On 13th february 2010, at around 7:30 pm, I read about the Pune bomb blast on the internet, condemned the attack and forgot it. Around 11 pm on the same day, we were discussing about the everlasting tempo of Tempo (Ankik) Da, and then at 11:56 pm I got the news that we wont be able to see that tempo again, never. And I cried, after a long time I cried, and so did everyone else who heard the news. Every person on hearing the news asked if it was true, if it is confirmed, even though they knew it was, but the human mind always tries to delude itself by finding those chinks of faith in the darkest circumstances, to deny what it doesnt want to believe. Nobody wants to believe its true, but thats what it is.
As was my first reaction, condemn and forget, so was the reaction of over 1 billion Indians, because thats all we do. But as soon as I came to know about the sad demise of Ankik Da, the anger, the frustration, the dissatisfaction, the grief reached an altogether different level. I can no longer shed it out of my mind, but for how long, may be a week or two, at most a month and then life will come back to normal as if nothing happened. In fact for most of the people who did'nt know him or anyone injured in the blast, life never changed...most people just show dissent for a while, abuse the government and then get along, roam around on valentine's eve or just sleep in the comfort of their blankets. We dont raise a voice if the victim is unknown, and we stop raising voice in a month or two even if he is known.
There was 1 terror attack in the US and the terrorists have forgotten the path to US. We have been facing worse attacks than the 9/11 year after year after year and yet all we do is hope it wont happen again. We are pessimists who expect the government to fight for us while the truth is we cannot stand for ourselves or our neighbour, or friend or for anyone except for ourselves. We are hypocrites talking about peace and harmony. We are not peace loving, but a scared bunch of people who mask their fears by preaching about love and peace. Busy with our own comfortable life, we dont look around, we don't notice that we are next in line.
The question remains, why cant we bring about a change. Is it because the system is irreparable or because we are too lazy to make amends in it. I won't ask everyone to come forward, unite and take responsibilty to change the way things are around here coz this is the same country that has forgotten Gandhi's death, so these 9 deaths don't even stand in the line. But I am still writing all this since I believe, that some people think and act, coz i believe that even if one mind accepts this and wishes to change the way things are, the destiny will itself show the course. We know the destination here and that should be enough. If the path is beautiful,first confirm where it leads, but if the destination is beautiful, dont bother how the path is..just keep walking...and this destination, my friends is much better than the timidness we have mistaken for reality.
As was my first reaction, condemn and forget, so was the reaction of over 1 billion Indians, because thats all we do. But as soon as I came to know about the sad demise of Ankik Da, the anger, the frustration, the dissatisfaction, the grief reached an altogether different level. I can no longer shed it out of my mind, but for how long, may be a week or two, at most a month and then life will come back to normal as if nothing happened. In fact for most of the people who did'nt know him or anyone injured in the blast, life never changed...most people just show dissent for a while, abuse the government and then get along, roam around on valentine's eve or just sleep in the comfort of their blankets. We dont raise a voice if the victim is unknown, and we stop raising voice in a month or two even if he is known.
There was 1 terror attack in the US and the terrorists have forgotten the path to US. We have been facing worse attacks than the 9/11 year after year after year and yet all we do is hope it wont happen again. We are pessimists who expect the government to fight for us while the truth is we cannot stand for ourselves or our neighbour, or friend or for anyone except for ourselves. We are hypocrites talking about peace and harmony. We are not peace loving, but a scared bunch of people who mask their fears by preaching about love and peace. Busy with our own comfortable life, we dont look around, we don't notice that we are next in line.
The question remains, why cant we bring about a change. Is it because the system is irreparable or because we are too lazy to make amends in it. I won't ask everyone to come forward, unite and take responsibilty to change the way things are around here coz this is the same country that has forgotten Gandhi's death, so these 9 deaths don't even stand in the line. But I am still writing all this since I believe, that some people think and act, coz i believe that even if one mind accepts this and wishes to change the way things are, the destiny will itself show the course. We know the destination here and that should be enough. If the path is beautiful,first confirm where it leads, but if the destination is beautiful, dont bother how the path is..just keep walking...and this destination, my friends is much better than the timidness we have mistaken for reality.
