The Spirit of India!!!!!!!!

The most sought topic for the discussion today is the headline in not only our National newspapers but also in the Global dailies, "MUMABI ATTACKED". But, one thing which I think should be changed for Mumbai is the so called euphemistic term of “Spirit of Mumbai” which at this moment sounds more like a transparent nonsense and just euphemism for our bogus optimism. We get back to our work in a day or two quite reluctantly and get back to it fully in a week or so without remembering the mayhem we witnessed a few days back.

Personally I think that it is a great loss to the nation as well as the government machinery as we lost 14 of the bravest soldiers of the soil. We often keep on blaming the cops and intelligence for not handled the situation or not being aware of this kind of terror calling. But seldom we realize that we tend to pardon the Terrorists (by allowing some senior lawyers to defend them and some ministers to express their concern towards them) and let them infiltrate in our home and kill us quite ruthlessly time and again. I strongly think that if we can pardon them of such a great sin then we can by far pardon our very own government machinery for a mistake not so great compared to the genocide launched by the attackers, which is highly impossible without the local support.

The ground on which , the great martyr Mr. Hemant Karkare was renounced of his life was his own motherland. The ground on which the attack was launched on ACP Kamte and SI Salaskar was their own area of work. Now at the juncture when we have lost our most competent people who bought most of the offenders to justice, I am forced to think that the loss cannot be put into words or any kind of tangible format. But, ground logic of a child inside me tells that the life of our soldiers is precious to the country than any of the accused that are in Jail now and are motivating the terrorists to put ransom on by committing such acts.

How often we think that for one who is staying in Mumbai,it is highly possible that he/she is at Churchgate or CST or Colaba ( Mondhekars, Leopold, Indigo) at 11:00 PM on any given day. It is just another night for us in Mumbai. But, do we think of that only when we are the one at the receiving end or we will just keep on boasting “Spirit of Mumbai” for just a convenient excuse to mind our own business. Why do we care only when we are hit? The soldiers who are helping the people and are combating the Terrorist are no way related to the one who are the hostages nor they are related to me. But, if I had been a hostage they would have combated for me surely. Just because it is their duty as a soldier of India. One of the firefighters died in a grenade attack while fighting the fire at Taj’s dome. He died as he was doing his duty. Every government machinery is sticking to its duty and still we hit ever chance to blame them when we get one. But, are we practicing our duty as a citizen of India? My answer is quite apprehensive on this. And I trust that most of us will agree on that. A few days back one of my friend was telling me that despite working for 3-4 years in IT he is very uncertain that in this age of recession his job is safe, and I presume that he is one of the many young people in India who are living on the edge these days. Today morning I talked to him and he was feeling dejected that he cannot contribute anything that will help the forces or hostages or the sufferers in any way. Most of us are uncertain of their jobs and are very scared that coming Friday can bring a nightmare to us. But, do we really think beyond that?

If we can think beyond that and beyond our vicious circle of material deeds each of us can make a difference, which will certainly make a big difference in toto. I might sound like an old script but we should think over the content of the script than the dating back of it, because it is not only the call of the nation, but also the call of the mankind the civilisation. Let our enemies know that it is our kindness, which is often taken for weakness by them. We should bring it to their knowledge not by words but rather by the action.

Rather than sticking to Spirit of Mumbai, let us re-invent a very old phenomenon of Spirit of India without forgetting the misdeeds faced by “Us All” from a Wednesday to the Blackest Friday in November 2008. History tells that, when we didn’t do it, we “all” were the sufferers, when we did it we all were the saviors. The choice is ours.

JAI HIND!!!!!!!!!