, do not know the number of hostages stuck inside the hotel, do not know how many are pointing guns at them. God the whole coverage is bringing shivers in me, so well planned attack, a direct one, guns madly firing at public on roads, armed men casually walked into the city to create this havoc and no one could recognise them. What should be done to control this? The violent side in me says why the hell are these military and police taking so much time to go inside and finish all the militants and in a flash bring all the people outside. The calm side says that there are lives of donot know how many people struck inside and any hurried step by the police will keep their lives in risk. So unable to do anything.... I am just a spectator.....I am just a TV watcher sitting worried and disturbed. Hmmm I cannot do anything except to speculate different scenarios depending on the news obtained.
And silently pray for the people and police who gave their lives. May their souls rest in peace and pride on service to the nation.
How and when will all this come to an end?. When will those extremists understand the meaning of happiness and this is not the right way to obtain it. How those young guys have such stone hearts to fire guns at people. I so much wish that by some means if one can reach the hearts of all these people and make them understand the simple truth that "THE BUSINESS OF LIVING IS THE HAPPINESS OF BEING ALIVE". Who will tell them? Only a miracle can do that...I sincerely pray to God that One fine morning all the extremists should wakeup with a happy and lovely heart to see the beauty in life and enjoy the feeling of global brotherhood. May peace be in this world.
Ae jindgi gale laga le Ae jindgi gale laga le Hum ne bhi tere har ik gam ko gale se lagaya hai Hai na ? Ae jindgi gale laga le Ae jindgi |
