Mumbai Madness
It’s been a depressing sort of day, with the Mumbai blasts and deaths, and that’s an understatement. All day, my mind has been on the news, and the hysterical media reporting is just making me feel queasy, apart from the immense sadness I feel for the victims, and for our country. When will we or will we ever, find peace?
I went to sleep early last night and woke up to the horror of the Taj burning and hostages at multiple places. Leaving for a guest lecture at a local college, I hoped fervently that the crisis would be resolved by the time I got back. Misplaced hope.
As usual, politicians are busy pointing fingers. I’m glad that the PM has stepped up to say clearly that the perpetrators will be dealt with, regardless of religion. While this shows the scale on which Islamic terrorists are operating, that should be no reason for Hindutva terrorism to be excused. What was that Gandhiji said about an eye for an eye making the whole world blind? While everyone is making brave statements, I can bet that we don’t learn anything from this episode.
This is the free India our leaders fought so hard to secure, and this is the free India which our youngsters are now working so hard to break down.
This is a lovely post, though I’m a little reluctant to paint the leaders of the Free India movement in such a bright light. They also had their fair share of conflict.
FR - Thank you; I don’t mean to deify the leaders of our freedom movement - however, irrespective of conflict, I think it’s easy to see that integrity and patriotism was something they had - and it’s sorely lacking today.