Shame - Shame Part II

The show off of emotion and solidarity is of little use. Lighting candles, holding hands, speaking of togetherness are but just media grabbing acts. Somebody in the ‘candle-group’ said, “If we are together no body can harm us”. I say: What way were we disunited before 26/11 that we got hit? How were we disunited that we have had umpteen number of terror attacks? What way are we more united now? One celebrity was saying “We are Indians first and everything after that. Everyone should feel that way”. I say: Can every one say that, considering the controversy we recently had on Vandemataram? Some pushed the envelope by being too philosophical and all forgiving and suggested anger is not the answer and an eye for an eye makes the world blind. (somebody please stop this nonsense)

These very Mumbaikars (in fact all Indians) lighting candles and speaking before the camera today could not step out and cast their votes to change the govt. So, what right do these people have to show this ‘solidarity’? Their very strong words on camera veil their innate defeatism and acceptance to die in terror attacks. Else, the voter turnout would not have been so low.

The govt is showing off its new procurements of weapons and vehicles which the public did not care for, because they know all this would not help when the terror occurs again. It’s only during such anniversaries the authorities get all charged up with the spirit of advanced policing, planning, tactics, training etc. Rest of the year would be the same old life of filth and corruption.

The nation does not need more weapons. It needs more integrity. Integrity among the police, the coast guards, the customs authorities, the intelligence and of course the common man. In today's corrupt India, all one needs in a $100 bill to get through any checkpoint. Be it the constabulary, the customs or the fisherman by the coast, all one needs is a $100 bill to buy them. When this changes, half the battle is won. When the state security personnel do not take up that job just because they could not find anything better, the nation would be on it's way to win this battle. Advanced weapons and slick uniforms do not necessarily make a better force; this could all be just the instruments but not the soul of the public security force. If at all we need to create a new force, it should be like the MOSSAD. A brute force which can eliminate anything/anyone against the interest of India. An unforgiving force which can strike deep into the enemy’s hideouts and eliminate them. They should be bred on patriotism and the zeal of saving the nation’s interest uncaring of life and other distractions. It should not be difficult to find such brave hearts in a nation of a billion. Such a force becomes so much more necessary in today’s world where going to war in the presence of nuclear weapons is not an easy option.

We speak of the US and how after 9/11, the US could protect itself form anymore terror strikes. We tend to compare India with the US. The fact is, India is just not comparable to the US. Our nation is far too divided to make such a comparison. The US had made the USA PATRIOT Act after 9/11 (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001)
The Act gives a free hand to the intelligence forces to ensure that they get the information they need to foil terror attempts. It’s no surprise then that the leads on David Headly and Rana, the latest catches were from the US. Our guys then went to Chicago and are planning to ask for extradition.

In the case of India, after 26/11, the Govt had made tall claims of making tough laws and creating a new authority called NIA. The truth of NIA is that it was initially supposed to be (and that’s what was told to the public) the National Intelligence Agency. What is finally created is the watered down version of the same NIA by making it the National Investigation Agency. Intelligence is pro-active, meant to foil an attack. Investigation is reactive, you wait for the attack to take its toll, wait for the people to die and start the investigation when sufficient loss has happened. Such is the iron fist attitude of the govt in handling terrorism. Most of the ‘candle-group’ wouldn’t know what exactly the created NIA is.

What a sly use of acronym NIA, the govt has made!! Cool.

We speak highly of how our forces handled the situation and how the police prevailed and won. Won!!!….won what? Could there be any more insulting defeat of the forces. Ten people holding out for 60 odd hours and the state had to bring in marcos and the NSG to fight them. The terrorist could not have won anything more. They had to be killed anyway and even if our forces killed them after say a month (highly unlikely though)..the nation would still have gone ga-ga over the winning of our forces. Did we expect the ten terrorists to kill a lakh people before we accept that we lost?
The state lost the battle the moment these terrorists could sneak into Mumbai.

All the patils and deshmukhs are back to business with better postings now. Does the aam aadmi care? Not a bit. We don’t vote, and even if we do, we elect the incapable. What better can India expect?

Shame Shame Part I http://aditya-rsw.blogspot.com/2008/11/shame-shame-puppy-shame.html

Shame shame puppy shame!!!

That would be the reaction of the world, at the attacks that India has suffered yet again. The PM’s message is not just disappointing but also irritating. The home minister is in hiding or may be he is busy for a bespoke jodhpuri suit. Is this what we expect from our leaders? Their demeanor in the face of such a crisis is plainly pusillanimous. Can these people be called our leaders by any stretch of imagination? There are no more words in the dictionary for unmanliness; as all have been exhausted describing our Home Minister’s reactions to terror attacks in the past. May be he is hiding for the fear that people might kill him if they get a chance. I would at the least spit in his face, on record, if not hit him.

I consider the leadership, nay, these representatives purely responsible for the death of 200 citizens and many foreigners. What right do these people have to leave us to die? They should not get away with such blood on their hands. If homicide is culpable, I feel such inaction on the part of the govt/agencies should be treated equally and should be made to face the law.
Corruption, kick-backs, nepotism, sleaze are all on one level and can be expected to an extent in a nation of a billion; but such inaction which endangers the lives of citizens should be treated on a different and much serious level. This can not and should not be tolerated by the nation.

System failure, intelligence failure, across the border, center list, state list, jurisprudence, bureaucracy, lack of personnel, outdated weapons, LeT, ISI... are all terms we hear every time after an attack. I don’t care what the reasons and excuses are. The leaders are not elected to list out reasons for their failures. The leader is supposed to act and deliver. Deliver safety and security for its citizens. This is the most basic aim for any government whether elected or usurped. Mr. Home Minister! If you can not do your job, get the fuck out of the office.

I am pained and angered not by the terrorists and the people across the border, but by our own ministers and politicians. We know there are these LeTs, Mujahideens, ISI, SIMIs etc, with in and across the border who are crouching and ready to swoop at us with the most satanic aims. So, what is the government doing to protect us? What extra mechanisms and measures has it come up with to face these threats? Instead of stepping up the security measures, the first thing this govt has done is to scrap tough laws against terror under the pretext of it being misused. On the same logic the internet should be banned as it is being misused; again by the terrorists. What say Mr. Prime Minister?

How ironic life could be! Prime Minister Mr. Singh, being a Sikh is acting so un-sikhly. He would do well if he remembered the faith of Guru Arjan Dev and Guru Gobind Singh and their actions in the face of terror. They preached the concept of liberty, equality, fraternity, self-defence and self-sacrifice. Dear Mr. Singh, Have you missed learning the principle of self-defence in your faith?

Guru Gobind Singh writes in Zafarnama:
“When all efforts to restore peace prove useless and no words avail,
Lawful is the flash of steel then, and right is the sword to hail.”
(The Epistle of Victory, 1390, Dasam Granth)
( http://www.gurmat.info/sms/smssikhism/gurus/)

Would your actions or rather stark inaction be approved by your gurus? What would you answer them when you go there?

And Mr. Home Minister, you being from the region of the erstwhile Hyderabad state, you do know terror and its ideology better than anyone as you would have faced it during the independence of Hyderabad state. It should have been easy for you to be attitudinally pro-active and take extra measures. But you instead showed utter diffidence and cowardice every time.
By the way, I understand you belong to the Lingayat sect. Would you please recollect what your faith says in ‘Ganachara’ of the ‘Panchachara’ principles? It says one should not tolerate ill-treatment of men and animals.
Again, an irony here is that the term ‘Linga’ connotes a sense masculine vigor; yet our Minister is so very … you know.

Mr. Patil, you were given not one, but many chances to set things right. But it only cost us hundreds of more lives. You are accountable for their murders.
Mr.Shivraj Patil, you have blood on your hands. And I hope this will haunt you for the rest of your life.

These congress men have made India a laughing stock in the world nations.
Shame..would be the word that sums up all my feelings; for these deaths are of our own making.