The Mumbai blasts of 26/11 have left all of us in a state of shock. The thought of terrorists storming into the places which we all visit and killing people in a large number has instilled fear of how vulnerable we are.This act of terror shows that how in today's times no one is safe. Children have become orphaned, hundreds have been killed and injured.People at the sites of terror attacks have witnessed the horror of the near and dear ones being killed
and injured. We saw pictures of teen aged terrorists heavily armed flashing out on television, newspaper and internet. These people have no heart, they have become totally sick in their minds and have a dangerous mission of killing as many as they can before they die. Cries of the children, the fear of the people trapped and being taken as hostages, the brave officers falling prey to the bullets of the terrorists, the squabbling politicians, the stone hearted terrorists who went on a destruction spree....these images will remain embedded in my mind for a long time...
The city had turned into a war zone..but in the midst of these dark moments emerged
our real heroes...They were our armed forces, our NSG commandos, our police forces, our fire brigade...they even came in the form of the hotel staff who were out to help the trapped people...
To face the bullet for saving a family, to help the trapped people before helping their own families, to continue on duty even when you know that your own loved ones are dead, to refuse to help the terrorists and in return face the bullets shows how brave are the hotel
staff in the hours of crisis.They were calm, fearless, knew what their duty is...they could have saved their lives first but they stayed back to help the people out..
The terrorists had captured the entire building at strategic positions from where they could fire at anyone. But even in such difficult situation we saw our brave fire men rescuing the people trapped.They had limited resources, they didn't have any fireproof jackets, they operated for almost three days,they had to help the people trapped.They could have faced the bullets of the dangerous terrorists, but they were fearless, their main concern was to help as many people they can.
The police and armed forces gave their best.They faced the dreaded terrorists, gave them back a fitting reply. The NSG stood by its motto one for all, all for one.Brave commandos were there to rescue and pacify the panicked people. Their bravery showed us a light of hope. They showed us that when some one attacks us we can rise up, stand up and united can defeat the negative forces. The commandos gave a brave fight...the act of the deceased commando Sandeep Unnikrishna brought tears in the eyes...it is difficult to find people like him who sacrifice their lives for others without hesitation and fight till the end with the enemies without any fear.
How many of us can be like him...how many of us can think for others, how many of can help without thinking about our own benefit...I used to think such kind of selfless people do not exist, but now I do believe that yes such kind of people are there...
So many lives have been lost. But are we seriously thinking about them? In this whole incident we were let down by our own politicians. Instead of standing united against the forces of terror and instilling confidence and hope in the people, instead of acting like leaders they were squabbling and slandering each other.Most of them failed to realize the gravity of the situation. One of the state minister of Maharashtra comments "such small incidents happen in big cities like Mumbai".Oh really then why the hell didn't you go out and fight the terrorists if it was such a small incident. During the whole episode where was Raj Thackeray. The person with his goons who were out targeting the non-maharashtrians some weeks ago..who was fighting for marathis, who was dividing the nation on the basis of region was hiding like a coward. Why didn't his goons come out and beat the terrorists who were harming the marathis...is it because they know how to torture the innocent civilians and not the terrorists..why couldn't they come out in groups and torture the terrorists and beat them up with the same vigor that they had used in beating up the non-marathis and in destroying the public property.
What are the two major national parties doing? Busy in accusing each other over each other's policies. The opposition leaders do not attend the high level security meeting with the excuse that they are busy in election campaigning. Is campaigning more important or attending the meeting for formulating policies. The spokesperson of BJP comments the citizens who protest against political apathy and the women with lipstick and powder who shout against the politicians are equal to terrorists. Have the citizens no right to question our politicians. Have the politicians forgotten the fact that they are the servants of people of India and their responsibility is to hear their concerns and criticisms and take the required action. And what can I say about our central government.Why did it take so long to remove such an inefficient Home minister.Why they are delaying in implementing strong anti-terror measures. Do they require more destructive events for opening up the their eyes.
Our armed forces made us proud, made us believe good and brave people do exist who are ready to die for the country, but at the same time we also saw our politicians who again let us down, who made us believe that they are nothing but great opportunists who can never rise above vote bank politics and take brave and bold decisions in uniting and strengthening the social structure of our country.
We all fight within ourselves over petty issues, at least now we all should realize that it is high time we all act together for the nation with a motto of ONE FOR ALL, ALL FOR ONE and be brave like our armed forces and not like the chicken-hearted opportunistic politicians.