As i drove past German Bakery...

As I drove past the German Bakery a strange feeling went through me. It was sadness and possibly anger with slight hopelessness in it. The sight was a testimony of destruction. Although police had cordoned off the area surrounding it but I guess they have done it too late. Lots of young innocent lives have been lost in the mindless streak of violence.

If the target of terrorist is to invoke fear in common people then I must say they have succeeded. The lively city went under a blanket of fear for the valentine’s weekend. People tried hard to be resolute but the fear showed in their action. But then again life has gone back to normalcy now. People have gone back to their life. People who have been affected by the blast is having a hard time coping with their loss.

But somewhere I sense that we have accepted these incidents. I blame the administration for it. One strong step or a strong message would have acted as a warning for such elements. But as a proud peace loving nation our administration have done nothing. I think we should learn from America. There was one 9/11 and they annihilated an entire nation, made security measures to such a frenzy level that it inspired many bollywood movies. What did we do? The answer actually is ‘Nothing’.

We are more interested in ‘Aman Ki Asha’ when our own people are dying every day. We are more interested in regional politics that building a strong nation. We are more interested in dividing our states than providing security to our stalemates. We are more interested in preventing other people from entering our states that preventing such rogue elements from entering our country. And thus we have accepted that few of our innocent friends will die every day and in such a gruesome manner. And thus even after 26/11 or 13/2 we get back to our normal life quickly. Media calls this resoluteness I prefer to call it hopelessness.

We have to understand democracy in a better way than we did in the past 60 years of Independence. We need to understand the power of democracy and how it can be used to build a nation. The day we realize the power of people and have value for human life we can defend ourselves against terrorists.