Epidemic after the terror

Just days after the terrorists created havoc in our dear ol mumbai ,.... its really unfortunate that the whole of country has been hit by such a terrible epidemic .... ofcourse its nbot at all a surprise to note that its majorly only a particlular class of the society that is falling prey to the same ....

The class being referred to is ofcourse our very own dear flagbearers of our democratic system -- the politicians ..... and the epidemic they've started to suffer from is the 'foot in the mouth' disease. These poor souls have been making such fools out of themselves that one just cant even begin to guess what golden words can come out from which bigshot's mouth next !!!!!

It may be expecting too much to hope that these guys who represent us, have to be suave ... smart and awe inspiring ... Leaders atleast in the indian context, bringing out these kind emotions today exist unfortunately only in a small tiny corner called 'utopia ' !!! There are sure the odd exception here and there .. but definately its jus that ... an exception ... no longer a norm.

Given all this, though there is a certain bit of acceptance about the intel level ( or the lack of it ) of these guys still the fact that has been most shocking has been the casualness and the lack of sensitivity in many of them that have really left most of us i guess fuming !!! .... Dont think its expecting too much if we expect a head of a state to be sensitive to the feelings of a family that has just lost their brave son for the cause of the country ..... IF People who are peacefully expressing their thoughts and making the world know of the fact that for all the right that is India ... there are so many things goin wrong in this country .... THEN they are definately not goin against the tenets of democracy ... now whether the people are doin these wearing lipsticks or wearing wigs ... its not a point of any relevance here !!!!

If not for intelligent remarks the leastest ( for want of a better word) we can expect is them to be atleast politically smart!!! and understand the impact of their remarks on their vote bank ... herein even that has not happened ..... all these statements made by the members of this clan make us feel that the ones that are actually quite conspicous by their unusually long silence are actually doing themselves and their image a BIG favour ...

All this gets us to the pertinent question ... that we say that we should be held responsible for all this in some way cause we r the ones who got those cronies up there .... by either exercising our right or by chosing not to ... BUT as can be inferred from the above .... where do we the 'laxman's bunnies' have a choice ....... There's not much of a point in having ruler of the state be decided upon the anti- incumbency factor .... people with supposedly diffferent ideologies will just alternate .... but the net result would remain the same ....

do we see a third front coming in ??? can these kind of ultra awareness days ... and mass movement by the common men of the country lead to the formation of an independant front ... not ruled by parochialism .. or religion ... corruption ..... Is this possible ?? difficult i guess .... more so in a nation as diverse and radically vibrant as ours .... mayb such a movement can start off as a pilot proj at a smaller area .... build the momentum and them move forward .... tho difficult wouldnt say impossible coz at the end of the day ... every human, including u n me, is selfish .... selfish about himself ... about his family .... and if he is convinced that here is a front / grp of individuals that believe in the resurrection of a society that will foster the development of each and every particapant within the same ... thereby leading to the development of the society as a whole .... wouldnt a selfish person believe that here is my oppurtunity to side with a party that will grow ... let each one of its members grow and i also wont have to have the guilt of stunting the nations growth ... now that is a win-win situation there ... let me join this group of youngsters ...

hmmm .... all easy to think ... but WHO WILL GET HIS HANDS DIRTY IN THIS MUCK FIRST !!! ??

Mumbai Back to BAU ??

Mumbai got up to a new week today !! guys n gals back to their ol'routine ... taking the same trains ... same roads gettin down at the very same stn ... that witnessed bloddy madness few days back .....

call it the spirit of the city or the mental makeup of mumbaikars .... but at the end of the day ... no matter how much or where we protest ... the average mumbaikar unfortunately understands that he has to get back and live the same ol routine .... he cannot afford to cool his heels ... whether u move or not ... this citi no matter what happnes can never really be pulled back and put to sleep ....

Maybe couple of things different today was ... ( not sure how that'l last tho ) was
1) the public areas atleast bore a more secured look ... atleast there were a few ppl here n there .. bullet proof jackets in place and armed with service rifles ....
2) the people of mumbai while walking aroung ... going past each other ... i got the sense that there were lots of us who were tryin to look deeper into one another ... tryin to understand ... Who this guy mite b ?? ... can he cause some harm to me ?? ..... am i secured with him aroud ??
Ofcourse mayb not thots to such a great details ... but surely something on those lines ....


Its one thing that the average mumbaikar knows that whatever be tghe day .. to survive in this megapolis .... he has to keep running ... he has to reinvent and push himself .... and this will keep him goin on for sure .... I will not attribute this to the spirit asw much as to the inevitability of the common mumbaiite's life here .... In this respect the city will always bounce back ..... But a fallout i do see of these kind of events is the doubt that keeps creeping into one another about the person sitting on the '4th seat' next to u .... the person standing behind u in the 'Q' .... do fear that the spontaneity and the Zinda dilli of the average mumbaikar is bouind to get eroded ... He would start living and goin about his life here because he has to ... not beacause he wants to !!!:(
could lead to more of burnouts and breakdowns faster !!!

hmmm ... is this where the great city is headed ..... is mumbai goin on the path to being only 'Business As Usual' .... or can v also hope for a chillaxed life wherein love for city would set in and people would again want to give back the charm that she once enjoyed amongst indian cities ... !!!

hmmmm ..... no more thotss !!!

Sandeep Unnikrishnan

never got a chance to meet and know this great person ..... but somehow felt like wording this down ... ..

guess just another guy from a decent school with parents in service .... simple home .... with all the dreams and aspirations for the future - all this just like u n me ... But the last few mins of his life ... and his 'life' as is stands today gives a new meaning to 'life' ......

He's gone far away ... never to return ...a definate irreplaceable personal loss for his family..... but northwithstanding that ,... wat we as average Individual can look at is that ... ' here is an Indian ... with more or less a similar background like u n me .... ' but has achieved so much in life by entering this new phase of his life .....
Obviously the 1 Bio of us cannot one fine day decide to join the forces and make a difference by paying the ultimate sacrifice .... thats not the point !!! but surely ... if we do look around ,.... there's a lotsa wrongs within our reach wherein corrections can be initiated by our own very actions ....Be aware of the surroundings .... of how YOU n ME can make a differenece ... ( no matter however small it is !!) .... our dear elected reps ( whether the honest ones or the dishonest ) seriously have lotsa 'issues' to think about ( issues can be anythin depending on wich is the tribe they owe their allegiance to!!! ) .... and hence quite likely that something that WE can change upon will be easily missed for the want of an initiator!!! Lets not do that ..... Lets become the change agents for the change that we want to see ....

Guess by doing this ... if nothin else ... atleast Sandeep in his new life can look back at us here and feel that his sacrifice has been worth it ... !!! WE owe this to him .. dont we ?? :) ... after all he's jumped in to answer the call of duty to save people he hardly knew .... bore the bullets from the someone whom also he hardly had a personal problem with ....and showed the way for a new generation of people that would be, in the times to come, the strongest pillars forming unbreakable edifice called I-N-D-I-A !!!!

sandeep has completed a job really well done !!!! its upto us to follow the route shown by him and 'his like ' .... as their roles our over now ... its us in the line of fire ... and WE all know that if we really do get down to it .... WE can make the difference !!!

Where does MUMBAI go from here?..

Come monday and the day will start once again..
would we hav forgotten all the pain….
once life gets back to the all too familiar lane
Where we lose all of life’s morals.. for nothing but a bit of monetary gain !!!

The 8.20 local would become life’s supreme goal
And we would go back to the place ready to pay the toll
Life will return to the mechanical melancholic mode
And the lessons from the 26th would be discarded just like all other things old!!!

Much as nobody likes to be proven wrong
I hope we all get together by the throngs
And be united in our action and thought
So that the above words of inertia never leads to our minds getting clot!!!

All this with forever a single minded aim
To believe that to win in this bloody game
We have to be willing to take upon ourselves the blame
And action our words so as to put the challengers of peace to shame !!