Ex Nihilo

On 27th Nov. 08, the first line TOI was ‘possibly the biggest torror attack on Indian soil after independence.’ I was shell shocked. Is this the kind of security our politicians are giving us. ( You might be wodering why the politicians, why not the police. But in reality politicians are the one who are giving all the instruction; unfortunately the police is not but a puppet.) A viewer called Prasad sent an SMS to NDTV saying what could be a bigger insult than that we are not able to safeguard our own people? This is simply shocking and unfortunate as well.

I don’t know why after so many inceidents the politicians are only “comdemning” the attacks. “We severely condemn these acowardice attacks”. Being an Indian I have heard this time and again and I am not at all surprised. The only difference was that Dr. Manmohan Singh said there was an urgent need for a federal agency powerful enough to handle such attacks and share information between the Central agencies and the Sate level agencies which are entrusted with the duty of “spying”. If I am not wrong, it was Feb 2001 that a panel of ministers made recommendations for setting up a federal agency. That means even after 7 long years the Government is still in dilemma on what to do. Terrific.

Yesterday, this article came on The Times Of India. I was taken aback by the author’s remark:

While all evidence points to the involvement of Pakistani elements in the terror acts, New Delhi should at the same time be careful not to walk into the trap of creating major Indo-Pakistan tensions as a new president takes over in Washington and with India facing a general election in the next few months.

Why? Why should we not be tough with Pakistan? Last night someone called Sanjana was putting her view on NDTV, saying this is not a war, this is terror. I was wondering what she means by war. Frontiers? Cannons? Or what the hell? So many people being killed and still not a war?

God only knows what would happen to this great Nation and her political brethren.

My deepest consolence to the families who lost their near and dear ones. May they rest in peace.