Nor is this blog about the book by Collins & Perros or the movie Swades. It not about anyone but us…us Indians. Makes me wonder at times how should I refer to myself, to the core I am nothing more than a Dilliwalla but doesn’t that count me in to be an Indian. I never got a reserved entry into Univ of Delhi despite having being born and brought up in delhi, so I cannot even be referred to as a domiciled candidate as my friends from other states were at different engineering colleges in their states. I am not writing this to object to any reservation funda brought up by Shriman Arjun Singh or anyone, I am doing this to express my anguish at the state of affairs in Mumbai. The difficult life that not only Mumbaikars but each and every citizen of India has gone through in the past three days.
Can I tell you the sinking feeling in my heart seeing the Taj Mahal Hotel in flames, hell! It was and I couldn’t go to sleep till long. Maybe each Indian those three days lived up to the character of the city – Mumbai the city which never sleeps. NSG didn’t sleep, Barkha Dutt didn’t sleep, Toral Varia didn’t sleep, ATS didn’t sleep, my hostel didn’t sleep, even the scores of pigeons fluttering over the Taj day and night didn’t but maybe one person slept all through this…need I say his name aloud…RAJ THAKREY. Where is the messiah of all the Marathi manoos has vanished, where did his clairvoyance disappear when 12 devils were ravaged Maratha’s Mumbai in a dastardly act? NSG commandos more Indian than Marathi in blood saved the city from the clutches of paranoid terrorists. We do not need any reassurance from anyone today to say we stand united nor do we need to light any candles at Gateway of India. We are wide awake…and we can tell this to numerous politicians who do not even have the balls to hang Abu Salem who has been in their custody. It didn’t take America more than 10 months to bring the noose up on Saddam Hussain, and what are we doing here – feeding umpteen insurgents enjoying in our gaols. I say this country needs to treat the barbarians as the law in their times existed – eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth. I must appreciate the messages sent out my Suhel Seth and even Harsha Bhogle, for they have been very truthful in their remarks. The youth of India (mind it as Rahul Gandhi said makes up the 70% of all Indians) do not need a Sangh Parivar, MNS or Shiv Sena to tell us the law and we do not want hypocrites for our leader. When would we stop fooling ourselves and elect a PM who has working knees and jaws to stand up for us and voice us. When would the day come when we know we are electing Mr. X as PM and not that we vote for Sonia Gandhi as PM and Manmohan sits on the chair. The world knew Obama, Bush, and Clinton as President much before they became one with democracy.
We can deal with terrorists coming from Karachi but we cannot deal with the shenanigans put up hypocrites (read politicians) who cause trouble in the form of internal insurgency. Man! We do not even have state emblems like US does, we do not have state citizens, we are nothing more than Indians and that doesn’t tell anyone the color of our skin or the language we speak or the race or state we belong to. I am not an anti democrat but probably what this country needs today is a military leader who has the guts to drive out insanity in here. After all the common man is not Amitabh Bachchan to buy himself a mauser and keep it under his pillow before sleeping. A genuine gun costs more than the per capita income of ten Indians put together so logically we can rule that out.
You know what I salute those men in black – NSG commandos who do not have a religion above the tricolor which doesn’t prioritize saffron from green..what it captures in between is peace in white and ashok chakra which is the mantle of forgiveness, of faith, of truth and of resilience. We are built to last, and have shown that to the world for ages and now we only need to project this self belief a billion times over. The destruction of Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan did not wipe out Buddhism from the face of the earth what was gone was two pieces of stone….thats an answer enough to the barbarians who do not have any race, religion or nationality….
Today lets sing the song Rev. Charles Tindley gave us and ignite the lights within us for the truth is out there…..We shall overcome, we shall overcome, someday..deep in my heart, I do believe we shall overcome someday…
Can I tell you the sinking feeling in my heart seeing the Taj Mahal Hotel in flames, hell! It was and I couldn’t go to sleep till long. Maybe each Indian those three days lived up to the character of the city – Mumbai the city which never sleeps. NSG didn’t sleep, Barkha Dutt didn’t sleep, Toral Varia didn’t sleep, ATS didn’t sleep, my hostel didn’t sleep, even the scores of pigeons fluttering over the Taj day and night didn’t but maybe one person slept all through this…need I say his name aloud…RAJ THAKREY. Where is the messiah of all the Marathi manoos has vanished, where did his clairvoyance disappear when 12 devils were ravaged Maratha’s Mumbai in a dastardly act? NSG commandos more Indian than Marathi in blood saved the city from the clutches of paranoid terrorists. We do not need any reassurance from anyone today to say we stand united nor do we need to light any candles at Gateway of India. We are wide awake…and we can tell this to numerous politicians who do not even have the balls to hang Abu Salem who has been in their custody. It didn’t take America more than 10 months to bring the noose up on Saddam Hussain, and what are we doing here – feeding umpteen insurgents enjoying in our gaols. I say this country needs to treat the barbarians as the law in their times existed – eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth. I must appreciate the messages sent out my Suhel Seth and even Harsha Bhogle, for they have been very truthful in their remarks. The youth of India (mind it as Rahul Gandhi said makes up the 70% of all Indians) do not need a Sangh Parivar, MNS or Shiv Sena to tell us the law and we do not want hypocrites for our leader. When would we stop fooling ourselves and elect a PM who has working knees and jaws to stand up for us and voice us. When would the day come when we know we are electing Mr. X as PM and not that we vote for Sonia Gandhi as PM and Manmohan sits on the chair. The world knew Obama, Bush, and Clinton as President much before they became one with democracy.
We can deal with terrorists coming from Karachi but we cannot deal with the shenanigans put up hypocrites (read politicians) who cause trouble in the form of internal insurgency. Man! We do not even have state emblems like US does, we do not have state citizens, we are nothing more than Indians and that doesn’t tell anyone the color of our skin or the language we speak or the race or state we belong to. I am not an anti democrat but probably what this country needs today is a military leader who has the guts to drive out insanity in here. After all the common man is not Amitabh Bachchan to buy himself a mauser and keep it under his pillow before sleeping. A genuine gun costs more than the per capita income of ten Indians put together so logically we can rule that out.
You know what I salute those men in black – NSG commandos who do not have a religion above the tricolor which doesn’t prioritize saffron from green..what it captures in between is peace in white and ashok chakra which is the mantle of forgiveness, of faith, of truth and of resilience. We are built to last, and have shown that to the world for ages and now we only need to project this self belief a billion times over. The destruction of Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan did not wipe out Buddhism from the face of the earth what was gone was two pieces of stone….thats an answer enough to the barbarians who do not have any race, religion or nationality….
Today lets sing the song Rev. Charles Tindley gave us and ignite the lights within us for the truth is out there…..We shall overcome, we shall overcome, someday..deep in my heart, I do believe we shall overcome someday…
