13 strikes again... And this time the recipient of the strike was Saadi Dilli!
No, I am not talking about the natural calamities that this nation's facing- the floods, the droughts or the Tsunamis. As if they were not enough, we have a whole separate "Weekend Bombing" trend started in our country! Bangalore, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Surat and now DELHI! The bombers are having a blast, and quite literally!!!
6:10 pm, 6:30 pm, 6:31 pm & 6:38 pm- It's a half hour which normally would have been fun right? Saturday evening- packing up your week to let the weekend begin, planning on rushing home to change for the Saturday night fever, Look your best and let's move to the music... Everyone happy and looking forward to what's remaining of the weekend?
Now consider this- 6:10 pm, 6:30 pm, 6:31 pm & 6:38 pm- five bomb blasts in the high profile market areas in Delhi city- the capital of the country. 30 dead and 90 injured. Hospital corridors choked. Metros come to a stand still. Traffic jam in the city. Complete chaos. Radio channels informing people of the bomb blasts and asking them to "not panic". Cell phones network clogged! Thousands of callers from other parts of the country, trying to find out if their families or friends living in Delhi are safe or would their last conversation with them, have been their final adieus! Yes! Delhi did cry like a baby- with Complete Helplessness...
"To dreadfully terrorize you this time, by the Will and Help of Almighty Allah we are about to devastate your very first metropolitan centre, your most strategic 'Hindutva hub', your green zone- Yes! It's your own capital." - This was Indian Mujahideen's claim to fame!
What does this statement make you feel? Pride, Love, Religious, Strong-willed or mere contempt? We call ourselves the new generation, who is above things like caste, religion, gender-bias etc. A generation who does not ask someone- "What's your name followed by which caste you belong to?" A generation who is against terrorism and open to accept all humans as equals! So where did we go wrong? How among us was a breed living that still believed in Castes, has religious bias and is making use of terrorism to prove their greatness?
The people they hurt yesterday were innocent shoppers who probably walked out of home for some retail therapy... or just to pick some awesome shoes they saw someone else wearing, not knowing they might not have the feet to wear them on! They are people who had no freaking clue about what was going to hit them! Whose families the government will have some money for... that the nation will forget tomorrow, 'coz the only ones who truly grieve their loss will be their families and friends!
So maybe next time, asking someone "If their weekend was a blast?" might not be such a great idea! What say youngistan?
6 comments:
Heyyy,
I tried to call my friends there, when I didn’t get in touch with them, I got more horrified.
I don’t know what to say coz its only the dead/injured people who has seen the end of any terror.
Abhi sayed, "living in life amongst the bomb blast" aadat mein daal na padega.
Take care.
I know of someone who was very very close to one of the blast sites, but not at ''the'' site AND considers himself Unlucky for not being there ---- to help those in need
that's the voice of delhi
Wut happened was for sure not tolerable, many died n got injured... Bin happenin all over our country. In-fact it so happened in my office today that one of my colleague actually said "its bound to happen na yaar elections are nearing". Is this true ? Is this all about such crap ? Our politicians were being joked of even by the news channel... They said the opposition got their chance (probably to comment on their own doin) wen will all this end... Wen would the terrorist stop gettin pleasure out of innocent deaths ... As we all indians know our politicians will do nothin but talk n promise...yeah they mite also go for a visit to those spots(after complete bomb check)... I think its seriously time for the youth (us) to awaken ..."Jaago India jaago" We mite want to consider the message we got from 'Rang de basanti'. - Alakh
@Roy,
Yea I agree it doesn't seem like it'll be over anytime soon! "It is really, only the dead who have seen the end of it"
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@ anonymous,
Bravo to ur friend for having the guts. Most of us wer just finding shortcuts to get home! But yes, that sure is the voice of Delhi!!!
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@ Alakh,
Rang de basanti inspired all of us but maybe we've forgotten it!
And as for the blame game, I think it's normal! But I don't wanna believe that any political party would go to such an extent for mere elections... Or GOD SAVE INDIA!!!
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Hey, A.S.T.U.T.I.
There is no need for being sorry of AWOL, coz you’re absent, didn’t leave :D
Actually you even weren't absent, I was too fast – 3 posts in 5 days.
Awesome: “They are in love with the feeling and not with the person it’s generated for!"
Thanks for writing the article. Mail me, you’ll find my “e-mail id” in the bottom of my profile.
And the last post in “Astu Talks” is also 11 days back. Think abt that too:D
Cheers!
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