......Sudhakar's post
In your list u miss'd the recent Ahmedabad, Delhi, Mumbai, serial blasts, in which at least 100 civilians lost their lives.....n still the list managed to look so long n sickening that by the time i reached the end I felt fatigued, nauseous, disgusted, helpless, n crammed with so many more such feelings that I couldn't even identify. Are we zombies? Of course not! I feel all these things every time an innocent is killed by a silly terrorist. What do I do for it? NOTHING! n I'm sure this statement holds for most of us.....WE DO NOTHING ABOUT IT!
I get your exasperation n disgust at such incidents, I feel the same, I feel weak n heavy at heart, but are u sure we can question the good souls that are tirelessly trying to keep our borders safe? India is a huge nation n surrounded by land on 3 sides. How are we supposed to ensure absolutely zero infiltration? Something like 1 army-man at every foot of land at the border? Even if we think crazy for a while n implement this....have you pictured the kind of terrain that we have at the borders? Yeah....Infiltration is a problem. But I guess what's ailing the system is us and not incompetent forces. They are clearing the filth that we strew every time; they save us out of our own mess, n in the process lay their own lives.
You wanna see why I say that we are the main culprits?
Look at the malls, some of our airports, the railway stations. It's easier to guard smaller places....agree? Hey we were talking of the lengthy borders of our country!
We enter w/o even stepping on the metal detector boards in railway stations, n nobody cares.....nobody...not even us! In flashy malls the security personnel stand with their metal detector gadgets and carelessly run the things over our bodies, not even caring to inspect the millions of beeps that emanate. I feel disgusted every time....but I admit I never went up to the security head out there to report this callousness. I mean hey...we're talking about Taj n Trident.....how could such huge loads of ammunition seep in? Can't we implement a check-system even for luggage? I mean c'mon the whole country's security has been at stake for so long now. Just a bit of flashy security to signal that we are on the alert every second. N real security....not mere pretense that anybody can see through. Like I could see in the malls n some of our airports.
Can we take one small step at a time....OURSELVES? But hey....no 'Rang De Basanti' stuff.....as much as I was touched by the movie....in retrospect I felt it's silly to even think that way. Let's take small sensible steps to ensure our own safety! For beginners.....I pledge to talk to the security head in the Ahmedabad & Kolkata malls, next time I spot this callousness.....Will you too? He'll be adamant? n tell us to mind our own business? We'll lose 5 precious minutes? But u know what....they'll tighten up the system if they see that we care n are ready to get serious if they fool with us.
Let's do this! Let's try for God's sake! Let's wake up n save ourselves!
