A friend of mine told me this, "Fight terror with terror." And the Father of the Nation taught me this, "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." So where do we go from here? Do we helplessly continue to watch the teeming number of innocent civilians be slaughtered mercilessly at the hands of a bunch of 'God'-seeking terrorists? Or do we fight back?
Change is good.. It is what we need.. We need a different system prevailing here. We need people ruling over us who actually care, who don't seek votes, who are willing to die for the common man. We need people to rule over us who do more than just condemn such attacks and offer condolences and compensations. We need a Prophet to save and help us when we need it the most..
They say that religion would save us.. But just look what it gave us.. All this unjustified and indiscriminate killing and blood shedding. We need a Jesus Christ. Cometh the hour, cometh the man. We need peace. We need humanity to step up for the cause of billions. We want these barbaric acts to play the role of a wake up call to stop such terror attacks in the future. This stung us hard, right in the very heart of Mumbai and left many of us devastated. A rather easy situation to suggest would be to just form a new government to remove Terrorism. But the battle between the prevention and complete eradication of Terrorism in all totality is a highly debatable situation..
I'd say that Democracy is too weak to fight Terrorism. One goes, another comes.. Corruption in Politics can not be removed. And this might be a cliched sentence, but at the end of the day, it's we ourselves who have chosen them. Writing notes here and there and commenting on them don't really lead us anywhere. It might arouse the consciousness of a couple of users on these social-networking sites, it might move ourselves to self-pity, it might end up melting us and mourning for them now and then, but then.. DOES OUR MESSAGE REACH THE MASSES? And the self-evident answer is that the notes are going to be left to rot in sometime.. It'll be forgotten in no time at all. Another nefarious and heinous act would shift our focus soon enough. The 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts were bad enough! Did we think a similar situation would occur again? No, we didn't. We felt that it was time for the calm after the storm to prevail.. But oh well, then comes the Gujarat riots in 2001, the Twin Towers' travesty in the USA in 2001, the serial train bombs in 2006, the myriad number of serial blasts in Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Assam, and god knows where else!! These blasts will then be long forgotten.. No one's gonna think twice in the future! The case of the 1993 bomb blasts were solved just a few months back! What quick justice! We ourselves forget the intensity of the barbarity we experienced at the hands of these fiends.
Now let me ask you, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE GOING TO STEP UP INTO A WORLD TO CHANGE THE SOCIETY? Most of us are going to enter the Engineering and Medical and IT and Science and Marketing and Animation fields and all.. How many of you are going to enter Politics? How many of you are going to enter Law? How many of you are going to enter Journalism? The answer is NONE! None of us are going to choose the graver self-etched path. NONE! And that might pretty much explain the sad situation of our nation. *sigh* A friend of mine told me that I just don't care for the torture MY city is undergoing.. That really hit me hard, 'cause I do care. I might not make it seem evident, but I do care. I do shed tears of sorrow in the literal sense. If we can bring 'bout the change, then we can be the change as well..! Gandhiji had rightly remarked, "We must be the change we wish to see in the world." For this very reason, I am wanting to pursue a career in Law and Journalism. To change.., to do good, to make a difference.. Though the efforts of just one lawyer may seem very small for any amount of significant change, I firmly believe in the saying that "Drops of water make a sea"! Thus, I wish to be that one drop of water in this sea of misery and cleanse the country of all its difficulties and hardships! I sincerely believe I can change the world and I shall always strive forward to achieve this goal that I have set for myself!
They say that religion would save us.. But just look what it gave us.. All this unjustified and indiscriminate killing and blood shedding. We need a Jesus Christ. Cometh the hour, cometh the man. We need peace. We need humanity to step up for the cause of billions. We want these barbaric acts to play the role of a wake up call to stop such terror attacks in the future. This stung us hard, right in the very heart of Mumbai and left many of us devastated. A rather easy situation to suggest would be to just form a new government to remove Terrorism. But the battle between the prevention and complete eradication of Terrorism in all totality is a highly debatable situation..
I'd say that Democracy is too weak to fight Terrorism. One goes, another comes.. Corruption in Politics can not be removed. And this might be a cliched sentence, but at the end of the day, it's we ourselves who have chosen them. Writing notes here and there and commenting on them don't really lead us anywhere. It might arouse the consciousness of a couple of users on these social-networking sites, it might move ourselves to self-pity, it might end up melting us and mourning for them now and then, but then.. DOES OUR MESSAGE REACH THE MASSES? And the self-evident answer is that the notes are going to be left to rot in sometime.. It'll be forgotten in no time at all. Another nefarious and heinous act would shift our focus soon enough. The 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts were bad enough! Did we think a similar situation would occur again? No, we didn't. We felt that it was time for the calm after the storm to prevail.. But oh well, then comes the Gujarat riots in 2001, the Twin Towers' travesty in the USA in 2001, the serial train bombs in 2006, the myriad number of serial blasts in Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Assam, and god knows where else!! These blasts will then be long forgotten.. No one's gonna think twice in the future! The case of the 1993 bomb blasts were solved just a few months back! What quick justice! We ourselves forget the intensity of the barbarity we experienced at the hands of these fiends.
Now let me ask you, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE GOING TO STEP UP INTO A WORLD TO CHANGE THE SOCIETY? Most of us are going to enter the Engineering and Medical and IT and Science and Marketing and Animation fields and all.. How many of you are going to enter Politics? How many of you are going to enter Law? How many of you are going to enter Journalism? The answer is NONE! None of us are going to choose the graver self-etched path. NONE! And that might pretty much explain the sad situation of our nation. *sigh* A friend of mine told me that I just don't care for the torture MY city is undergoing.. That really hit me hard, 'cause I do care. I might not make it seem evident, but I do care. I do shed tears of sorrow in the literal sense. If we can bring 'bout the change, then we can be the change as well..! Gandhiji had rightly remarked, "We must be the change we wish to see in the world." For this very reason, I am wanting to pursue a career in Law and Journalism. To change.., to do good, to make a difference.. Though the efforts of just one lawyer may seem very small for any amount of significant change, I firmly believe in the saying that "Drops of water make a sea"! Thus, I wish to be that one drop of water in this sea of misery and cleanse the country of all its difficulties and hardships! I sincerely believe I can change the world and I shall always strive forward to achieve this goal that I have set for myself!
I am a staunch believer in justice and I respect the freedom of each human being as an individual. Though the India of today is indeed an independent nation, the freedom fighters could however not restore freedom to each and every individual Indian citizen. Ever since we got freedom, India has been ravaged by various social, religious, political and economic evils. Corruption is at its peak and it has become a sin to do good in this nation. Everywhere, corruption is at its prominent best! The police-men, ministers, traders, businessmen and even the various authorities are very corrupt. This has made it impossible for any innocent to seek justice in the name of Law. Politics is synonymous with Corruption. It really is.
We are a sad bunch of people living in a sad world which is going from bad to worse. It's high time we make a move. This is the moment. It's now or never. We must be more than just a face in the crowd.. We got to stand up for our city, for our country, for the world, and for humanity at large..!! India now doesn't need a prescription; it needs a surgery! And YOU are the doctor! So get up and get going! In another four years from now, a similar incident shouldn't be a surprise for us! Mind you, this note of mine is not to force one into rushing to the Taj Hotel or the Oberoi Hotel or the Nariman House or anywhere.. with a gun in hand and saying 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'; it's my personal opinion only to make you think over for once.. our move for the future.. How we introspect the situation and move into the future with a better hope..
We are a sad bunch of people living in a sad world which is going from bad to worse. It's high time we make a move. This is the moment. It's now or never. We must be more than just a face in the crowd.. We got to stand up for our city, for our country, for the world, and for humanity at large..!! India now doesn't need a prescription; it needs a surgery! And YOU are the doctor! So get up and get going! In another four years from now, a similar incident shouldn't be a surprise for us! Mind you, this note of mine is not to force one into rushing to the Taj Hotel or the Oberoi Hotel or the Nariman House or anywhere.. with a gun in hand and saying 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'; it's my personal opinion only to make you think over for once.. our move for the future.. How we introspect the situation and move into the future with a better hope..
The sad sights being displayed on television. The mere picture of the majestic heritage structure like the Taj, set on flames, left me feeling truly helpless. The Nariman House and the Oberoi-Trident hotels are now reported to be safe. But reports of the Taj holding some of the terrorists for nearly 60 hours comes as a huge disappointment to us. Only after 60 hours of gunfire, grenade attacks and numerous encounters here and there, has it all ended.. and I'd like to thank all those responsible for bringing the city under control. No words are enough to repay the debt. =)
The news of the ATS chief, Mr. Hemant Karkare and other reputed officers like Encounter specialist, Mr. Vijay Salaskar, ACP Mr. Ashok Kamte and the numerous others who have sacrificed themselves for our cause has left the whole world completely shell-shocked. The sounds of bomb blasts heard through the satellite fills me up with a fear, a fear of the unknown. Not knowing, who has succumbed to their wounds and suffered the ultimate in the form of death. =(
The sight of the various dead fills me up with a void, a void that I cannot describe in words. The blood stains strewn all across gives a ghastly look to my television set as well. It's fear, anger, frustration, sadness, etc., etc., etc. At this very moment that I express my heart out to you.. a countless number of people are being left totally shattered. Scared. The news of rounds of gunfire heard at the Taj Hotel deepens the void in me. Helpless.
According to an exclusive account by an eye-witness who was held as one of the hostages at the Taj, one of the NSG commandos has been reported to have said that we would take a bullet before it touches any one of you. My salute to each and every one of the brave hearts who have fought till their last breath.. No matter what we do, we can never repay them in any way, for what they are doing for us.. It does not embarrass me to be saying this that there are tears in my eyes this very moment that I speak my heart out..
My salutations as a Mumbaikar, as an Indian, but most importantly.. as a human, to the brave hearts who fought with true heart and soul, and the innocent victims who have died in this act of utter barbarism. They did not deserve this. No one does. May Heaven hold the souls of the faithful departed. May they rest in peace for all eternity.. =)
I hope my honest views help me pave our path into this world and etch out a living to help the society. Change the system. My motto is my goal: "... And Justice For All".
Thank you, yours faithfully..
Amen.
The news of the ATS chief, Mr. Hemant Karkare and other reputed officers like Encounter specialist, Mr. Vijay Salaskar, ACP Mr. Ashok Kamte and the numerous others who have sacrificed themselves for our cause has left the whole world completely shell-shocked. The sounds of bomb blasts heard through the satellite fills me up with a fear, a fear of the unknown. Not knowing, who has succumbed to their wounds and suffered the ultimate in the form of death. =(
The sight of the various dead fills me up with a void, a void that I cannot describe in words. The blood stains strewn all across gives a ghastly look to my television set as well. It's fear, anger, frustration, sadness, etc., etc., etc. At this very moment that I express my heart out to you.. a countless number of people are being left totally shattered. Scared. The news of rounds of gunfire heard at the Taj Hotel deepens the void in me. Helpless.
According to an exclusive account by an eye-witness who was held as one of the hostages at the Taj, one of the NSG commandos has been reported to have said that we would take a bullet before it touches any one of you. My salute to each and every one of the brave hearts who have fought till their last breath.. No matter what we do, we can never repay them in any way, for what they are doing for us.. It does not embarrass me to be saying this that there are tears in my eyes this very moment that I speak my heart out..
My salutations as a Mumbaikar, as an Indian, but most importantly.. as a human, to the brave hearts who fought with true heart and soul, and the innocent victims who have died in this act of utter barbarism. They did not deserve this. No one does. May Heaven hold the souls of the faithful departed. May they rest in peace for all eternity.. =)
I hope my honest views help me pave our path into this world and etch out a living to help the society. Change the system. My motto is my goal: "... And Justice For All".
Thank you, yours faithfully..
Amen.
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