BOOM!

Well, now every boom sounds like a gunshot.

I stepped out today to see Mumbai crawling back into motion.. A bit wobbly, but .. it was a kind of desperate attempt to stay in a pre-proposed momentum. As if, this was something that has to be done anyway.. irrespective that there might be acid rain or bird-flu or a plane crash.. But thats something different, ain't it?

The newspapers featured some first sings of crisis management. Articles about how a child's psychology should be handled at this hour, lest this incident make an adverse lasting impact on the child.. Quite general, really, but well, atleast someone thought about it. Frankly, I hadn't. Am not much of "Oh what a cute baby!" kind of a person, and kids don't usually excite me. Getting back to the point, I was kind of impressed that someone else too is thinking about 'What next.'

Managing borders, obviously is important, now that we have formed borders and swear by them. No use wasting my energy over talking about this certain god that has failed. Point is that I have my doubts about whether the major mass has understood even a crappy bit of this 3 day long horror. Though I am thoroughly impressed by the media coverage, I am shuddering at the thought of how certain channels might twist this event now that its over. They are already saying that its a 'war on Mumbai' (which now they have corrected into what they think is politically and morally and patriotically correct- 'war on India'..duh.. like that makes a difference!) It was pathetic to see how people were rejoicing once they thought the operation was over.. Was it a match that we won? An attack that we dodged? A battle that has made us win laurels? What were they rejoicing for? A more than 150 lives that were lost? For bereaved families? Its not a computer game for heaven's sake! Its not CS! This is real.. These are real guns.. Real people.. Made of flesh and blood, who if shot, die, without getting any extra lives.. Its almost idiotic.. That what I felt like, when I stepped out today. This was just an event. Like I know most of us have to work to earn.. But I hardly care whether this fucking 'spirit of Mumbai' resurfaces.. Cause as I said before, its the way you look at the situation is that what matters the most. This would be the last of the instances of any Tom, Dick or Harry, terrorizing us with AK-47s iff we took this seriously.

Lighting candles for those who died is not what I have in mind.Yes, I know RDB made quite a hullabaloo about that particular style of protesting, but this not protesting or mourning that we need right now..
First and foremost, its Constant Vigilance. Yes yes, ghisa-pita, but vital!
Second- VOTE! Have your say in something. ( Though I agree that is really really hard to judge which crap is better in all that political muck..)
Third- Let go of the pathetic philosophy of discriminating eachother.. Those who think their culture/religion is better than someone else's, go take a hike. This just shows how low your thought process is, discriminating on something that one can't even choose. Everything is based on the choices that one makes. And if you choose to waste the moments of your life dwelling on this, really sorry to inform you mate, but you sure are at rock bottom.. ( dig some more, you might find oil.. will help you make more of your really precious 'money'..(Sorry had to say that!))
Fourth- Think of the bigger picture.

I was almost close to tears the other day.. Tears of desperation. A one man army can't do much over here, sadly. Hence publishing this on my less private blog. Yeah, even a loner has to accept the strength of collective reasoning some rare times..

Concluding with some beautiful lyrics.. Hope they strike a chord with you.. Suggestions are most welcome.

"Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one ."

--John Lennon
(Imagine)