Recently I got a forwarded mail from a senior colleague of mine. This was a petition to the Prime Minister of India on actions required in the light of the Bombay Siege, and the idea was to collect at least 1 million signatures, perhaps even more with the support of the media, and to submit the same to the Hon’ PM on 15th December. I promptly signed the petition and forwarded it to all the contacts that I had (which is normally very unlikely of me), since I found the idea very interesting. I am not sure if this activity will have any direct impact on our safety issues. But what made me become a part of this effort was the idea of sending a message to many and through them to many more, and hopefully to powers that be that our concerns have not died out; That the memories of those dreaded sixty hours which claimed lives of many fellowmen, still haunt us and that we do not intend to phase them out and go on with our lives.
Lets keep this fire burning. For a change let us not forget this incident and go ahead, as the case has been in many earlier occasions. We should clearly understand that we are all vulnerable targets for such terrorist outfits, but we realize this only after we take a hit. Lets do whatever it takes – meet leaders & officials, share information, write mails, talk to more people & create awareness, respond to articles in newspapers and sites, take out processions, attend talk shows – anything to make sure that our leaders don’t forget the massacre that they let happen. Through all this let us tell them that we are not looking at half-baked measures as answers to our concerns. This time at least we need full-fledged actions that are required to make our country a safe place to live in. Also we do not intend to become spectators to stale political dramas enacted with the sole intention of wooing vote banks.
Over the years, our Governments, irrespective of the party in power, have proved their ability in cleverly timed diversionary measures that help in focusing public attention elsewhere. Very recently we witnessed one in the form of the controversial 123 Agreement leading to Left parties withdrawing their support to the UPA. The issue re-emerged with many controversial statements from unexpected quarters and totally grabbed the media, opposition and public attention so much so that people forgot all about all about the serial blasts that took 63 lives in Jaipur and subsequently all the other such serial blasts that took place in important cities at the time when the 123 agreement was being discussed. Now, I am no authority to say for sure that these diversions were intentional. However the outcome in its totality was there for all of us to see. Let us not allow ourselves to fall prey anymore to such diversions, intentional or otherwise. We are definitely seeing many activities by people from different walks of life intended to maintain pressure on the Government to act. We have also seen a statement from our Hon’ Prime Minister that Indians are angry and hurt as never before. This may be a result of such activities we have undertaken. So lets all be a part of this campaign and contribute in whatever way we can, if not for anybody else, for our own safety and well-being.
Lets keep this fire burning. For a change let us not forget this incident and go ahead, as the case has been in many earlier occasions. We should clearly understand that we are all vulnerable targets for such terrorist outfits, but we realize this only after we take a hit. Lets do whatever it takes – meet leaders & officials, share information, write mails, talk to more people & create awareness, respond to articles in newspapers and sites, take out processions, attend talk shows – anything to make sure that our leaders don’t forget the massacre that they let happen. Through all this let us tell them that we are not looking at half-baked measures as answers to our concerns. This time at least we need full-fledged actions that are required to make our country a safe place to live in. Also we do not intend to become spectators to stale political dramas enacted with the sole intention of wooing vote banks.
Over the years, our Governments, irrespective of the party in power, have proved their ability in cleverly timed diversionary measures that help in focusing public attention elsewhere. Very recently we witnessed one in the form of the controversial 123 Agreement leading to Left parties withdrawing their support to the UPA. The issue re-emerged with many controversial statements from unexpected quarters and totally grabbed the media, opposition and public attention so much so that people forgot all about all about the serial blasts that took 63 lives in Jaipur and subsequently all the other such serial blasts that took place in important cities at the time when the 123 agreement was being discussed. Now, I am no authority to say for sure that these diversions were intentional. However the outcome in its totality was there for all of us to see. Let us not allow ourselves to fall prey anymore to such diversions, intentional or otherwise. We are definitely seeing many activities by people from different walks of life intended to maintain pressure on the Government to act. We have also seen a statement from our Hon’ Prime Minister that Indians are angry and hurt as never before. This may be a result of such activities we have undertaken. So lets all be a part of this campaign and contribute in whatever way we can, if not for anybody else, for our own safety and well-being.
P.S: Pass this message and more like this (preferably, your own thoughts) to more readers and lets hope that someday a window will open where people like us can ask questions and expect to get some get some answers
1 comment:
I definitely want to be signatory to this. The times that are, needs help from all quarters. It is so encouraging to find that people from all walks of life are stepping forward to ensure that that we as a country do not leave it to our politicians to set the house in order.
K.Vijay
Chennai
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