Monday, September 15, 2008

'BLOW' by 'BLOW'

5 Serial blasts in prime locations in Delhi. DAMN!!

Now the tone of lament in the last statement is not just this author expressing his despair at the repeated and seemingly unavoidable acts of fanaticism we are being subject to, but it is also because the author feels a tinge of jealousy creeping in.
Yes, thats right, i am jealous of the people living in the 'BLAST' affected cities. Consider this, living in pune i sort of like to think that i am living in one of the best/biggest/hippest cities in India. But now, after BANGy (pun intended), AH!medabad (again intended), Jaipur and Delhi (couldnt play around with those :( )...believe it or not we Puneites are feeling left out.
It seems to be like a status certification of sorts for cities.What better recognition can you have that you live in a very happening city, than series of blasts engineered by fanatics who claim to be killing their own people in the name of their own God? And in that city what if you live near a place that has witnessed the 'tragedy'! You gotta be counting your lucky stars! (i guess you must be seeing them stars clear enough considering the blast is still ringing in your ears!)I mean i can almost hear a Bangalorean realty broker on the phone saying "Saab ekdum mast area hain Saab, do mahine pehle hi blast hua tha, ekdum market area hain, sab cheez paas mein hain".
Yeah, yeah i know, the righteous ones among you are all, "You wouldnt be saying that if it was you getting you head blown off...." but thats my point exactly. How long can we brood, and fret,and live in fear and be 'alert for unidentified objects lying around public places?' Should one stop living out of the fear of dying? This thing is happening so often that it is as mundane as an AAJ TAK reporter saying "AAJ TAK ka sansani khez khulasa"...
The apathy shown by the government is apalling, 50 people dying in the capital of the country, and the authorities can only say "We suspect that Indian Mujahideen, the hard line faction of SIMI is behind this"....oh yeah right!! You suspect!?? Dude, they sent you an email TELLING YOU THAT...so what else have you got?...zilch..nada..nothing. The blasts are no doubt losing their impact and the shock element. Everytime a bomb went off it evoked an AH! of pity and horror...well, now its  an OH...of cognition and the next time....a YAWN...of "yeah yeah, whats new". After all "tolerance is a great virtue", isn't it?