It was a perfect match, India ahead in the series with 5-0, Yuvi and Viru in top form what more we can ask for? But we wanted more, so after presentation ceremony we switched to NDTV for Shonali Chandra and Jadeja's analysis. The Breaking News was flashing at the screen about a gang war and some sphoradic firing at couple of places in Mumbai including the CST station.
Several ours later, as I am writting this post, a lot has been seen and said, and a lot has yet to be done.
India's Home Minister resigned.
Maharashtra's Dy CM resigned.
Maharashtra's CM will resign some time soon (I hope, he will)
We lost our 3 top cops and many other brave commandos.
City under siege for well around 60 hours.
Endless Breaking news, chat shows, live coverage, leads and fallouts of this terror attack.
The trauma,anger, rage, apathy, frustrations, fear Mumbai and for that matter an entire nation is going through this bundle of emotions. Needless to say we will bounce back..we have to get back to normal because we just can't afford to hold back.
Mumbai has seen a lot, our trains are not safe, neither Raiways stations nor buses, not even cinema halls, they striked at our public places, we can't go to cafe' or restaurants now, not at bazaars and temples.Please tell us a single place which is safe in this city?
Earlier these photographs used to remind us the good time we spent near Taj and Gateway. But now they have succeeded to wipe out these good memories. Taj won't be the same. Mumbai won't be the same again.It all started with 1993 and 15 years down the line,after 15 attacks to the city, we are still at ground zero.
I always belived that, Mumbai is India's maximum city, True, it has been through maximum pain as well. Our helplessness often glorified with the name of Mumbai Spirit.
'A Wednesday' is a movie that depicted a trauma of a Common Stupid Mumbaikar, who is scared of going out today. Nobody is cared about his life. Naseeruddin Shah excellently portrayed the character who is on a mission to teach a lesson or two to Mumbai Police and in a way to entire system. Alas! all these things happen in movies. We still haven't learned our lesson.
All we can do is thank god that we are alive today....cynical but true.
Our helplessness often glorified with the name of Mumbai Spirit.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Can't agree more!!! Politicians, Politics, Security, Police, Army, Navy - Forget about all these! What have we done to make sure that tomorrow this country is going to be a safer place to live in? We still vote for these reliogious activists, gundas and corrupted politicians - We still pay out IT for the pathetic security they give us - We move ahead thanking that "WE ARE ALIVE n THAT'S WHAT MATTERS"
Not just Mumbai's - But on the whole - India's "Chaltha Hai" attitude is yet to be broken - Kamm Sunne Waalon ko Daamke ki zaroorath hai - But how many more Daamaka's does this nation want?
How are WE THE PEOPLE going to take this forward?
As they say, "Kam Sunan vale ko dhamake ki jarurat hoti hai, par jisne aapne kaan par haath rakh diye ho, use kitna bhi bada dhamaka kya sunai dega... woh to sunana hi nahi chahata"
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