Things are over...Not Yet!

Things seem to be in control in the sense that though encounters at the Taj Mahal hotel are over; the final combing operations are still on to sanitize each floor and room. My heart beats fast as I look at the news again, when the little pieces of information keep flashing - about the missing people who are probably dead. The causalities are going to be high, shattering the hopes of all those families and friends who have been anxiously waiting to hear some good news.

In all this you hear the news about the terrorist who is detained and being interrogated by our intelligence. He reveals that the objective was to destroy the iconic hotel into rubble and create a situation like the way the terrorists did at JWT in Pakistan and 9/11 in the U.S. The fishing vessel, Kuber that the terrorists used to come to Bombay is found and you see pictures of the Mumbai police officials holding the satellite phones found in the boat in their hands…sorry I am no trained army soldier and I definitely do not have a forensic science degree but I do know that any evidence found should be handled with care and you need to wear gloves so you don’t lose finger prints on those satellite phones!!!

Across the nation, in between the news, you see popular channels and print media report and dramatize the whole incident – showing visuals of this tragic incident and a few channels playing crappy background music displaying stupid titles such as - Mumbai’s 9/11! Though I personally agree that the reporters have done a fantastic job, I get irritated seeing some of them aggrandize their voice and tone to give that effect. We can relate to what is happening so please stop over-doing things. It’s a very sad episode and let’s not sensationalize things guys – we are disrespecting all those heroes and innocent people who have lost their lives! Leave all those people who have been recued alone, don’t hound them to give you bytes by asking them atrocious questions..don’t you know already how it must feel and what they are going through?? Some senior reporters though accept openly that they can understand how poignant this must be for people, they continue getting them to comment and share their experiences..its appalling!

The political side of this, I can so relate to someone refusing the compensation for losing a life while fighting for your country. You cannot define a monetary value to such an occurrence, yes such compensation might help a few families who have lost their sole wage earner but isn’t the event way beyond a compensation?!! Instead of offering money and making false promises, can we please bring a change? Let’s go down to the micro level of this and dig deep into what happened. Let’s stop all our bi-lateral agreements with our neighboring countries that are harboring this evil. We know that the whole country as such is not supportive of this and maybe even the new government wants to help but let them admit that even they do not have control over this, so India and other countries of the world can mutually fight this ‘war of terrorism’ that started almost 7 years ago. I saw the Mumbai chief minister sometime back at a press meet, felt pathetic seeing him being incapable of answering a few questions, being prompted by his associate to give the right answers. Some of them I’m sure will know which movies are releasing next Friday and when the next Filmfare awards are being held! Sad!